In the round-up: Yesterday’s race may not be the final Malaysian Grand Prix, according to the country’s prime minister.
Join RaceFans on Facebook
Don't miss anything from RaceFans - join us on Facebook here to see whenever a new article has been added:
Links
Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more from hundreds of sites across the web:
Malaysian GP could return, says PM (New Straits Times)
"It does not mean it cannot be reconsidered sometime in the future, provided the economic set of conditions is deemed to be favourable."
‘Invoice’ for F1 accident is fake, says Sepang operator (FMT)
"It is purely a malicious attempt by certain parties to somehow disrupt the finale of the Malaysian Grand Prix this year."
Vettel risks gearbox penalty after Stroll collision (Reuters)
Vettel: "I think it’s enough now of cars turning one way or the other and ending having a shunt. That was a bizarre one, for sure."
Palmer blames 'big tailwind' for Malaysia spin (Motorsport)
"We saw there was a big tailwind, which is affecting you in the tow, and you’re in the gust. I lost a lot of aero."
Force India: Teams drying grid slots broke rules (Autosport)
"With the race result now official, it is expected that the next course of action will involve the FIA issuing a clarification that the practice is banned."
Gasly 'tried not to f**k up' procedures on F1 debut in Malaysia (Crash)
"I think with the seat fitting we will do another one in Suzuka because it was moving a lot and that's not an especially nice feeling, all race as well. Inside the seat, moving a lot is not ideal for my back and my lower back is quite painful, so we have planned to do a new one for next weekend."
Got a tip for a link to feature in the next F1 Fanatic round-up? Send it in here:
Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
- Find more official F1 accounts to follow in the F1 Twitter Directory
Comment of the day
Cynical, but funny:
When I was thinking of what the most likely way Ferrari would get Raikkonen out of Vettel’s way today I never considered they’d just put his car on a trolley and wheel it off of the starting grid.
Martin
From the forum
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Scribe and Stacy!
If you want a birthday shout-out tell us when yours is via the contact form or adding to the list here.
On this day in F1
- Niki Lauda clinched his second world championship title 40 years ago today, then quit Ferrari
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
2nd October 2017, 0:40
@keithcollantine well, Rubens raced in Buenos Aires this weekend, with the Stock Cars completing the line up leaded by the 200 KM of Buenos Aires. The Super TC2000 raced in the old Number 15 layout.
Try to give it a look for an appearance as a special guest for the weekend racing wrap up, Keith. The track looks absolutely horrible, even if it was resurfaced not long ago. It shows how far we are from an Argentinean GP return.
Carlitox (@carlitox)
2nd October 2017, 3:13
The way TV broadcasters handled the race was as atrocious as the circuit. I’m sad to say it because I love Argentinean racing, but AFAIK the race was delayed, transmission was cut in free-to-air TV and on cable it was littered with ad breaks. Where I am, in Uruguay, the race was advertised, yet it was overlooked, a random football match broadcasted in its place.
On the bright side, our own Santi Urrutia, runner-up in IndyLights this year, grabbed a podium finish in the official Chevrolet. So that’s nice.
Strontium (@strontium)
2nd October 2017, 11:01
I’ve just watched some highlights now, for sure it looks like it has severe drainage issues to say the very least. It was a swamp.
The entire place looks quite run down, it would definitely require a lot of work to get it up to F1 standard
BasCB (@bascb)
2nd October 2017, 6:11
Love that COTD :-)
Palmer suffering from wind, well yeah, sorry Joylon that can happen in FP sessions, but in the race you really shouldn’t be caught out like you were
Jere (@jerejj)
2nd October 2017, 7:09
@bascb +1
Why me?
2nd October 2017, 9:04
It was indeed extremely windy; two spins and almost taking the race leader out ;)
sethje (@seth-space)
2nd October 2017, 15:51
Probably Palmer was Windy too..
James
4th October 2017, 12:30
He’s a fan of vindaloo apparently.
Patrickl (@patrickl)
2nd October 2017, 7:17
And still Vettel keeps pretending that he’s blameless in all the incidents he’s been involved in. Which explains why he doesn’t to learn from these mistakes and keeps making them. It’s ‘crash kid’ all over again.
Todfod (@todfod)
3rd October 2017, 6:13
@patrickl
Vettel has the Schumacher trait, which makes him believe that he is never wrong. Mentally, Sebastian was always a tantrum throwing baby, so I’m not at all surprised with his comments and behaviour.
JCost (@jcost)
2nd October 2017, 7:44
For the sake of the championship, please let Ferrari get a penalty free gearbox change! But after watching pictures from the car following STR and VET I would understand if FIA does not exempt Ferrari…
steveetienne
2nd October 2017, 7:52
no please don’t give free hand outs for any championship stakes. rules are there to be enforced. had VET been more cautious upon the cool down lap and factored in through his own experience that STR being a rookie may not have seen him wouldn’t be in this position.
Michael Brown (@)
2nd October 2017, 16:40
I’m tired of weak or no penalties for championship contenders. It’s simply not fair.
anon
2nd October 2017, 18:35
@jcost, no, I would rather that they did not bend the rules just because Vettel is a championship contender – as others have said, it is a fundamental point of principle that the rules should be applied evenly and fairly to all and should not be bent in favour of particular teams or drivers just because they are more popular.
hahostolze (@hahostolze)
2nd October 2017, 7:52
News-ish, but the reason Verstappen was so weak after the win yesterday (resting his neck, asking for sugar) was because he was ill all weekend. Not as bad as Perez, but not fit either.
Matthijs (@matthijs)
2nd October 2017, 8:44
@hahostolze All three podium drivers seemed exhausted in the waiting room. Malaysia is a very tough race because of the combination of high g-loads and high temperatures. Didn’t read much into Verstappen being weak yesterday, but thanks for the info. It’s nice to see that F1 is very physically demanding (again).
sethje (@seth-space)
2nd October 2017, 15:52
it’s a pity this circuit will be lost for F1.
Tristan
2nd October 2017, 22:00
Palmer reminds me of Webber’s quote: “No one’s interested in a shopping list of excuses…”
stefano (@alfa145)
2nd October 2017, 22:58
God that COTD is savage, gave me a huge laugh