In the round-up: Lewis Hamilton says the British Grand Prix promoters did the right thing by turning down the opportunity to move their race to April in order to hold the 1,000th round of the championship.
What they say
Hamilton was asked whether he would have preferred Silverstone, which hosted the first round of the world championship, to host the 1,000th race:I’m not one for birthdays I’m not one for anniversaries, I’m not one for special days like this. It’s absolutely no different to any other race weekend for me, I’m here to do one job, one job only, that’s winning.
It doesn’t matter if it’s the 1,000th or the 2,000th or the 10,000th, it’s an irrelevant figure for me. And I’m glad it’s not Silverstone right now because the weather’s not particularly great back home in the UK.
I like the Silverstone grand prix where it is. Although I don’t know why they have it around Wimbledon every year, it’s probably poor timing in that respect. But the weather’s been good for the last few years at Silverstone which is great for the fans.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
Asked if he has a special helmet design for the 1,000th world championship race, Raikkonen jokes "I wanted to have an open-face helmet but there was some regulations issues…"#F1 #ChineseGP pic.twitter.com/e7bJdTXWEr
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Alonso's McLaren Indy 500 shakedown test at Texas Motor Speedway (RaceFans via YouTube)
Ecclestone believes Silverstone should host 1,000th race - not Shanghai (Daily Mail)
"Moving dates is never something we considered seriously. It was thoughtful of F1 to give us first refusal on it."
Toyota boss: 'We'd rather build a prototype than a hypercar' (Motorsport magazine)
"We are sad about the (inclusion of) Balance of Performance. It is absolutely not what we are looking for, it's very sad that Le Mans, in the end, will be won on Balance of Performance but it looks like a condition at the moment to (attract) competitors."
Formula E will not overtake Formula One — and nor should it (FT - registration required)
"F1 is most definitely not a level playing field but, most importantly, nor does it want to be. The myth and magic of F1 is its unapologetic elitism: it is the pinnacle of motorsport and teams have to be world class to be part of it."
Formula E axes Voltage YouTube show after six races (Motorsport Broadcasting)
"The programme, filmed at YouTube’s Space Studio, involved what is known in the industry as ‘influencers’, the electric series working with GOAT Agency to support their long-term ambitions."
"Other accidents that the SASG has investigated recently include the 2018 FIA Formula 3 World Cup race in Macau, where Sophia Floersch suffered a fractured spine after her car went airborne and left the track; and the 2018 Indycar race at Pocono, where a 200mph+ crash left Robert Wickens with severe injuries."
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Comment of the day
George Russell is using a Juan Pablo Montoya-inspired helmet design this weekend.
Juan Juanders what Juan would make of Juan’s helmet colours returning to Formula Juan for a Juan-off appearance, Juan marking the Juan-thousandth Formula Juan race.
Kyle (@Hammerheadgb)
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JC
12th April 2019, 0:41
Voltage was truly terrible. Forced, false, and excruciatingly boring. An interesting experiment but there are other (better) ways the sport can grow.
@HoHum (@hohum)
12th April 2019, 1:36
Congratulations to the COTD writer. I hope it’s not a Juan off.
Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
12th April 2019, 4:42
@hohum: Agree. The CoTD fully satisfied my freshly Donned Juanderlust in Juan DeMarcoble sentence. Or Dos it?
Phylyp (@phylyp)
12th April 2019, 5:02
@hohum @jimmi-cynic – guys, guys, guys, stop trying to Juan-up the CotD, and just accept that Kyle Juan that contest.
Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
12th April 2019, 5:54
Sorry, but somejuan had to, @phylyp, even it was it Juan too many.
Mr G
12th April 2019, 5:24
Juan copied the idea from a radio host at a Melbourne F1 press conference. How juan-original 😐
Kyle (@hammerheadgb)
12th April 2019, 8:09
Juan is most flattered by the most Juanderful Juanour @keithcollantine, my COTD number Juan.
@Hohum while this is certainly Juan for the memories, and I hope it is Juan of many, Juan can only wait and see if it will turn out a Juan-off.
@Mr G Juan accepts that the idea was not entirely of Juan’s own inception, rather Juan found that particular display of Juan-upmanship inspiring enough to take advantage of Juan particular set of circumstances. Juan suspects Juan’s comment was made funnier because of this Juan previous incident.
@HoHum (@hohum)
12th April 2019, 13:43
@hammerheadgb,@jimmi-cynic,@phylyp, Welcome to racefans your Maj. fear not we will not blow your cover, but maybe you should ask Phil to check your style and maybe add some malapropisms here and there, he’s very good at that I have observed.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
12th April 2019, 2:51
Kimi is golden.
CotD is golden.
Travis (@)
12th April 2019, 9:07
CotD is very reminiscent of:
https://youtu.be/WPYcStboHgE
For the Aussie’s here, was that one of the Chaser’s?
Jere (@jerejj)
12th April 2019, 10:29
I couldn’t agree more with LH and disagree more with Bernie. What would be the point to move a race by three months for one season just to move it back to its traditional slot for the following season? The Northern Hemisphere summer months are the only suitable months for the British GP (and more or less any European venue bar the ones that fall into the Mediterranean climate zone) climate-wise.
Richard G
12th April 2019, 12:10
Weather is gorgeous in the UK at the mo… but then I guess LH doesn’t spend that much time here lately.
Alec Glen (@alec-glen)
12th April 2019, 15:56
I had to scrape ice off my car this morning, it’s pretty pleasant this afternoon but probably not warm enough for F1 types!