In the round-up: Lance Stroll says Racing Point must continue to prioritise their work on this year’s car over their 2020 machine.
What they say
Stroll was asked how the team should balance its need to prepare for next season against its development work this year.We have to focus on the present and what we can do moving forward. It’s definitely got to be in the back of our minds but we’ll see what the future holds.
At the moment it’s really about working on the rest of this season and then of course bringing the best car we can for next season.
But that’s a different story right now. We still have a lot of racing left this year, the season’s far from over so we’ll make the best of it.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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This man had a lucky escape. At the point where he fell, I was flat out over a high speed jump at approximately 150km/h! He fell into the raceline, but luckily I reacted quickly and avoided a fatal accident. ⚠️PLEASE STAY SAFE!⚠️
📸Vincent Petit pic.twitter.com/svjB65gDjj— Mads Østberg (@MadsOstberg) August 23, 2019
We have arrived in Gdynia for our partner, @PKN_ORLEN ‘s Verva Street Racing event with Robert and @TeamORLEN
Unfortunately George is unable to attend due to illness, we hope he gets better soon!
We look forward to seeing all those attending this weekend 👊#VervaStreetRacing pic.twitter.com/M9VnwbkIqM
— ROKiT WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) August 24, 2019
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Honda performance unlocked by tweak after French GP (Autosport)
"We learned a lot from Canada and France - for the heat, especially. Then we put in a countermeasure before going to Austria and it worked really well."
Australian Supercars round 21: The Bend (Australian Supercars via YouTube)
DTM round 13: Lausitzring (DTM via YouTube)
F3 Americas round 14: Road America (F3 Americas via YouTube)
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Comment of the day
What kind of new team does F1 need?
A well known brand name would be good but I don’t think that that is the most important point. The sport needs new teams – new blood – otherwise it will become the sad old man of motorsport.
Get new teams in and encourage them. The big names in the motor industry will join in when the accountants tell them to join in. Not because they care or love racing but because it might sell more cars.
@nullapax
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On this day in F1
- 40 years ago today Rene Arnoux put his turbocharged Renault on pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort
Jere (@jerejj)
25th August 2019, 7:37
Regarding the Rally Germany-incident: I wonder how did that person manage to fall down on the road in the first place? Nevertheless, the save of the year by Mads Ostberg.
Why was Williams using the Lotus E20 instead of any of their own cars, LOL?
ColdFly (@)
25th August 2019, 8:31
Why do Formula 1 teams still use their old V8 cars so often?
Dieter’s Inbox
@keithcollantine, please stop using these old ‘what they said‘ quotes in the round-up.
It takes the shine of the round-up and it seems like you are simply copying from other websites who reported the same quotes weeks ago.
Jere (@jerejj)
26th August 2019, 9:54
@coldfly You seem to have missed my point, which isn’t what that article is about, but about a team using a car built by a rival team. Renault using the Lotus E20 is a bit different case since they’re effectively the same team, but Williams is an entirely separate entity from both, so, therefore, a bit odd.
ColdFly (@)
28th August 2019, 8:43
I did indeed @jerejj, I (brain fade) mixed up Williams and Renault as the succesor to Lotus.
Luckily Monkey King was thinking clearly and gave a plausible explanation.
Monkey King
25th August 2019, 8:32
I believe the 2013 Lotus show car is property of the event host Verva Street Racing and sponsor PKR Orlen…? I doubt Williams has anything to do with it apart from the obvious Orlen sponsor deal and their driver Kubica.
I highly doubt Williams would EVER use another team’s chassis. At least that is the reason I could come up with.
Jere (@jerejj)
26th August 2019, 9:50
@Monkey King E20 is the 2012 car to be precise.
Monkey King
27th August 2019, 7:38
@jerejj Thank you for the clarification. I would say I am quite fond of spotting different years’ chassis being used as show cars and almost always get it right, but this time I got the wrong Lotus! To be fair, the 2012 and 2013 chassis look similar. But thank you for the clarification:)
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
25th August 2019, 8:20
Thanks for the COTD.
I usually hibernate through the mid season break but I am starting to look forwards to the second half now ;)