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In the round-up: McLaren’s Lando Norris says he isn’t concerned by the threat from Renault following their strong result at Monza.
What they say
Renault took 21 points out of McLaren in Italy, cutting their advantage to 18. Norris was asked whether he was concerned about their progress.
Not so much. I want to say this track suits them more than hopefully Singapore will. They’ve always been quick, they’ve had one or two weekends where they haven’t looked strong at all but it’s good points for them so we need to make sure we bounce back strong. I don’t know what happened to Carlos, I don’t know what position he was in when he had the problem so frustrating but we’ll try and come back a bit stronger in Singapore.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Michael Schumacher soigné à Paris pour un traitement secret (Le Parisien)
The newspaper reports Michael Schumacher has been admitted to the cardiovascular surgery department of the Georges Pompidou European Hospital. He is being treated by 69-year-old cardiac surgeon Professor Philippe Menasche.
The Spanish outfit faced a difficult weekend on the Monza high-speed circuit (Campos)
"Peroni is currently recovering in hospital where he evolves favorably."
"Alex Peroni’s accident in Race 1 was particularly huge and we were all relieved and happy to see that he got out of the car on his own and walked without assistance to the medical car. We would like to wish him a speedy recovery and we’re impatient to see him back in the championship."
Bourdais wanted more out of this season (IndyCar)
"This year, we just lost ground. We just haven’t been as good and fell off the cliff a little bit."
"For the first time, only 17 cars were entered in an event as BWT Arden, Sauber Junior Team by Charouz and Trident understandably raced with one car each. I’ve assured all three teams of my full support and will continue to do so for as long as they need. They are working hard in these trying times towards Sochi and the remainder of the season."
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Comment of the day
The return of the black and white flag has been a change for the better, says David:
Well I personally loved this use of the “new” flag. Why haven’t they been doing this all this time?! I think it’s a good way to keep action exciting but let drivers know when they’ve started stepping out of bounds. The entertainment of the race would have been absolutely destroyed if Leclerc had received a penalty there. Yeah he went a bit over the limit but it happens. This time it favoured Charles, next time it could favour Hamilton. I think that’s what I want to see in F1 and them being given some leeway to race hard. If they go way over the line then apply whatever penalty as expected.
Otherwise just about every exciting moment in the sport we will end up finding being ruled against. How many times did Hamilton and Rosberg squeeze each other off the track, but they just got on with it. Let them get on with it. If someone goes overboard and sends someone into a wall or into the gravel then penalise them if they tap wheels and carry in racing for several more laps then let it be.
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Phylyp (@phylyp)
10th September 2019, 0:13
Re. COTD – in Charlie’s time, didn’t he pass on similar warnings to the pitwall? We’ve heard radio messages where the engineer has instructed the driver “Race control has warned us not to do (track-specific naughty stuff)”?
“On this day in F1” – apart from the story itself, the thing that surprises the most is the number of commenters on that story who are no longer active today. Well, apart from a certain Keith who seems to have had the time to be more hands-on back in the day :)
Nice anecdote about JB and Leclerc. This guy is going to have the whole of Italy in love with him, if they aren’t already.
Good news about Peroni. Any word of Correa?
Ross
10th September 2019, 2:06
Last thing I read reported that Correa had been placed into an induced coma due to complications arising from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. He’s got a long road ahead.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
10th September 2019, 2:14
Yeah, I’d read that update from Keith a few days ago. I was hoping if there were any updates on the back of that. The longer someone’s on ECMO, the worse is their quality of life when they come off it, so I was wishing for some good news on that front :-(
Ross
10th September 2019, 3:32
I think the family have requested privacy and haven’t offered any further updates. Which is understandable. On the positive, he’s an athlete ( fit & strong ) and will be receiving the best of care. We recently had a friend wake from being placed on ECMO for 3 weeks, she’s doing well.
It’s been a pretty awful couple of weeks for racing, I’m glad Peroni managed to avoid serious injury.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
10th September 2019, 3:52
Thank you
kpcart
10th September 2019, 9:31
@phylyp, here you contradict yourself to the comment on Schumacher “I was hoping if there were any updates on the back of that. The longer someone’s on ECMO, the worse is their quality of life when they come off it, so I was wishing for some good news on that front :-(”
you can hope, but are not entitled to any more information going by your view of schumachers family privacy.
Ross
10th September 2019, 10:06
He didn’t contradict anything. He asked whether there was an update, after he was informed of the families wishes of privacy he thanked me for the information and said nothing more. As people should do with Schumacher, he’s not a public figure anymore.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
10th September 2019, 13:52
Thank you, Ross.
kpcart – Ross explained it better than I could have.
t3x
10th September 2019, 3:27
Schumacher’s secrecy is frustrating, the guy is one of the most recognised and successful sportsman on the planet and yet the public is not allowed to know anything about his condition.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
10th September 2019, 3:56
The operative word there being “sportsman”. He’s not doing anything sport related, so we (sports fans/followers) are not really entitled to any information. If we’re given any information, that’s good, if not, we need to accept that as well.
I know there’s a lot of goodwill towards his health situation, but at the end of the day, that’s a personal situation, and the people who are personally involved with him are the ones who get to make that call, as his representatives.
kpcart
10th September 2019, 9:29
that is just your opinion about “entitled” but I agree with t3x, it is frustrating for fans, Schumacher might be perfectly sound in his mind, but in a completely vegetative muscle state, and his family might be doing wrong by him by keeping him hidden away in a hospital bed. Maybe he wants the world to see how he is. maybe he has 1 month left to live, and he cant say goodbye to his fans because of his family feeling some sort of shame (perhaps). there lies the frustration fans feel, there are many reasons to want an update. If we don’t get updates, its human nature to assume the worst for his position, but even if it is the worst scenario, I think fans are entitled to know that, as it is 2019, and there should not be stigma to the disabled.
AliceD (@aliced)
10th September 2019, 10:53
In my view Schumacher is spitting on the fans who supported him now that he does not need them anymore. He should be ashamed.
KevinC (@kevinc)
10th September 2019, 11:45
You don’t even know if he is mentally in a position to be making this decision himself.
Disgraceful comment, it’s not Michael who should be ashamed here.
grat
11th September 2019, 16:39
That is probably one of the most self-centered, insensitive, and depressing posts I’ve seen on the internet in some time.
If Michael Schumacher was able to communicate with his fans, he would have done so by now.
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
10th September 2019, 5:05
Alonso in the paddock seems radiating bad omen for McLaren. They were getting better and better before this week.
kpcart
10th September 2019, 9:32
different race track and car configuration. nothing to do with Alonso.
grat
11th September 2019, 16:39
Do not underestimate the power of the Alonso.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
10th September 2019, 15:43
@ruliemaulana – ha ha, I didn’t make that connection until now :)
UNeedAFinn2Win (@uneedafinn2win)
10th September 2019, 6:13
….to Accelgor ?
Jere (@jerejj)
10th September 2019, 7:40
The points-gap between Mclaren and Renault was as high as 43 points (before the Belgian GP), but since it’s been cut down to 18, so maybe Renault still has a shot at P4 in the WCC after all, although the next venues mightn’t be ideal for them unless they can get better on the aero-side, which has seemed to be their biggest weakness this season, or recently at least.
Regarding the COTD: I agree that the return of the black-and-white flag has been a change for the better.
Chaitanya
10th September 2019, 8:08
It looked like Renault has a lot more straight line speed than Mclaren and both Spa and Monza were unique in those terms. Singapore is like Monaco in terms of tight and twisty turns which might cause Renault a few headaches.
kpcart
10th September 2019, 9:33
that’s because their car has less downforce, so they are fast on a fast track, but slow on a slow track, like Singapore no doubt.
jaa
10th September 2019, 10:11
Judging from recent events, it seems that way. However, Renault were not all that bad in Monaco. Of course, Ricciardo loves it there…
Pete
10th September 2019, 10:40
Monaco wasn’t too bad for Renault, afterall Ricciardo qualified in the top 10 and was on for 5th placed but Renault as usual botched the strategy. Ricciardo has always gone well at Singapore too so I wouldn’t put it past Renault to have a good result there.
JohnH (@johnrkh)
10th September 2019, 8:57
I don’t think McLaren need worry to much about Renault this yr, sure they showed good pace in Belgian and Italy but I still don’t think Renault can match McLaren on the higher downforce circuits…but next yr I bloody hope so :)