In the round-up: Nico Hulkenberg rubbishes reports linking him with Pierre Gasly’s seat at Red Bull.
Hulkenberg said stories claiming he could join Red Bull have been made up:
What they say
It’s crazy. I think I heard it came from the Italian side. It was made up. It’s basically fake news.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Red Bull won’t fund O’Ward IndyCar ride (Racer)
"O’Ward signed a deal to run upwards of 10 races for Carlin this year, driving the team’s No. 31 entry. But after a heavy crash during practice for the Indianapolis 500 – followed by a failure to qualify for the race itself – O’Ward is now needing to raise more funding to complete that program."
Breakthrough could be just around next turn for Lance Stroll (Montreal Gazette)
"Generally, I haven’t been able to extract as much from the car as he has been able to, but he’s been with the team six years."
Mixed emotions after Friday practice in Montreal (Mercedes)
"We also saw in the single lap work that it is going to be a good old fight between us and Ferrari who we have long feared at this track. So it’s going to be an interesting fight tomorrow and again on Sunday."
"It was a tough day for us. We need to try and do our homework tonight and come back with some solutions tomorrow. I think the balance isn’t too bad, we’re just lacking a bit of pace, so we need to understand why."
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Montreal is always packed. From the years I attended (’92-’06), it was rare that the stands were not full on Friday, Saturday and of course Sunday. Taking the Metro to the track, and getting back out of the track can be a very claustrophobic experience.
But the weather is usually just great. Some of the best suntans I ever got were at that track:) If you are in Longueuil, go to Eggquis for the best Nutella and banana crepe ever.
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maiagus
8th June 2019, 1:16
Multiple parts in F1 denying a rumor only means one thing: it is true.
On the serious part, something F1 rumors are no true yet but they become reality on the next season.
So, although unusual for RB to bring someone their farm system, I’ll not be surprised by HUL in RB next year.
Clay
8th June 2019, 1:53
In which case give Ocon a crack alongside Danny Ric. Not sure why you’d put the Hulk in at RB though. I’d give Albon a go or even a blast from the past in JEV. he was pretty competitive with Danny at STR and would probably jump at a chance to come back to F1 with RBR.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
8th June 2019, 8:39
I think somebody is going to go to RB next year if Gasly dosen’t sort things out. It is a shame as I thought he would make a good challenging partner for Max.
Mayrton
8th June 2019, 11:41
He is not fully quoted. He said that it is fake news, but then added ‘for now’
Gulp
8th June 2019, 2:20
Makes zero sense! They’d have Kyv, Albi or even Ric back before Hulk!
RP (@slotopen)
8th June 2019, 2:29
I hope they get those beavers, groundhogs, or whatever off the track. Getting a 20-30 lb rodent in the face could be serious at 150+.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
8th June 2019, 14:01
@slotopen
Isn’t that what the halo is for?
Mach1 (@mach1)
8th June 2019, 4:15
Did I hear Sky say that Mercedes had not put the phase 2 power unit in yet?
They seemed to suggest that at least Hamiltons crash meant they could get to work early putting the new power unit in, and they would do the same with Bottas.
Did I mishear or misunderstand?
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
8th June 2019, 8:41
@mach1 I believe that is the case yes.
Mercedes say though that the new unit gives very little power boost and we all believe everything that Mercedes say don’t we? ;)
Ads Lee
8th June 2019, 14:48
No I think they had the new engines in the car. I think it was the gearbox they were talking about. Hamilton had a old gearbox in his car
Jere (@jerejj)
8th June 2019, 8:35
TBH, I never really bought into those rumors in the first place anyway.
Philip (@philipgb)
8th June 2019, 8:41
Stroll can make the excuse of being in a new team all he likes, but F1 is full of current and former drivers who got on terms with established team mates from the get go. Ocon wasn’t this far behind Perez as a rookie, let alone the fact Stroll was indulged with 2 years at Williams beforehand.
Perez is decent, but he wasn’t quite on par with Button, who was also not quite capable of Hamilton’s peak performance.
Stroll isn’t F1 material, and the excuses his dad’s money will buy for him from the team and friendly media articles are just going to get more embarrassing.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
8th June 2019, 8:45
@philipgb agreed.
No matter how much I wanted to be a racing driver I just could not do what Lance is doing.
Not and still possess any scrap of self esteem anyway.
Philip (@philipgb)
8th June 2019, 9:09
Don’t underestimate the Dunning–Kruger effect. Most of us aren’t capable of an unbiased assessment of our abilities. Most of us hit a wall with reality as others will be pretty frank with us about our actual competence, but a billionaire lifestyle would shield you from that.
Don’t doubt Stroll truly believes he just has to work harder to catch up to drivers who he likely believes only have an edge on him due to their years of experience.
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
8th June 2019, 14:41
@philipgb Can’t wait to see Stroll reaching Perez level in 6 years yay!
John H
8th June 2019, 12:46
Gastly rumours.
playstation361
20th October 2020, 16:33
Test. Fake News. Others. Pirated.