No F1 thread?

[Swervin_Mervin]

JB's on it as well



Would love to see George get the drive but I really don't think it will happen - can it even happen? Will there be something in his contract with WIlliams that permits it?

[mik]

@McSwede

[duncs500]

Mik's tip-ex collection only shows him to do the hard tyre, so they decided to go elsewhere.

[integrale_evo]

Don’t know if it was mentioned in this thread, but Ben Edwards is leaving c4 at the end of the season.

Sad times, I thought him and DC were a great pairing. Don’t think there’s any word on his replacement yet.

[mr_jon]

James Allen? God no! I would guess the 5 Live guy, although Crazy Dave may not be keen.

I was surprised about Ben too. Reading his quotes it genuinely feels like he is ready to step off the merry-go-round, can't say I blame him if he can afford to and has enough other stuff going on to keep him interested.

[Rich B]

Are ch4 carrying on with it?

[Swervin_Mervin]

AFAIK yes. I wouldn't be surprised if C4/Whisper are keeping their hand in to see what happens when Bernie's Sky deal comes to a close.

[Rich B]

The Hulk has to be in the mix too? He's probably the safest point scoring option, but no one really learns anything from using him.

[Pete_]

Don’t know if it was mentioned in this thread, but Ben Edwards is leaving c4 at the end of the season.

Sad times, I thought him and DC were a great pairing. Don’t think there’s any word on his replacement yet.

My shout is that DC will do a Brundle and become lead commentator and Webber will join him (he seems to have been joining Edwards and DC in the commentary box quite a lot this season).

[jamcg]

It’s happening!!

[Rich B]

Excellent - glad they went for it!

[Marv]

[Marv]

Just standing in for a 7 times World Champion.

No pressure there!

[Gavin]

Brilliant, would have made zero sense to not have a £return to the mothership" clause in any contract, just in case of mid season illness or injury etc.

@Marv there is no pressure on him. Nobody will expect him to get close to an established driver over one weekend. If he gets within half a second he will be lauded. If he does get close or beat him then he possibly wins a 2022 seat, unless Mercedes decide to go VB & GR for next year and save the $40M odd they pay Hamilton....

[JonMad]

That's awesome. And Mick Schumacher confirmed

I really hope GR doesn't bin it on the sighting lap or get in a first lap incident.

[JonMad]

Lando racing for McLaren for last 2 races.

[Rich B]

Lando racing for McLaren for last 2 races.

as opposed to what?

[McSwede]

This is great news. Very pleased for him and hope he does well. I'll actually look forward to watching this weekend to see how he does.

[GG.]

Awesome - what an opportunity for him.

Worst car on the grid to best in the space of 7 days - question is how quickly can you adapt to that...

[Foz]

Awesome news!