In the round-up: Robert Kubica has tested BMW’s DTM car at the Jerez circuit in Spain as he considers a move into the championship next year.
Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
In the days leading up to Christmas🎄, the DTM is back in business – at the test in Jerez de la Frontera.☀️🌴 There is plenty of action at the wheel of the BMW M4 DTM when Robert Kubica, Nick Yelloly, Philipp Eng and Marco Wittmann take to the track. #RACETHELIMIT pic.twitter.com/l1gwk82drP
— BMW Motorsport (@BMWMotorsport) December 12, 2019
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Ferrari Boss 'Flattered' by Hamilton's Interest (New York Times)
"It was a social event, which has sort of been blown somewhat out of proportion, but it was a social event. They have some common friends."
Kyalami, Monza Confirmed on New-Look 2020-21 Schedule (SportsCar365)
"Kyalami and Monza will host FIA World Endurance Championship races for the first time after being confirmed on the provisional calendar for the 2020-21 season."
F1’s team bosses choose their Top 10 drivers of 2019 (F1)
"This has been quite the campaign for Hamilton, the Mercedes driver winning 11 out of 21 races to clinch a sixth world title. Those antics have, unsurprisingly, earned praise from the big cheeses up and down the grid, with F1’s team principals voting him their number one driver of the year in our poll..."
Senegal completes Extreme E race line-up (Extreme E)
"Lac Rose in Senegal, on the West Coast of Africa, has today been revealed as the Ocean race location for the inaugural season of Extreme E, the pioneering new electric off-road racing series which uses sport to raise awareness of global climate issues."
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Comment of the day
Should Kubica be bottom of the list in our 2019 F1 driver rankings? LB regretfully agrees:
I hate to say it because I like him as a driver and remember the good old days, but it’s very, very difficult to argue that he shouldn’t be 20th (though I wouldn’t have argued if Grosjean or Stroll had been there!).
In years to come it may not look so bad if Russell goes on to be world champion.
LB (@Burden93)
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Joao (@johnmilk)
13th December 2019, 0:13
Keith will you guys try to get insight from the teams in order to understand their contengency plans after the elections?
Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
13th December 2019, 12:09
Contingency plans can probably be shelved, as with the scale of the conservative majority, it is likely we will see a softer exit from the EU with a decent amount of alignment, now that the euro-sceptic wing of the party has less of a grasp on the steering wheel
Cristiano Ferreira
13th December 2019, 0:36
I’m happy for Kubica and i hope he succeeds at DTM. He must be feeling good now that he doesnt have to drive that piece of junk that Williams designed anymore.
Matteo (@m-bagattini)
13th December 2019, 8:31
@Cristiano Ferreira
> He must be feeling good now that he doesnt have to drive that piece of junk that Williams designed
I agree with you. But let’s be honest here: he had the chance to drive an F1 car for an entire season. I don’t think his place was threatened at any time. Because of his physical condition, he shouldn’t have been there and I’m pretty sure that if it weren’t for those conditions and the crisis in which Williams finds himself, he would never have had the opportunity to race in F1 again.
And anyway, let’s remember one thing: this year’s Williams was terrible, but it was still several seconds faster than the last F1 that Robert drove in the past. In Canada 2008 he qualified in 1.17, this year in 1.14
F1Minion
16th December 2019, 10:03
So his Willams was quicker than the last F1 car he drove – agreed.
Other cars were 2/3 seconds faster than the Willams he drove – was he expected to fight for podium finishes?
By your own admission, “Williams was faster than the last…”, – he managed that car v.well, when you consider him not fit to be there? Contradiction and confusion rife in your statement.
budchekov (@budchekov)
13th December 2019, 1:49
+1
I’ll sure be watching the races next year, someone to root for.
Jere (@jerejj)
13th December 2019, 9:35
Merely a social event, but people surprisingly still made a big deal out of it, which is nothing new.
I also agree with the COTD.
Neil (@neilosjames)
13th December 2019, 16:10
Kyalami’s one I’d like to see back in F1. God knows what the track would look like after being made ‘F1 ready’, but it has a bit of history and I’d quite like this particular World Championship to visit all the well-populated continents.
dutchtreat (@dutchtreat)
13th December 2019, 16:48
I sure hope Lewis goes to Ferrari to end his career, what could be more exciting.
Max to Mercedes. Of course It is also a great negotiating tool for Lewis with Mercedes.