2018 F1 season

[RichardA]

Kicks off this weekend in Australia, Honda providing power for Toro Rosso with drivers Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley. All races will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1 with Channel 4 showing selective races live and highlights for the other races.

Race calendar

* Race will also be broadcast live on Channel 4.

25 March - Australia
8 April - Bahrain*
15 April - China
29 April - Azerbaijan*
13 May - Spain
27 May - Monaco*
10 June - Canada
24 June - France
1 July - Austria*
8 July - Great Britain*
22 July - Germany
29 July- Hungary
26 August - Belgium*
2 September - Italy
16 September - Singapore*
30 September - Russia
7 October - Japan*
21 October - USA*
28 October - Mexico
11 November - Brazil
25 November - Abu Dhabi*

[RichardA]

Hartley finished in 15th,  Gasly failed to finish in Australia.

[John Ratsey]

BBC comment on the Bahrain GP http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/43702834 where Honda-powered Gasly finished 4th.

[culzean]

BBC comment on the Bahrain GP http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/43702834 where Honda-powered Gasly finished 4th.

I think Honda found McLaren hard to work with, it looked as though they did not allow enough space in chassis to accommodate the engine Honda had designed and problems stemmed from that maybe with cooling a problem as well.

[RichardA]

Gasly finished in 18th and Hartley failed to finish in the Chinese GP.

[VicW]

In previous seasons when with Honda, McClaren blamed the Honda engine for their lack of performance.
The latest Honda engine seems a lot better with Torro Rosso while McClaren are still floundering with their new Renault engine which is doing very well with Red Bull.
So perhaps the problem wasn't all with the Honda engine after all, maybe the car isn't itself isn't too good.

Vic.

[culzean]

In previous seasons when with Honda, McClaren blamed the Honda engine for their lack of performance.
The latest Honda engine seems a lot better with Torro Rosso while McClaren are still floundering with their new Renault engine which is doing very well with Red Bull.
So perhaps the problem wasn't all with the Honda engine after all, maybe the car isn't itself isn't too good.

Vic.

I don't think Maclaren were the easiest partner to deal with, Japanese put a lot of effort into partnerships and if Maclaren wanted to be 'the big boss' all the time that would not work.  I had read that Honda wanted changes made to chassis but Maclaren would not do it.

[RichardA]

Hartley finished in 10th and Gasly in 12th in Azerbaijan.

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[RichardA]

Hartley finished in 12th and Gasly crashed out in first lap in Spain.

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[RichardA]

Gasly in 7th, Hartley DNF at Monaco.

[RichardA]

Gasly praises Honda's engine as he came home in Canada in 11th after starting way back in 19th, as Red Bull mull over possible switch from Renault to Honda:

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/6/f1-canada-2018-gasly-praises-honda-upgrade-as-renault-seek-red-bull-decision.html

Hartley taken to hospital after a crash but given the all clear.

[RichardA]

Hartley finished in 14th, Gasly crashed out in the French GP.

[RichardA]

Gasly in 11th and Hartley DNF in the Austrian GP. At one time both drivers were in the points zone.

[RichardA]

Gasly finished in 13th and Hartley DNF at the British GP.

[guest7675]

Hi does anyone get annoyed that if you have sky or virgin and do not want all the sports channels you have to pay £18 a month the same if you like moto gp thats £18 on virgin  and if you have bt i think it comes in with one of there tv packs.