Episode #226: Counter Punch, The F1 2019 Season Review

Dec 23, 2019, 08:20 PM

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It's the moment you've all been waiting very patiently for, as the four of us, review Abu Dhabi's boringness, and then take on the 2019 Season as a whole, it's our F1 2019 Season Review!

THE NEWS
- F1: Nicholas Latifi's official Williams appointment officially official, for sure
- A whole lotta F2 signings: Schumacher/Schwartzman to Prema, Gelael/Ticktum to DAMS, Armstrong to ART, Markelov/Alesi to HWA, Ilott to Virtuosi
- FIA (FINA-FUCKIN-LLY) makes Formula E a world championship
- FIA inducts Fernando Alonso into its hall of fame again (and every other WEC premier class champion)
- Peugeot picks its partner - Swiss-based Rebellion Racing!
- IndyCar: IT'S THE COYNE SWEEPSTAKES! Hinch, SSC, and Palou!

FORMULA 1 ABU DHABI GP
- LH44 drops the hammer from the word go, completes his SIXTH grand slam
- VER & LEC complete the podium (despite a ghastly clerical error for LEC's car)
- BOT goes 20th to 4th in the only non-DRS overtaking of the first 18 laps
- TV directors miss 80% of the good stuff of this race (VET passes ALB for 5th, PER passes NOR for 7th, SAI passes HUL for 10th)

FORMULA 2 YAS MARINA
- The Feature: Sergio Sette Camara takes pole, rides on to come-from-behind victory ahead of alternate strategists Matsushita & Zhou
- The Sprint: Ghiotto bows out of F2 with sprint race win; Latifi locks up championship-runner up spot and F1 drive with 2nd, Camara 3rd
- The Final Championship Standings #SalutAnthoine #StayStrongJM

- THE F1 2019 Season Review