The 2018 Season

[Chrill]

I strongly disagreed until Abu Dhabi, really, because Leclerc was massively faster down the straights compared to Ericsson, yet Ericsson and Leclerc both stated they ran "virtually" the same setup. Ericsson did not make up any ground on Leclerc in sector 3, running about one tenth faster or slower over the race and during quali. We saw a similar thing in Azerbaijan where Ericsson struggled to keep up during the straight.

[Penfold]

The busy little elves over at racefans have cobbled together some articles on who spent what in 2018.  Brief(ish) summary version here: https://www.racefans.net/2018/12/29/analysis-how-f1-teams-spent-2-2-billion-in-2018/

More detailed team-by-team analysis here: https://www.racefans.net/2018/12/19/how-much-f1-teams-spent-race-2018-part-one/ and here: https://www.racefans.net/2018/12/26/the-cost-of-f1-revealed-how-much-teams-spent-in-2018-part-two/

I'd suggest perusing the last two links if you're going to bother with any of it, you can skip through much of the text and just absorb all relevant info. from the pretty pictures - quite interesting to see how many tens of millions the parent companies of the big spenders have to pump in to balance the books.

Also, hope you guys had a great Christmas.