F1 Gossip: Could super typhoon affect Japanese GP?

In today’s latest round up of Formula 1 gossip, a super typhoon heads on course for Japan ahead of this weekend's race, ex-Renault driver Jolyon Palmer casts his verdict on Ferrari’s use of team orders’ and what it means going forwards, while Mission Winnow branding is back.

- Typhoon Hagibis is forecast to reach Japan as a “very strong typhoon” in time for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, acccording to the latest weather reports (Twitter)

#F1 #BBCF1 #JAPANESEGP Confidence low re track of Typhoon #Hagibis into the later stages of this week (below, latest from Joint Typhoon Warning Center). Albeit some weakening is expected prior to reaching Japan, JTWC stress it will nonetheless approach as "a very strong typhoon" pic.twitter.com/1O1PoAp3HV

— Ian Fergusson (@fergieweather) October 7, 2019

- Ex-Renault F1 driver Jolyon Palmer feels Ferrari is unnecessarily overcomplicating things by imposing team orders on its drivers (BBC)

- The controversial Mission Winnow branding is set to return to Ferrari’s 2019 challenger in Japan after a five-month absence (RaceFans)

- Williams driver George Russell believes Williams’ struggles this year has allowed it to carry out “extreme” approaches he feels will benefit the team in the future (Motorsport Week)

- Lewis Hamilton has asked for help from fans in picking a colour for Mercedes’ new ‘Project One’ supercar (Instagram)

 

 

 

 

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I’m a car fanatic naturally so sharing with you my loves. However, this is my new dream. What colour do you think would be best for the ProjectOne? Need your help #projectone #amg

A post shared by Lewis Hamilton (@lewishamilton) on Oct 6, 2019 at 10:53am PDT