F1 F1 2024 thread

[Nuggs Bunny]

Andretti want their own team and IIRC have Ford lined up as an engine manufacturer if they get in.

GM under Cadillac , Ford is buying RBPT

 

[jabba5114]

Begs the question why Andretti aren't asking the same questions?

Andretti want their own team and IIRC have Ford lined up as an engine manufacturer if they get in.

It's nothing about engines. It will be name only like alfasuber was

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[ash_1050]

Toyota talking to hass about a deal. Similar to the Alfa Sauber one.

If you're after a car that never breaks down or has engine issues Toyota would be the way to go.

 

[Not Important]

wow! concern about benz being overstretched. unusual bed mates it should be said.

 

[jabba5114]

wow! concern about benz being overstretched. unusual bed mates it should be said.

Just why? Just as you're going to the top. And you want to go with an unknown engine.

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[gaskin]

I'd be waiting to see if RB make good engines first.

 

[Not Important]

Just why? Just as you're going to the top. And you want to go with an unknown engine.

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agree. just when mclaren is showing form and so is benz. but the theory is that if they provide power units for audi they'll be spreading themselves too thin

 

[jabba5114]

agree. just when mclaren is showing form and so is benz. but the theory is that if they provide power units for audi they'll be spreading themselves too thin

I'd still be more confident starting with there engines. No one knows if redbulls engines are going to br any good. Sounds like he's jealous to me tbh. Acting like a spoiled child

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[Festerz]

Those McLaren boys must be giddy from their rapid rise.

 

[Barrybran]

Those McLaren boys must be giddy from their rapid rise.

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Interesting to see Ferrari are in a better position at this point compared to last season

 

[Festerz]

Interesting to see Ferrari are in a better position at this point compared to last season

And point wise (-104), the fall of Alonso has been massive.

 

[Sleezy]

Also how few points it takes to get into the top 10. Only 23.

 

[DamoESP]

So word that Lawsons times in the Silverstone tests underwhelmed Red Bull, was at least two tenths off the benchmark times that were set.

So if PER continues to suck and does undead gets the boot at the summer break (And doesn’t accept a demotion to VCARB) I think it’s looking more and more likely that it’s gonna be RIC stepping up to RBR and Lawson in the VCARB for the last 10 races of the season

 

[happy_eagle]

So word that Lawsons times in the Silverstone tests underwhelmed Red Bull, was at least two tenths off the benchmark times that were set.

It was a filming day, not a test.

 

[gaskin]

Apparently Newey has had a couple of meetings with Lawrence Stroll lately. For all the talk a couple of months ago of him saying no to Aston they could be a chance.

 

[Black_White]

Apparently Newey has had a couple of meetings with Lawrence Stroll lately. For all the talk a couple of months ago of him saying no to Aston they could be a chance.

I wonder if Lawrence understands that not even a technical genius like Newey can make his boy not suck.

 

[DamoESP]

Apparently Newey has had a couple of meetings with Lawrence Stroll lately. For all the talk a couple of months ago of him saying no to Aston they could be a chance.

Jeremy Clarkson did say at the Brisith GP that Newey was looking at property in Oxfordshire….maybe he wasn’t just talking shit

Jeremy Clarkson drops hint about Adrian Newey’s next move with ‘house-hunting’ claim

Has Jeremy Clarkson just let slip a key piece of information about Adrian Newey's F1 future?

www.crash.net

 

[darth_timon]

Out of interest, is anyone else getting F1 Manager 24? It will be my first time playing the manager series, not sure how I'm gonna approach it, but it should be fun.

 

[jabba5114]

Out of interest, is anyone else getting F1 Manager 24? It will be my first time playing the manager series, not sure how I'm gonna approach it, but it should be fun.

Probably not. F1 manager 23 didn't change at all. I'm not sure there is enough changes for me yet.

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[gaskin]

Out of interest, is anyone else getting F1 Manager 24? It will be my first time playing the manager series, not sure how I'm gonna approach it, but it should be fun.

Nope. I'm not a sports game kind of person.

 

[Vader]

Interesting article, discussing just how badly McLaren have baked-beans gunned themselves this year. It examines a bunch of "what if" scenarios, if McLaren didn't shoot themselves in the foot.
https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/e...ace-mistakes-cost-mclaren-this-year/10633234/

They suggest that McLaren could have won 5x GPs this year (4x Lando, 1x Oscar), instead of the 1 they have really won (Norris in Miami). The constructors championship would still have Red Bull in front, but only by 4 points (compared to 78 points, with Ferrari currently 2nd). Lando would only be 26 points behind Max, instead of 84 in the real world.

Some of the errors they noted were driver errors, not pit wall blunders.

Baked-bean gun moments they identified:

• Silverstone - Max overshoots pits, wrong tyres. Oscar not double-stacked.
• Monaco - Piastri could have been on poll (and thus a likely winner), if all his fastest sectors had occurred on the same lap. I think they're stretching here...
• Canada - Norris left out for an extra lap in an attempt to overcut, which ended up costing him the win.
• Austria - Norris crashes into Verstappen.
• Barcelona - Slow pit stop for Norris, and Norris over cooking the tyres, cost him the win. I think they're stretching here too.

The article focuses heavily on the errors affecting Norris, and ignores several errors affecting Piastri:

• Imola - The team fails to alert Piastri that Magnussen is on a hot qualifying lap, resulting in a 3-position grid penalty, dropping him from 2nd to 5th. The error almost certainly costs Piastri a podium finish, possibly a win.
• Austria - Piastri exceeds track limits, resulting in him failing to register a time in the fastest part of Q3. Piastri starts 7th and finishes 2nd. Piastri would have won the race, after the Max & Lando crash, if he hadn't lost so much track position at the start of the race. He would have been no worse than 3rd without the crash.
• Silverstone - Team late in getting Piastri out for the end of Q3 run, resulting in him having a compromised final qualifying lap. He still qualified in P5, but could/should have been P2 or P3 without the team **** up, potentially putting him ahead of Lando at the time of the non-double-stack.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Apparently Newey has had a couple of meetings with Lawrence Stroll lately. For all the talk a couple of months ago of him saying no to Aston they could be a chance.

Hopefully he doesn't go to Aston, a waste of his talents joining an unserious team.

 

[happy_eagle]

Interesting article, discussing just how badly McLaren have baked-beans gunned themselves this year. It examines a bunch of "what if" scenarios, if McLaren didn't shoot themselves in the foot.
https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/e...ace-mistakes-cost-mclaren-this-year/10633234/

They suggest that McLaren could have won 5x GPs this year (4x Lando, 1x Oscar), instead of the 1 they have really won (Norris in Miami). The constructors championship would still have Red Bull in front, but only by 4 points (compared to 78 points, with Ferrari currently 2nd). Lando would only be 26 points behind Max, instead of 84 in the real world.

Some of the errors they noted were driver errors, not pit wall blunders.

Baked-bean gun moments they identified:

• Silverstone - Max overshoots pits, wrong tyres. Oscar not double-stacked.
• Monaco - Piastri could have been on poll (and thus a likely winner), if all his fastest sectors had occurred on the same lap. I think they're stretching here...
• Canada - Norris left out for an extra lap in an attempt to overcut, which ended up costing him the win.
• Austria - Norris crashes into Verstappen.
• Barcelona - Slow pit stop for Norris, and Norris over cooking the tyres, cost him the win. I think they're stretching here too.

Lando in Barcelona lost that race by allowing Russel and Verstappen to get passed him on Lap 1.

But yes McLaren have dropped the ball, all very recently as well.

 

[Barrybran]

Hopefully he doesn't go to Aston, a waste of his talents joining an unserious team.

I agree. Go to Williams instead.

 

[DamoESP]

Jeez, you must know your days are numbered when even Jenson Button is saying you should be replaced soon...

Red Bull should axe Perez if he fails to score in Hungary – Button

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button reckons that Red Bull will have no choice but to drop Sergio Perez

www.motorsportweek.com