Pre-Season F1 2022
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Il_leone
World Champion
We ve had that before in the 90's and 00's and 10's. I don't mind it's Leclerc or Sainz both got better class than Verstappen. It's good for F1 that Ferrari are back
Had it been Verstappen with Horner and Marko blowing his trumpet every week they will turn a lot of people away from F1
It's a very American thing isn't it. It's a waste of time watching the first 195 laps of Indy 500 because the number of Yellow flags and pace cars screw the race up royally.
Probably the easiest solution to help in F1 would be to drop the mandatory pit stop bollocks.
F1Brits_90
World Champion
the rumour around the paddock according to sky sports is that we will be doing back to back Singapore instead of Russia
Il_leone
World Champion
Different configuration then ?
F1Brits_90
World Champion
i would assume that it will be alot like styria & austria same race twice effectively. but i expect with the 3 races in 3 weeks that logistically it would make sense
Neither has the Las Vegas strip but we'll be there next year.Unfortunately neither of those two have F1 circuit accreditation
Dartman
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Yes, but as FB posts money talks and Las Vegas appears to have the money, Donnington was nearly destroyed last time they tried to upgrade it and Brands apparently has no ambition to upgrade to F1 standards after Silverstone was given the the British GP contract apparently forever. Both would need some guarantee for future events for an investment of that nature, I have no knowledge of Donnington but Brands would be very difficult to upgrade due to its topography, unfortunately as much as I would like to see a return to Brands Hatch.
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Yes, all very true but the point still stands, it's not about not having an FIA accreditation, it's about not having the cash. If there was a will there would be a way.
Just because Brands would be way to small and narrow to host a GP wouldn't make a difference if a rich Middle Eastern chap decided he fancied watching a race there.
Just because Brands would be way to small and narrow to host a GP wouldn't make a difference if a rich Middle Eastern chap decided he fancied watching a race there.
F1Brits_90
World Champion
but money has always been the biggest factor. started by Bernie way before my time. we werent going to Hungary in 80s, Bahrain, Malaysia, China, Abu Dhabi in 00s because they were hot beds of F1
F1Brits_90
World Champion
although i agree that you dont want customer cars, nobody was complaining about haas for the last 2 years
racingnews365.com
Haas and McLaren at odds over controversial F1 rule
Haas team boss Guenther Steiner is "beyond frustrated" about the topic of shared knowledge and personnel transfer between outfits that are politically aligned.
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The Artist.....
Champion Elect
True - but people were bitterly complaining about TRacing Point back in 2020...although i agree that you dont want customer cars, nobody was complaining about haas for the last 2 years
Haas and McLaren at odds over controversial F1 rule
Haas team boss Guenther Steiner is "beyond frustrated" about the topic of shared knowledge and personnel transfer between outfits that are politically aligned.
F1Brits_90
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its the hypocritical nature of F1 they only care about teams breaking the rules if they are competitive
. as proven with mercedes zeropods. huge uproar, 2 weeks nobody cares if they legal as Lewis went out in Q1
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The Artist.....
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I'm not sure that that's true. Back in 1995, there was huge furore about Ligier suddenly presenting a car that was (frankly) a carbon copy of the B195 (whilst back in the day, it was said that there wasn't a single interchangeable part, it has since emerged that Ligier engineers came into the Benetton factory, in Benetton team kit, used the Benetton moulds to produce their aero parts, and shipped them off to the Ligier factory).its the hypocritical nature of F1 they only care about teams breaking the rules if they are competitive
New Ligier causes controversy
The Ligier-Mugen Honda JS41 - launched at Magny-Cours last Thursday - has stirred up discontent among rival Formula 1 teams, which claim that the car is a Benetton with Gitanes sponsorship.
Similarly, Sauber's 2004 car was basically a carbon-copy of the 2003 Ferrari:
Sauber Speak - Sauber News - a new car and a new controversy
Recent Sauber news, including the C23's first test and the controversy over the team's strengthened ties with Ferrari. | Sauber Speak : Unofficial Sauber F1 news, views and message boards.
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I've never quite got on top of Super Aguri's use of year-old BAR chassis - even if they had been sold the intellectual rights, it still hadn't been designed in house.
Prodrive had signed up to compete in F1 in 2008(?), with Mercedes engines, and year-old McLaren chassis
The FIA owe Prodrive an apology · RaceFans
Tomorrow it will be 19 months since the FIA confirmed that Prodrive would be the 12th team in Formula 1 in 2008. Last week David Richards confirmed what many people had suspected for a long time: that Prodrive will not be racing in F1 next year. Prodrive’s absence next year is because the FIA...
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