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FIA covering itself in glory as per usual. Good to see UK motorsport picking up the slack
Aaaagh - I was hoping he'd do a Rosberg! 🙂
Seems we're stuck with the dodgem car driver for a few years yet...
https://the-race.com/formula-1/an-easy-decision-verstappens-f1-deal-to-2028-explained/
I guess we will have to wait and see how this season starts to shake out. Still too many unknowns at the moment about who has aced their design and who has dropped a bollock. If there are two or three manufacturers who have aced the design then, combined with the driver line-up, then we may see some more robust defence against Verstappen's driving. I would love to see that - although I'm not sure he is the sort of person who will recognise it as being down to him and won't change. Which is likely to be good fun as it may mean he ends up throwing away potential championships. If he had driven a bit more sagely last season it wouldn't have even come down to a final race shoot out - he'd have had the championship sown up several races earlier.
I'm hoping that different cars suit different circuits so that there's a lot of mixed up grids through the year. I'd love to see Max battling in the pack with Alonso, Norris, Leclerc, etc.
I’d love to see Max battling in the pack with Alonso, Norris, Leclerc, etc.
Jeeez - it'd be like the start at Spa 1998 every weekend! 🤣😬
I’d love to see Max battling in the pack with Alonso, Norris, Leclerc, etc.
From what I've read and seen the general consensus seems to be (after just one test obviously) is that Maclaren have managed to create the best solution for keeping the airflow under the car from stalling and managed to crate the best side vortices to trap the air flow under the car. That's not to say that didn't have issues with "porpoising" like everyone lese, but it was noticeable that they weren't anything like as badly affected by it as other teams were.
it could be that we see Verstappen, Alonso, and Leclerc fighting it out as Norris and Ricardo bugger off into the distance...Not long now to see!
Interesting to see that people think Alonso will be anywhere but midfield
Mazapin dropped for Fittipaldi according to the Daily Mail
which I won't link
Russia dropped for 2024 aswell
Mazapin dropped for Fittipaldi according to the Daily Mail
which I won’t link
Good
Russia dropped for 2024 aswell
Reading between the lines I think it's pretty much dropped until Russia drops Putin, isn't it?
it could be that we see Verstappen, Alonso, and Leclerc fighting it out as Norris and Ricardo bugger off into the distance…Not long now to see!
Merc and Red Bull will have updates before the first race. I'm a McLaren fan and their car looks good, but the first test was just to understand the basics of the cars, the teams haven't started on performance work yet.
Interesting to see that people think Alonso will be anywhere but midfield
I think he's still a top driver, it's just difficult to believe that Renault are going to give him a frontrunning car.
Not sure I’d quite put him in the top group, but yeah mainly don’t see the car being capable
which I won’t link
*polite applause*
Can wholly understand why Mazepin would've been given the boot, but Fittipaldi?
Drive to survive, Season 4; March 11...should be a good one!
PlanetF1 (yeah I know) was reporting yesterday that an Alpine insider says that their car "isn't great"
Drive to survive, Season 4; March 11…should be a good one!
That's going to be too painful too watch tbh. Maybe a few years down the line, after there's been some seasons to dilute the bit of a messery
Mazepin reportedly set to leave Haas
Possible replacements Fittipaldi or Antonio Giovinazzi....
And with Uralkali out - could it be a return for Rich Energy??
Thing is those reports were all based on someone on Twitter saying it earlier in the day (who provided no other source). Indeed the first comment on that post was "Source: Trust me bro"
Not say it's not happening, just would like to see some better confirmation first.
Just seen this on the BBC
The UK motorsport authority has banned Russian and Belarusian drivers from taking part in events in Britain and Northern Ireland.
However, BBC Sport has been told this would not necessarily prevent Mazepin from competing in the British Grand Prix as the F1 driver super-licence contains a clause requiring national authorities to permit the driver to take part in F1 events.
Bollocks.
I'd guess the only reason Haas haven't announced Mazapin's sacking already is due to legal issues. I bet dear-daddy is employing the UKs finest Russian loving layers to keep him in that seat.
On a lighter note - this is great work! 🙂
https://twitter.com/LauraJ_artist/status/1499323827918151683?cxt=HHwWhoC55fzE1c4pAAAA
Not only is it a great physical likeness, it also has the same amount of charisma.
Not only is it a great physical likeness, it also has the same amount of charisma
Now that's uncalled for. Plasticine can be quite entertaining.
Omg that is so good! And out of plasticine, how do you even do that?!?
I’d guess the only reason Haas haven’t announced Mazapin’s sacking already is due to legal issues. I bet dear-daddy is employing the UKs finest Russian loving layers to keep him in that seat
Good point!
this is great work!
the resemblance is uncanny 🙂
Massivespin has gone
Good to see Haas managed to fill FIA's ethics gap there
Drive To Survive S4 E4 reeeeeeeally awkward now
What happens in Ep 4?
shermer75
Good to see Haas managed to fill FIA’s ethics gap there
Doubt it, they took him on in the first place despite him being known as a sex pest.
Probably worried uralkali won't deliver their bag of cash.
https://wtf1.com/post/heres-whats-covered-in-each-episode-of-drive-to-survive-season-4/
Ahh, I see, it's Haas, Mazepin and the Russian grand prix. Yep, that will be seen in a while new light now!!
It's not publicly released until next Friday but reviewers have seen it.
EPISODE 4: A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB
The Haas team looks to reverse its recent fortunes with a new sponsor and two new rookie drivers: Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher.Struggling to survive as an F1 team, they take on a new Russian sponsor and his son, who’s driving one of their cars. Nikita has a difficult start to the season with numerous incidents and, at times, feels everyone in the team is out to get him.
After spending some time at home with Mazepin in Moscow, the episode’s focus shifts onto his home race: the Russian Grand Prix.
https://www.racefans.net/2022/03/05/mazepin-haas-ignored-my-pleas-to-continue-racing/
Poor Nikita. It's almost as though he was only there because of his money rather than his ability.
Oh Nikita you will never know...
Oh Nikita you will never know…
This is very funny!
And we all read it in the same voice
That's Mazepin gone then. 21st out of 20 full time drivers in 2021 and having spun 22 times during the season and a reputation for boorish on and off track behaviour hasn't earned him many admirers.
I'm sure I saw reports saying that Merc and Redbull had come to a truce and agreed to move on from 2021?
Looks like Karen didn't get the memo.
Was just me who read the bit about the two teams hassling Michael who read Horners comments as ‘well I didn’t start it, it was them sir’?
Petty!
Looks like Karen didn’t get the memo.
Interesting. He was much more conciliatory on BBC Breakfast, saying they 'got lucky' in that last race.
My favourite bit is where he says he doesn’t think the regulations were applied incorrectly, just different to how they’d been applied before. So that would be different to correctly.
Drive to survive, Season 4; March 11…should be a good one!
Verstappen not taking part though, so the most interesting story line of 2021 isn't going to be very interesting after all.
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So, err - possibly no sidepods on the Merc!!??
https://twitter.com/wbuxtonofficial/status/1501214906703568902?cxt=HHwWjICz2Z_AsdUpAAAA
...or could be a load of twaddle! 🙂
No sidepods and a chonky boi airbox a la 2021 Alpine? Ambitious, if true.
McLaren could be doing something similar? 🤔
The sidepods in their 2022 car are already pretty flat and small. May be running wider vanity panels to disguise true size?
So what about being blocked for being a ****?
https://twitter.com/nikita_mazepin/status/1501518882099585033
Nikita, how about asking your dad to fund a foundation for ordinary, peaceful people who have been blocked from living their ordinary, peaceful lives for political reasons? They're a lot more deserving of anyone's support than the spoilt brat son of a billionaire.
Magnussen back at Haas....multi-year contract apparently
So K-mag's back!!! did not see that coming.....
Thought Gio might have gotten the call due to recent F1 experience.
Does Magnussen bring mundo sponsorship money?
Tiny sidepods!
Sidepod opening immediately made me think of the Jordan 195
Well, the cars sure don't all look the same right now. Got a feeling there's going to be a lot of copycats next year though. Just a question of who got it right and who got it wrong.
Looks like the Merc is using the side impact beam as an aero structure.
how long before Horner objects….
Although Hamilton is last 4.5 seconds off the pace currently
We'll see where everyone is when they do qualy sims on Saturday. Until then what there is of those sidepods will be full of ballast! 🙂
how long before Horner objects….
He already has....says it's not in the spirit of the rules
Already?
Red Bull boss Christian Horner via Auto Motor und Sport: “The new Mercedes violates the spirit of the regulations. For us, there are some parts that are not legal.”
He really is a grade A cock.
I think James Allison knows the rule book as well as anyone. Or perhaps they don't have access to the rule book Red Bull work to.
Yeah just heard him saying it’s not safe
However, the regs clearly dictate the two separate impact structures
Like the side impact structures sticking out of the car!?
And the fact they have to pass FIA crash tests!?
It's bloody great though isn't it! I was really worried F1 2022 would be Indycar style spec series. 🙂
Red Bull boss Christian Horner via Auto Motor und Sport: “The new Mercedes violates the spirit of the regulations. For us, there are some parts that are not legal.”
No Karen, the rules are being applied correctly but just in a way that's different to how they've been applied before. Surely that's all perfectly OK?
[i]Yeah just heard him saying it’s not safei[/i]
Everyone ones that having a faster car in among slower traffic is potentially unsafe. haven't y seen the road safety adverts
Also, he doesn't specify what it makes unsafe - perhaps the Red Bull chances of victory?
Just because he is a whinging sack of piss doesn't mean you should be nasty about the drivelling Karen. That little tosspot is a valued member of the F1 team.
Just thought someone on here ought to stand up for him 🙂
Can't see any mega upgrades from anyone else. Just incremental bits from the first test.
Although Hamilton is last 4.5 seconds off the pace currently
I imagine they are data collecting still on the new shape.
Horner is a prize ^%$£"
I imagine they are data collecting still on the new shape.
A bit of that, but it's still bouncing and they'd taped up the gills/louvres/whatevers on the side pods for some laps and that came off...So far Mercedes are having a bit of a trial. Plus like a lot of teams (except AR I think) the Merc is overweight currently (and one of the heaviest I think) Some teams have got some serious weight to shed. It could be that the new design is predominantly because of that
For gods sake, we really have to listen to him whining again all year about everything thats not fair for Red Bull, don't we
Red Bull isn't happy with some comments attributed to its team boss Christian Horner by Auto Motor und Sport about the Mercedes potentially breaching the regulations.
A spokesperson from the team said: “Christian Horner has not given any interviews regarding Mercedes’ car. Any quotes being attributed to him this morning are incorrect.”
So did he say it? I'm at work so not watching.
So he is now complaining about articles about him complaining.