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- Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:06 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
You said that Balestre talked bs whe he said he helped Prost to the title in 1989, the title was won in Japan and not with Senna's crash in Australia, would we be looking to say that Balestre didn't help Prost to the title because Senna crashed in Australia. Balestre generally talked a lot of bs. T...
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:57 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
Senna lost the title in Japan after he got black flagged, Prost didn't even take part in the race in Australia because of the wet conditions, he didn't need to he was already the champion. How did Prost not starting cause Senna's crash? Senna winning Japan but crashing out of Australia would still ...
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:43 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
Senna lost the title in Japan after he got black flagged, Prost didn't even take part in the race in Australia because of the wet conditions, he didn't need to he was already the champion. How did Prost not starting cause Senna's crash? Senna winning Japan but crashing out of Australia would still ...
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:21 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
I'm probably missing the joke, but what do you mean? Mintzlaff was known for frequently firing the head coach - like many football managers do. I am also not sure about his racing competence. But he seems to be the big man for the younger owner generation. I see, I wasn't aware that he was involved...
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
1945123851412677079 The football manager ... I'm probably missing the joke, but what do you mean? Mintzlaff was known for frequently firing the head coach - like many football managers do. I am also not sure about his racing competence. But he seems to be the big man for the younger owner generatio...
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 8:41 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
1945123851412677079 The football manager ... I'm probably missing the joke, but what do you mean? Mintzlaff was known for frequently firing the head coach - like many football managers do. I am also not sure about his racing competence. But he seems to be the big man for the younger owner generation.
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 7:42 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
The football manager ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:14 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Silly Season 2026
- Replies: 82
- Views: 17035
Re: Silly Season 2026
I very, very sensible signing. Basically a no brainer. That is just like saying Stroll is a good signing for Aston Martinin 2026. Both are underperforming pay drivers. You have to go back years to find a good season from Perez. As I said before, it would be like bringing Ricciardo back based on wha...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:51 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
Not for a lack of trying; he contacted the stewards to get Senna disqualified, but the stewards told him they didn't have grounds to do so after Prost had cynically tried to take Senna out at Suzuka the previous year. Not the right thread for this, but you're also clearly forgetting how the request...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
But it does seem that your recollection of the events is a bit off; all of what you said makes sense, except that you have made the incorrect assumption that this happened AFTER qualifying. No, the discussion happened BEFORE qualifying so nobody was doing this to benefit Senna - it was to benefit t...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:42 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
That's quite an accusation you write there. What gave you the idea that Prost and Balestre were friends? Secondly, I believe the FIA only introduced combined driver+car weight in 2019, some 11 years after Balestre died, and some 27 years after he left office. Looking forward to an enlightening answ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:37 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
That's quite an accusation you write there. What gave you the idea that Prost and Balestre were friends? Secondly, I believe the FIA only introduced combined driver+car weight in 2019, some 11 years after Balestre died, and some 27 years after he left office. Looking forward to an enlightening answ...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 11:33 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
We can agree to disagree I guess, everything points to the fact that the car is difficult/unstable/you name it. Max was beating the drum since testing that the car is not where they want it (partly to the reduced testing/tunnel time they had). He has described that the car is “a bit more unstable i...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 9:41 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
But mikey didn't talk about only Max being able to drive fast, nor that instability is the only thing that determines that. Only said that maybe Max is better at handling an unstable car, which is something that can definitely be observed so far compared to his teammates. Also, you don't have to be...
- Tue Jul 15, 2025 8:15 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Midseason Break Polls 2025: Rank the Drivers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 445
Re: Midseason Break Polls 2025: Rank the Drivers
Exediron and King Void (in locked thread) - why Russell over Verstappen? Maybe because Verstappen threw away two podiums by driving-mistakes? Just guessing, of course. But would a single other driver be in that position of "losing a podium" if they were driving the Red Bull or would all of them be ...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:33 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
Interesting, do tell us about the FIA rules that were changed after Prost's retirement. And about how Prost supposedly cheated his way to a 4th world title. If necessary, start a new thread, because I am really interested to learn about all the things that I never understood. You wouldn't happen to...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:31 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
- Replies: 3245
- Views: 380915
Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Looks like Max to Merc is done deal now ? It was never a 'done deal', Wolff is just bunging outlets cash to create a narrative. Look at it this way, exactly what do Mercedes (or Aston Martin) offer him other than a fundamentally worse drive than he currently has? With no guarantee they would improv...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:28 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Midseason Break Polls 2025: Rank the Drivers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 445
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:25 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the Team Principals
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4810
Re: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the...
Would Ferrari be happy going from 9 wins the season before, and 19 a year before that, into a place where they have to fight tooth and nail for 2? Red Bull in 2023 was an unstoppable juggernaut. The number of top people who have exited since then, and the precipitous fall of the team likely as a re...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:58 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the Team Principals
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4810
Re: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the...
I think that Horner is ranked too bad here. Ferrari would be happy with 2 GP victories this season. Would Ferrari be happy going from 9 wins the season before, and 19 a year before that, into a place where they have to fight tooth and nail for 2? Red Bull in 2023 was an unstoppable juggernaut. The ...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:58 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Silly Season 2026
- Replies: 82
- Views: 17035
Re: Silly Season 2026
Is this an official announcement?
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:53 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
I'm not a Verstappen fan. I just think he's better than everyone else on the grid, particularly at taming a difficult care. Imagine how unstable Tsunoda, Lawson or Perez would look if they were driving half a second a lap (or more) faster. As Badger rightfully emphasizes stability/predictability is...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:52 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
The problem with assessing anything about Verstappen at Red Bull is that there's pretty obviously something weird going on at that team with the second seat. Now, I'm no fan of Verstappen, and I think that's pretty obvious. He is a very talented driver. As a complete package, he's probably the best...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: PF1 Forum teammate wars vote: Silverstone 2025
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2729
Re: PF1 Forum teammate wars vote: Silverstone 2025
Piastri didn't do anything abnormal. hard braking is 130psi not 60psi, Verstappen did what starts to become normal for him in making it all so dramatic in order to try and win a race, the stewards just didn't buy it against Russell. Clearly wasn't normal. And clearly not just Verstappen having prob...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 11:54 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2025 British Grand Prix Race Thread
- Replies: 176
- Views: 8307
Re: 2025 British Grand Prix Race Thread
Funny thing i just saw (at risk of devolving this thread into chaos) in 2021 Saudi Arabia Verstappen apparently applied 1000psi of braking force when he didn't brake check Hamilton. Braking system operational pressure VS brake pedal applied pressure perhaps? I don't know. Those pushing this narrati...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 11:41 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
Maybe Verstappen is much better at keeping an unstable car under control? Perhaps the Ferrari and Mercedes would look much more stable in his hands? I understand that and why you Verstappen fans think so. Of course, I looked at both cars to derive a judgement. Tsunoda's and Perez' cars looked compa...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:38 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
Maybe Verstappen is much better at keeping an unstable car under control? Perhaps the Ferrari and Mercedes would look much more stable in his hands? I understand that and why you Verstappen fans think so. Of course, I looked at both cars to derive a judgement. Tsunoda's and Perez' cars looked compa...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 10:02 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
Don't agree on the Red Bull looking stable. There may be some recency bias, but in Silverstone it was visibly sliding and snapping in most of the high speed corners. Now, the Ferrari looked bad as well, don't get me wrong. But the Red Bull did not look stable. In Silverstone, the Ferrari, the Red B...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:25 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
The Red Bull does seem to be very rear limited/front positive, although it appears predictable enough in being that. Its quite difficult to gauge the stability of a car from onboards, thats something you feel in your arms and stomach (as well as eyes). A car can look slidey and twitchy, but if its ...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:23 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
Yeah, and I think we're seeing at the moment that the ability of their aero department to work wonders may be a thing of the past. They've produced a car that isn't by any means the fastest on the grid, but is certainly the most unstable. I have intensively studied onboards from qualifyings and rac...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:41 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
We could also be seeing a fresh new Red Bull in many a way. Am expecting 2 new drivers & am not keeping Russell out of the picture. With a Ford engine at the back, Red Bull could slip at least to 5th strongest team next year because even if the engine is bad, their aero department always works wond...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
- Replies: 3245
- Views: 380915
Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Looks like Max to Merc is done deal now ? Is this based on the tweet/x of them both (reportedly) being in Sardinia? Or has there been more news, or rumors, to come out since then? Not trying to question you just curious if this is you reading the tea leaves from earlier or if you've heard something...
- Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:47 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
Does anyone here believe that Mekies has the format and the competences to successfully lead Red Bull? I don't know but I certainly feel less confident that Red Bull can rebuild into a championship contender now than I did before they sacked Horner. We could also be seeing a fresh new Red Bull in m...
- Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:36 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
Does anyone here believe that Mekies has the format and the competences to successfully lead Red Bull? I don't know but I certainly feel less confident that Red Bull can rebuild into a championship contender now than I did before they sacked Horner. We could also be seeing a fresh new Red Bull in m...
- Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:34 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the Team Principals
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4810
Re: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the...
I think that Horner is ranked too bad here. Ferrari would be happy with 2 GP victories this season. Would Ferrari be happy going from 9 wins the season before, and 19 a year before that, into a place where they have to fight tooth and nail for 2? Red Bull in 2023 was an unstoppable juggernaut. The ...
- Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:05 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
Does anyone here believe that Mekies has the format and the competences to successfully lead Red Bull?
- Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:00 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the Team Principals
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4810
Re: 2025 Midseason Break Polls: Rank the...
I think that Horner is ranked too bad here. Ferrari would be happy with 2 GP victories this season.
- Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:03 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
- Replies: 60
- Views: 384
Re: Senna, Prost, and a distinct lack of rumors
I don't understand why this is still something that keeps coming up like some sort of bombshell. Yes, Prost had a weight advantage. Before 1994, that was part of Formula 1, and had always been part of grand prix racing. Prost can only be viewed in the context of the era he raced in, one in which hi...
- Thu Jul 10, 2025 2:13 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
1942901937911042368 If that means we get rid of Briatore - then I am all in favour. I know it's only rumour but does make some sense, but I double it would get rid of Flav - it could possibly even with the backing of Flav and how about Bernie??? They're all mates afterall :lol: (that would set the ...
- Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:45 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7102
Re: Red Bull Racing sack Christian Horner
This makes for an interesting read. The Red Bull company was initially split 49% each between the two - The Thai owner & Mateschitz. The remaining 2% was given to the Thai owner's son. Now that 2% has been sold off/transferred to a trust which makes the equity share 49% each giving the Mateschitz f...