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Martin K

Hi all, hoping to attend the 2023 Australian GP while visiting my daughter. Does anyone have experience with buying tickets via the Motorsport tickets website? https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/web-view?a=XmNemW&c=01GGPMAZ1EMWD1CN29X2STKGC7&k=2c076010a0cd30fe4998a5bac3d07c51&m=01GJSH0A4H9...

Martin K

It seems that the collapse in car sales prior to Covid19 has been significant. https://www.planetf1.com/news/mclaren-facing-insolvency/ McLaren is facing massive financial loses as the Group has sold less than a third of its McLaren road cars in the first quarter of this year compared to last year. ...

Martin K

Seems to be Leclerc in for Kimi if this is correct
https://www.essentiallysports.com/kimi- ... lerc/amp//

Martin K

A sign of the times , and liberty are on the ball

Martin K

Bernie may be gone and Liberty may be going in a different direction, however, the may have competition.....in the form of Bernie Ecclestone. https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/824522137675431936 who is considering a rival series! So GP1 will launch in 2019 with N/A engines and will feature ...

Martin K

Stronger and more robust tyres for 2017 are a necessity due to the reg changes and expected speed increase. Pirelli have said less tyre deg - not zero tyre deg and the requirement to tun at least 2 compounds per race has not changed - unless i missed that ? Hopefully the stints will not be tyre limi...

Martin K

Given that Apples automotive ambitions are electric , Formula E would seem a better fit for them. CVC have loaded F1 with debt and TV / sponsorship revenues have been falling - so unless Apple could pick F1 up relativley cheap ( a few $bn less than CVC are asking) it does not seem to make a lot of b...

Martin K

UK Gov response to the referendum petition - anyone suprised ? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215 The EU Referendum Act received Royal Assent in December 2015. The Act was scrutinised and debated in Parliament during its passage and agreed by both the House of Commons and the House of L...

Martin K

The move to SKY is all to do with driving up the value of F1 to any potential buyer and the timing is interesting with BE recently announcing he has done a deal to sell F1 and its up to CVC to accept http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ecclestone-sale-price-of-f1-has-been-agreed-682550/ The numbers ar...

Martin K

Sorry for the probably obvious question, but what's the iplayer loophole? Simply put, the current BBC licence fee only applies to OTA ( Over the Air) live content and does not apply to "off air" digital content. If you only ever used your TV to watch DVD's you did not need to pay a licence fee - th...

Martin K

There are many aspects to this "story" as reported that do not add up to me :? 1) if you are on a fixed term contract you do not usually need to give notice to terminate it 2) Mercedes handling of the situation , after being given such notice , does not seem have followed the usual protocols for suc...

Martin K

BE does not put something "out there" without a reason, this is typical Bernie PR where the real message is not always the headline. In this case it seems to me that the message is to CVC and partners, also to any potential future investors, is that whoever has financial control of F1 - Bernie inten...

Martin K

Sadly, if Mr Arrivabene's statement towards Kimi is a true reflection of his views, then Kimi's days at Ferrari are numbered.

Martin K

There's some financial engineering going on at "Caterham" to keep some value by retaining the F1 entry. I would not be in the least surprised to see this team emerge as a different entity next season with Kolles at the helm.

Martin K

Sadly ( unless Ron does a major about face) it looks like JB could well be out of F1 at the end of this season. Ron and Eric have been very publicly laying the ground for this for a while now - so it should should not be a surprise. The only scenario of JB staying at Macca in F1 is if the Alonso mov...

Martin K

All these people slating London. Can we just have an independent vote and get rid of you guys? ;) I believe there was a poll ( can't find it) that said if the rest of the UK ( England,Wales and NI) had a say in the Scottish Independence vote the result would be a majority "Yes" - Alex Salmond misse...

Martin K

It is aid. Since driver is supposed to know fuel flow, tyre pressure why he shouldn't know when to pit or about the traffic without any aid? Where is the difference? From Oxford dictionary: Definition of unaided in English: unaided Line breaks: un|aid¦ed Pronunciation: /ʌnˈeɪdɪd / ADJECTIVE Needing...

Martin K

Ron's management/negotiating style makes me smile. Publicly slag off JB for being too slow - too expensive and then when you find out that no one better wants to come to your team ( however much you offer them) backtrack and claim it was all meant as friendly banter. I suspect JB will have a one yea...

Martin K

I'm suprised no-ones picked up on Vatanen's comments here http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/9455710/Vatanen-Todt-concerned-over-Sochi It is often said that Formula One should not mix politics and sport, but the Russian regime is already mixing politics and sport in a blatant way, so we have to res...

Martin K

I was just reading the BBC's F1 gossip page and found this link which is quite an interesting story: http://racer.com/f1/item/106968-f1-indycar-s-pagenaud-closing-in-on-honda-test I dont see it as a good idea to have a driver from outside F1 doing the pre testing for a F1 engine. Unless he has driv...

Martin K

The question is what are the Mercedes Matrix Management trio are going to do going forward Its clear to me that Team Orders are not going to work at this stage - both drivers will ignore - or not hear them. They are both out for the WDC whatever they say - and alls fair in love,war and F1 :) . A sim...

Martin K

Assuming that Ron could entice Alsonso back to Mclaren - and thats a big if - he won't come cheap !. Ron's public position is that JB is an "expensive" experienced F1 driver who should be getting more out of the car. Perhaps the attraction of Alonso is that he is known to be able to get performances...

Martin K

As the saying goes "Win on Sunday Sell on Monday" still holds true to an extent that brand prerception of success is still a strong driver in sales - even if indirectly. Success does not necessarily need to be in F1 - WEC,WRC etc probably connect more directly to road car sales. It's just human natu...

Martin K

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Martin K

I hope this works out well for Max, maybe it will or maybe it won't. This appointment does seem to undermine the current RedBull/ Torro Rosso driver school pipeline by parachuting Max into the car ahead of others, who may have reasonably expected to get a chance. It smacks a little of desperation fr...

Martin K

This is a great forum with some very knowlegable and interesting contributors , however it does appear to be oversensitive to blocking discussion of fast developing and breaking news stories where there is a fear of someone posting a "risky" comment. In most forums the Mods would just either warn th...

Martin K

Certain posters on this thread said "we shouldn't be aloud to talk about it", " it's not fair on his family" when I posted about the suspect in the theft case the other day, and it was quickly locked. We can't talk about Michael Schumacher still because that's deemed insensitive. Why the double sta...

Martin K

Mr Lowe appears to be engaged in a little "grandstanding" here, with a somewhat dismissive acknowledgement of Ross Brawn's contribution.
The timing of this article is very interesting following his "non-involvement" in the recent team orders debacle.

Martin K

Great news - hope all goes well with the migration

Martin K

Hilarious thread. If Alonso is to blame for something, its for out-driving the car and placing it higher than it should belong, therefore he makes the Ferrari team think that their car is not as bad, and so the they don't work as hard as they should. Nobody can outdrive a car, thats a myth, the car...

Martin K

The general public perception of this is that BE has paid the mother of all bribes to settle this situation. This is from non-F1 fans and as they say perception is all, despite the fact this is a legal option within the German justice system.
While this may be good result for BE its not good for F1.

Martin K

Sounds like another desparate gimmick. The powers that be are now starting to panic at the apparent loss of interest in F1 ( lower viewing numbers etc). Ballast would never work in F1 , it's more than just a weight impact - tyre wear , fuel consumption etc, and you could almost guarantee that the le...

Martin K

The problem with having only one strategist is that it limits the scope and flexibility required when things get "stressful". I can't imagine it's for cost reasons they only have one. I'd also like to knock this employee-employer reltionship thing on it's head. F1 drivers ( like many other sports pe...

Martin K

Why are they saying neither driver could have won? That was impossible to know at that point. Lewis could have easily won that by simply passing Alonso (which he came very close to) and DR not having the straight line speed to overtake (which had already happened early when he could not pass Lewis ...

Martin K

Well judging by the public comments of Nikki Lauda and Toto Wolff in support of LH I would make and educated guess it was not one of them Toto has effectively said it was a raceday decsion taken under "stress"- and the deafening silence from Paddy Lowe on this speaks volumes. This begs the question ...

Martin K

In the light of recent events

http://forum.planet-f1.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10704

are the odds on the Russian GP going ahead less likely.

The decison now looks to be in the hands of the policitians.

Martin K

Not to mention the ticket prices would be so high only the really rich and famous would be able to attend. Not if it was like this :lol: The last time I saw an F1 car in London was back in 2004, almost exactly 10 yrs ago to the day ,good crowd in Regent St - hanging from every vantage point :D Spot...

Martin K

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28261960

Still needs primary legislation to go through - so could be a while - if ever.

Martin K

This nugget of info is contained within the latest TMB here http://www.formulaspy.com/features/tm-s-team-mate-battles/2031-team-mate-battles-british-gp The Finn, of course, didn't realise that a bump was located at the point where he would rejoin the track. Mostly due to his reluctance to walk the t...

Martin K

Not sure what all the fuss is about :twisted: Max Chilton thinks it will be fine ( for Marussia ) - even some positives for them http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/27983/9377146/max-chilton-believes-an-outlawing-of-fric-suspension-could-hurt-mercedes-the-most The dressing up of F1 politicking as Tech...

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