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Well I spoke with her last night and said the general consensus here was that it's not the case. She says you're all idiots

I think it was just too good an opportunity to pass up. Has anyone read anything reliable that suggests who approached who?

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Are we being influenced by the last 4 races here, before the season started I was reading things like Leclerc would dig a grave for Hamilton while Sainz had been looking slower than Leclerc season after season, why not this thread before the season started? slower (or at least "not as quick") maybe...

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Her question to me was do you think Ferrari would have made the same move to me, for the same cost in say Charles 2nd year with them? I don't know. I think it was just too good to pass up.

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I'm not so sure but a friend is convinced that Ferrari put all their belief in Leclerc, convinced he was there potential Hamilton/Verstappen beater. He is good but overall it could be viewed that he hasn't quite delivered on his promise. So anyone think that Hamilton being signed is Ferrari giving u...

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problem is even if he did it would be too late for the '25 car so the Alonso/Newey dream team would be for 26 - Alonso's 2nd and surely last year.

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With Nando now confirmed, next key piece of jigsaw is Max. Assuming he confirms at RBR , that's Toto's No 1 choice gone and it's musical chair time.

Also guessing that Stroll Snr will be sending Newey a pic of an open cheque-book.....

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having paused in cosmic reflection, I think the chart works "as is". Schumacher was the quickest to the win counts and shows at the bottom. If the chart was showing laptimes and the Y axes was laptime and the X axis was Lap Number (and would of course be labelled as such), the quicker driver would h...

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denizer wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:52 pm

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:38 pm

Shouldnt this be with axes reversed ? So, the top line would be the fastest ?

Definitely! posted that in a rush without really looking, I will correct and repost when I get time.

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Thanks KingVoid!

"heat bars" show that really Schumacher was hitting those markers quicker than anyone else has managed, and have to be honest that suprised me, I thought Vettel had it.

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Amazing really that when this thread started Verstappen wasn't even on the list! 100 wins is definitely on. Anyone got stats on how quickly the 30+ wins drivers got to each 10 win marker after their first race? As in time from win 1 to 10, then 1-20 , 1-30 etc? Max now on 57 must surely have hit tho...

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1. Hamilton = 123 2. Verstappen (M) = 116 3. Schumacher = 91 4. Vettel = 53 5. Prost = 51 6. Senna = 41 7. Alonso = 36 8. Mansell = 31 9. Stewart = 27 10. Clark = 25 10. Lauda = 25 12. Fangio = 24 13. Piquet = 23 13. Rosberg (N) = 23 15. Hill (D) = 22 16. Raikkonen = 21 17. Hakkinen = 20 18. Moss =...

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Thought I'd give this one a bump. I've made a change to the calculation by using an estimated number of seasons left per driver. Impossible to predict but for clarity I've gone with Driver (Seasons/Age) Alonso - 1/44 Bottas - 0/35 Gasly - 7/35 Hamilton - 2/41 Leclerc - 8/35 Ocon - 7/35 Perez - 0/34 ...

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Yep, there's a LOT of action being taken to try and help female drivers up the ladder. Now, whether you consider that positive action or positive discrimination is another conversation. F1A Academy have funded some of the drivers on the CoTF program and the top3 females in the Seniors will take part...

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Some good Karting results for cool-name Luna Fluxa and cool-Dad Ella Hakkinen in the opening round of the Champions Of the Future kart event.
Wins for Mercedes backed Luna in the Senior final and Ella in the junior.

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Good weekend for the female drivers in some of the junior single seaters with some podiums: F4 Brazil Rafaela Ferreia (2x 3rds) F4 Saudi Hamda Al Qubaisi (1 x 3rd) GB4 Alisha Palmoski (1 x 1st) Chloe Grant (1 x 2nd) Formula Fara (USA) Maite Caceras (1 x 2nd) The only relevant ones would be non reve...

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Good weekend for the female drivers in some of the junior single seaters with some podiums:

F4 Brazil
Rafaela Ferreia (2x 3rds)

F4 Saudi
Hamda Al Qubaisi (1 x 3rd)

GB4
Alisha Palmoski (1 x 1st)
Chloe Grant (1 x 2nd)

Formula Fara (USA)
Maite Caceras (1 x 2nd)

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I have the thought police on my tail so one last post on the matter, something you probably don't realise with needing to take into account Hamilton that tends to be a slow starter, this not helped by a troublesome car these past 3 years, also take into account that these cars have become more diff...

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You don't believe in fluctuations of performance then and a 3 race sample will suffice, I see in another thread that Leclerc has somewhat been written off after getting beat by Sainz last time of asking. Nobodies being written off where is all this hyperbole coming from? I've been saying I think Ha...

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I would argue about the level of decline based on just 3 races, let's face it if Hamilton was beating Russell we wouldn't be having this conversation. :) I mean, that's a pretty obvious statement. If Hamilton wasn't showing signs of decline then people wouldn't think he's declining. You don't belie...

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Come on then, let's have your predictions for 2025 Alpine: ? & ? Aston Martin: Stroll & ? Ferrari: Hamilton & Leclerc HAAS: ? & ? Mercedes: Russell & ? McLaren: Norris & Piastri Red Bull: Verstappen & ? Stake.Kick.Sauber WhatThreeWords F1: ? & ? Visa Cash Ap.. I'm sorry I just can't do it bring back...

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I think it's easy to forget that until the last round of '23 Sainz was on to beat Leclerc but dropped from 4th to 7th or something and behind Charles. I agree with the general thinking that Leclerc can probably post a quicker lap, but over a race, over a season, there isn't much in it.

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There is life for female drivers outside F1A, 15 year old Joanne Ciconte joins the F4 Australia grid.

Think that's now 21 female F4 drivers confirmed.

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Wolff: "We managed to make a change in the regulations in FRECA that got our driver a fourth entry and reduced the steering load." Pin is racing in FRECA then, I would be guessing for Prema but R-ace GP have the best car, that's good to hear she's not going to learn anything in F1A. Not as far as I...

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Agreed - we've made good on our EDI pledge, now back to business!

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Interesting to see this comment from the head of the Ferrari Driver Academy as they have apparently ended their affiliation with the FIA Girl On Track. "This enjoyable project has now come to an end, having helped to start the careers of Maya and Aurelia, who have a challenging and hopefully success...

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So someone help me out with the maths element of this as it interests me. We don't have any real numbers but I'll make sum up for the sake of the exercise. Let's assume that 1 in 1,000 male drivers are good enough to be in national F4 level racing. Only 1 in 10,000 female drivers are good enough to ...

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Wolff: "We managed to make a change in the regulations in FRECA that got our driver a fourth entry and reduced the steering load." Pin is racing in FRECA then, I would be guessing for Prema but R-ace GP have the best car, that's good to hear she's not going to learn anything in F1A. Not as far as I...

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Wolff: "We managed to make a change in the regulations in FRECA that got our driver a fourth entry and reduced the steering load."

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I can't find much detail but I did notice a remark about the F1A graduation to FREC where F1A contribute financially to the team providing the car, but there's also reference to "reducing the steering load" . Curious to know more about that.

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I think they mean progressing the ranks in motorsport is hard for anyone but it shouldn't be harder just because you're a girl. So a girls will face barriers, but no more than a boy would.

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For those too lazy to Google! F1 Academy "Discover Your Drive" UK Karting Female drivers aged 8-12 Series of open sessions Supported drivers given training and entered into British Indoor Karting Chamionship Champions Of The Future International Karting 3 x mixed gender (8-11,12-13, 14+ (Seniors)) ...

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Even Pin I think would struggle to get enough super license points but she's worth backing to see how far she might go.. Not sure how many she has (if any) but even if she won F1A this year and came first in LMGT3 she'd only get 22 points from them so a long way off I think. the F1A title would mea...

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Just a quick note in case anyone sees this little nuggest about 17 year old Nicole Havdra competing in Formula Regional Americas this year. The only woman to have won a title in Formula Regional cars . Well it's not a lie, but it's sounds more impressive in written word than in reality. Last year sh...

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For those too lazy to Google! F1 Academy "Discover Your Drive" UK Karting Female drivers aged 8-12 Series of open sessions Supported drivers given training and entered into British Indoor Karting Chamionship Champions Of The Future International Karting 3 x mixed gender (8-11,12-13, 14+ (Seniors)) c...

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If you're not aware F1A also includes a very hand on programme called Discover Your Drive initiative putting on dedicated events for young female karters and supporting ones that want to progress. This in turn feeds into the Champions Of The Future programme. At the same time Jamie Chadwick has laun...

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Between them, Bottas, Hulk, K-Mag, Perez, Ricciardo, Stroll and Zhou have done 1,285 Grand Prix. Come on now, let someone else play!

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I'm hoping a knock on effect of Bearmans impressive stand in, is that teams are more open to taking a punt on new talent rather than sticking with safe , but frankly uninspiring old hands. I do understand, even 1 extra point gained from a driver having experience means they would take them. From a f...

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The teams are assets in themselves now. Gone are the days they were a bottomless money pit. The Mercedes F1 team costs Mercedes nothing. The pressure of "race on Sunday, sell on Monday" is no more. Never heard that expression, I will remember that, nice one :thumbup: possibly coined by Harvey Fires...

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Meanwhile the unpredictable career of "prodigy" Juju Noda continues as in 2024 she will compete in both Super Formula and BOSS GP! That's some serious machinery. I haven't watched the fist Super Formula race. Noda finished 17th. In 18th and and 19th were Theo Pourchaire and Kamui Kobayashi! I don't...

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