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Incidents and accidents meant weekend to forget for Pin in F4UAE with finishes of 7-13-16.

Hamda Al Qubaisi had a strong outing in F4 Saudi Arabia with 2-1-10.

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The Al Qubaisi sisters (21,23) join MP for F1 Academy, along with 20 year old Dutch driver Emely de Heus. Hamda will race with Red Bull livery, Amna in "vcarb" (euugh) and de Heus will use Red Bull "inspired" livery.

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I see the Sainz Red Bull return as quite possible. Checo surely can't stay on and think of it from Sainz perspective. No seats at Ferrari or McLaren. Possibly Merc but I don't see that from Mercs perspective. Carlos will be 30 going into next year with 200+ starts. Prime F1 driver age so I think he ...

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What about bono? Will he go with Lewis or stay at mercedes? he is staying with U2 I heard a rumour Lewis actually told Bono he was off to Ferrari and asked him to make the switch as well. Bono said he wouldn't leave Mercedes and that Lewis should stay, to which Lewis said "I'm leaving, with or with...

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How you view Leclercs position in this is interesting. Possible perception of him if Lewis beats Charles -Charles never quite "had it" and couldn't even beat an aging Hamilton or +no disgrace in getting beaten by a GOAT Charles beats Lewis -Lewis was past his best and in his prime would have thrashe...

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Also have the '26 reg changes to consider. Would anyone favour Ferrari to get on top of those before anyone else?

Just waiting for the "Newey to Ferrari" headline....

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Antonelli blitzes F2 field in his first year and jumps straight into F1 with Merc in '25 as "apprentice" to Russel and then proceeds to match him every step of the way before winning the title in '26.

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Wow. Surely a case of just of last-chance to drive for Ferrari before he retires? I think even at his age he would be able to cover off Leclerc over a season. Leclerc has the outright speed but Hamilton still has the race smarts.

Have to say I didn't expect it at all, not at this stage.

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20 year old Polish karter Kornelia Olkucka to new Formula 4 CEZ (Central European Zone).

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DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:01 pm

pokerman wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:58 pm

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:30 pm
Is Pin definitely doing WEC again then?
I was just guessing that, FAcademy alone sounds like a thin program.
Oh ok. I haven't seen anything other than F1A for her yet but agree. Still relatively early I guess.

Confirmed she will be doing LMGT3 with Bovy and Gatting.

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:58 pm

DOLOMITE wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:30 pm
Is Pin definitely doing WEC again then?
I was just guessing that, FAcademy alone sounds like a thin program.

Oh ok. I haven't seen anything other than F1A for her yet but agree. Still relatively early I guess.

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Is Pin definitely doing WEC again then?

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26 year old Swiss driver Lena Buhler joins in FREC European with ART. She's already done a year in there in 2021 and although I didn't follow her there at the time, hard not to note that she finished 38/39 and while her 2 of her teammates were 4th and 5th...

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We may as well just bring in 2 or 3 ovals just for the sake of it at this point. As long as Liberty at the reigns I could see that happening. What I don't get really is how Liberty want to position F1 against Indycar. They have co-existed happily for years because they are not really a direct threa...

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Russian (under Italian flag) Viktoria Blokhina to Eurocup-3 this year. Not sure where her funding comes from in her time in Italian F4 she was pretty last of the full time runners.

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could be the 9th street circuit depending on the '26 calender. Any thoughts on the proposed layout. Madrid as a venue etc

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Yeah Taponen probably spent a year longer in Karting. His results last year were decent for a rookie though he is stepping up massively in FR so far.. He looks to have adjusted to the car better than Ugochukwu and Lindblad, probably his biggest rivals. He's another name been on the radar for a whil...

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Yeah Taponen probably spent a year longer in Karting. His results last year were decent for a rookie though he is stepping up massively in FR so far.. He looks to have adjusted to the car better than Ugochukwu and Lindblad, probably his biggest rivals. He's another name been on the radar for a whil...

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I had seen the name before and was aware of the dominant Ginetta campaign, but yes watching F4 UAE was the first I saw him in action. He will be Italian and Euro F4 with Prema this year. Apparently on Red Bulls Radar too.

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Think I've started as similar thread in the past, but here to comment on upcoming talent so we can revisit with our "told you" pants on later. F3/F2 has it's own thread so let's highlight drivers outside of those series. First up I'm going with Freddie Slater 2024: F4 UAE = 1st* 2023: Ginetta Junior...

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F4 UAE at Yas Marina this weekend. A 5th place for Pin Race 1 but an incident in race 2 destroyed another good placing. Full results to follow after R3 tomorrow.

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The FIA has released the points allocation in a document, although it hasn't been publicised as of yet. F1 Academy is offering points. 1st to 5th. https://i.ibb.co/8P6FCR4/SL-Points-chart.png Fewer than FIA Certified F4 series is to be expected, but equal points to GB3 is a kick in the teeth to the...

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..and still no word on whether F1A will qualify for superlicense points now it's in 2nd year. Doesn't look like it, which is maybe why you have drivers competing in the series AND National F4 series which do count. It shouldn't count with it being somewhat of a closed shop, it doesn't prove that an...

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..and still no word on whether F1A will qualify for superlicense points now it's in 2nd year. Doesn't look like it, which is maybe why you have drivers competing in the series AND National F4 series which do count.

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Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:44 pm
Chloe Chong to F1A with Campos/Haas.

AND British F4 with JHR....

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Weug and Pin are the stand outs, Weug might be better than Pin. Possibly as of now she is, with 70+ formula races under her belt, but my feeling is Pin has more potential. Guess we will find out now! They're going to be teammates then. Yes, Prema are fielding Hausmann (Aston Martin), Pin (Mercedes)...

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Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:51 pm

pokerman wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:34 pm

Weug and Pin are the stand outs, Weug might be better than Pin.
Possibly as of now she is, with 70+ formula races under her belt, but my feeling is Pin has more potential.

Guess we will find out now!

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Yep, Weug confirmed to F1A with Prema/Ferrari.

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Chloe Chong to F1A with Campos/Haas.

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Yeah I think that's pretty much it. None of really know, but assuming the HAAS funding stays the same I don't see a significant change in fortune just by slotting in a new Team Principle UNLESS that Principal then works out where improvements could be made and fires/hires on that basis.

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Meanwhile W Series assets up for auction with debtors chasing @ £15m apparently even though last accounts filed Dec '21, show only £4.5m debt. So either some over-claiming of what's owed, the '21 accounts were "creative", or the series incurred £11m debt in '22 before it folded. Whatever it's not a ...

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Isn't it more about the lack of improvement, rather than outright results? Year: WCC (running Average) 2016: 8 (8) 2017: 8 (8) 2018: 5 (7) 2019: 9 (7.5) 2020: 9 (7.8) 2021: 10 (8.2) 2022: 8 (8.1) 2023: 10 (8.4) They've gone nowhere since they started and when they have improved even marginally, the...

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Isn't it more about the lack of improvement, rather than outright results? Year: WCC (running Average) 2016: 8 (8) 2017: 8 (8) 2018: 5 (7) 2019: 9 (7.5) 2020: 9 (7.8) 2021: 10 (8.2) 2022: 8 (8.1) 2023: 10 (8.4) They've gone nowhere since they started and when they have improved even marginally, the...

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pokerman wrote: ↑
Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:34 pm

Weug and Pin are the stand outs, Weug might be better than Pin.

Possibly as of now she is, with 70+ formula races under her belt, but my feeling is Pin has more potential.

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So far then it's Art Bustamente (McLaren) Block (Williams) Campos Schreiner (Sauber) Prema Hausmann (Aston Martin) Pin (Mercedes) Rodin Abbi Pulling (Alpine) Plus presumably Weug (Ferrari) Nobels (HAAS via Ferrari?) Red Bull only appear to have Catie Munnings and the always-impressive Mikaela Ahlin-...

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Sure enough, Pin to F1 Academy with Prema/Mercedes. Should be interesting.

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Isn't it more about the lack of improvement, rather than outright results? Year: WCC (running Average) 2016: 8 (8) 2017: 8 (8) 2018: 5 (7) 2019: 9 (7.5) 2020: 9 (7.8 ) 2021: 10 (8.2) 2022: 8 (8.1) 2023: 10 (8.4) They've gone nowhere since they started and when they have improved even marginally, the...

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I've made no claim she is, or would ever be F1 level, and I don't know anyone whose opinion I respect that has suggested that. It's interesting to see her in this serious more because we get an idea of her single-seat level, and specifically in relation to a couple of other female drivers. I think i...

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F4 UAE kicked off this weekend featuring Dorian Pin, Carrie Schreiner and Aurelia Nobels (17). Race 2 started with a top 12 reversed from Q1. Pin: 8>8,5>12*,10>6 Schreiner: 30>28,28>23,31>23 Nobels: 28>32,32>25,29>25 * Pin finished 12th but got a 10 sec penalty and is classified 20th Reinforces my t...

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It's just so he can continue to cheat... For that reason I knew she would never go to F1 Academy, because there is no way F1 is allowing him to get up to his usual antics in their series... As for Schreiner, her signing for F1 Academy just goes to prove F1 Academy is not needed, it is just a series...

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