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I hate it. The red is just there. It doesn't blend at all.

I must say. It was the weirdest livery/car launch. It was literally a 2 min video. Then that was it. The video was like the opening video package in a 2 hour fashion show or something

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That was 1 hour and 15 minuted of my life I will not get back.

That was insanely boring. Just show us the the damn car. And be done.
But...
It's the same car. The same paint scheme and there was nothing of any significance to actually report.

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Keep sniffing HRH glue fumes. The only thing I see from the current F1 teams is FEAR. FEAR! FEAR! Fear that someone will be 'stealing' their money, despite the entry fees Andretti will be paying. If they featured Andretti would be another Manor or Haas ie. non-competitive they would take the money ...

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The US has hosted three races in the past (1982, Detroit, Long Beach AND Las Vegas). I recall at the time it was an experiment to see if the audience for F! would grow in the US. Bottom line, it didn't. And I doubt that three races in the US in 2023 will be any different. Ten years from now, the on...

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Which sporting changes were made, and who made them? If you mean the new driving standard guidelines issued at Imola last year, those were issued by the FIA and signed by the stewards, not one of the new race directors. The race director, as you may remember from Francorchamps 2008, does not judge ...

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F1 has a strategy for 25 races per season: https://www.racefans.net/2022/10/01/f1-working-on-strategy-for-25-race-season/ In other news, F1 has a strategy to over-saturate the market and fade into irrelevance. No it's not. Go look at rhe history of formula 1 pre 1983. Then come back here. The years...

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I was Very, VERY outspoken on Michael Masi and his tenure of race direction in Formula 1. With Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich were bought in on a rotational basis for 2022. And Some of the decisions that they have come up with at race direction are at best...... Questionable. I thought Very Highl...

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Mike Beuttler

He was semi-out gay formula 1 driver. The only person to date who was virtually open as gay. Everyone knew. But had a tag a long girl by his side. As per the articles about him.

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I'm just going to put it out there. Mika Hakkinen is lucky to be a 2 time champion... 1998. If Coulthard wasn't a absolute T*t at Spa. Schumacher would likely have been the champion. (The stall at suzuka wouldn't have happened IMHO) 1999. Hakkinen was lucky to be champion. Schumacher Was only 32 poi...

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This is really simple. 1. Can The New team stump up $200 million in registration fees. 2. Can They Prove to be financially Viable and Either Break Even, Or Profit From the Cost Cap within 5 Years. 3. Do they have the necessary structure in place to Build and maintain a F1 Team. (personnel and Buildi...

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Nothing changes and nothing will change. You wanna change f1 and get things closer and more exciting. Make the cars smaller and thinner. Lose every single Winglet and structural supports. Front wings should not have end plates on it and rear wings should be held by 1 center pillar. Bye bye dirty air.

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Exediron wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:16 am

JN23 wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 01, 2022 7:49 am
F1 has a strategy for 25 races per season:

https://www.racefans.net/2022/10/01/f1- ... ce-season/
In other news, F1 has a strategy to over-saturate the market and fade into irrelevance.

No it's not. Go look at rhe history of formula 1 pre 1983. Then come back here.

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That last paragraph from red bull disturbs me. Online bullying and threats towards family members. The family members is there own drivers mum making them comments. There has been no negative comments made towards checo and the comments made by verstappen. The team and the statement is doing more da...

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I do not have an axe to grind here but I do find the double standards and lack of personal responsibility disappointing! 1. Social Media Red Bull do not have a problem with Verstappen but it is clear that some contributors to social media (of which this forum is one example) have a big problem with...

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Alienturnedhuman wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:54 pm
Roles reversed for Verstappen at same corner:

https://youtu.be/6LSAaVq4Dsw

Pretty fair assessment actually.

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Asphalt_World wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:24 pm
Hasn't Max basically taken the blame for it?

He admitted as much in the interview.

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F1_Ernie wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:10 pm
https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1017152/1 ... rate-crash

Rumours are it's to do with Perez deliberately crashing in Monaco.

Do you believe perez deliberately crashed though. Schumi was sent to the back of the grid some something similar.

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They know apex speeds etc, maybe Max was simply not making turn 2? :thumbup: Verstappen oversped into the second turn to torpedo himself into a naturally closing gap. I think it's a recurring theme at this point that Verstappen has no respect or willingness whatsoever to defend or race cleanly agai...

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Verstappen is both a solution and a problem. It depends what question you're asking. If you look at the history of F1 it's pretty normal for the top drivers to be hard to manage in one way or another. I would imagine senna was extremely hard to manage at times. But yet as Damon Hill said. He gave a...

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Good_Year wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:46 pm
Well was max’s penalty for forcing another car off? Rather than contact? Because he was never making that corner

Yes. It was

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FormulaFun wrote: ↑
Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:38 pm
Chandhok just done a good bit of analysis, and it's clear from overhead slow-mo prior to contact with Hamilton, he was heading straight on regardless of what Hamilton did.

So basically the same max verstappen. Much like Italy last year.

When will he learn.

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The red bull interview with sky.
Red bull maybe not talking to sky in Abu Dhabi. Doesn't like rhe questioning. And whinger spice clearly trying to deflect.

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Question. Gasly got a 5 second penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Is there any penalty points awarded. I haven't seen anything yet.

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I think Lewis would of won if things had gone gun hoe. I think Lewis give the race to George. I don't think Lewis was pushing 100% and I think he kept position and keep the gap after the last safety car.

George deserved the win and it was thoroughly deserved. And I think Lewis recognised that.

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Pèrez has been the consumate professional. Helping max out on more than 1 occasion over the last 2 years. And when the time comes to repay that favour. Max sticks 2 fingers up. At his team and at his team mate. If Pèrez loses 2nd in the championship. We can look at today as one of the main reasons w...

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IMO they nee to impose bigger penalties for taking drivers out. In US GP as well those 5 secs meant nothing as Ferrari was out of the race and here again those 10secs did not matter much. Ricciardo mistake especially was really dumb as overtake was not an option and he could have easily overtaken h...

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RANT TIME... What's with all these procedure breaches. Red bull should be fined heavily for Sergio Perez parents being on the track. Thus in Parc ferme. And the stewards and or whoever allowed it in the fia should be sacked. I've seen tracks lose there calendar slot for less. Anything could have hap...

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How the hell red bull managed to keep the mediums switched on for 20 laps bewilders me. The same medium tyres that couldn't last 12 laps at the start. Even fuel corrected. It should of been 16 laps at best with how hard Verstappen was pushing. Even the hards went off Lewis car after 21 laps. With Me...

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Is it just me. Or is anyone else getting sick of the pack being so spread out on the formation lap. It's like a minute from front to back.

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If RB is as evil as everyone here claims, they could always just sign the ABA and take the penalties no matter how harsh. They can just reallocate all their resources to Alpha Tauri. which breaches the rules as each team MUST be run independently Haha yes they wouldn't want to breach that rule woul...

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StanB123 wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:25 pm
If RB is as evil as everyone here claims, they could always just sign the ABA and take the penalties no matter how harsh.

They can just reallocate all their resources to Alpha Tauri.

which breaches the rules as each team MUST be run independently

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That has to be one of the worst renditions of the American national anthem.

F1 needs to learn from nascar about pre race festivities whilst keeping to there traditions time wise. This can be tailored to each country's uniqueness.

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TheGiantHogweed wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 22, 2022 10:16 pm
What is it with hamilton messing up albons progress.

He had his lap deleted for it. Didn't lose a position though

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No matter what we think of recent events. Dietrich Mateschitz has contributed alot to motorsports. From the various sponsorships of drivers. The first being Gerrard Berger in 1989. To the first team sponsorship of sauber in 1995 until 2004 before taking on jaguar racing and becoming a f1 team in 200...

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That was the figures that was floated around when the fia said it was 5% budget cap overspend. Has this changed since?

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No goal post shifting, your post was regarding the future of budget cap and how there will be no future. I bet the cap will remain. £20 on charity is something that I agree. (although it would be funny to see some hat eating!) If 3 or more teams willingly break it because they don't see a deterrent...

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It is a disgraceful state of affairs, and I would say more so for the fans some of us who believed breaching the cap was a no, no and not a simple reprimand or a meaningless fine. If I would have known the possibility of a team being able to basically get away with breaching the cap I would have be...

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So the last big "cheating" scandal in my eyes was Spygate. Let's use that as a guide and do the same punishment. $150 million (updated from $100 million USD in 2007) and thrown out of the constructor championship (which is also a loss of money, no?) And in addition a loss of double the amount they ...

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Wasn't the "secret" tyre test also approved by the fia.
Soy gate was punished. Before being overturned in the court of appeal.
Rhe ferrari illegal engine was punished behind closed doors and the racing point copy cat design was not actually clarified.

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Personally I think the punishment for the salary cap breach should be as follows. This will ensure that no team transgressed this in the future knowing the sanctions are this severe. Going on the 5% that has been tosses around for red bulls overspend. 1. A 2.5% reduction in championship points for s...

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