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Part of it surely has to do with pay Drivers being able to hold onto their seats because the teams likely already know what they have with said drivers and the money they bring in year after year is a sure thing, and thus, those are seats that used to be utilized to trial youngsters here and there. ...

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Gosh there was a website that had every single race from 1974 on but for the life of me, I can’t remember the name!!!

They were almost shut down by Bernie Ecclestone in the mid 2000’s but they had a complete archive of every race with pre and post race interviews.

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Yeah, I would agree that there is very credible evidence to support the idea that Red Bull had a form of traction control on their cars in 2013. That doesn't mean it was illegal, though; exploiting a loophole is an error in the rules, not a form of cheating by the team. The law says robbing from ba...

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Yeah, I would agree that there is very credible evidence to support the idea that Red Bull had a form of traction control on their cars in 2013. That doesn't mean it was illegal, though; exploiting a loophole is an error in the rules, not a form of cheating by the team. The law says robbing from ba...

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Leclerc is supposed to be soon signing a new 2+1 year contract with Ferrari, Sainz also wants to resign for Ferrari but that's still under discussion. It was said that Sainz and his dad are trying to get Ferrari to match Leclerc's deal for him or he's out, which would likely be the rumored move to ...

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Strider wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:06 pm

mikeyg123 wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:40 pm
I've seen rumours of Sainz to Alpine.
Really? All I have been seeing is rumours of him moving to Alfa (Audi) with the Seidl connection.

I've actually heard both. This silly season is oddly quiet outside of this and Hulkenberg to Red Bull talk because he was spotted at their trailer.

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Can you elaborate on all the little things that Red Bull got away with over the years? Completely missed that to be honest. Flexi nose cones, flexi wings, what clearly seemed to be traction control, some others, but all of those were clearly illegal as per the rules and race control initially did n...

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Can you elaborate on all the little things that Red Bull got away with over the years? Completely missed that to be honest. Flexi nose cones, flexi wings, what clearly seemed to be traction control, some others, but all of those were clearly illegal as per the rules and race control initially did n...

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IIRC they said they would be giving harsher penalties in future. I echo what Exediron says. I think a harsher penalty would have been appropriate and I certainly support harsher penalties for future breaches. The problem with that is that then you're guilty of favoritism, which is seemingly the cas...

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I guess I'm a moron, because I frankly don't think it was enough to matter. That said, I fully supported a harsh penalty for them, and I will support the same for anyone found to have broken the cap this year. Sport is competition within a set of rules, and if you allow people to break the rules an...

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But if you want to believe the Red Bull superiority stems directly from that overspend, it is easy enough to get an idea of how much the overspend could have gained them in lap time (remember the remark by Laurent Mekies), and how much the fine represents in lost lap time. If you consider the overs...

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We don't know they didn't apply for it. Wouldn't it be real and not notional if they applied? Except of course, if they did apply and failed to win it. In that case, using it as an excuse for overspending would be even more of a joke - so, I don't believe it. That depends on what "notional" is actu...

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I never said YOU were showing favoritism, but rather Race Control and the FIA were/Are towards Red Bull. And the overspend was reported to be exactly 1.6% over the cap… That's NOT $400k. The misfiled "Tax credit" doesn't change the percentage by which they exceeded the cap.

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Coulda Woulda Shoulda... The point is that RB could have claimed a 'research' tax credit that would have written off the vast majority of the overspend. I assume that this was part of the FIA / F1's reasoning when applying the budget overspend sanction. So what you're saying is they overspent by X ...

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After some deliberation, I'm ready to put in my votes. I've tried to stick mostly to driving ability as opposed to greatness/legacy within the sport, evaluating ability as closely as one can by looking at peer comparisons of the time. With that out of the way: --- 1. Jim Clark An easy pick for me, ...

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The overspend from 2021 that carried over into the development of the 22 title winning car was completely illegal to the rules and completely contrary to what the boss in charge at the time the cost cap was implemented stated would happen, so the lack of enforcement or complete disregard for the pe...

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Inside News: Here are some reported details for the 2026 Formula 1 cars, with the new regulations: Gearboxes will have 6 gears instead of 8. The cars will have to use 30kg of fuel only to generate electric power. The wheelbase will be shortened by 30 cm. More info here: https://www.auto-motor-und-s...

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A F1 journalist named Jonathan Noble has said one of AlphaTauri's biggest weakness is corner entry, a car performance parameter to which Ricciardo is sensitive at. https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/why-alphatauris-main-f1-weakness-could-be-bad-news-for-ricciardo/10495367/ Having watched Ricciardo ...

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Ricciardo is done imo. 2 years of being exposed by norris could not have been an accident. I heard he managed to spin the rb19 at the tire test? Lol Not convinced at all. And now he has to drive the alfa tauri, which ia god awful in handling and braking. Madness. Yuki might embarrass him. Rbr has a...

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Ricciardo for De Vries is a considerable upgrade IMO. And he gets ever so closer to knocking Perez off now of that second RB seat for next year, provided offcourse he still has that belief within him. As for De Vries, he has shown poor race craft for an experienced racer but more importantly he has...

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Some interesting info I found: - Decision to sack De Vries done earlier than expected after sim data comparisons between Daniel, Yuki and Nyck - Nyck did not hit sim benchmarks set by Yuki - Nyck was given a few more rounds to try and hit those benchmarks on the track - Sponsors saw Daniel more pro...

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Will be interesting to see how he comes back. Are we getting the DR that humbled Seb, and was a match for (younger and less complete) Max..... Or the DR that flopped badly at McLaren. I don't think DR's performance at McLaren was a true reflection of where he is as a driver. I don't think Max is an...

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... In my opinion 3 of those 7 names were never good enough to even be a #2 driver at a top team - and it showed when they got their chance. All 3 (Gasly, Albon, Kyvat) effectively were sacked for poor performance... Just picking up on this - that RB at the time was a bit of a beast to handle. I su...

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Well he obviously saw him because he didn't turn in on him, so clearly the decision could have been made to turn in regardless Well obviously it was too late; even the commentators were not expecting the move at turn 5. https://youtu.be/MTe12fH2xtQ?t=35 You can clearly see Hamilton turning in and s...

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I found his remark confusing, you didn't. I initially thought Brutknort might mean Monza '21 and Brazil '21, but at Brazil he hadn't got a penalty. I'm also not disputing that he was deemed responsible for both Monza '21 and Brazil '21, and while I feel we must always respect the stewards' verdict,...

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I don't know what you mean by (same year), but in the meantime, I am sure you can tell us which regulation states when a driver has the right for the racing line... I mean there is example for both of those at the same event, where another guy backed off in Max's place. I havent said regulation sta...

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Yep, that's fair enough. And a lot has changed since 2021, most notably the desperation to become a World Champion. Back in late 2021, Max could conceivably have been seeing his one and only opportunity to ever win a WDC slipping away; there was no guarantee he would ever get another shot, and 2022...

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Monza 21 or Brazil 22, at both events (same year) there is footage where the guy in Verstappen's place backed off, its obvious Max should have backed off, he got penalty in both cases. So yes, it was smart from Hamilton what he did, Verstappen must learn Lewis will not back off anymore when he has ...

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Monza 21 or Brazil 22, at both events (same year) there is footage where the guy in Verstappen's place backed off, its obvious Max should have backed off, he got penalty in both cases. So yes, it was smart from Hamilton what he did, Verstappen must learn Lewis will not back off anymore when he has ...

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I am just wondering that kind of ceiling you are referring to. To me, the speed has to be apparent from day one, it does not magically come about during a driver's career due to experience gained. The only improvement I can see for Mick Schumacher is that he starts crashing less and as such produce...

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Appendix L states: I don't know when that was put in (or when Appendix L was first published), and I don't know how the stewards determine whether something was deliberate, but that's what the appendix states. So yer telling the entire world who follows F1 that Verstappen’s endless string of acts t...

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You thought correctly. He wasn't given a penalty. But he was shown the flag that told him to keep it fair. If you are shown a black and white flag then it means you have erred, done wrong, this flag was introduced by Masi. a nice way to not penalise a driver you don't really want to penalise. One o...

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Mick isn't even on Magnussens level imo We know he's not, because they were teammates last year. But Magnussen is hugely more experienced, so it's entirely possible that Mick has a similar ceiling and just hasn't reached it. I am just wondering that kind of ceiling you are referring to. To me, the ...

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IMO, Clark is largely overrated because of his statistics. He is the embodiment of natural racing talent but Clark himself didn't really understand why he was fast. He also raced in a comparatively weak era racing old farts like Brabham and Hill and good but not superb drivers like Hulme and Surtee...

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I’d have a difficult time placing him ahead of Hamilton, Prost, Schumacher, Senna, Vettel, Alonso, Clark, Moss, Fangio, Nico, And Probably Damon becyall of those faces serious opposition over their championship seasons, and none (that I know of) obtained their championships via outside intervention...

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I don’t recognize him as a legitimate “Champion” as he’s not done it himself cleanly just yet, and sadly, this year’s car is a carry over from last year’s car which was developed via Red Bull’s illegal overspend so for me it’s another asterisk on Verstappen’s “Championships”. I’ve stated from early ...

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Ferrari are probably going to introduce Red Bull inspired sidepods out here in Spain........ Their new Side Pods don't look anything like Red Bulls. They are indeed more Coke Bottle-esque but they seem to be an evolution of their original design and so not a copy of Red Bull's design so kudos to Fe...

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Ferrari are probably going to introduce Red Bull inspired sidepods out here in Spain........ Their new Side Pods don't look anything like Red Bulls. They are indeed more Coke Bottle-esque but they seem to be an evolution of their original design and so not a copy of Red Bull's design so kudos to Fe...

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Would be a great addition for the selection pool of talent, but I don't think it makes any sense to field Male/female drivers exclusively being as the W series proved there's no desire to field mediocre (at best) talent. I would however like to see Chadwick mixing it up with the boys as I think she ...

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