Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

  • Want to keep track of this thread?
    Accounts can bookmark posts, watch threads for updates, and jump back to where you stopped reading.
    Create account
Usually a team that's had some dominance starts to bleed until they lose the dominance and where they went to picks up the torch. Like how many Mercedes power unit engineers Red Bull managed to grab during their dominance.

Probably a combination of a new challenge for the engineer, possibly some sort of promotion and almost certainly a dump truck of money


Sky F1 have put out their driver mid year ratings. Utterly meaningless because its just them sitting round going "I recon". Gotta imagine Ted is seething about lewlew not being 8000 and Max nothing being negative.

ZomboDroid_01082024043439.jpg
 
Last edited:
Coccxys said:
Sky F1 have put out their driver mid year ratings. Utterly meaningless because its just them sitting round going "I recon". Gotta imagine Ted is seething about lewlew not being 8000 and Max nothing being negative.
Click to expand...
Crofty is probably sneeding over these rankings too.
 
Pee Cola said:
It's probably a consortium of benefactors (Quinn, Rodin, Giltrap et al) backing Liam rather than just one benefactor. It's pretty standard down here for a bunch of people to chip in for something instead of letting just one person carry the load. The expression "bring a plate" is a classic example of how this works.

Definitely. TBH I'm surprised there haven't been more Kiwi F1 world drivers champions since Denny Hulme won in 1967.
Click to expand...

Grant Baker is also a backer of Lawson.
Baker made his money off 42 Below, Trilogy and the turnaround of Turner's motors.
 
Coccxys said:
Usually a team that's had some dominance starts to bleed until they lose the dominance and where they went to picks up the torch. Like how many Mercedes power unit engineers Red Bull managed to grab during their dominance.

Probably a combination of a new challenge for the engineer, possibly some sort of promotion and almost certainly a dump truck of money


Sky F1 have put out their driver mid year ratings. Utterly meaningless because its just them sitting round going "I recon". Gotta imagine Ted is seething about lewlew not being 8000 and Max nothing being negative.

View attachment 6259326
Click to expand...
I would not have rated George Russell ahead of Lando or Piastri.
 
Alpine is set to promote Jack fucking Doohan, a guy who's shown absolutely nothing special during years in the feeder series. Never has it been so obvious that they're getting ready to sell. Might as well slap a FOR SALE BY OWNER sign on the back of those cars next year.

Michael Andretti's fat hand rubbing intensifies as we speak.
 
Starting to see posts and comments that Aston Martin have signed Newey and intend to get Verstappen for 2026.

So, will be interesting to see what they do if indeed Max follows Adrian and goes there. You'd assume Lance would keep his drive, but some of the comments seem to lean towards Alonso/Max/Newey super team. Here are a few images:
1.png

2.png
 
The time for a Rwanda GP would've been like, last year where Max would've held a commemorative genocide of the whole field.

The Grognard said:
I do have to wonder where they are gonna get the money to make a Grade 1 circuit down there. Rwanda might have it's shit sorted out FOR NOW but what about 5 to 10 years down the line?
Click to expand...
They won't. The lack of planning behind a bunch of the modern circuits is stunning. But it's not cheap and cheerful lack of planning, it's total shitshow and graft lack of planning.
 
The Grognard said:
I do have to wonder where they are gonna get the money to make a Grade 1 circuit down there. Rwanda might have it's shit sorted out FOR NOW but what about 5 to 10 years down the line?
Click to expand...

Well they're not returning the money from the 'Rwanda Scheme' so that's up to £240m and labour wages are £1.8 to £6 per day.


Anyway...

USA DOJ is looking into the Andretti stonewalling.
1723214052477.png
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom