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Lerias said:
I'd rather the Saudi GP get scrapped completely cause yknow muh human rights and explosions, but if F1 really needs that sweet sweet oil money, then they should keep racing at Jeddah instead. It's a difficult track to drive but very satisfying if you chain up all the sectors completely.

If you don't know, this is what the Qiddiyah GP circuit will look like. Exactly 7km long too.View attachment 3741250
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This thing looks like a shitty fantasy track for a late 2000's racing sim.
 
Lerias said:
I'd rather the Saudi GP get scrapped completely cause yknow muh human rights and explosions, but if F1 really needs that sweet sweet oil money, then they should keep racing at Jeddah instead. It's a difficult track to drive but very satisfying if you chain up all the sectors completely.

If you don't know, this is what the Qiddiyah GP circuit will look like. Exactly 7km long too.View attachment 3741250
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In an attempt to sate the world over its horrible decisions regarding rainy tracks, Ben Suleyman has proudly announced that "we have Spa & Suzuka at home."

That track looks fucking revolting.
 
I can already hear it. "This scenic circuit is one of the two figure-eight tracks in the Formula One® calendar. Over 30 corners, impressive length of exactly 4.35 miles and guaranteed sunshine will definitely make for some of the best racing Formula One® has to offer" and then we get the dullest race you've ever seen.
 
Incredibly based article

RED BULL DOESN’T ACTUALLY NEED TO BREACH F1’S COST CAP TO WIN

Tldr

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So there’s an argument to say Red Bull would have succeeded even without spending restrictions for F1’s top teams. This is an organisation that has already learned how to operate more efficiently than its full-blown manufacturer opponents, that has had to produce more efficient cars than them over the years to overcome disadvantages, and is now reaping the benefits of this approach as its main opposition faces a tougher task adjusting to a difficult new reality.

This is in no way an attempt to excuse Red Bull’s apparent breach of F1’s first cost cap. If it can’t add up or classify its spending correctly then it deserves to be punished appropriately.

But a lot of the clamouring over the significance of Red Bull’s apparent over-spend seems somewhat overblown. Red Bull shouldn’t have any need to outspend its opposition to win, it should already be plenty good enough to succeed on a fraction of what it takes Ferrari and Mercedes to be competitive."
 
Yeah, let's just move F1 to America with the occasional barbaric shithole valued ally flyaway. Replace all the drivers with muricans and hell relocate the teams there while we're at it.
 
Coccxys said:
Yeah, let's just move F1 to America with the occasional barbaric shithole valued ally flyaway. Replace all the drivers with muricans and hell relocate the teams there while we're at it.
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If only there was an American-based open wheel racing series.

Speaking of Steiner:

Guenther Steiner invites Daniel Ricciardo to call him over open Haas seat​

https://www.planetf1.com/author/michelle/
Tuesday 18th October 2022 12:30 PM
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Guenther Steiner says he’ll still take a phone call from Daniel Ricciardo if he wants Mick Schumacher’s seat as he rates the Aussie as a driver.

Ricciardo will part ways with McLaren at the end of this season, the 33-year-old and team agreeing to terminate his contract a year early after falling short of expectations.

But with only two teams still with seats open for next season, Haas and Williams, Ricciardo has made it clear he’d rather spend a year on the sidelines than race at the back of the field.

That doesn’t mean Haas aren’t still interested.

Team boss Steiner says even at this late stage in the season, he would be happy to talk with him about next year but that it is entirely in Ricciardo’s hands.

“If he’s interested in us, he’s not shy to call me up. I am not going to chase him down,” the team principal told The Associated Press.

“I want him to decide what he wants to do for himself, first, before being talked into something.

“I think he’s a good driver and I don’t know how he got in the situation he’s in now, but I think he needs to come clean with himself and decide what he’s going to do.”

The Italian believes having a race winner like Ricciardo would be great for Haas, but did admit he’s perplexed as to his current form or lack thereof with McLaren.

“For us he would be a big hit,” Steiner continued. “He was a race winner and now he is without a job. He was a race winner just last year. I rate him as a driver.

“I have no idea why he doesn’t perform right now. That is for him to figure out.”

But unless Ricciardo has had a major change of heart in the last two weeks, Steiner shouldn’t wait for the call.
Speaking after Alpine confirmed Pierre Gasly at Suzuka, the 33-year-old told the media: “The Gasly news I was aware of and I knew they were talking and were very interested, so I would say that’s no surprise. We were trying to navigate our way around and figure out what’s next.

“The reality is now that I won’t be on the grid in 2023, it’s now just [a case of] trying to set up for 2024.
“I think there could be better opportunities then and that’s really what all this confirms now, where the sides are set.”

Steiner’s comment comes just one day after Schumacher was criticised by team owner Gene Haas for his three big crashes in this year’s championship.

“I think Mick has got a lot of potential, but you know he costs a fortune and he’s wrecked a lot of cars that have cost us a lot of money that we just don’t have,” the American said.

But the door is not firmly shut with Haas saying a few more points would help Schumacher in contract negotiations.

“We need Mick to bring some points and we’re trying to give him as much time as possible to see what he can do,” he said.

“If he wants to stay with us, he’s got to show us that he can score some more points. That’s what we are waiting for.”
 
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If I was Mick I'd wait until Haas try to announce his contract and pull a Piastri publicslly telling them to get fucked with their bullshit he's off to wec or something.

I usually like Steiner's way (or at least the way its played up on DTS), but he is being an absolute prick about this entire scenario.

Stop acting like you're a top team, you started well (having sacrificed an entire season to try and get a headstart on your rivals) and have slipped backwards to being points if you're lucky rather than on the regular. You aren't signing the top talent, you aren't chasing podiums or wins you are signing the next development driver for a top team (or some total has been which Ricciardo isn't, yet).
 
The current Indycar rumor is that Ric's going to rattle around looking for a F1 seat and we get fucking Latifi. Sadness.
 
Coccxys said:
Still better than some of the F1 has beens that have failed their way stateside.

He's also done more for the sport than most drivers with his brave cucking of hambone from the WDC.
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Agree, does anyone even remember Brendon Hartley or Esteban Gutierrez? Even I who started watching in 2016 could barely remember their career statistics and which teams they raced for.
 
Man the Williams murica livery does not look good.

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Coccxys said:
Man the Williams murica livery does not look good.

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It's just a show car livery, so it's not actually being raced. Even then, it's weird to see a British team make more of an effort to lean on the 'America' theme than Haas, which hasn't done much else other than release some hideous (And poorly edited) posters and wheel Guenther out to give increasingly shit takes. Still, I have a bit of a soft spot for awful, tacky liveries on occasion.
 
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