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Lerias said:
This could help them out a bit since they were basically living on Latifi's Lavazza and Sofina sponsor money, and since Latifi left they needed that cash more than ever.

Speaking of sponsors I wonder how the MoneyGram Haas is going to look like. I'm not fully expecting a fully red on white like this year, which was haphazardly made to cover up the Russian flag colors, but it could happen because the MoneyGram logo is red.
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Does ROKiT have that money to give? Or will they liquidate?
 
SargonF00t said:
Does ROKiT have that money to give? Or will they liquidate?
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They were desperate to dodge it in the first place, and Williams was only rewarded so much because they made an apparently generous offer to ROKiT to settle for 13 million. They do seem more legit than most F1 scam sponsorship companies, but supposedly they were already going through bankruptcy anyway. I don't think Williams are ever going to see that money though, which must sting since they were apparently pretty reliant on the few solid sponsors they had, like Goatifi bringing Lavazza to them, after ROKiT fucked them over.
 
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What the fuck does this have to do with being net zero, Mr. Dommy and Yemmy?

Fix your race calendar first before babbling about how you're gonna be net zero by catering more to women and minorities.
 
Mext year's provisional calendar. Bold is the sprint races, odd choice having a sprint at Baku. Will only be like 5 laps in the Spa one too.

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Coccxys said:
Mext year's provisional calendar. Bold is the sprint races, odd choice having a sprint at Baku. Will only be like 5 laps in the Spa one too.

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Note that 3 sprints are in the final 6 races of the season too! I assume they did that in event of close title race then there will be more incentive to get as many sprints points as possible and more action I guess is the goal for having 3 so late in season.

I am pretty sure the sprint is just under 1/3 race distance. So, Spa will probably be 14 laps as a guess? I seem to recall a driver, maybe Russell, saying they should be a bit longer.
 
You think they are still looking for a replacement for the Chinese GP? It was supposed to be 24 races but China was stricken from the plan.

Imho these are way too mayn races. I can still remember the times when we had 16 races. Maybe we need more of a rotation with some classics fixed in the calendar. Keep the demand up so to speak.
 
Balr0g said:
You think they are still looking for a replacement for the Chinese GP? It was supposed to be 24 races but China was stricken from the plan.

Imho these are way too mayn races. I can still remember the times when we had 16 races. Maybe we need more of a rotation with some classics fixed in the calendar. Keep the demand up so to speak.
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If we're fantasy booking I'd keep Monza, Spa, Silverstone, Austin, Suzkua, Interlagos, Austria and Adelaide as locks. Rotate everything else, swap Catalunya for Valencia, ditch Monaco because it's shit, and bring back Turkey, Estoril and Sepang.
 
Balr0g said:
You think they are still looking for a replacement for the Chinese GP? It was supposed to be 24 races but China was stricken from the plan.

Imho these are way too mayn races. I can still remember the times when we had 16 races. Maybe we need more of a rotation with some classics fixed in the calendar. Keep the demand up so to speak.
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Say, what happened to the half-street circuit in Hanoi? Over on Google Maps you can see the structure of the permanent part of the circuit all built up and ready for racing, but they never got around to host it.

Matter of fact, they tried their damnedest to expand things to Asia, with circuits built in South Korea and India of all places. Then they ditched these after what, three or four years, and none produced anything resembling good and fun racing.
 
Yuuichirou Kumada said:
Say, what happened to the half-street circuit in Hanoi? Over on Google Maps you can see the structure of the permanent part of the circuit all built up and ready for racing, but they never got around to host it.

Matter of fact, they tried their damnedest to expand things to Asia, with circuits built in South Korea and India of all places. Then they ditched these after what, three or four years, and none produced anything resembling good and fun racing.
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From what I heard the entire event was cancelled due to corruption charges in Vietnam (lol) So don't expect a race happening there any time soon
The Corea race is a bit of a shame as the track seemed fine for decent racing. but the entire plan with having the track attract more business backfired badly so they scrapped future races.
kind of reminds me of the late 80's early 90' when Japanese companies invested heavily in F1 (best examples would be Footwork and Leyton House) only to either quit with frustration (Footwork) or the financier arrested for tax fraud charges (Leyton House)
 
Yeah I remember the Vietcong track had some serious long straights. We talked about it in thread.

As with everything in the world today, whenever something does or doesn't happen when it was supposed to happen it is always due to $$$$$$$$$$$.
 
You can drive the Hanoi street circuit in F1 2020, it's actually super difficult to drive but satisfying to chain up, especially those esses.

The reason they cancelled it is due to corruption involving the construction company and the Vietnamese government I believe?

Also, interesting tidbit, there was going to be a South Korean GP as early as 1998 located near Gunsan, which already have a mixed-use airport (also home to the Kunsan US Air Force base) that could be easily converted to an international one, thus mitigating the problem Yeongam had. As far as one's concerned though, the construction company Sepung went under due to the Asian financial crisis at the time, and the owner was arrested for IIRC money laundering. The site of the circuit's construction is now covered by a golf course, though in this satellite image from 2004 that shows the abandoned construction remnants, you can see that it would've been an extremely similar circuit to Catalunya, even featuring a club and GT layouts:
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New floor deflection testing rules released, quite a bit stricter than the one introduced mid way though 2022.

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In other rule changes the floor side skirt minimum height has been raised 15mm, the throat of the diffuser has been throttled to reduce the load from the diffuser (and hopefully stop the bouncing) and a few materials have been banned from gear boxes on health, safety, and environmental grounds.
 
Some big names that are non-drivers in the news. While Vasseur does seems like a level headed guy, he also has that look in his face that he will throttle you if he has good cause! LOL I can't wait to see how he does in the team, and how Fer do with him as TP.

Just saw a headline about Honda returning as an engine provider in 2026, and also I believe Hyundai mentioned as another company that is looking at 2026 too.
 
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The Sauber/Alfa deal expires end of 2023, it is apparently unlikely to be renewed so Sauber can start transitioning over to Audi. Might mean we get 2 seasons of Sauber (24 and 25) before they become Audi, would be nice to have the old name back for a while even if it's just a swansong.
 
Another day, another F1 team principal move.

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Can't really say either way of it's deserved or if he was decent. We practically never see anything of him.
 
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