re: 2024 Formula 1 season Thread

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In the prediction rankings, MikeD leads for the 5th race in a row, but the order behind him was shook up a little. The only changes in the championships are that Ocon moved up two spots in the WDC, and Alpine moved ahead of Sauber in the WCC. Since I had more faith in Alpine in my prediction, I moved up a few spots to a podium position for now.


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I'm coming for that podium.

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Saw some reports that Newey is looking to leave Red Bull due to the internal power struggle. Will be interested to see if anything comes from it and if he actually leaves, or where the destination would be.

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I know Max has in his contract around Marko leaving and him being able to jump too, is Newey in it by chance?

The shoe gives you an idea what a two-tone blue Ferrari would look like.

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For those of you who think the car will still be red but with blue accents, I think it's a pretty bad color combination. I want to see a blue car.

SkyNews just posted Newey is leaving... Its happening boys.

Where does he go and where does Max follow?

AM? Mercedes?

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I think Ferrari makes a huge play for Newey and is probably the favorite,

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I'd love to see Ferrari on top like their heyday, but not with Hamilton benefiting from it

LFG. I want Lewis to get #8.

I think it’s AM. Don’t see him moving to Italy.

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I wouldn't be shocked to see Aston Martin throw a stupid offer out there as well.

if Papa Stroll is truly serious about making AM a contender, I could see them making an offer to Sainz to replace Lance. An Alonso/Sainz driver lineup with Newey would definitely be a contender.

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One scenario I imagined was that Newey didn't have faith in RBPT producing a competitive power unit for 2026. He just had a fruitful collaboration with Honda, so I thought it was a pretty reasonable idea that he would be interested in Aston Martin. If AM gets rid of Lance, I would be in favor of Newey going to AM. If Newey goes to AM and in 2026 Lance is still with the team, I will be even more shocked than I would be that Honda would tolerate this situation. Honda plus Newey plus Aramco tolerating Lance on the team would make my head explode.

Lawrence might think real hard about it if max becomes available.

Big news if true.

If it is Ferrari that would be cool.

Would also be cool if it was AM and Alonso gets another WDC.