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re: 2024 Formula 1 season Thread
Posted on 7/30/24 at 2:27 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
Posted on 7/30/24 at 2:27 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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Edit: Whoops, had to look this up. Pato O'Ward is eligible for an FIA Super Licence after finishing P4 in last year's IndyCar championship.
Is there a place to see where current drivers stand in SL points? Or did you just go figure it out?
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Posted on 7/30/24 at 2:29 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
This is a solid idea, I don’t know who I would root for in Indy Car if Pato left but it would be great for him.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 2:53 pm to Cliff Booth
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Is there a place to see where current drivers stand in SL points? Or did you just go figure it out?
Good question, I don't know. I just googled it regarding Pato and found an aritcle.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 9:09 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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My first reaction to that tweet is of course being appalled that the F1 commercial rights holder is interfering with the sporting side of F1
Bernie Ecclstone did the same.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:22 pm to XenScott
Posted on 7/31/24 at 2:01 pm to MississippiLebowski
Mercedes Engineer on the DQ
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Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin revealed higher than expected tyre wear and plank wear plus the fact that Russell lost "quite a bit of weight" during the race, contributed to the car being too light when weighed post-race.
"The car can lose quite a lot of weight during the race. You get tyre wear, plank wear, brake wear, oil consumption."
"The driver themselves can lose a lot, and in this particular race George lost quite a bit of weight.
"The cars started the race the same weight. Lewis and George were both weighed after qualifying. The cars were within 500 grams.
"George's car was the only one that had the problem, and it is because things like the tyre wear was much higher. It looks like we lost more material on the plank.
"We will collect all that data though, look at how we can refine our processes because, clearly, we do not want that to happen in the future."
Drivers lose a lot of weight during races - two to three kilograms - due to loss of fluid but it is thought that Russell lost more than expected.
Sholvin also admitted that, as the race went on, the lower weight would have given Russell an advantage over Hamilton and McLaren's Oscar Piastri who came third.
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Posted on 7/31/24 at 2:30 pm to North Dallas Tiger
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Spa is the jewel of the F1 calendar - a glorious circuit.
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Posted on 7/31/24 at 8:28 pm to Lsut81
Maybe Hamilton made weight because of that thing moving on his leg.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 8:53 pm to MississippiLebowski
RBR should try to loan Lawson out to Alpine for a season.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 11:39 pm to TigerFanatic99
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With the temporary confirmation of Perez, it seems dictated not so much by motivational or sporting choices, but by purely economic reasons: Carlos Slim, the financier and generous sponsor of the Mexican, intervened to defend his protégé, while the Red Bull staff had already decided on the cut.
Pay driver Perez.
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 5:58 am to BuckyCheese
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F1 | RACING BULLS: A IMOLA GIRANO RICCIARDO E LAWSON NEL FAMILY DAY
Il team di Faenza è attivo per due giorni all'Enzo e Dino Ferrari. L'australiano guida la RB VCARB 01 nel secondo filming day, mentre Liam gira con la AT03 per una sessione di allenamento e domani lascerà il posto a Iwasa. La sessione era stata pensata per Lawson, ma la conferma di Perez in Red Bull ha bloccato la sua promozione a titolare.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 7:04 am to BuckyCheese
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Oh man, this is too much now. Just brutal.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 7:57 am to 1999
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Oh man, this is too much now. Just brutal.
RB downfall continues... Have to think Max going to Merc is almost 100% certain at this point.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:10 am to 1999
Wheatley leaving is huge. Definitely was not expecting that to come thru.
Good for him though, he's going to be a great TP. And needless to say, KICK (Audi) can use all the pit stop help they can get
Good for him though, he's going to be a great TP. And needless to say, KICK (Audi) can use all the pit stop help they can get
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:39 am to 1999
I expect that Wheatley will raid RB to fill out his staff at Audi. More challenges for Red Bull lay ahead.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:14 am to Lsut81
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RB downfall continues...
Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:27 am to sorantable
As long as Ferrari is shite for the next 5 years too... All in on Mclaren at this point 
Posted on 8/1/24 at 2:16 pm to Lsut81
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As long as Ferrari is shite for the next 5 years too... All in on Mclaren at this point
No no no. The current situation that we have right now, where Max, Lando, Oscar, Lewis, and George can all win the next race, is great. If Ferrari can get back into the mix, that would be ideal for me.
I have come to realize that some F1 fans really prefer a simplified championship battle, where two guys are duking it out to the final race. Since I have always followed IndyCar and F1 equally closely, I prefer the chaos of many drivers being capable of winning the next race. So F1 right now is amazing for me, and I hope next year it will be even better, where no one builds up a big early season lead and maybe we have seven race winners as well.
Which reminds me, in 2009, the first year of a new rules package, Jenson Button won 6 of the first 7 races to build up a huge lead. Once everyone else had their double-diffuser, the competition got much tougher (with Red Bull in particular just starting their 2010-2013 run of dominance). Button didn't win another race the rest of the season (10 races), he just hung on for dear life and drove like a pussy. He only had 2 podiums in the last 10 races. His teammate Barrichello won 2 races in the 2nd half of the season, so the car was still capable, Button just drove scared. Umm, shoot I'm not sure how to relate this back to the previous paragraph. Maybe I just like to bag on Button's season where he only won because of the super-dominant car in the early season. He didn't really fight like a champion after he built up a huge lead.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 2:23 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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No no no. The current situation that we have right now, where Max, Lando, Oscar, Lewis, and George can all win the next race, is great. If Ferrari can get back into the mix, that would be ideal for me.
Nope Nope Nope... haha
I want to see Ham go to ferrari and shite the bed. Especially after he came out trying to claim Merc was imploding him because he was leaving.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 2:38 pm to Lsut81
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I want to see Ham go to ferrari and shite the bed. Especially after he came out trying to claim Merc was imploding him because he was leaving.
I dont know about imploding but Merc clearly stopped giving Hamilton full support. I dont even like Hamilton but I think everyone understood it didn't make much sense to put everything behind the driver leaving. It makes more sense to put everything you can behind the driver staying.
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