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#1
Formula One / Re: The 2023 Season
February 27, 2023, 04:26:40 AM
After 3 days, I'll move Alpine up a bit and Red Bull ahead a bit more, plus demote Williams and Alfa Romeo a bit. McLaren stays down though.

1. Red Bull
2. Ferrari (+0.3 seconds per lap)
3. Mercedes (+0.4 seconds per lap)
4. Aston Martin (+0.7 seconds per lap)
5. Alpine (+0.9 seconds per lap)
6. Alfa Romeo (+1.0 seconds per lap)
7. Haas (+1.0 seconds per lap)
8. McLaren (+1.2 seconds per lap)
9. Williams (+1.3 seconds per lap)
10. AlphaTauri (+1.3 seconds per lap)

We'll see if these are the gaps we get in Bahrain.
#2
Formula One / Re: The 2023 Season
February 24, 2023, 03:21:45 AM
Let's try posting despite the forum being all broken. After one day of testing, here is my summary of how this year will go.

1. Red Bull
2. Mercedes (+0.1 seconds per lap)
3. Ferrari (+0.3 seconds per lap)
4. Aston Martin (+0.6 seconds per lap)
5. Alfa Romeo (+0.7 seconds per lap)
6. Williams (+0.9 seconds per lap)
7. Alpine (+1.1 seconds per lap
8. McLaren (+1.3 seconds per lap
9. Haas (+1.3 seconds per lap)
10. AlphaTauri (+1.4 seconds per lap)

So that's all tight and close. This is not based on lap times, not based on race long runs, but based on me making stuff up.
#3
Off Topic / Re: Formula E (Electric Dreams)
January 12, 2023, 11:43:19 AM
I don't like seeing them from above. So... fat. Bulky. Awkward.

Honestly, Gen 1 and Gen 2 both looked pretty sweet at least after seeing them for a while. Maybe Gen 1 with the "newer" front wings were my favourites. I'll probably warm up to this one also.
#4
Formula One / Re: The 2023 Season
January 12, 2023, 11:41:55 AM
You can't die from Covid twice. Valid method.
#5
Formula One / Re: The 2023 Season
January 09, 2023, 11:36:00 AM
It might be worth re-adding China with a bit of a "TBC". The Chinese government recently went "oh fuck it, who cares?" regarding Covid lockdowns. As a result, everyone got Covid. No, almost everyone. In the Henan province (population of pretty much 100 million people), the local government confirmed 89% of everyone (That's 89 million people) have tested positive since the breakout.

That means they will all be either dead or not sick come April, so may as well host a Grand Prix yes? At least the Shanghai circuit is pretty neat.
#6
Formula One / Re: Cars of 2023
January 09, 2023, 11:32:47 AM
Oh no, two cars on the 13th. How will we cope?
#7
Off Topic / Re: Formula E (Electric Dreams)
January 09, 2023, 11:32:29 AM
I'm impressed to see Rome wasn't rebuilt (outside Italy) in a day.
#8
Formula One / Re: F1 News Snippets
January 05, 2023, 05:02:52 PM
Quote from: Penfold on January 05, 2023, 11:48:05 AM
Finally some more news on Andretti's F1 ambitions: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/andretti-and-cadillac-announce-formula-1-entry-plans-/10417491/

Would love to know the timescale Andretti has in mind... wait for the new engine regulations in '26?Does seem a long way off but would it be worth building an entry for the year before

Depends how badly the 2025 and 2026 cars will differ. Andretti and Cadillac is not bringing a new engine, so I see 2025 as a potential date for entry.

We'll see if the FIA tender brings in more interested parties, I wouldn't mind a full grid of 26 cars if the three new entrants can compete with AlphaTauri, Alpine, Aston Martin, and McLaren rather than struggling to keep up with whoever runs P20. That $200 million "dilution fee" will serve to keep teams like HRT and USF1 away from the grid, but bringing in Andretti sounds perfectly reasonable.

I wouldn't mind an Asian team, so how about TOM's or Mugen from Super Formula? And then for the 12th entry, we'll just grab something from South America. How about Senna Racing Team? Bruno heads it up, maybe Massa and Barrichello can join as ambassadors or something akin to a Lauda-esque role?
#9
Formula One / Re: 2023 Driver Speculation
January 05, 2023, 04:52:19 PM
Quote from: Penfold on January 05, 2023, 11:58:53 AM
Plus always interesting to see how drivers stack up against each other. Can he get outings in practice sessions or is he disqualified due to his time in f1?
Schumacher cannot fulfil the "junior driver" slots of which every car has to do one session per year (so twice per team). The requirement is only bound to number of F1 races competed, you can competed in no more than two GPs.
#10
Formula One / Re: 2023 Driver Speculation
December 15, 2022, 04:40:48 AM
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-signs-schumacher-as-f1-reserve-driver-for-2023/10411676/

Mick joins Mercedes as their official Reserve Driver. I mean, I hope everyone is happy and healthy for 2023 but I also want to see Schumacher racing sooo.
#11
Formula One / Re: 2023 Team Principals Speculation
December 13, 2022, 10:50:18 AM
I mean.. Team Principals playing Musical chairs it seems. Let us try to figure out what has happened.

Ferrari: "We no speak Binotto"
Binotto: "Oh ok bye"
Ferrari: "Vasseur, come on over?"
Alfa Romeo: "Bye bye Vasseur"
Vasseur: "Oh ok then, hi Ferrari"
Ferrari: "We confirm Fred Vasseur"
Alfa Romeo: "Well what about us?"
Seidl: "I'm joining Audi in 2026"
McLaren: "Ok bye bye Seidl now"
Seidl: "No I said 2026"
McLaren: "We did what we did"
McLaren: "Please welcome Andrea Stella."
Alfa Romeo: "Seidl, you said 2023 and Alfa Romeo right?"
Seidl: "Uh yeah sure"
Alfa Romeo: "We've signed Andreas Seidl", but as CEO
Williams: "We want in too. Jost Capito left. And his buddy Demaison"

Did you get all that?

I'll sum it up:
Ferrari: Binotto -> Vasseur (link)
Alfa Romeo: Vasseur -> Seidl (sort of, he'll be the CEO sort of like Zak Brown at McLaren) (link)
McLaren: Seidl -> Stella (link)
Williams: Capito -> TBD (link)
#12
Formula One / Re: F1 News Snippets
December 05, 2022, 05:47:11 AM
Quite frankly, Andretti is the only one with merits to join the grid.

If Mister Lo has the money, he could team up with someone like Prema or DAMS to make it happen, but I don't want to see "Dorilton Racing Team" any time soon.
#14
Formula One / Re: F1 News Snippets
November 29, 2022, 03:41:26 AM
Off-season? I think not. Binotto resigns.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/binotto-resigns-as-ferrari-f1-team-principal/10405914/

Word is, Fred Vasseur is a potential replacement. He'd build the team around Leclerc, much to Sainz's chagrin.
#15
Formula One / Re: 2023 Driver Speculation
November 25, 2022, 05:25:28 AM


I totally like this idea. Obviously you know what I'm going to do now. 23 races (China is out for next year), 23 drivers driving the "Entry 21". Red Bull get to run a 3rd car courtesy of being champion. This 3rd car will not score constructors point.

Race - Driver - Reason
Bahrain: Romain Grosjean - Reconquer the track that almost killed him
Saudi Arabia: Jamie Chadwick - Because women drivers in Saudi Arabia are super popular
Australia: Mark Webber - Home race
Azerbaijan: Daniil Kvyat - Nearly home race
Miami: Colton Herta - We'll make an exception to the whole Super License
Emilia Romagna: Giancarlo Fisichella - Last Italian to race for Ferrari
Monaco: Nico Rosberg - Living in Monaco, it's his home race really
Spain: Alex Palou - Spain's biggest IndyCar star!
Canada: Nicolas Latifi - At least he knows how to drive these cars
Austria: Felipe Drugovich - Scene of his first F2 win
Great Britain: Jenson Button - But instead of a 3rd Red Bull, maybe a 2009 Brawn?
Hungary: Jenson Button - Scene of first victory
Belgium: Mick Schumacher - In honour of dad
Netherlands: Robin Frijns - Biggest loss for F1, he should be here. Home race.
Italy: Felipe Massa - Always a Ferrari fan favorite
Singapore: Kamui Kobayashi - Since Vettel stole Japan, he'll join the grid here
Japan: Sebastian Vettel - The only circuit he'll race at
Qatar: Marc Márquez - Losail is a motorcycle venue. Could he make the switch?
USA: Daniel Ricciardo - Essentially American 1
Mexico City: Pato O'Ward - Obviously
São Paulo: Rubens Barrichello - He'll never be too old
Las Vegas: Daniel Ricciardo - Essentially American 2
Abu Dhabi: Marcus Ericsson - Indy 500 winner, and scene of his last F1 race


Sure, I reused some drivers like Button and Ricciardo. It's cool. If I can't do that, we could fit Karun Chandhok or Paul di Resta into the car at Silverstone for some live commentary. Ricciardo can do Vegas, but COTA can be run by Josef Newgarden.