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#11

Off Topic / Re: Formula E (Electric Dreams...

Last post by Penfold - January 09, 2023, 09:25:36 AM

Time to wake the thread from deep hibernation. New season soon with rejigged cars and a calendar that's all in the same year, what an idea!

1 Mexico City - Mexico - 14 January
2 Diriyah 1 - Saudi Arabia - 27 January
3 Diriyah 2 - Saudi Arabia - 28 January
4 Hyderabad - India - 11 February
5 Cape Town - South Africa - 25 February
6 Sao Paulo - Brazil - 25 March
7 Berlin 1 - Germany - 22 April
8 Berlin 2 - Germany - 23 April
9 Monaco - Monaco! - 06 May
10 Jakarta 1 - Indonesia - 03 June
11 Jakarta 2 - Indonesia - 04 June
12 Portland - United States - 24 June
13 Rome 1 - Italy   15 July
14 Rome 2 - Still in Italy - 16 July
15 London 1 - United Kingdom - 29 July
16 London 2 - United Kingdom - 30 July

#12

Formula One / Cars of 2023

Last post by Penfold - January 09, 2023, 09:17:22 AM

Beginning as one does with the (partial) launch schedule:

6th Feb - Williams (livery)
11th Feb - AlphaTauri
13th Feb - Aston Martin
13th Feb - McLaren
14th Feb - Ferrari
15th Feb - Mercedes
16th Feb - Alpine

#13

Formula One / The 2023 Season

Last post by Penfold - January 09, 2023, 09:13:50 AM

Less than two months to go so thought I'd better get a wriggle on. Calendar seems a sensible place to start:

March 5: Bahrain (Sakhir)
March 19: Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
April 2: Australia (Melbourne)
April 16: China (Shanghai) - Covid dependent
April 30: Azerbaijan (Baku)*
May 7: Miami (Miami)
May 21: Emilia Romagna (Imola)
May 28: Monaco (Monaco)
June 4: Spain (Barcelona)
June 18: Canada (Montreal)
July 2: Austria (Spielberg)*
July 9: Great Britain (Silverstone)
July 23: Hungary (Budapest)
July 30: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)*
August 27: Netherlands (Zandvoort)
September 3: Italy (Monza)
September 17: Singapore (Marina Bay)
September 24: Japan (Suzuka)
October 8: Qatar (Losail)*
October 22: USA (Austin)*
October 29: Mexico (Mexico City)
November 5: Brazil (Sao Paulo)*
November 18: Las Vegas
November 26: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

*unfortunately this little guy denotes Sprint rounds

#14

Formula One / Re: F1 News Snippets

Last post by Chrill - January 05, 2023, 05:02:52 PM

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?

#15

Formula One / Re: 2023 Driver Speculation

Last post by Chrill - January 05, 2023, 04:52:19 PM

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.

#16

Formula One / Re: 2023 Driver Speculation

Last post by Penfold - 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?

#17

Formula One / Re: F1 News Snippets

Last post by Penfold - 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

#18

Formula One / Re: 2023 Driver Speculation

Last post by Chrill - 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.

[Binotto]

#19

Formula One / Re: 2023 Team Principals Specu...

Last post by Chrill - 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)

#20

Formula One / Re: F1 News Snippets

Last post by Chrill - 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.