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We're at 21 this year, so one to lose if those you mention all come on board... my guess would be they start to alternate Spa with a French GP. Pleases nobody except Liberty who get to say that both are still on the calendar.... Monaco too prestigious to be kicked in my opinion.

Vettel as a one-year stop gap if Ricciardo leaves at end of '22, I can see the logic in that for McLaren and Seb, but I can't say the same holds for Albon... so then is he doing enough to earn a longer placement? Anyway, sounds like Herta is first choice if testing goes well

New Williams sidepods with a nod to the Red Bull:

Now that is a long contract... Good news though, is one of my favourites.  Not sure about Melbourne because of the logistics of shutting everything down, but hopefully Formula E will be using a range of F1 circuits before that contract expires - bit of a random segue, thought just popped into my head

F1 boss guy in South Africa for race chat: https://www.racefans.net/2022/06/13/f1-ceo-domenicali-visits-kyalami-for-talks-over-2023-race/

They were hitting 180 mph (290 km/h) this year, but not until out of the tunnel, I was thinking more how a longer run would boost speeds in the tunnel itself - think they do 160 mph through the curve now so it might add another 20 to that.

Could be worse, could be a life-long McLaren fan!  But yeah, after the first few races didn't expect the red cars to be leading the retirement charge - engine penalties already stacking up

Spain (I can vaguely remember it!)

Merc:
Hammy - 8
Jack Russell - 8

Red Bull:
Surger - 7
Max - 7

Ferrari:
'It is I' - 8
Rally Guy's Son - 6

McLaren:
Ricky Hairdo - 5
Chuck Norris - 8

Alpine:
Alonso - 7
OffOn - 8

Boris Johnson (aka Alpha Tory):
Greasy Peril - 7
Soda - 8

A team called Aston Martin:
My Fault Again - 7
Speedy Stroller - 6

Williams:
Latifi - 6
Blur - 6

Alfauber:
Zhou - 5
Val - 8

Haas:
Magnum - 3
Not Massivespin - 5

Personally I wouldn't want to lose the Massanet/Casino section, but I see what you're doing with the extended run down into Mirabeau - though road might need smoothing! Longer run into tunnel is interesting, wonder what speeds they'd be hitting?

Both can be entertaining for the detached spectator

Nobody does shooting themself in the foot quite like Ferrari....

Miami!

Merc:
Hammy - 6
Jack Russell - 7

Red Bull:
Surger - 7
Max - 8

Ferrari:
'It is I' - 7
Rally Guy's Son - 6

McLaren:
Ricky Hairdo - 5
Chuck Norris - 6

Alpine:
Alonso - 5
OffOn - 7

Boris Johnson (aka Alpha Tory):
Greasy Peril - 6
Soda - 5

A team called Aston Martin:
My Fault Again - 6
Speedy Stroller - 6

Williams:
Latifi - 5
Blur - 8

Alfauber:
Zhou - X
Val - 7

Haas:
Magnum - 3
Not Massivespin - 5

So that's Porsche as an engine supplier, possibly for Red Bull, which seems pretty straightforward; and Audi as a full entrant but through buying an existing team - and thank God because we certainly don't ever want more than 20 cars on the grid.... And I think Audi must fall into the 'believe it when I see it' category, just trying to think who they'd target now that McLaren has rebuffed their approaches.

Imola:

Hammy - 6
Jack Russell - 8

Red Bull:
Surger - 8 - off the pace of teamie but a strong second
Max - 9 - perfect weekend in the flying Red Bull

Ferrari:
'It is I' - 6 - Couldn't match Red Bull pace, then greedy on kerbs and threw away points
Rally Guy's Son - X

McLaren:
Ricky Hairdo - 5
Chuck Norris - 9

Alpine:
Alonso - X
OffOn - 4

Boris Johnson (aka Alpha Tory):
Greasy Peril - 5
Soda - 8

A team called Aston Martin:
My Fault Again - 7
Speedy Stroller - 5

Williams:
Latifi - 4
Blur - 6

Alfauber:
Zhou - 4
Val - 7

Haas:
Magnum - 6
Not Massivespin - 4

Australia:

Merc:
Hammy - 7
Jack Russell - 7

Red Bull:
Surger - 7
Max - 8

Ferrari:
'It is I' - 9
Rally Guy's Son - 3 - Made a mess of it, but qualifying at least was partly team's fault as they couldn't get car started in time for Sainz to get in a second lap

McLaren:
Ricky Hairdo - 8
Chuck Norris - 7

Alpine:
Alonso - 4
OffOn - 6

Boris Johnson (aka Alpha Tory):
Greasy Peril - 6
Soda - 4

A team called Aston Martin:
My Fault Again - 3
Speedy Stroller - 5

Williams:
Latifi - 4
Blur - 9

Alfauber:
Zhou - 5
Val - 7

Haas:
Magnum - 4
Not Massivespin - 5