2024 F1 Thread
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It's two very different approaches to the F1 team. I can't imagine owning a team and having that kind of money and not wanting to be on the cutting edge of tech and being competitive.
Team Steiner for me. Gene has it wrong, but he's also a billionaire with a plan and I'm not.lol
Team Steiner for me. Gene has it wrong, but he's also a billionaire with a plan and I'm not.lol
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Haas did something right in the off-season with their speed. And K-Mag put on a clinic on how to help his teammate and stop others from advancing. That was a fun battle to watch. F1 is still great in my books for the mid-bottom level teams fighting it out. We all know Red Bull will dominate, but focussing on the next set of teams makes for some entertaining races.
Agreed. $450 million of consequences for Don the Fraud! Let's see how it goes with your whining Karen's complaint to the Manager of the Appeals Court
But in the case of Horner's accuser, how do you know she was lying when I can't seem to find anything except some of the alleged text messages Horner sent to her?
RUMOUR-GOSSIP WARNING DISCLAIMER
I was speaking to someone I know in F1 on Thursday. According to her, it seems that Horny Horner was sending her racy/flirty text (WhatsApp?) messages that he thought he could deny were flirty by claiming they were innocent. Clearly messages asking if she ever wore Spanx while standing on her head were inappropriate.
According to gossip and rumours it seems that Jos Verstappen (Max's father) was secretly schtupping the complainant himself, was offended/threatened/jealous or just honestly protective of her and encouraged/coached her to submit the messages to HR. The owners of RB, knowing how vital Horner was to the team were not going to fire him and tried to smooth it over.
Rumour was that Jos became more pissed and anonymously forwarded those messages to the F1 Paddock in the hope that Horner would then have to be forced out of RB for bringing the sport into disrepute. Rival teams, mostly Toto, made some noise about a full FIA inquiry, motivated by trying to disrupt RB in the hope of being able to create chaos that they could use to try to catch up to RB.
Apparently, RB owners knew right away that Jos was behind it. It took their investigators a week to prove that Jos was behind the Paddock spamming. She was ostensibly suspended on the basis that she had no right to share these intra-company communications (or the mailing list that matched her own Contacts/Address Book!) with Jos. And that her actions led to Jos destabilizing the team with possibly severe consequences.
At least that is the rumoured story that is going around the Paddock.
Update.
Seems it was Helmut Marko who leaked the text messages. Not Jos.
Just shows how unreliable gossip and rumours can be, even when from a trusted insider source.
The thing about Lance is that he seems to be able to put in a drive every now and then. It's just frustrating that he is still so inconsistent despite the years of experience he has in F1. If his dad was not the team owner, he would have lost his seat to a rookie.
Forgot which video I saw but even if half of the things are true, Lance needs to go and enjoy his Dad's billions. He seems to show zero interest in the actual inner workings of F1, didn't care to see Aston Martin's F1 facility and has this massive "zero fucks" attitude about everything.
Imagine being able to get into F1 because your Dad bought into a team and you act like that?? Window licker is a bang on description of him.
Max is crazy, I can't even express into words how impressive that guy is, granted the car helps but what he's capable of doing with it, crazy!
Ok fellow F1 fans.
The F1 exhibition is coming to Toronto May 3/24. You can sign up for priority tickets that go on sale March 26.
I'm definitely going to check it out.
https://f1exhibition.com/toronto/
The F1 exhibition is coming to Toronto May 3/24. You can sign up for priority tickets that go on sale March 26.
I'm definitely going to check it out.
https://f1exhibition.com/toronto/
I don't recall anything said about her publicly by FIA, this will require some digging.
I found this but it's pretty vague.
Wolff says she's filed 'criminal complaint' against FIA
F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff says she has "filed a criminal complaint" in relation to statements made by Formula 1's governing body the FIA in December of last year
www.the-race.com
I found this but it's pretty vague.
Wolff says she's filed 'criminal complaint' against FIA
F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff says she has "filed a criminal complaint" in relation to statements made by Formula 1's governing body the FIA in December of last year
It stems from this:
"The FIA has launched an investigation into Toto and Susie Wolff following allegations of potential conflicts of interest, as reportedly raised by Formula 1 team principals. These concerns stem from the possibility of the Wolffs having access to confidential information that could give Mercedes an unfair advantage."
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"The FIA has launched an investigation into Toto and Susie Wolff following allegations of potential conflicts of interest, as reportedly raised by Formula 1 team principals. These concerns stem from the possibility of the Wolffs having access to confidential information that could give Mercedes an unfair advantage."
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Sargeant calls giving up car ‘hardest moment in my career’
Logan Sargeant has admitted that being asked to give up his car for the remainder of the Australian Grand Prix weekend was “the hardest moment I can remember in my career”, after Williams announced that Alex Albon would take over his FW46 from Free Practice 3 following a crash for the Thai driver.
www.formula1.com
At least Vowles admits it is bush league not to have a spare chassis.Sargeant calls giving up car ‘hardest moment in my career’
Logan Sargeant has admitted that being asked to give up his car for the remainder of the Australian Grand Prix weekend was “the hardest moment I can remember in my career”, after Williams announced that Alex Albon would take over his FW46 from Free Practice 3 following a crash for the Thai driver.
Ferrari will regret letting him go.
