F1 2025 News/Misc.

donthaveanickname said:
Not very bold prediction:
Jack will not be a full-time driver by the end of May.
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Kiante said:
Flavio doing Flavio things.

I hope Doohan does the best he can to habe a full season.
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I haven't paid much attention to Alpine recently, but after reading your comments I googled news about Franco's signing. Yikes. Flavio sounding like Helmut at RB. Jack is going to have a lot of pressure to perform early in the season.

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For the first time since it's inception, Gene won't have to put his personal money into the Haas F1 Team this year. Also for the first time, they will have enough money to spend all the way to the cost cap. As much as I enjoyed Gunther's personality there is no denying the effect Komatsu has had since taking over.

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Gene Haas won't need to fund F1 team in 2025

Haas owner Gene Haas does not have to subsidize his Formula 1 team for the first time this year as it hits the budget cap, according to team principal Ayao Komatsu. The American team joined the gri…
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I wonder if his involvement in online gambling has anything to do with this.

 
HoneyBadger said:
ESPN is not renewing F1 rights.

Looks like NBC and Netflix want them. Remember, NBC never wanted to drop F1.

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NBC wanted exclusivity while Disney never minded coexisting with F1 TV, and Netflix has only gotten more expensive while overall library quality has declined. Can’t see this as anything other than a lose-lose, especially if you assume NBC brings back in-race commercials.
 
Carlos Sainz has detailed how the attitude of the Williams team during his first experience of working with them at the end of season test in Abu Dhabi left him “extremely impressed”, with the Spaniard noting the squad’s motivation despite a challenging run of races to close out 2024.

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Sainz reveals what has 'impressed' him about Williams so far

Carlos Sainz has detailed how the attitude of the Williams team during his first experience of working with them at the end of season test in Abu Dhabi left him “extremely impressed”, with the Spaniard noting the squad’s motivation despite a challenging run of races to close out 2024.
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donthaveanickname said:
Every once in a while the guy actual has a good idea.
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Ya know, one of the reasons often cited for NASCAR not being able to draw new manufacturers is that no one wants to develop a V-8 that will only be used for racing with minimal production benefits. I don't see why a V-10 would be any different, and I can see why the manufacturers wouldn't want to go that way. What's the ROI, reviving a sound no one has heard in a couple of decades? The younger fans fueling the series' popularity don't miss what they have never heard, and they're more environmentally motivated too.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Ya know, one of the reasons often cited for NASCAR not being able to draw new manufacturers is that no one wants to develop a V-8 that will only be used for racing with minimal production benefits. I don't see why a V-10 would be any different, and I can see why the manufacturers wouldn't want to go that way. What's the ROI, reviving a sound no one has heard in a couple of decades? The younger fans fueling the series' popularity don't miss what they have never heard, and they're more environmentally motivated too.
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A lot of manufacturers are producing V8s for sports car racing and production sports cars. In the case of Aston Martin even a V12.
And btw the current hybrid engines have zero relevance for any production models.

Charlie Spencer said:
they're more environmentally motivated too.
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Young people who care about racing are not environmentally motivated and as MBS suggested the engines would be powered by synthetic fuels.
 
I'm not convinced Lawson was a mistake. I think the Red Bull is just that bad. If there was any mistake it was letting Newey get away.
 
Doc Austin said:
I'm not convinced Lawson was a mistake. I think the Red Bull is just that bad. If there was any mistake it was letting Newey get away.
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Personally, I believe giving Lawson the Red Bull seat over Yuki was a mistake. At the time, not everyone had this opinion when this happened. I think I was right.
 
Reagan said:
Personally, I believe giving Lawson the Red Bull seat over Yuki was a mistake. At the time, not everyone had this opinion when this happened. I think I was right.
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From, an experience standpoint alone I completely agree. Maybe he can deal with that cow better than Lawson has.
 
As @DanicaFreak surely will know, or if he doesn't know will be interested to hear...
Today it's been 50 years since the first and only points finish by a female driver in F1. Lella Lombardi finished 6th, scoring 0.5 points in the red-flagged race at the Montjuïc Street Circuit in Barcelona which was held for the final time.

The race was overshadowed by a crash where the rear-wing on Rolf Stommelen's car failed, causing the car to crash into the crowd, killing five spectators.
A boycott had been threatened before the race but only Emerson Fittipaldi ended up participating in the boycott.

Jochen Mass ended up winning the race, which happened to be the sole F1 victory for a German driver between 1961 and 1992
 
donthaveanickname said:
As @DanicaFreak surely will know, or if he doesn't know will be interested to hear...
Today it's been 50 years since the first and only points finish by a female driver in F1. Lella Lombardi finished 6th, scoring 0.5 points in the red-flagged race at the Montjuïc Street Circuit in Barcelona which was held for the final time.

The race was overshadowed by a crash where the rear-wing on Rolf Stommelen's car failed, causing the car to crash into the crowd, killing five spectators.
A boycott had been threatened before the race but only Emerson Fittipaldi ended up participating in the boycott.

Jochen Mass ended up winning the race, which happened to be the sole F1 victory for a German driver between 1961 and 1992
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I didn’t know. Thanks so much for sharing this!
 
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