Formula 1 talk.

[sk47]

Hello; Well not much of a race for drama. All 20 cars finished. A small dust up at pit exit for VER & NOR which amounted to playground radio chatter.
So, Max won in what most consider a lesser car and with a slower pit stop than his closest rival. Impressive.
There is always a race within the race in terms of driver teammates. If you do not win overall, at least beat your teammate. Best i can estimate it looks like Max & Alonzo were tops in such a measure. Other teammates were much closer at the finish.
On lap 48 the TV showed lap times for the previous lap. Max was lapping one second ahead of his newest teammate. Not clear such means much but there it was.

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[S550HPP]

I agree with you on Perez at Cadillac. Yes he’s experienced, but does he have what it takes at a new team? I doubt it. But… he does come with significant sponsorship… money talks.
Maybe the discussions about having an American talent in the second seat points to an experienced race winner who won’t overshadow a new American driver… or maybe I’m being cynical.

After the HAAS unilateral contract breaking debacle with no consequence pretty sure no top tier driver will sign with an American team without at least a $500M Letter of Credit and Performance Bond backing a 3 yr contract, for example.

That leaves only tier 2 and 3 drivers which might work just look at Lance Stulovitch (Stroll).

 

[Yorkshire_OH]

Spotted at Japan gp

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Which one are you referring to with Haas? The stuff with Steiner was pretty bad. A letter of credit is pretty much worthless in a financial deal, however a irrevocable letter or credit is a completely different deal.

After the HAAS unilateral contract breaking debacle with no consequence pretty sure no top tier driver will sign with an American team without at least a $500M Letter of Credit and Performance Bond backing a 3 yr contract, for example.

That leaves only tier 2 and 3 drivers which might work just look at Lance Stulovitch (Stroll).

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Tsunoda not fairing better in the RB as opposed to the previous ride may be a little telling. It’s his first race so maybe he’ll figure it out. If Lawson doesn’t figure something out pretty soon he may not make it to mid season. McLaren has the best pair of driver team mates, especially from a consistency standpoint and parity. Like him or not Max just gets more out of the car and is on a different level. The performance consistency of the cars with the teams seems hit and miss a bit this year.

Hello; Well not much of a race for drama. All 20 cars finished. A small dust up at pit exit for VER & NOR which amounted to playground radio chatter.
So, Max won in what most consider a lesser car and with a slower pit stop than his closest rival. Impressive.
There is always a race within the race in terms of driver teammates. If you do not win overall, at least beat your teammate. Best i can estimate it looks like Max & Alonzo were tops in such a measure. Other teammates were much closer at the finish.
On lap 48 the TV showed lap times for the previous lap. Max was lapping one second ahead of his newest teammate. Not clear such means much but there it was.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Tsunoda not fairing better in the RB as opposed to the previous ride may be a little telling. It’s his first race so maybe he’ll figure it out.

The only practice session where Max and Yuki had clear runs on same tires, Yuki was ~2 tenths from Max. Then the team decided a bigger rear ring was a great idea for Yuki. It wasn't.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Hello; Well not much of a race for drama. All 20 cars finished. A small dust up at pit exit for VER & NOR

Completely the fault of Red Bull having their two best pit crew members suddenly missing due to a family emergency. Other teams take note and avoid having twins on the pit crew. Sometimes a 1 second delay matters.

 

[Inthehighdesert]

I’m aware of that. I don’t put a lot of stock in practice times. They’re baselines for strategy most of the time. Where the real pace comes in is quals. We’ll see where he’s at in the next few weeks. Hopefully they get the car more dialed in for him. The issue will be they, RB, won’t change it to much if the other driver is getting more out of the car. Hopefully it’s not a repeat of Vettel Webber.

The only practice session where Max and Yuki had clear runs on same tires, Yuki was ~2 tenths from Max. Then the team decided a bigger rear ring was a great idea for Yuki. It wasn't.

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Now you’re faulting twins on a crew. You’re correct, wouldn’t want the TWO best on the crew because they’re twins. Makes sense. Glad you informed us a second matters in racing.

Completely the fault of Red Bull having their two best pit crew members suddenly missing due to a family emergency. Other teams take note and avoid having twins on the pit crew. Sometimes a 1 second delay matters.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Now you’re faulting twins on a crew. You’re correct, wouldn’t want the TWO best on the crew because they’re twins. Makes sense.

Guess could go either way. If you only hire one of twins, you risk the other impersonating when the real team member is hung over. So better rule would be don't hire anyone who is a twin. But then again, you'd be more likely to suffer with non-twin hungover pit crew members.

 

[S550HPP]

Which one are you referring to with Haas? The stuff with Steiner was pretty bad. A letter of credit is pretty much worthless in a financial deal, however a irrevocable letter or credit is a completely different deal.

All LC / DC are irrevocable as are Performance Bonds ....oh did they screw Steiner over as well haha, no I was referring to the foreign guy.

We always demand MT700 or MT720 DC or SBLC from tier 1 bank....

Bottom line a tier 1 driver going to a start up team no matter the participants would probably demand a $100M signing fee up front and guaranteed $60M+ a season, paid to Monaco entity. Would have to be someone paying tax on residency basis VS worldwide income.

I doubt GM can afford than now since their offshore mfg for USA market just got crushed and it's gonna cost $30B to relocate and ramp up Uber next 3-4 years, not to mention CN business collapsing, plus EV $Bs investments now near worthless with absence of tax dollars subsidies.

They should fold it up now before embarrassing themselves.

 

[sk47]

What's behind Hamilton's claim his Ferrari has 'deficit' to Leclerc's

Hello; Afraid i wasted some time reading the above. Full of hints to start with that HAM's car was deficient compared to teammates. Then later on in the story find that HAM has been defining the setup of his car to a large degree.
Back a few decades in NASCAR there were drivers who only drove and drivers who both drove, built and wrenched on the cars. A bit more to it than spinning a wrench of course. A driver who understands how things work as a system can help with a setup.

 

[Skye]

Another resignation in the FIA.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/c1lmmy6q5r4o

"Robert Reid, deputy president for sport at the FIA, has resigned over what he describes as "a fundamental breakdown in governance standards within motorsport's global governing body".

The Scot was a key member of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's leadership team when the Emirati was elected in 2021 but the pair have since fallen out amid a series of controversies surrounding the FIA president."

A follow-up article involving a previous resignation. The reporting also highlights discussions in Bahrain and the possibility of bringing back the v10 format.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/cql66wv234go

"Former FIA chief executive Natalie Robyn says motorsport's governing body has "serious ongoing structural challenges".

It is the first time Robyn has spoken publicly since leaving the organisation in May 2024 after just 18 months in the role.

At the time, the FIA said that Robyn had left "by mutual agreement to pursue opportunities outside of the FIA".

In fact, Robyn was forced to resign following disagreements with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem."

 

[Skye]

The S650 is not the only new car with electronic screen issues.

All kidding aside, ALO made it back to the pits OK. No harm to him or the car.



Some of you may remember when HAM swapped his real-time, during a pit stop.

 

[sk47]

Hello; Before I get to the start incident let me say the rest of the race did seem to sort out how the teams are doing. Seems LH moving to Ferrari was not much of a step backward for him individually. Ferrari does seem to have a quick car, it appears LH is not able to make use of it.
Had he stayed with MB might not be any better off. Still smacks of disloyalty to leave the team that gave him so many championships.
McLaren are still quick, but not dominating today. Without the penalty and that safety car looks like Max could have won. I knew there would be a penalty on Max right away and before the replay. I get it. They have to keep Max in the races because he draws a crowd but so many want him punished for his major sin a few seasons ago.
In real time I thought it was at worst a racing incident with the two front runners going for the same spot. I figured Piastri (sp) had forced max off the track and all were lucky having a big runoff area. My recall may be foggy but seems not so long ago in a similar first lap incident Max was punished for going for a curve and pushing another driver off the track. Interesting how things get switched around so often when it is Max.

Leclerc can hustle the Ferrari really good this year. Looks to be races settled between him, Max and the McLarens.

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