Interesting, Daniel also put out a statement today saying he was not leaving Mclaren.
https://twitter.com/danielricciardo/status/1547159313151655939
Definitely going then 👍
It's hard not to feel a little sorry for Daniel Ricciardo, his ability to find himself in the wrong car post-Red Bull is Alonsoesque.
Alonso would be ahead of his teammate though
Palou will just be a third driver type situation. Herta or Piastri would be far ahead in the queue
Palou will just be a third driver type situation. Herta or Piastri would be far ahead in the queue
Palou is reigning Indycar champ. His teammate is Scott Dixon, who is one of the all-time greats. He's clearly an extremely good driver. That doesn't mean he'll succeed in F1, but Piastri is just a youngster with promise, Palou has shown he can beat the world's best drivers in equal machinery.
he can beat the world’s best drivers
I thought we were talking about F1 here?
I would imagine Palou would be driving for Arrow McLaren SP and staying in IndyCar rather than moving to F1
https://www.mclaren.com/racing/team/indycar-champion-alex-palou-join-mclaren-racing-2023/
Alongside his racing duties next year, Palou will also test with the McLaren F1 Team as part of its 2021 MCL35M F1 car testing programme with fellow drivers Pato O’Ward and Colton Herta.
https://twitter.com/MsportXtra/status/1546883381014716416?s=20&t=rs6TR6IkaNKsLhokFkkbTA
If the F1 drivers looked like NASCAR drivers
Lecrec drops it’s again when he’d done all the hard work to keep Max behind.
Lovely move from Russell!! 🤣🤣
**** me that was a great race!
Yep - a good tactical race rather than one full of action. And Merc closing in on 2nd in the constructors!
Ferrari may need to put their focus on Sainz, but Ferrari just seem to find new ways of shooting themselves in the foot.
But Leclerc - he’s been making these mistakes for years now. It’s F2 level errors.
Both Ferrari and LeClerc don't deserve to win a championship this season. Only person there doing a half decent job is Sainz, but that's after lots of mistakes earlier on in the season.
its not just Leclerc making mistakes but there seems to have a media blackout about Perez restart. Its a shame about Leclerc but at least he acknowledges his own mistakes as opposed to whinging about the cars ahead of them. Quite embarassing attempt by Perez to sway the stewards moaning about how cars are off the white lines to rectify his mistake.
there seems to have a media blackout about Perez restart
Seems the FIA had a problem with the VSC system
https://the-race.com/formula-1/how-a-vsc-f1-system-failure-fooled-perez-out-of-a-podium/
LeClerc - shouted down the radio after the crash that he once again couldn't get the throttle to completely release and the graphic just before the crash supports this. It was stuck open at around 10% meaning he carried too much speed into the preceding corner, thus ending up on the kerb in the next corner.
This may again be just mechanical, not driver error.
T'was a pretty dull race.
LeClerc – shouted down the radio after the crash that he once again couldn’t get the throttle to completely release
That story has been debunked. After he crashed, he apparently tried to reverse out but shouted on the radio that he couldn't get ON the throttle, he was pressing the throttle but the engine wasn't responding. He said himself that he made a mistake and the crash was his fault. That's all it is, a simple driver error.
Edit: Beaten to it.
Ah - I didn't know this. I only watched the GP highlights this morning.
Seb leaving at the end of the season!
I'll be sad to see Seb go - perhaps his eco views have influenced things, or he can see Aston is going nowhere...
https://the-race.com/formula-1/vettel-stuns-f1-by-announcing-retirement-after-2022-season/
That's a shame, I would have liked to see him in a competitive car before he went, to complete his redemption arc.
Danny Rik to Aston then - I'm sure he'd love the challenge of another difficult car!
The guys has a shedload of money and a family.
He will make a lot of money out of F1 and be able to spend more time with them.
Why wouldn't he retire early?
Grown to like him over the last 5 years or so.
Seems like Porsche have bought 50% of Red Bull tech and engines...
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/porsche-red-bull-buy-in-details/10344242/
Oops, bit late with that post.
Really? If only someone had told us ten minutes ago 😉
So, Ricciardo to AMR to replace Vettel and Piastri to McLaren?
I think that's fair enough, he hasn't looked like someone who had his heart fully in the sport for a while now. You can see that the less savoury side of F1 conflicts with his values too. As above,
it 's nice that he stuck around long enough to be a reinstated as a good guy though
It will be interesting to see who replaces him. I always thought that Lawrence Stroll wanted Vettel in there because he wantes the world to see his son beating a 4x champ
Seems like Porsche have bought 50% of Red Bull tech and engines…
This Porsche deal confuses me - not sure what they are getting engine-wise? As they're admitting they don't have the dyno's/tech needed to build their own engine.
I'd guess Honda still own the IP and Red Bull Powertrains use it under licence?
And there's strong rumours Honda are coming back as a works team again. Whatever the deal with Red Bull is I just can't see them giving over years and years of technical knowledge that Porsche can just walk away with.
As far as I can make out this is a list of drivers whose contract ends in 2022:
[ ] Fernado Alonso
[ ] Pierre Gasly
[ ] Yuki Tsunoda
[ ] Nicholas Latifi
[ ] Alex Albon
[ ] Zhou Guanyu
[ ] Mick Schumacher
I’d guess Honda still own the IP and Red Bull Powertrains use it under licence?
The engines are still prepared in Japan, Honda did a bit of a backflip once they realized they had a world-beating engine. The only difference from before is that Honda don't get the marketing benefits of calling it a Red Bull-Honda.
No, hang on, Pierre Gasly signed an extension on the 24th June
[ ] Fernado Alonso
[ ] Pierre Gasly
[ ] Yuki Tsunoda
[ ] Nicholas Latifi
[ ] Alex Albon
[ ] Zhou Guanyu
[ ] Mick Schumacher
A warmed to Vettel as a person over the years. I hope he goes on to enjoy himself doing other, arguably better, motorsport events and classes.
Sad to see Seb go, hope he pops up as a pundit - hopefully alongside Mark Webber as I reckon they could swap a bit of banter. I've been through the full range with Seb - as a new driver he was great, then he became 'Finger Boi' when he was winning and I went off him and then in the twilight of his career he really mellowed. Think he's done well to be in F1 for so long and keep hold of his privacy and have a comparatively normal life away from the circus.
Seb to Ferrari LMH . . .
Oohhhh thats a good shout!
How many of the teams entering into endurance racing next year have announced their driver line up? Could be a good place for some of those F1 drivers out of contract.
Really sad to read about Vettel retiring from F1. I can't say that I always liked him during his time at Red Bull, but I've warmed to him over the years. His litter picking at Silverstone, his activism and his QT appearance went a long way to improving his image in my eyes.
It's also gratifying to see Hamilton's tribute to Seb here: https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/status/1552622805556101120
As for Aston Martin I can't see Mick going anywhere (except for maybe Alfa Romeo) for '23 given his association with Ferrari. Realistically, it won't be Latifi or Tsunoda, IIRC Aston made a pitch to Alonso a while back, but Fernando is doing a stand up job at Alpine - which is a team that appears to be upwardly mobile - so I guess that leaves Albon or a negotiated port in a storm for Ricciardo.
It’s also gratifying to see Hamilton’s tribute to Seb here
That's a great tribute
TBH I liked Seb even in his Redbull days, moaned abit behind the wheel (dont they all) but always came across well in interviews and has a great sense of humour. Watched his IG post earlier and wish the guy luck in pasture new.
The peak of his career 🙂
The peak of his career
If qualifying is cancelled because of the weather, Latifi will start on pole.
George seems pleased.
Karen less so.
First pole for Russel!
