Christ. It’s just getting silly now.
So would Hamilton’s BLM comments and taking of the knee in 2020 have fallen into the political statements offence?
And language that is “coarse” or “rude” is 40,000 Euros a pop? How are we defining that, then?
Is it me or does that sound a load of vindictive old pony?
Ben Sulayem is up for re-election later this year, so that might be an interesting sideshow in the second half of the season. Can't see him being the preferred candidate of the F1 community but the post is actually elected by motoring orgs around the world who don't necessarily care what is going on in F1
For some real racing the 24hrs of Daytona is this weekend! Live on YouTube.
the post is actually elected by motoring orgs around the world who don’t necessarily care what is going on in F1
My understanding is that each motoring organization (i.e. each country) gets an equal vote. Some are much richer than others and Ben Sulayem has been "fundraising" for the less well off ones.
McLaren sign rival team boss, hoped it would be Gunther lol
Herbert sacked by the FIA: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c4g7j0j8357o
I also read something earlier - during the week of the British GP Estiban Ocon was using an Alpine company car, someone at Alpine noticed from the car's tracking data that it had been parked outside the Williams factory for 5 hours. Oops!
I also read something earlier – during the week of the British GP Estiban Ocon was using an Alpine company car, someone at Alpine noticed from the car’s tracking data that it had been parked outside the Williams factory for 5 hours.
Well he knew he’d be needing drive at that point didn’t he?
Certainly puts paid to the BS that a tracker is there for safety and security.
So now they are going to get tougher on flexiwings, but only from 1 June. This just makes them look silly. I'm a long-time McLaren fan, but I thought the flexiwings were pushing things beyond the intent of the regulations. Was happy enough that McLaren won the constructor's title, but changing the tests mid-year doesn't make any sense to me, it's just an admission that they should have been tougher on it last year when the problem first arose.
https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/43641013/fia-introduce-flexi-wing-clampdown-2025-f1-season
I can’t see the point in this rule either - just let them run flexi for the rest of this regs lifespan.
Teams have now got to spend money on flexi till June and more money for non-flexi just for a few months racing. All alongside developing their 2026 cars!
Completely agree. It’s the last year of these regulations. Just leave them alone and go racing there is enough of a change for 26 to keep the engineers busy
Good Gary Anderson article on the subject...
Not F1, but probably of interest to most on here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027vqq
(Nicky Grist)
Camo! First 2025 car on track...
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mclaren-reveals-first-2025-f1-car-surprise-launch/
Right, time to get the 2025 hype train rolling!
The Mclaren is out on track today for a shakedown. Not visible in the pic, but it's got new front (and possibly rear) suspension too.
Believe Williams are revealing their new car tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing. 🙂 I like to think that I wouldn't disgrace myself at circuit racing, given huge amounts of practice and (let's be honest) an enormous talent transplant, but I'll put my hand up and say I am NOWHERE near brave enough to be a rally driver. 🙂
Anyone tuning in for the live livery launch?
I might give it a whirl - it could be the best car-crash we see all season! 🤣
It’s so cringe isn’t!! Painful at times but jack whitehall is so funny (most of the time at least, a couple of jokes have missed the mark significantly!)
A reveal of some dry paint? It's not even as interesting as watching paint dry...
LOL at Horner getting booed! 🤣
What have they done to that Ferrari!! Huge white band looks... 🤢🤢🤮🤮
Tried watching, it's all too cheesy/razzle dazzle for me. Paintjobs all look the same as last year anyway 😆
The RB looks good in white though.
[i]A reveal of some dry paint? It's not even as interesting as watching paint dry...[/i]
If they all go for camo paint like Mclaren, will we even be able to see them?
Jack Whitehall calling valteri bottas Tiger King was the funniest moment, the stunned silence was brilliant! Funny how Max and Liam didn’t do an interview - the only drivers not to.
A silly event, and a waste of time, but quite entertaining too…
Managed about 10 minutes before I gave up, too cheesy/razzle dazzle for me! Besides all the cars look the same as last year anyway 😆
The RB cars look good in white though.
Thought the Racing Bulls car was by far the best looking, all the rest (par for the course for Ferrari obvs) just seemed a mild warm over from last year's schemes. The Stake/Audi designer looked like they just reached for the green highlighter, still think it's the same pantone that Asda uses.
I heard that Max was booed a bit, but Horner was really booed. Shame.
He looked like he was about to give a smart response then kept to the script...
From 1:23:43
https://www.youtube.com/live/Mw1r6DwYy-g?si=usoq6sSZsQTkH221&t=5023
thinking of going to one of the European GP this year with my daughter, maybe Austria or Hungary. has anyone used one of the GO travel tour companies? Good value? DIY the trip? what's people experience?
Max again shows how thin skinned he is after that launch.
Ex-convict wife beater Jos says he endured a 'ramage' and will not do events in the UK again.
What a shame - don't trip over the bins on your way out.
Yeah - the fallout from the booing is pathetic. At the most it was pantomime villain booing.
I didn’t really notice any booing of Max to be honest. There was never even much opportunity for it. Horner certainly had a challenging evening, though, and it would seem lots of people think that booing Horner and Red Bull is no more than a proxy for booing Max—which it isn’t. There seems to be some sort of widely held view online that all Brits hate Max because Max has been winning against British drivers, when actually we tend to just dislike people who run other drivers off the road and teams that appear to behave unsportingly. Hey ho.
The Red Bull bit was rubbish anyway. No driver interviews, and a naff video that would have been unlikely to pass the ASA review had it aired as an ad on public TV. Basically just Horner saying, hey, if you think you’re cool and drive like a twunt, we made a video for you. Boooo 🙂
Oh, and Jack Whitehall with the Mike Krack gags… was that a big ticket event at the O2 or the class bell end in a primary school playground? Jesus wept.
There seems to be some sort of widely held view online that all Brits hate Max because Max has been winning against British drivers, when actually we tend to just dislike people who run other drivers off the road and teams that appear to behave unsportingly. Hey ho.
A lot of us aren't keen on arrogant arseholes either.
True, but every multiple world champion I can think of has exhibited that quality to some degree while they’ve been at the sharp end of a title fight.
Horner's done well to have been at the top end of F1 for so long. Max is just a very talented driver. Every reason for Brits to hate them both. I admire them.
Enough of the pantomime sideshow. We've got testing from Weds to Fri to get confused and misled by. I predict that reliability will generally be good, Merc won't show their hand, Lewis will do a glory run on low fuel and one of the smaller teams will set the fastest time probably by running underweight.
who run other drivers off the road and teams that appear to behave unsportingly. Hey ho.
Did you feel the same about Hamilton who early in his career did this a lot?
Horner's done well to have been at the top end of F1 for so long. Max is just a very talented driver.
Undoubtedly both very good at their. Still obnoxious though.
every multiple world champion I can think of has exhibited that quality to some degree while they’ve been at the sharp end of a title fight
This.
Did you feel the same about Hamilton who early in his career did this a lot?
Even if he did (and I can't recall many occassions) he's now regarded as one of the cleanest racers out there.
Max is still regarded as one of the dirtiest and can't hide behind youthful exuberance now! Look at Mexico last season.
Anyway - what's wrong with rivalry and partisan fans, it's always been part of any sport. And FIAs desire to stamp it out will only make it stronger.