Formula 1 2024 – WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS

Half the problem is that “Cash App” is itself an utterly shit name for a product. (And why a product anyway? We never had “Marlboro Pack of 20 Lights McLaren” or “Benetton Cargo Pants”.) Then stick “RB” after it?

Quite what would have been wrong with “Visa Toro Rosso” I’ve no idea.

Also if Max gets demoted someone would be compelled to take a Sharpie to all the “Cash App” stickers on his car and add four letters to make them say “Crashtappen” 😉

Because they are wanting to push that particular product. It’s the same reason those McLarens were Marlboro rather than Philip Morris.

Fully agree it’s a shit name though

Quite what would have been wrong with “Visa Toro Rosso” I’ve no idea.

Visa and Cash App are 2 separate sponsors.

Not much of a surprise here…

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/leclerc-signs-ferrari-f1-contract-extension/10569077/

Nor here: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/japanese-gp-f1-street-race-osaka-suzuka/

Quite what would have been wrong with “Visa Toro Rosso” I’ve no idea.

They are gradually shifting all the team to the UK. They may just want to break the Italian connection.

**** not another street circuit. 😴

Rolex 24hr at Daytona this weekend! 👍🥳

Yep – will be live streamed in IMSA TV too – no need for any subs!…

IMSA TV: Live

Norris signs long term deal with McLaren…

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/lando-norris-mclaren-f1-contract-new-long-term-deal/

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/lando-norris-new-mclaren-f1-deal-red-bull-speculation/

Never understand all these long term deals.

What happens if a title contender seat becomes available?

Remember Mick Doohan, only signing single year deals, so he knew most teams on the grid would welcome him and then he could pick the best bike on the grid.

I would imagine (hope!) that a driver such as Norris would have sufficient leverage to insert various “get out” clauses in any contract if he wanted them. In his case, I suspect he holds more aces than McLaren…

LeClerc seems to have signed an open ended deal with Ferrari too.

Still some big names out of contract at the end of this season so I imagine they are being nailed down early or drivers don’t want to be left out and have to downgrade.

No idea what Red Bull will do if Checo, Ricciardo and Tsunoda are all a bit lame this season.

No idea what Red Bull will do if Checo, Ricciardo and Tsunoda are all a bit lame this season.

Ask Lawson to do it. He started pretty well.last year…

Daytona was epic! What a race 🥳

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Daytona was epic! What a race 🥳

Yeah really good, enjoyed it a lot.

The end was a bit confusing, but I read on Autosport forum that the race actually started late but still finished it at the original time.

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Daytona was epic! What a race 🥳

A great article here for those of us with rose-tinted F1 specs! Personally I loved the pre-qualifying, added an extra will-they-won’t-they element to the weekend. And some iconic and beautiful looking cars too!…

F1’s largest entry, announced 35 years ago today, had twice as many drivers as now

Is it just me or do those 1989 cars look fantastic?  Possibly helped by the colour schemes and fewer sponsors?

Is it just me or do those 1989 cars look fantastic? Possibly helped by the colour schemes and fewer sponsors?

And much simpler aerodynamic surfaces.

Is it just me or do those 1989 cars look fantastic? Possibly helped by the colour schemes and fewer sponsors?

Golden era of F1 for me. Even the Onyx is a great looking car…

That Onyx looks like those carboard models where you fold flap and iand insert tab J, so simple and flat

Side view is better – just look how tiny they are! I’ve got JJ Lehto’s signatures knocking about somewhere too from when he was in F3.

Not much of a surprise here…

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-rejects-andretti-entry-door-open-2028-cadillac/10571060/

Formula 1 refuses to allow Andretti-Cadillac to enter team after FIA approval

Liberty really are a bunch of tw…..s!

So Andretti will be buying Haas or Alpine then or all those staff they’ve poached will be going back to their old teams cap in hand.

I found this bit a bit strange…

4. Having had the opportunity to consider the Applicant’s responses together with our own deliberations, we subsequently wrote to the Applicant on 12 December 2023 extending an invitation to an in-person meeting at our offices in order for the Applicant to present its application, but the Applicant did not take us up on this offer.

**** sake

It’s all weird – Andretti were posting pics of a car already in the wind-tunnel yesterday.

Seems about par for the course. They seem to be able to pick the wrong answer to just about everything if offered a choice. Given that it’s long been a FOM strategy to increase its fan base and presence in the USA off the back of the wildly successful Netflix series, refusing an entry by a legitimately US-owned and operated  team seems a tad short-sighted.

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It’s all weird – Andretti were posting pics of a car already in the wind-tunnel yesterday.

I guess to prove they meant business and were a considerable way into developing the car already (this would have been an early model, there is no chance they would post pics of anything in the slightest bit current).

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It’s all weird – Andretti were posting pics of a car already in the wind-tunnel yesterday.

God I’m so ticked off with the direction of F1 lately.  I really hope this decision backfires spectacularly for FOM.

Reading the decision in full it’s a proper full-on and wave them about two-fingers up to Andretti.

Didn’t make it as a driver in F1, now it seems team ownership is out of reach too.

Speaking of lovely looking racing cars.

Well after yesterdays Andretti news – Twitter is  full of Lewis to Ferrari for 2025 chat.

To be announced in the next couple of days if the rumours are true.

Bet Lando is looking at his exit clause now a Merc drive may be up for grabs! 🙂

Speaking of lovely looking racing cars.

I think its an age thing, those 60’s cars do nothing for me.

Twitter is  full of Lewis to Ferrari for 2025 chat.

Cat, have you met the Pidgeons?

The gossip mongers of F1 websites Planet F1 are now reporting it, but it’s also coming from respected F1 journo’s too…

https://www.planetf1.com/news/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-sensational-f1-2025-move

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Well after yesterdays Andretti news – Twitter is  full of Lewis to Ferrari for 2025 chat.

To be announced in the next couple of days if the rumours are true.

Bet Lando is looking at his exit clause now a Merc drive may be up for grabs! 🙂

Lando vs George 2 would be spicy

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Well after yesterdays Andretti news – Twitter is  full of Lewis to Ferrari for 2025 chat.

To be announced in the next couple of days if the rumours are true.

Bet Lando is looking at his exit clause now a Merc drive may be up for grabs! 🙂

With the timing of the Andretti snub and the Lewis gossip it’s almost like someone is trying to rekindle interest in f1 just before 2024 car launches/testing starts.

it’s also coming from respected F1 journo’s too…

Which “respected” journos?

From twitter…

Will Buxton, Adam Cooper, Fastest Pitstop… and more who I can’t be arsed to trawl through.

Hmmm, Cooper is a decent journo. Maybe there is something to it.