F1/ Formula E/ Motorsport Thread

Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 reports the BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68163799

 

I think it's more likely a bucket list thing for Hamilton. Ferrari are the name in motorsport and motorsport history. To say you've been a Ferrari driver is a big thing. Plus the red overalls look cool.

 

This is worth 12 minutes of your time, just amazing footage:

 

Thanks for putting that up. As you say, amazing footage.

 

The best F1 coverage anywhere.

 

Adrian Newey leaving Red Bull over the fallout from the Horner sexual misconduct claims:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cmm3v9ny78eo

 

Good article by F1's Mark Hughes saying that AN desire to leave Red Bull is personal, with perhaps the key bit of information being (something I wasn't aware of ) that the woman involved in the Horner scandal also served as PA to Newey.

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/...ey-red-bull-f1-exit-decision-purely-personal/

 

Lando Norris. F1 Grand Prix Race WInner. Fully deserved, too.

 

Chuffed for Norris, his win aside it was a thoroughly entertaining race

 

I want to believe that there might actually be a fight on for the rest of the season, but I'm highly sceptical and think McLaren's win was down to the perfect combination of circumstances that helped them.

No doubt they've made incredible progress with their upgrades, but once again the Red Bull defeat came in a sprint weekend. With three practice sessions to tune the car, I'd wager they would have dialled it in better and had more pace. Also, the track's very low tyre wear took away one of their advantages. And lets not forget the safety car helped massively - clearly Lando was quicker in the latter part of the race, but without the SC he'd have had to have passed Perez and both Ferraris before catching and passing Max. The speed of the Red Bull on the straights even without DRS was still significant so I'm not sure he'd have been able to do it.

But the gains they've made really have embarrassed Mercedes right now who clearly have no idea how to build a decent car in this ground effect era.

 

Yeah that's pretty much my thoughts. Can't see much overtaking happening at Imola and then it's the crapfest that is Monaco so qualifying really important for the next two meaning Mercedes are even more screwed unless their planned Imola upgrade actually works.

 

Trouble is they're so far back whatever upgrade package Mercedes bring will be getting them up to whatever level the other big teams were hitting early last autumn.

 

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