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My first British GP since returning to UK. Will it be on TV? If not how can I watch it? DAZN doesn't work here.
 

‘No’: Wolff shuts down talk of Hamilton racing with Mercedes in 2024​

Sir Lewis Hamilton has endured a monumentally challenging start to 2022, after having to deal with a underperforming car and an ultra-competitive team-mate. The seven-time World Champion has seen himself well off the leading pace so far this season, due to the W13 being a highly problematic car. Whilst Hamilton has struggled to get the best out of Mercedes’ 2022 car, George Russell has fared considerably better. The young Brit has finished every race so far this season in the top five; the only driver to do so. As a result, Russell sits 34-points ahead of his vastly more experienced team-mate ahead of the British Grand Prix. The former Williams driver currently sits fourth in the Drivers’ standings, whilst the 37-year-old languishes down in sixth. However, the recent Canadian Grand Prix saw Hamilton performing at a much higher level, where he claimed his first podium since the season opener. The British driver has also been considerably more upbeat as of late, urging the Mercedes F1 Team to solve their issues and reclaim the number one spot.

Whilst the championship this season is realistically out of reach, Hamilton does still have 2023 to claim an unprecedented eighth title. With this in mind, Hamilton’s future has started to become a talking point in the paddock. The Mercedes driver’s current contract expires at the end of next year, leaving people to wonder if he will re-sign for 2024. This very question was put to Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, who was quick to hush any rumours. “Are we starting talking 2024 contracts? In June 2022?” Wolff questioned. “No, we are in a happy place with Lewis, and there is no doubt that we are embarking on the season and the next one in a good place,” insisted the Mercedes boss. But it’s too early to discuss 2024. Having said that, I couldn’t wish for a better driver pairing. I can say that within the team, [Hamilton] was always very positive in his mindset. How the two work together [Hamilton and Russell] is really astonishing; in the briefings, they keep asking each other questions. I guess it’s going to be different if you race at the very front,” Wolff concluded.

After eight-years of Constructors’ domination, the Silver Arrows currently find themselves as the third fastest team on the grid. It means Hamilton is fighting not necessarily for victories on a weekly basis, but instead for top fives. Whether this is something Hamilton is contempt with remains to be seen, as the Brit comes towards the end of his illustrious Formula 1 career.
 

Hulu developing scripted Formula 1 series with the lovable Daniel Ricciardo​

A few days after Formula 1 renewed its deal with ESPN to continue airing races on the network and its ESPN+ streaming service (reportedly beating out a low-ball offer from Netflix, home of the F1: Drive To Survive documentary series), the world’s snootiest driving competition has teamed up with yet another American streaming service—though teammates generally hate each in F1, so hopefully they’re more like baseball teammates than F1 teammates. This comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which says Hulu is working with F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo (the sport’s current best driver, if only in terms of personality and not… you know, winning races) to develop a “a half-hour scripted series that is set in the world of Formula 1 racing.” THR doesn’t specifically say if F1 itself is directly involved, either in terms of just licensing the brand or team names or in terms of this actually being an Official F1 Product (it will be prohibitively expensive if that’s the case, which is a joke about F1 merch), but we do know Ricciardo is an executive producer and that Lionsgate Television and Temple Hill will be the ones developing the project.

There’s no word on the actual plot or anything, including whether or not this will be a comedy or a drama (though Ricciardo has a reputation for being a lighthearted, breezy guy, so it would be weird if a TV show with his name on it turned out to be some kind of Snyder Cut take on Days Of Thunder). If Ricciardo is taking pitches, though, maybe this could be about, say, a funny and talented Australian racer whose fame-hungry boss constantly ignores him in favor of a young hotshot driver with a short temper and a very mean dad, so he goes to a few new teams and is eventually paired with a teenage Twitch streamer who is a little full of himself (and nobody can tell if they actually get along or if they hate each other).

Whatever it’s about, Hulu is now joining the aforementioned Netflix and ESPN on the list of streaming services with F1 content, along with Apple TV+ (which is working with Brad Pitt and Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski to make a movie about F1 with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton producing). What will be the next streaming service to listen to its friends and get into Formula 1 racing? The Roku Channel? Just watch Drive To Survive, Roku. It’s fun.
 

British Grand Prix contract extension at Silverstone 'should be easy decision', says boss​

The boss of Silverstone said he is hopeful a deal to extend F1’s stay at the circuit can be tied up soon, as excitement builds for this weekend's British Grand Prix. The Northamptonshire circuit currently has a deal until 2024 but with new races being added around the world, many European races have seen their futures threatened. Miami made its debut on the calendar in 2022, with a third US race in Las Vegas already confirmed for next season, and talk of a new event in South Africa gathering pace.

But still Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle told ITV News Anglia he remained confident that Formula 1 would remain at the circuit beyond its current term. The British event has remained one of the best-attended, with 356,000 fans watching on during the event’s three days last year - a number expected to be surpassed this year. "I sincerely hope that Formula One think we're doing a good job, bringing in this record crowd,” he said. “We're certainly very proud of the fact that by their own survey we've been voted as the best event of the year by the fans for the last three years. We're certainly committed to enhancing and developing the British Grand Prix, so I hope that will make it an easy decision for all parties to make when we eventually have that conversation."

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen currently leads the championship from his team-mate Sergio Perez, having overhauled the early-season lead amassed by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. As a result, the Milton Keynes-based team also lead the constructors championship having won the last six rounds. The three day weekend is expected to see a total of about 400,000 fans come through the gates. Many will be hoping to see home-grown heroes Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, who have struggled to match the frontrunners as their Mercedes car struggles to overcome aerodynamic problems. In 2021 Silverstone hosted one of the most talked-about rounds of the championship after title rivals Hamilton and Verstappen controversially collided on the first lap of the race.
 
Nelson Piquet could end up in court over using words like he did in the interview. Racism is a serious crime in Brazil and using such language could result in 5 years in jail. Lets not forget that Lewis has just been given honorary citizenship in Brazil and is highley rated by both the Brazilian people and many politicos. It is unlikely that this will go to court as Piquet has money and money talks in Brazil, but it will cause him a lot of problems and he will be considered persona non grata by most of the media and businesses from now on. He is also a talking head on CNN news, so it will be interesting to see how they react to this.

He has done and said many stupid things over the years and my wife has often wondered about why the FIA allow him to swan around the F1 paddock after some of the things he has said, she thought he would be bad for the image of the sport. HIs last big mistake was to act as the driver for Bolsonaro which caused millions of Brazilians to tell him to fuck off. I guess like many rich people he doesn't give a shit about what people think or say about him. But referring to Lewis as "neguinho" which directly translates as "little ni**a" could be the final straw (I should also point out that many older people would say it means little black guy if they were talking about a friend and over the years I've had a number of black people I've met introduce thenselves as "neguinho" meaning it was their nick-name or considering it as a term of endearment, but I have to say not in the last few years, words change meaning over the years and nowadays this is just considered a racial slur).

This isn't a new story it made the news here last year but didn't get much traction, which makes me wonder why it has only now blown up like it has?
 
Nelson Piquent and the family trying to get out of this and making the situation worse with picture of his nan

and max missus liked the instagram post

:facepalm:
 
Ax^ said:
Nelson Piquent and the family trying to get out of this and making the situation worse with picture of his nan

and max missus liked the instagram post

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While I'm not defending Piquent in anyway, I have to say that this word wasn't considered racist until just a few years ago. As I said above over the years I've had a number of black men introduce themselves to me as "neguinho" and I've heard many people call black friends the same, it was a common nick-name that black people called themselves. Again as I mentioned above it was also a "term of endearment" used by older people, such as the generation of Piquent's mother.

But today (and I have checked with about 8 young people since my post yesterday) it is considered racist and the meaning on the street is that it means "little ni**a". For sure it isn't a word I would use today but if I'm honest I have called people by that name in the past if that is what they introduced themselves as.

I think Piquent should have knowed better, language changes over the years, neguinho isn't a word that people use nowadays other than in a racist context (I've been told). When I was a kid well over 50 years ago the word "halfcast" was in common use and as far as I remember wasn't considered offensive, nowadays noone would use that word to refer to a person of mixed race, as today it is considered offensive. But as Piquent hangs around with people like Bolsonaro I'm sure many racist words are used in conversation.
 
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While I'm not defending Piquent in anyway, I have to say that this word wasn't considered racist until just a few years ago. As I said above over the years I've had a number of black men introduce themselves to me as "neguinho" and I've heard many people call black friends the same, it was a common nick-name that black people called themselves. Again as I mentioned above it was also a "term of endearment" used by older people, such as the generation of Piquent's mother.

But today (and I have checked with about 8 young people since my post yesterday) it is considered racist and the meaning on the street is that it means "little ni**a". For sure it isn't a word I would use today but if I'm honest I have called people by that name in the past if that is what they introduced themselves as.

I think Piquent should have knowed better, language changes over the years, neguinho isn't a word that people use nowadays other than in a racist context (I've been told). When I was a kid well over 50 years ago the word "halfcast" was in common use and as far as I remember wasn't considered offensive, nowadays noone would use that word to refer to a person of mixed race, as today it is considered offensive. But as Piquent hangs around with people like Bolsonaro I'm sure many racist words are used in conversation.
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hey I agree but the was in no way using it as a term of endearment when Lewis has a tangle with his daughters fella so trying to squirm out of it make it look worse
 
a_chap said:
I'm hoping someone will take him at his word and put a bullet in him for Vlad.


www.theguardian.com

Former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone would 'take a bullet' for Putin – video

Ecclestone also described the Russian president as a 'first-class person' in the interview, shown on ITV's Good Morning Britain
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I don’t claim to be any kind of expert at deciphering the mysterious ways of Bernie, but from understand after reading comments from seasoned Bernie watchers over the years, the question to ask at a time like this is what other about-to-break news story is he deflecting attention from when he comes out with a bonkers interview like this?

After all, I seriously doubt that British breakfast tv suddenly acquired sufficient budget increase to be able to tempt Bernie with an offer he couldn’t refuse to go on their show and give an attention grabbing scoop interview, so for sure this appearance out of the blue came at Bernie’s instigation because he has something to gain by doing it. So what is bubbling under, potentially going to get attention at the British GP weekend? Lewis/FIA Jewellery-gate, or something else we’ve not yet heard about?
 
Did Max escape his PR Team


he not racist he my father in law so i know him well

"he's never been racist to me" says the white dude about another white dude

also Vips is also not racist i also know him well



:hmm:
 
Ax^ said:
Did Max escape his PR Team


he not racist he my father in law so i know him well

"he's never been racist to me" says the white dude about another white dude

also Vips is also not racist i also know him well



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Same logic as a relative of mine, "Tommy isn't racist, he's just telling it like it is."
 

Mercedes reveals extent of F1 upgrades for British GP​

The changes, which have to be notified to the FIA before the cars are allowed to run on track, include revised front suspension, sidepod vanes, floor, rear wings and bib wing tweaks. On the front suspension, Mercedes has added volume to the pushrod and rear leg components where they meet the chassis. The team explained the reason for this tweak was to downwash the flow local to the chassis side to help shed "a vortex which then goes on to improve flow underneath the floor".

Mercedes has repositioned the vanes on the side of the chassis ahead of the sidepod, which helps improve the flow quality into the radiator duct and deliver improved cooling performance. It also has an increased floor edge wing slot forward, as well as increased the camber of the forward position, both of which are aimed at lifting forward floor load. There has also been a small camber change to the forward floor fence, to increase the pressure delta across it. This increases floor load and also improves flow to the diffuser. nother change focused on improving flow quality under the floor is a revised bib wing.

At the back of the car, the W13 features a reprofiled rear wing tip to reduce camber, which is track specific and targeted with reducing drag without shedding too much downforce. Speaking ahead of the weekend, George Russell said he hoped the changes would be enough to put Mercedes on a par with Red Bull and Ferrari. Having struggled on recent bumpy circuits, the smooth Silverstone venue should play better to the way the team's best performance appears to be delivered when the car runs very close to the ground.

"I think this high-speed nature of Silverstone, a smoother surface, will definitely play to our hand a bit more than it has done in the previous three events," said Russell. "But still, there's no guarantees because as I've said before, every race we go to we're sort of unlocking a different issue from the car. But we have relative faith that this will be a more competitive weekend for us, not only just with the upgrades, but just with the nature of the circuit."
 
My first GP as a British resident for about 16 years. I plan to enjoy it to the Max.

I've got wine, various spirits, no beer yet, and a brand new espresso machine.
 

Police uncover protestor plot to disrupt F1 British GP and invade Silverstone track​

Northamptonshire Police have revealed plans for protesters to disrupt this weekend’s F1 British Grand Prix with a track invasion. Officers policing this weekend’s action at Silverstone say they have "credible intelligence" that campaigners are plotting to get on the track during Sunday’s race. It is unclear why a potential protest could occur but F1 is no stranger to such events.

Greenpeace - an environmental organisation - disrupted the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix as they wanted to draw attention to race sponsor Shell’s drilling practices. Police were also forced to investigate and arrest four protestors at the 2020 British GP after a pink banner from environment group Extinction Rebellion was seen at Club Corner ahead of the race two years ago.

At the 2003 British GP, Cornelius Horan - a Catholic priest - ran onto the track midway through the race. Wearing a kilt and holding a religious banner, Horan forced several drivers to avoid him before being tackled by a race marshal. Event commander and chief inspector, Tom Thompson has issued a warning to the protestors as they are putting their own lives and many others at risk due to the high-speed nature of F1.

“We have received credible intelligence that a group of protestors are planning to disrupt the event and possibly invade the track on race day,” he said. “First of all, I want to appeal directly to this group of people and strongly urge you to not put yourselves, the drivers, as well as the many marshals, volunteers and members of the public, at risk. Going onto a live racetrack is extremely dangerous – if you go ahead with this reckless plan you are jeopardising lives. Protesting is of course everyone’s human right in this country and we are more than happy to speak with you to help you facilitate a peaceful protest at the circuit, we just please ask that you do not create a situation that puts lives in danger.”

Local police have advised that the public and fans attending Silverstone remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.
 
dessiato said:
My first GP as a British resident for about 16 years. I plan to enjoy it to the Max.

I've got wine, various spirits, no beer yet, and a brand new espresso machine.
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Sounds like you may speand much of the race in the toilet pissing :)
 
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Was there a fire in the media centre just before FP1? Didn't hear anything on the Brazilian coverage about it.
 
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