F1 2022
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Fernando Alonso to join Aston Martin next season on ‘multi-year contract’
Two-times world champion will leave the Alpine team at the end of this season after agreeing shock move
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
please tell me someone talked Alonso out of joining Aston Martin
one he finished his driving career, he should apply to either Merc or Ferrari Race/Pit strategy teams
he has all the skills required to shine in either department
i suppose at least Aston Martin have their own lines of Deck chairs
one he finished his driving career, he should apply to either Merc or Ferrari Race/Pit strategy teams
he has all the skills required to shine in either department
i suppose at least Aston Martin have their own lines of Deck chairs
Bingoman
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Does he have another contract elsewhere then?
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
My money would be on Piastri and Mclaren in talks to take Danny Ric's seat, and everyone saves face by Ricciardo getting the Alpine drive.
Bingoman
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Can you see him going back to alpine
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
aside from Fernando
home coming team were you are a goat
or
more money at the wonky Canadian outfit
whom seems to be trying to prove money cannot buy talent
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Maybe. Ricciardo is under-performing for McLaren and it wouldn't be a surprise to see them split; none of the top 3 teams are available to him, and outside those 3 the Alpine is as good as any. Alonso has demonstrated that it's possible to get the car on telly mixing it with the big boys in the early laps, I think it's the logical move if Danny Ric has designs on sticking around in the sport.
1%er
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Alex Albon signs multi-year deal with Williams
Alex Albon has impressed Williams enough since joining at the start of 2022 to sign a new multi-year contract with the squad. The length of the contract wasn't mentioned by Williams in its announcement made on Wednesday. Albon started his F1 career in 2019 with Red Bull Racing feeder team Toro Rosso, which today races as AlphaTauri. He was promoted the following year to Red Bull, replacing Pierre Gasly. However, he was replaced at Red Bull by Sergio Perez in 2021 and spent the remainder of the season as a test and reserve driver.
Since joining Williams, Albon has managed to outshine teammate Nicholas Latifi whose current contract expires at the end of 2022. Albon has scored all of the team's points this season via a 10th place finish at the Australia Grand Prix and ninth at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. Williams hasn't said whether it plans to retain Latifi or replace him. “I am really excited to be staying with Williams Racing for 2023 and look forward to seeing what we can achieve as a team in the remainder of this season and next year,” Albon said in a statement. “The team has made some strong gains this year and it’s exciting to continue this journey and further develop our learnings together.”
Alex Albon has impressed Williams enough since joining at the start of 2022 to sign a new multi-year contract with the squad. The length of the contract wasn't mentioned by Williams in its announcement made on Wednesday. Albon started his F1 career in 2019 with Red Bull Racing feeder team Toro Rosso, which today races as AlphaTauri. He was promoted the following year to Red Bull, replacing Pierre Gasly. However, he was replaced at Red Bull by Sergio Perez in 2021 and spent the remainder of the season as a test and reserve driver.
Since joining Williams, Albon has managed to outshine teammate Nicholas Latifi whose current contract expires at the end of 2022. Albon has scored all of the team's points this season via a 10th place finish at the Australia Grand Prix and ninth at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. Williams hasn't said whether it plans to retain Latifi or replace him. “I am really excited to be staying with Williams Racing for 2023 and look forward to seeing what we can achieve as a team in the remainder of this season and next year,” Albon said in a statement. “The team has made some strong gains this year and it’s exciting to continue this journey and further develop our learnings together.”
1%er
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Lewis Hamilton Becomes Co-Owner of NFL Team
Lewis Hamilton is now an NFL owner. On Tuesday, the Denver Broncos announced that the Formula One racing star has joined the team's ownership group, which is led by Walmart heir Rob Walton. Hamilton joins former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who joined the group last month. Walton and his group will complete the purchase of the Broncos on Aug. 9. "We're delighted to welcome Seven-Time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton to our ownership group," Walton said in a statement. "He is a champion competitor who knows what it takes to lead a winning team and a fierce advocate for global equality, including in his own sport. With over 100 race wins, Lewis is considered the most successful F1 driver of all time. His resilient spirit and standard of excellence will be an asset to the ownership group and the Broncos organization."Hamilton went to Twitter to share the news. "Excited to join an incredible group of owners and become a part of the [Broncos] story!!" He wrote. "Honoured to work with a world-class team and serve as an example of the value of more diverse leadership across all sports." Hamilton is the most successful driver in Formula 1 history. He has won seven championships and a record 103 races in his career. This year, Hamilton is in sixth place in the standings and is coming off a second-place performance at the Hungarian Grand Prix. In June, a group led by Walton that includes his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, her husband, Greg Penner and co-CEO of Ariel Investments Mellody Hobson agreed to purchase the Broncos for $4.65 billion. NFL team owners will vote to approve the purchase on Aug. 9 during a meeting in Minneapolis.
"We are thrilled to be selected to move forward with the purchase of the Denver Broncos! Carrie, Greg and I are inspired by the opportunity to steward this great organization in a vibrant community full of opportunity and passionate fans," Walton said in June. "Having lived and worked in Colorado, we've always admired the Broncos. Our enthusiasm has only grown as we've learned more about the team, staff and Broncos Country over the last few months... We look forward to earning the confidence and support of the NFL as we take the next step in this process. When the necessary approval procedures are met, our family is excited to share more with Broncos fans, the organization and the community."
1%er
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Piastri to replace Ricciardo at McLaren in 2023
Alpine reserve driver Oscar Piastri has agreed a deal to race for McLaren in 2023 in place of Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian's future has been the subject of much debate this week, with Alpine releasing a statement on Tuesday saying Piastri would replace the Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso at the French squad next year. However, in a remarkable turn of events, the 21-year-old released a statement of his own just two hours later refuting the claims that he would be racing for the Enstone team in 2023.Piastri was known to be admired by other teams, having previously been linked with a loan move to Williams, and we have learned from sources in Australia that Piastri has signed a contract at McLaren that would see him partner Lando Norris and replace compatriot Riccardo at the Woking squad in 2023. FIA's contract recognition board, where all F1 contracts are checked for validity, is said to have validated Piastri's new contract with McLaren at the expense of his existing deal with Alpine. It is understands that Piastri has a contract with Alpine for 2022, but not for 2023. His 2022 deal is said to contain an option on Piastri's services for 2023, but that option was not exercised within the required 30 days of signing that contract.
What now for Ricciardo?
The FIA's contract recognition board ruled that there was no valid contract between Alpine and Piastri before 2023, leaving McLaren free to agree a deal with the Australian. Piastri's deal with McLaren was said to have been finalised on the evening of July 30, before Fernando Alonso's move to Aston Martin was confirmed on August 1. Under Formula 1's regulations, Alpine cannot challenge the board's decision, as F1 teams have previously unanimously decided that it is the highest body that can rule on contractual matters.
Piastri's move leaves Ricciardo's F1 future up in the air. The Australian's best bet may be replacing Alonso at Alpine, for whom he drove in 2019 and 2020 in its previous guise of Renault.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
(Although really it's more like musical chairs...
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Lord Camomile
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Ricciardo to Alpine would be... interesting. How many people from his original time are still there?
Also, gonna be a bit awkward at McLaren for the second half of the season, surely?
Real shame for him how it's all worked out.
Also, gonna be a bit awkward at McLaren for the second half of the season, surely?
Real shame for him how it's all worked out.
1%er
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F1 drivers fear Spa’s next grand prix will be its last
While the 2023 Formula 1 calendar has not yet been officially confirmed, many drivers have already expressed disappointment over the widely-expected loss of the Belgian Grand Prix. This year’s race at Spa-Francorchamps will be the first after F1’s summer break, by which point the event’s future may already be known. Excitement for this year’s race, following the one-lap washout of the 2021 edition, is coupled with uncertainty over whether it could be the last to be held at Spa for the foreseeable future.When Lando Norris – who has Belgian heritage on his mother’s side – was asked at the French Grand Prix if he would prefer to keep the Belgian or French round at Paul Ricard on the 2023 calendar, it was an easy call for the McLaren driver. “Spa, easy,” he said. “My mum’s from Belgium, so I’m 50% Flemish. It’s as much a home race for me as it in Silverstone in a way. I personally have a lot more connections to it, of course, and I love the track and so on, I grew up a lot of the time or I grew up for many years going to Belgium and spending a lot of time there with my family.”
The seven-kilometre circuit has undergone extensive work to improve safety following multiple serious and fatal accidents at the venue, most notably at the famous sequence spanning the ultra-fast Eau Rouge and Raidillon corners. Several iconic corners such as Raidillon have been reprofiled, with gravel traps returned to various places around the circuit. Norris said he was “excited” to have the opportunity to race at the revised track. “Some changes, some bits have been resurfaced and so on,” he said. “Nice, new grandstand on Raidillon. I always look forward to Spa, it’s one of the coolest circuits of the whole season. I’ll be sad [to lose Spa]. A lot of things are just about money nowadays, which is the issue. It’s a business.” Norris questions why a circuit so historically significant to Formula 1 as Spa has its place on the calendar under threat, while other venues with just as strong a heritage do not appear to be in question. “It’s a shame,” he continued. “But it’s a historic race for F1. Same as Monaco – for what I know, they don’t even pay and it’s still on the calendar – same with like Monza and stuff. So I feel like it should always be on for as long as Formula 1’s around.”
Sergio Perez said it would be a “big shame” to lose Spa from the calendar, while Sebastian Vettel agreed, describing the undulating track in the Ardennes mountains as “amazing.” At the Hungarian Grand Prix, AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly expressed hope the race’s absence of the calendar will prove only temporary. “I don’t personally think this has anything to relate with the changes or to improve safety,” he said of the reason behind its potential F1 exit. “But I can’t believe Spa is going to be out of the calendar for years. It definitely deserves its place on the calendar. Personally, it’s probably my favourite track. It’s just an amazing track to race on, an amazing track to drive on. We’ll see what happens, but I believe it’s going to stay and we’re going to still go there for quite a few more years.”
Bingoman
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Where has this rumour come from because I cant find it?
dessiato
🇪🇸 españa te quiero
It's disappeared from my feed too. I'm thinking it definitely isn't true
Bingoman
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Oh because Lamborghini is owen by Volkswagen and Audi and Porsche who also owned by them are the one that are entering in a few years time?
dessiato
🇪🇸 españa te quiero
Porsche were going to buy a share of Red Bull, but it's delayed again.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Called it!
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
1%er
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I posted about this ages ago (F1 2021 thread and above in this thread), but it now seems that Lamborghini parent company Audi is looking to enter F1 rather than Lamborghini (new ICE rules 2026), it is reported they will tie up with McLaren. But there are loads of other stories doing the rounds such as Sauber selling to Audi, as I'm sure you know Sauber currently owns a large stake in the Alfa Romeo F1 team. They are also reported to be looking at other teams including Alpine, McLaren and anyone else, nowadays it is cheaper to buy a team than start a new one as it is reported that F1 want $200M to buy into the sport as a new team plus the cost of setting up a team.
Porsche are also reported to be joining up with Red Bull, so it seems that the VW Group are looking to get into F1 in a big way, I believe this is because they hace seen what it has done for Mercedes and the marketing for the company.
1%er
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Formula 1: Mick Schumacher to Red Bull for 2023?
If Haas move on from Mick Schumacher, could he end up making the switch from Ferrari to Red Bull for the 2023 Formula 1 season?With Mick Schumacher losing the apparent leverage he would have had with Haas when Alpine’s Fernando Alonso announced his switch to Aston Martin as Sebastian Vettel’s replacement for the 2023 Formula 1 season, it has been revealed that Haas have suspended contract talks with the 23-year-old German. Schumacher is only under contract with the American team through the end of the 2022 season, and there has been speculation that they may look to replace him. He recently scored his first points at Silverstone and backed that up with a career-best sixth place effort in Austria, but for much of the season, he has been beaten by teammate Kevin Magnussen, who only returned to Haas for the first time since 2020 just days before the 2022 season began.
Other reports suggest that Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto no longer believes in Schumacher’s potential, and with Ferrari believed to have some say in who is considered for the second Haas seat, perhaps the current suspension in contract talks will lead to the departure of the son of Ferrari legend Michael Schumacher.
In that case, there seems to be one perfect possible landing spot.
Given the recent Binotto development, it is entirely possible that a Schumacher departure from Haas will lead to a Schumacher departure from Ferrari altogether.
Could that lead him to join Red Bull’s development program?
Such a move could keep Schumacher in Formula 1 with Red Bull sister team AlphaTauri, as they have yet to confirm whether Yuki Tsunoda will be back for what would be a third season with the team in 2023. There is also still the belief that Pierre Gasly isn’t exactly locked in for 2023, even though the team have him under contract through next year. We all know just how much “under contract” means anymore. After this year’s silly season, and not just in Formula 1, you’d be silly not to put it right on par with the promises of a career politician running for another term in public office.
After all, both McLaren and Daniel Ricciardo committed to sticking together for 2023, and yet here we are, with Alpine reserve driver Oscar Piastri denying Alpine’s press release that he will be driving for the team next year and instead reportedly heading to Ricciardo’s seat.
With a Red Bull seat off the table for at least another few years since Sergio Perez recently extended his deal through 2024 (and, of course, since reigning world champion Max Verstappen recently extended his deal through 2028), Gasly is apparently still keen to compete in a faster car, and the Alpine seat has been mentioned as a possibility. Regardless of whether Gasly is truly locked in for another year, however, AlphaTauri should absolutely be considered among the top landing spots, if not the top landing spot, for Schumacher in 2023.
A two-year deal there would give Red Bull an opportunity to assess whether or not he is ready for a promotion to the top team. It is also interesting to note that Vettel has long served as a mentor to the young Schumacher, just as Michael served as a mentor for Vettel. Vettel even backed Schumacher to take over his seat at Aston Martin before they signed Alonso. Is a move to the Red Bull organization, one with which Vettel won four consecutive world championships to open up the 2010s, now in the cards?
Red Bull don’t currently have any F1-ready junior drivers in their development program, but the addition of Schumacher could change that. Even though he has struggled to get up to speed, his history of blossoming in year two (2018 Formula 3 European champion and 2020 Formula 2 champion after 12th place finishes in the same series one season prior) suggests he could be well worth the investment of a two-year contract. Let’s also not forget the ongoing speculation that Porsche could join Red Bull in Formula 1 in 2026. While the long-term plan for the Austrian team still certainly and justifiably revolves around Verstappen, could the addition of a German youngster potentially interest the German manufacturer? It’d be hard to say no to that one.
(Lets not forget what time it is in the F1 news circle)
1%er
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Las Vegas GP date revealed, race set to be paired with Abu Dhabi
F1 pulled off a major coup earlier this year by getting all the agreements and permissions necessary to use the Las Vegas city streets and run its cars past some of the city’s major casinos. A letter of intent from Liberty Dice, a new entity created by the sport’s owner Liberty Media, lays out the terms of the five-year deal for the F1 race on a track that includes a section on Vegas’s world-famous ‘Strip’. The 17-page letter was posted on social media, and its veracity has been substantiated by Adam Stern at Sports Business Journal with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the government agency that markets events in the city.The letter is dated March 28, two days before the event was formally announced – when no precise race date was given beyond “November 2023” – and its contents are subject to change. It reveals the planned inaugural race date next year of November 18, a week before America’s Thanksgiving Weekend, and that the contract runs through 2027. That opens the door to it being a regular penultimate round of the season, with F1 wishing to end its schedule on the final weekend of November in Abu Dhabi.
Las Vegas track map
The letter commits to keeping this same weekend slot for the five-year duration, and that the schedule for the night race will be planned so that track activity will end no later than 1:30am PT each day. The document also lays out the commercial terms of the event, as well as the groundwork for the temporary street circuit’s construction and maintenance. It includes guidelines for a requirement of 900 marshals, 1,200 fire extinguishers, 15 cranes and 18 ambulances and tow trucks. It does not cover the plans for the permanent pit and race control facility, which Liberty CEO Greg Maffei revealed in May would be built on a plot of nearby land in central Vegas purchased for $240million.
Maffei said: “Notably and differently than most places, F1 and Liberty Media are self-promoting the race in partnership with local stakeholders and Live Nation. The build out for this track will require increased CapEx and OpEx to develop. I would note that Liberty Media did enter an agreement to acquire 39 acres east of the strip to lock in circuit design and create capacity for the pit and paddock, among other hospitality and race support venues.”
1%er
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Hong Kong billionaire backer of Williams could expand investment in F1
Hong Kong billionaire and life insurance tycoon Calvin Lo, the investor suspected to be behind Dorilton Capital's investment in Williams Racing, says he could expand his interests in Formula 1. Dorilton acquired Williams from the team's founding family in 2020, and speculation at the time pointed to Lo – the chief executive of insurance broker RE Lee International – as the man behind the US private equity firm's investment.Lo has neither denied nor confirmed the speculation but has admitted to having "some sort of exposure" to Williams through Dorilton, although he declined to offer more detail on the level of his investment. However, speaking to Reuters recently, Lo says Formula 1's remarkable growth of late has caught Asian investors' attention, adding that investment opportunities in the sport are being considered.
"A lot of people, me included, are still looking to other teams, other opportunities, because...there are consistently good teams but they are not able to come up with the right car," Lo told Reuters. "In Asia right now, there is a lot of liquidity sitting around, it's mind-blowing. I wouldn't be surprised if the next news you hear...is maybe some consortium in Asia investing into some other teams." Lo would not shed light on potential opportunities he or other investors have identified.
Sauber Motorsport is reportedly considering selling itself to Audi, although the VW affiliate has not officially confirmed its interest in taking over the Swiss outfit. Furthermore, Haas is also seen as a potential takeover target although the US outfit has reportedly snubbed multiple opportunities to sit down with Michael Andretti to discuss buy-out plans with the American team owner. "He doesn't want to sell it to me right now," Andretti said last winter, referring to Haas team owner Gene Haas. "If he ever wants to sell it, he can always call me. That makes it a lot easier for everybody."
Bingoman
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He could join Alpha Tauri if he joined the Red bull Programme then?
