F1 2023
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Ax^
Silly Rabbit
petee
no gods, no malarkey
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
down to the car
look up Adrian newey genious car designer
and max is not bad at all
but the cars been a second a lap clear of the field all year
1%er
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In part
Limejuice
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Final weekend of the trio - here comes the one and only Brazil GP.
There's a cornucopia of sprints, qualifyings and shootings out. I even think there's a race, for traditionalists.
The UK telly times will be:
Fri 3 Nov
FP1 - 14:30
Qual - 18:00
Sat 4 Nov
Sprint shootout - 14:00
Sprint - 18:30
Sun 5 Nov
Race - 17:00
"Penny for the Guy, guv?"
There's a cornucopia of sprints, qualifyings and shootings out. I even think there's a race, for traditionalists.
The UK telly times will be:
Fri 3 Nov
FP1 - 14:30
Qual - 18:00
Sat 4 Nov
Sprint shootout - 14:00
Sprint - 18:30
Sun 5 Nov
Race - 17:00
"Penny for the Guy, guv?"
1%er
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Mercedes chief technical officer QUITS team in stunning move
Mike Elliott, Mercedes F1’s chief technical officer, has left his role with the team. Elliott was Mercedes' technical director for two years until earlier this season, when he swapped jobs with James Allison. But he is now exiting the team altogether. Mercedes wrote on social media that he "has chosen to depart". It is a major reshuffle in the technical department at Mercedes, who are reacting to back-to-back below-par F1 seasons in an attempt to give Lewis Hamilton and George Russell a competitive car in 2024. Elliott's exit is a significant move in Mercedes possibly changing direction and ideas with their W15 car for next year.He first arrived at Mercedes in 2012, heading up the aerodynamics department before becoming technology director. He became technical director in 2021 - replacing Allison - and was a key contributor to creating Mercedes' first car for the ground-effect regulations that started in 2022. But the W14 last season, in particular, was a troublesome car leading to another job swap with Allison, who had held a crucial role in building the previous generation of F1 cars.
In recent months, Mercedes have abandoned the 'zeropod' philosophy and moved towards the same concept which Red Bull have used to great success. Mercedes hope that, in 2024, they can again challenge for the drivers' and constructors' titles.
1%er
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Fernando Alonso to Red Bull in 2024 rumours discussed
Sky Sports journalist Craig Slater has shared the latest information he’s heard about Fernando Alonso and Red Bull ahead of the 2024 season. Slater was speaking on the Sky Sports F1 Podcast after an eventful weekend in Mexico City. Red Bull and Fernando Alonso couldn’t have had more different weekends. The championship-winning team saw their star man Max Verstappen stand on the top step of the podium for the 16th time this season. He’s breaking every record imaginable right now and could reach 19 Sunday wins by the end of the year at this rate.After such a fantastic start to 2023, Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin have fallen away at the front of the grid. He scored six podiums in the first eight races of the season but hasn’t finished in the top three since Zandvoort. Alonso had to retire his car on Sunday and would have seen Red Bull star Sergio Perez in the media pen, who might be sweating over his seat for 2024. The Spanish legend has been touted as a potential replacement for Perez if Christian Horner and Helmut Marko lose patience with his poor form. Red Bull are ruthless when it comes to their driver changes and Alonso might fancy driving the fastest car on the grid next year.
Slater discussing Alonso to Red Bull in 2024 rumours
Speaking about the potential move, Slater quickly shot it down and said: “Can we get rid of the elephant in the room which is Fernando Alonso potentially going to Red Bull next year to partner Max Verstappen? My understanding is that that is a non-starter, that is not going to happen. As much as they admire Alonso at Red Bull and what he can do, he is not above Ricciardo as far as I understand it as an option to drive for that team next year. TThis is not coming officially from the team or anything like that, it’s been out there on the Internet but that is not going to happen as I understand it. From what I can gather, some senior, well-placed people have told me that maybe Alonso’s management has been doing their due diligence again and assessing are there any other potentially better options for him next year and perhaps that has been inflated into he’s going to take Perez’s seat rather than Ricciardo. But I have it on pretty good authority that that’s not going to happen.”
Alonso essential to Aston Martin getting back to their best
Red Bull are more than likely going to continue with Perez in 2024 even if Alonso makes himself available. The Mexican driver reflected on the two-time world champion’s weekend in Mexico and thought their luck mirrored each other’s. Aston Martin need as much experience as they can find to return to the front of the grid next year. Lance Stroll hasn’t been up to scratch and if they were to lose Alonso in the winter it would be a disaster. He’s not well known for settling at mid-table teams though and they’ll know how important a strong start is next year. Otherwise, Alonso will be looking elsewhere for 2025 or hanging his racing gloves altogether.
1%er
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Aston Martin team principal admits Lance Stroll is affecting internal dynamics
Lance Stroll has had a miserable 2023 season and this most recent claim will not make matters any better. The Canadian is down in 11th in the Drivers Standings with just 53 points as he has struggled to get the best out of his car this year. As Aston Martin lost performance throughout the year, the 25-year-old only scored points in one of his last six races, which was a P7 finish at the United States Grand Prix. As a result, team principal Mike Krack admitted that the driver’s poor results are affecting the team’s internal dynamics. “Lance got a beating from you [the press] for three or four months,” he told Sky “So, it was very good that he got a good result [in Austin] and that the situation calmed down for the time being. The pressure is increasing internally. It’s also difficult for the team because then every little mistake is taken into account. And I'm glad that we came back a little bit for him, but also for the team, for everyone." Stroll is competing under a different form of pressure from the rest of the field, given that his father Lawrence Stroll is the owner of Aston Martin.Earlier in October 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg thinks Stroll is only in the sport because of his father’s position. "It's a difficult situation,” the German told Sky Sports F1. "If he wasn't the son of the man who owns the team, then he wouldn't be driving at this level next year. But of course, it's a different situation because the father owns the team and you shouldn't forget that in theory, he can drive the car." Teammate Fernando Alonso’s fortunes have been far different. The Spaniard is fifth in the standings with 183 points and has seven podiums to his name this campaign. However, the last of his top three finishes came at the Dutch GP in August and he has been overtaken by fellow Spaniard and Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz in the drivers' championship.
Speaking about the team's recent struggles, Alonso told DAZN over the Mexcian GP weekend: “The truth is that it has been difficult. We have been a little slow all weekend, in all the sessions we have suffered, so the time trial has not been a surprise to suffer and fall behind. Yesterday, we spun in the high-speed corners. Today we spun again in the first sector... the car is always on the knife's edge of losing it. So we have quite a few complications. And well, we have to suffer and we have to understand to return to our best level, which logically is not what we are showing now."
