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F1 Drivers / Re: There's a new iceman in F1 in Ferrari red overalls
« Last post by cosworth151 on April 14, 2024, 04:03:58 PM »The next Ferrari pit problem Charles will face:
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F1 Drivers / Re: There's a new iceman in F1 in Ferrari red overalls« Last post by cosworth151 on April 14, 2024, 04:03:58 PM »The next Ferrari pit problem Charles will face:
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General F1 Discussion / Re: Kimi reminds us just what China GP Shanghai F1 circuit has in store« Last post by cosworth151 on April 14, 2024, 03:57:55 PM »I really miss Kimi. I haven't missed the Shanghai circuit a bit.
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General F1 Discussion / Kimi reminds us just what China GP Shanghai F1 circuit has in store« Last post by John S on April 14, 2024, 12:31:04 PM »Since it's been so long since F1 was at Shanghai track - so long in fact that Kimi was still driving in F1. Let Kimi remind us how it should be driven.
Sorry, youll have to click thru to YouTube to watch it - URRRGH FOM - £&CK! 24
F1 Drivers / There's a new iceman in F1 in Ferrari red overalls« Last post by John S on April 14, 2024, 11:56:42 AM »Charles has launched his own Ice Cream line, LEC.
There's a freezer company in Britain with the name LEC, think they even had an F1 team for David Purley in the 70s - well a single seater team anyway - wonder if they'll be consulting Lawyers? https://f1i.com/images/505100-speedy-scoops-leclercs-icy-new-venture-hits-the-frozen-aisle.html 25
General F1 Discussion / Newey puts finger on F1 future tech recruitment problem« Last post by John S on April 14, 2024, 11:17:25 AM »Adrian has identified a previously unspoken consequence of the cost cap in F1.
Basically with the cost cap stuck or even falling how are teams going to be able to retain highly qualified engineers, let alone recruit the next generation for what is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport? This raises a critical question for F1 can the cost cap be maintained while fostering an environment that attracts and retains top engineering talent? How long before standards fall from what most recognise has been the second most innovative & progressive engineering hotbed to actual war? Below are the main paras about what Newey thinks will likely cause declining standards due to cost cap. Is the answer a shift to a two part cost cap, one part resources & materials, with manpower/staffing as a second and more flexible allocation - in terms of inflation & market conditions? Newey on cost cap "I think the hidden danger of the cost cap, which none of us probably really thought about when it first came in, is that Formula 1 used to be the best paid engineering discipline in the world," Newey exclusively told RacingNews365. "Therefore, we would be able to hire and attract from universities, the brightest young graduates, and now with the cost cap, with the amount of inflation and the cost cap not rising with inflation, that is no longer the case. "At the same time, it is a double-edged sword as we also have start-up tech companies offering very high salaries and so now when we go to the universities, trying to attract graduates, we're no longer the best. "Equally with our existing staff, we are losing people to tech companies and that is a real problem because it makes it difficult for us, as an industry, and not just our team, to attract the best engineers in the world. "We are then trying to attract them on the basis of passion rather than purely because of the best salaries." For now, no major changes are in the immediate pipeline to the structure of the cost cap, although the teams and the FIA do remain in contact and in discussions. Above paras courtesy Jake Nichol & Aaron Deckers, Racingnews365.com, 13th April 24. 26
General F1 Discussion / Re: Ted Toleman founder of F1 team has died at the age of 86.« Last post by Andy B on April 13, 2024, 10:03:01 PM »Pre-qualifying like we used to have!
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F1 History / Re: James Hunt's Hesketh at Monaco in historic race« Last post by lkjohnson1950 on April 13, 2024, 07:21:01 PM »I still think all that crap on the steering wheel should be banned, or at least reduced. Let the driver adjust, not the car. Heck, at Indy they are performing a series of adjustments all the time the car is moving during qualifying. The driver is not driving the car, he's engineering it on the fly.
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F1 History / Re: James Hunt's Hesketh at Monaco in historic race« Last post by cosworth151 on April 13, 2024, 03:25:44 PM »Wow, a steering wheel that does nothing but steer!
Great stuff, Dare! Thanks. 29
General F1 Discussion / Re: Ted Toleman founder of F1 team has died at the age of 86.« Last post by John S on April 13, 2024, 10:08:35 AM »R.I.P., Ted. You will be missed. Wow that's certainly controversial Lonny, I like it though. 30
General F1 Discussion / Re: Ted Toleman founder of F1 team has died at the age of 86.« Last post by lkjohnson1950 on April 12, 2024, 11:13:44 PM »R.I.P., Ted. You will be missed. Liberty has been looking for more events to fill the weekend, why hot throw the entry wide open. Let anyone who shows up with a legal car run in a qualifying race on Friday or Saturday. To fill up the field at least at first have the bottom 5 teams in the WCC points run. 10 best finishers entered in qualifyiing for the GP. |