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« Last post by John S on May 25, 2024, 10:46:54 AM »
New ground effect floors too powerful for mudguards to make any useful difference. https://www.grandprix.com/news/fia-abandons-wet-weather-f1-mudguards-for-now.html
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« Last post by John S on May 25, 2024, 09:45:45 AM »
Eccelstone may have been a regressive a-hole, but he recognized opportunities to grow the sport when they came along, AND was willing to change course when he made mistakes!
He'd never let spite get in the way of a buck.
Think Ron Dennis might disagree Jeri, after he proposed and voted in favour of McLarens 100 million fine over spygate.  Seems there's more to Liberty's refusal to engage properly with Andretti Global over their FIA sanctioned entry then anyone thought. It was supposed the power struggle between FIA president & Liberty's golden goose super cash machine was at heart of it. Perhaps Maffei should be referred to an ethics investigation just like Ben Sulayem, FIA president, was subjected too after a convenient whistle-blower made peculiar allegations.
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« Last post by Dare on May 24, 2024, 10:35:53 PM »
Be interesting to see how the Andretti's and Maffei's paths crossed
in the past. Something had to have happened
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« Last post by Jericoke on May 24, 2024, 07:09:33 PM »
Eccelstone may have been a regressive a-hole, but he recognized opportunities to grow the sport when they came along, AND was willing to change course when he made mistakes!
He'd never let spite get in the way of a buck.
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Perhaps Mr Maffei will get a subpeona from Congress and decide to change his mind. Few people enjoy the popularity of Mario across the US.
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« Last post by cosworth151 on May 24, 2024, 05:22:43 PM »
Mario Andretti says Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei informed him that he will “do everything in my power” to ensure Andretti is never granted a Formula 1 entry. This took place at the Miami weekend. “I was asked to go there,” said Mario to NBC News. “And just as I was trying to explain that to [Formula 1 CEO] Stefano [Domenicali], Greg Maffei, Mr. Maffei, broke in the conversation and he said: 'Mario, I want to tell you that I will do everything in my power to see that Michael never enters Formula 1. “I could not believe that. That one really floored me. We’re talking about business. I didn’t know it was something so personal. That was really, oh, my goodness. I could not believe it. It was just like a bullet through my heart.” Maffei is denying it. Yeah, right. It's really time to get Liberty out of F1. https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/a60882643/mario-andretti-cadillac-f1-entry-will-never-be-granted/
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25% markup over the same sort of meal is reasonable.
The trouble is that tuna rolls at a Michelin-star restaurant in London are $18-$23 a portion, depending on which one you choose. Bear in mind that Michelin-star restaurants can charge a premium that Miami can't, because they're selling better-quality food and (usually) deliberately don't have quite enough seating to fill demand on a regular evening, let alone peak.
If one decides the Michelin-star restaurant isn't in a position to charge anything over the odds, and even if one assumes the Miami food was Michelin-star quality (obviously it wouldn't be able to acquire one ahead of the event and I don't think they carry quite as much weight in North America as Europe in any case), Miami would be right at the top end of that. However, the availability thing most Michelin-star restaurants have means this is unlikely to be the case. Both manufacture a captive audience in different ways.
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I love the strategy: embarrass F1 into making them accept Andretti
Next step should be running tests at F1 tracks with their car to show they're competitive.
Of course, things get complicated, since they've been accepted by FIA, are there rules they need to follow even though they're not part of Formula One?
If Andretti is not entering in 2025 or 2026, no regulation can be applied to them. This is because an entry cannot be deferred more than once, and Andretti's had 2025 as the initial possible year. One reason Liberty's claim was ridiculous is because the Year 1 expected/Year 2 deferred is the standard way for FIA acceptances to be processed. Liberty basically told the FIA it wasn't allowed to let any new team into F1 on the last year of a regulation ruleset, which exceeds its range of competence.
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Halo may be lighter next year as well, because there are people bidding to supply F1 with a lighter version. Every gram helps.
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« Last post by cosworth151 on May 17, 2024, 05:40:00 PM »
I think the biggest cause of today's F1 "lorries" (with a nod to Ettore Bugatti  ) is the hybrid system followed closely by fuel enough for the entire race.
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