Is it time for young guns to have all 2nd seats in F1 teams? by Jericoke
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September 18, 2024, 10:49:39 AM by John S
Views: 359 | Comments: 1 With the performances from Colapinto & Bearman at the Baku GP showing up more seasoned drivers is it time for a drastic shake up of the grid? We know Toto has seen the light and put Antonelli in the Merc next year & Bearman will remain on the grid at Haas, plus Jack Doohan will be 2nd pilot at Alpine. Is it time for all the teams to free up space for a new recruit? These young upstarts seem to innately have something that's lacking, or has fallen away, in journeyman F1 seat blockers. Could it possibly be simple belief that more can be extracted from the cars? Sure top teams will argue that they need experienced drivers to get thru a full season at the top level and it's better to bed in rookies in back marker teams until they have mastered the craft. Isn't an alternate reality to this staid way of operating developing though? Take Oscar as an example; he was destined to join no hopers Alpine but instead jumped into the improving McLaren, now he's winning races in a dominant fashion. Of course there's bound to be the odd failure, however there's a greater number of more mature failures on the grid this year - KMag, Bottas, Guanyu Zhou, Ocon, Danny Ric - to name most. One can also make a case for Perez & Stroll to be ousted. I see only one choice for Red Bull main team next year alongside Max, and it's Liam Lawson with Issac Hadjar moved up from F2 to Vcarb alongside Tsunoda. What's anyone else's thoughts on more rookies replacing dead wood on the grid? September 15, 2024, 03:03:35 PM by Jericoke
Views: 776 | Comments: 4 Heroes Piastri. Fantastic win, drove a strong race in a not the fastest car. McLaren is still learning how to get race strategy right, but definitely had a good one today. LeClerc. Could've been better, but still had a great day. Whatever McLaren did right, Ferrari did wrong. Russell. Surprise podium, but making sure you're there when opportunity strikes is important in F1 Albon, Colapinto and Williams. A great team effort (Albon's qualifying fan notwithstanding) got some very very good results to vault Williams ahead of Alpine! Bearman. First driver to get points with two different teams in his first two races. Norris. Recovered from a poor qualifying to finish ahead of the championship leader. Zeros. Tsunoda. He's been keeping his nose clean, so disappointing for him to lose track of Stroll and cause contact. Sainz and Perez. My first thought was Sainz drifted into Perez, but on second though, Perez was the car behind, should've seen Sainz drifting over. At this stage of the season, the race, and their careers, neither driver should have had that accident. September 13, 2024, 02:01:10 AM by Andy B
Views: 1086 | Comments: 5 Hi, I received my Bahrain video, as below, its only 30 seconds and due to be used for the 2025 Bahrain competition, I have loaded it onto You Tube so I can share it with you guys. For me it's a great memory to have. September 12, 2024, 03:34:35 PM by cosworth151
Views: 1073 | Comments: 3 Oscar Piastri says he will "help out" McLaren's attempt to win both the WCC and WDC. “The team have asked me to help out and I’ve said for the last few races that if I was asked, then I would,” he commented. “Of course, naturally as a driver it’s never an easy thing, or simple thing, to agree to. There’s a much bigger picture in play than just myself." I'd love to read a transcript of the team meeting that resulted in this. "Team orders? What team orders?" https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/piastri-confirms-he-will-help-out-norris-in-quest-to-overhaul-verstappen.42hv9jbFamzemVbjyGzs1n September 11, 2024, 03:58:30 PM by cosworth151
Views: 1104 | Comments: 1 And the other shoe finally drops. Adrian Newey has become the Managing Technical Partner at Aston Martin F1. That should shake things up a bit. https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/news/announcement/adrian-newey-begins-new-chapter-with-aston-martin-aramco-formula-one-team September 10, 2024, 05:00:42 PM by John S
Views: 1196 | Comments: 1 Even more reason to make a trip to a Goodwood event next year. https://f1i.com/images/518641-sir-jackie-officially-opens-the-tyrrell-shed-at-goodwood.html September 10, 2024, 02:53:59 AM by Dare
Views: 1415 | Comments: 4 Ever wonder how they got those great driver shots in the past September 09, 2024, 02:52:04 PM by John S
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