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Hamilton Officially Starts at Ferrari by lkjohnson1950
[January 23, 2025, 06:45:40 PM]
Future Schedule for F1 by Alianora La Canta
[January 23, 2025, 02:34:18 PM]
Haas F1 now up to budget cap spend from income by cosworth151
[January 22, 2025, 03:51:07 PM]
Sergio Perez has left the building by Willy
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Did astonishing reliability really win F1 WCC for McLaren this term? by lkjohnson1950
[January 09, 2025, 06:23:32 PM]

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First, I know how drivers/teams etc look isn't important, it's about on track results (and overall sportsmanship).  But DAMN did Hamilton look good on his first day at Maranello.  I want him showing up to every race dressed like Enzo.  Even if he crashes out of 24 consecutive Q1s, he's elevated the sport.  Yes, I'm being shallow right now, and I don't even care.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/state-of-emergency-lewis-hamilton-ferrari-maranello

Second, it seems that Hamilton has reunited with Angela Cullen.  I believe that she has been as key to his success as anyone in F1.  She very much helped make sure he was physically ready for each and every race weekend.  Being physically ready is a foundation for being mentally ready, which I'm sure she helped with too.

We see a ton of videos of F1 drivers training (especially neck stretches and hand eye coordination games), but Cullen really took a whole body approach to ensuring that Hamilton was in tip top shape for a sport that taxes the entire body.  I'm sure most, if not all, drivers follow the ideas and techniques she's set out, but in terms of non driver contributors to F1, she's up there with Adrian Newey and Colin Chapman as far as I'm concerned.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/13293699/lewis-hamilton-angela-cullen-returning-to-seven-time-f1-world-champions-team-ahead-of-ferrari-debut

This will be good news for Cossie as he's always championed the US led team.

Reckon Gene Haas retirement plan has now come to fruition, he can cash in for mega bucks when he's ready to give up the machine tool day job - and F1. 

https://f1i.com/news/529483-haas-hits-cost-cap-gene-haas-no-longer-needs-to-bankroll-team.html

F1 has announced that after 2027 the Belgian GP at Spa will only be held every other year. In addition the 2026 schedule has 3 races competing for 2 open spots. Imola. Vegas and Mexico City are not officially in and only 2 spots are unconfirmed.

https://www.racefans.net/2025/01/09/one-of-these-three-races-wont-be-on-next-years-f1-calendar/

In the article below we see that Macca completed all but 7 racing laps for the whole F1 24 campaign.  
That's nearly 80 more than 2nd placed Ferrari.

The 7 laps short of 100% all came from Accident damage when Lando & Max had a shunt at the Austrian GP. So was it superior speed or better reliability that really won out? 

With such a good reliability record it's more surprising that Ferrari ran them so close. Think this bodes extremely well for Ferrari in 25 - if they can up their reliability of course.     


https://racingnews365.com/verstappen-clash-costs-mclaren-astonishing-clean-sweep

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I hadn't heard of a few but number 12 surprised me


https://www.planetf1.com/features/ranked-most-shocking-2024-motorsport-news-stories

Great video from Pista di Fiorano Carlos and his pop driving his F1 car.
 

	Hamilton Officially Starts at Ferrari [F1 Drivers]	lkjohnson1950 January 23, 2025, 06:45:40 PM
	Future Schedule for F1 [General F1 Discussion]	Alianora La Canta January 23, 2025, 02:34:18 PM
	Haas F1 now up to budget cap spend from income [F1 Teams]	cosworth151 January 22, 2025, 03:51:07 PM
	Sergio Perez has left the building [General F1 Discussion]	Willy January 12, 2025, 02:31:57 PM
	Did astonishing reliability really win F1 WCC for McLaren this term? [General F1 Discussion]	lkjohnson1950 January 09, 2025, 06:23:32 PM
	It appears Perez is gone [General F1 Discussion]	Dare January 06, 2025, 01:01:39 AM
	Has FIA president been playing clever game unseen by F1 press/media? [General F1 Discussion]	Alianora La Canta January 05, 2025, 11:53:10 PM
	New Years Day Planet F1 test [F1 History]	lkjohnson1950 January 01, 2025, 09:57:06 PM

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