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2025 Australian Grand Prix Heroes and Zeroes by Jericoke
[March 17, 2025, 12:32:35 PM]
Nick Tandy becomes first driver to win the 'big six' of endurance racing by John S
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Will we see track mapping robots in F1 any time soon? by Andy B
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Will F1 be Magic Madrid in 26 or Mad Ring a la Valencia? by Andy B
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Key F1 rule changes for pitlane starts & damaged cars moving on track. by Willy
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Nick has won:- Le Mans 24hr, Petit Le Mans 10hr, Nurburgring 24hr, Spa 24hr, Daytona 24hr, & now Sebring 12hr.

Guess this is almost as good as getting the Triple Crown of Monaco GP, Indy 500 & Le Mans 24 hr for F1 drivers.

Very well done Mr Tandy. 

https://www.crash.net/le-mans/news/1065330/1/nick-tandy-makes-history-winning-six-biggest-endurance-races

Heroes

Norris.  Winning a wet race is about as heroic as an F1 driver can get!

Verstappen.  Managed to put a few scary moments behind him for a close second

Antonelli.  Top 5 finish in his first race, a wet race, when other rookies were very much looking the part.

Albon/Williams.  One race a season does not make, but I think it's safe to say the off season talk wasn't just talk.

Hulkenberg.  One race in, already outscored his team's entire output from the previous season!

Zeroes.
In a wet race, it's hard to assign zeroes.  The on track racing is difficult, strategy calls are as reliable as BINGO calls, so getting it right, or wrong isn't really worth highlighting as terrible or enlightened.

That said, I feel like Hamilton and Ferrari have gotten off on the wrong foot.  I wonder if they every actually simulate race conditions in the simulator.  It feels like they've never talked before.  Trust needs to be built up and it's not there yet.

Corsa Ducati use a computerised wheeled robot to digitally record track surface, camber & other info for use on their Bike set up in MotoGP.

Will F1 teams think this is a route for finding more set up info?

Will we see a fleet of robotic vehicles vying for room on the track in days before a GP? 
If so maybe we'll even see some competition or shunts amongst them. 

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1064760/1/ducati-employs-motorised-robot-improve-motogp-performance

So Madrid is selling their new F1 race as 'Madring', strange title indeed, lets hope it doesn't turn out like the Valencia borefest fiasco. 

https://f1i.com/news/532250-madrid-welcomes-madring-as-its-new-f1-street-circuit.html

FIA closes some loopholes in loose wording & interpretations of sporting regs for season start in Australia. All cars will now need to do warm up & race starting safety car laps.

They are also seeking to improve safety by ending badly damaged cars shedding bits whilst limping to pits during races.
Wonder if deflated tyres that may fly off rims will invoke the must pull up rule? 

https://f1i.com/news/531941-fia-tightens-grip-on-pitlane-start-tactics-and-damaged-cars.html

Carlos Sainz says it's ridiculous that he has to go racing after only a day and a half in the car. He thinks there should be 8 to 10 days because simulators are not as good as engineers think.

https://www.racefans.net/2025/03/03/sainz-calls-for-more-testing-in-f1-simulators-arent-as-good-as-engineers-believe/?utm_source=RaceFans_Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Daily_Newsletter

Still my No 2 GOAT, behind Fangio, true F1 legend.

https://f1i.com/images/331882-jim-clark-forever-up-there-as-an-all-time-motorsport-great.html

Craig Scarborough, an F1 tech reporter, reckons Macca have built themselves an advantage with innovative front suspension & steering fix on their 25 car. See his explanation below.

Wonder if any of the other teams will want to divert big budget from tight cost cap to replicate McLaren's new front end offering?
Guess it may take Macca getting a big head start in 25 titles race to force the issue.

Whoever said innovation is dead in F1.  Here's Craig words explaining on a podcast with Peter Windsor just what Macca have put on their 25 car:-

“If you don’t remember, last year McLaren actually changed the position of the steering rack."

“Last year, they moved the track rod arms from in front of the lower suspension to behind it and this actually meant that they could mount them slightly lower and cascade them with the wishbone and actually create lots of flow to go down into the floor.

“This is actually really quite clever and relatively easy to package within the current Formula 1 cars because the nose is so long on these cars."

“Funnily enough, Mercedes have copied that solution this year but McLaren have gone a step further."

“They’ve actually moved the steering rack ever so slightly forward, so rather than being behind the lower wishbone now, it’s now in between the two legs of the lower wishbone.”

He continued: “Rather than having the track rod go outwards like you would almost see on every race car ever, the track rods go diagonally forwards and actually go across the centre line of the front wheels and then steer the wheels from the front half of the upright."

“This isn’t anything to do with steering geometry or the term anti-dive that everyone seems to apply to the suspension setup, it’s actually all to do with aerodynamics and moving these wishbone arms or these track rod arms to be leaning forward in plan view, you end up with a very long piece of surface area on which to create downwash to make the floor work better.

“Now, this is anything that anyone can now copy at this stage of the season, it just isn’t economically or practically viable to reconstruct your chassis."

“So, they’ve got a small aerodynamic advantage by making this change and it’ll be interesting to see if that is something that maybe does follow into the future regulations.”

	2025 Australian Grand Prix Heroes and Zeroes [General F1 Discussion]	Jericoke March 17, 2025, 12:32:35 PM
	Nick Tandy becomes first driver to win the 'big six' of endurance racing [Other Sports]	John S March 17, 2025, 10:13:09 AM
	Will we see track mapping robots in F1 any time soon? [Pit Pass]	Andy B March 13, 2025, 08:23:02 PM
	Will F1 be Magic Madrid in 26 or Mad Ring a la Valencia? [General F1 Discussion]	Andy B March 13, 2025, 08:21:19 PM
	Key F1 rule changes for pitlane starts & damaged cars moving on track. [General F1 Discussion]	Willy March 05, 2025, 08:23:24 PM
	Remembering the Great Jim Clark on his birth date. [F1 History]	cosworth151 March 05, 2025, 05:26:45 PM
	Testing [General F1 Discussion]	John S March 04, 2025, 06:09:19 PM
	Have McLaren got F1 title advantage in 25 that others will be stumped to copy? [Pit Pass]	Jericoke March 04, 2025, 01:39:17 PM

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