mts6175 said:

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Personally I'd like to see RBR sign Ocon.

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XpressAg09 said:

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Ocon has never appeared to be a very good teammate, regardless of who he's with, and having him and Max on the same teams sounds like two personalities that would never work well together. Me personally, I think Alpine has a good schtick being a French team with two French drivers, but Ocon appears to be getting better and, to your point, may start looking elsewhere.

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numetalbizkitaggie said:

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Personally think Tsunoda is making a case for the seat, though.

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numetalbizkitaggie said:

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Personally think Tsunoda is making a case for the seat, though.

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Every time I think Yuki is on the up and up, he pulls one of these moves:


Still though, he seems to be progressing.
EDIT: Go to 4:44 of the attached video where Yuki locks up as he's passing Magnusson, then pulls them both into the run off and has to wait to reverse out.

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🚨 | Red Bull will evaluate Ricciardo in a three-day test this summer, reveals Helmut Marko.

Pérez is still safe, but Red Bull will "keep options open" and assess Ricciardo's current level.

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jorgerr96 said:

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I don't think Checo needs to be cut but I don't see him getting his contract renewed next year. Then again, that brings too many questions: if they were to replace him would they really go for Tsunoda? Will they get a non-academy driver like they did with Checo again? One thing I liked about RBR was that they always moved their Academy drivers to those F1 seats, and surely people like Liam Lawson, Dennis Hauger, or Ayumu Iwasa would do well in Alpha Tauri.

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numetalbizkitaggie said:

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Contracts don't really mean a whole lot in racing, if we are being totally honest. Right now, it's just three bad races. Checo is still P2 in the championship. I will start to worry for his career if it becomes five bad races. He's generally been pretty decent at tracks with long straights that run into low speed corners. Could easily see him picking up P2 this weekend.

Honestly, this talk is partially fueled by people wishing DR back on the grid, when DR had the opportunity to be on the grid with HAAS and chose to be a PR court jester instead. I find it and the speculation disrespectful to Checo. People were begging Red Bull to sign him in 2020.

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La Fours said:

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To go along with his low level English soccer team.

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La Fours said:

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To go along with his low level English soccer team.

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La Fours said:

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Yeah. But alpine has a manufacturer backing. I wish he would have invested in Haas.

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jorgerr96 said:

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yes i meant i dont think he is getting it renewed next year, as in come 2024 he wont get a renewal

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jorgerr96 said:

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Feels like he's also getting a lot of hate because he was the one guy that could have given us a good title fight this year but now it's obvious Max is way above him whereas in April the title gap was less than 10 pints

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"Home," however, is a tricky concept in F1. Although it races under the American flag and is owned by an American, Gene Haas, the team's primary F1 base is in the UK. Its chassis is built in Italy. So are its engine, suspension, and brakes. Team boss Guenther Steiner is Italian. Drivers Nico Hlkenberg and Kevin Magnussen are German and Danish, respectively.

So how American really is F1's American team? And is the idea of an all-American effort, given F1's European roots, really feasible?

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The addition of Haas to the grid in 2016 predated F1's American boom, fueled by Netflix's "Drive to Survive" and the modernization of the series by Liberty Media, which acquired the commercial rights to the sport in 2017. But as more and more US fans flock to F1, more opportunities open up for Haas as the only American team.

That sprouted a conscious effort to lean into its US identity, particularly last season when Haas started exploring new title sponsors. After splitting with Russian state-linked company Uralkali in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, Haas had no shortage of American interest.

It landed sponsorships from Chipotle and clothing brand TravisMathew and found its new title sponsor in MoneyGram, a worldwide money transfer company based in Dallas. Steiner found similarities in their approaches like Haas, the sponsors are proudly American with a very global outlook. "It's still an American company," he said. "But they want to grow outside of the States."

MoneyGram also liked the characteristics it saw in Haas, which chief marketing officer Greg Hall told The Athletic were "so innately American": a fellow startup operation trying to make a big impact with an underdog spirit. "That's the American dream, right?"

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Haas might not remain the only American team on the grid, however.

After opening an application process in February, the FIA is evaluating new teams for as early as 2025. The most vocal potential entrant has been Andretti Global, led by Michael Andretti, which has already signed an agreement to work with General Motors' Cadillac brand on the project. The reaction from the current grid has been lukewarm at best due to concerns about the impact it could have on prize money, splitting the revenue between 11 teams instead of 10.

Andretti has already promised the team will have an American driver if it gets on the grid, saying during the GM announcement in January that it would be an "all-American effort." The team would chiefly operate out of a facility currently being built in Fishers, Indiana, with a satellite base in Europe.

Steiner thought running a team entirely out of the United States would be "pretty difficult" for several reasons: "You would need to build a completely new wind tunnel. You would need to get the people there. And shipping everything, you would be the only one shipping out of America. Everything is doable, but at what price?"

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