Just hope they don't leave. I still want a 24 car grid again. Hitech (from F2, F3, F4) announced yesterday they have plans to bid for a slot on the 2026 grid and if the FIA lets them in but not Andretti that would be wild lol
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Just hope they don't leave. I still want a 24 car grid again. Hitech (from F2, F3, F4) announced yesterday they have plans to bid for a slot on the 2026 grid and if the FIA lets them in but not Andretti that would be wild lol
Haas lost all claim to 'American' when he painted the card like a Russian flag. I don't mind it being international. I don't mind soaking the Mazepins for money to build the new car. You paint your car like the Russian flag, however, and you can **** right off. You're not American.La Fours said:
I think that's really picking at nits. Re: Haas. But I'm content with saying it is an American owned team. It wouldn't make sense financially or logistically for an F1 team to be based here. I just assumed it was accepted that Haas an American team because it is owned by an American.
Haas and AlphaTauri need to be sold to people who will take the sport seriously. Andretti needs to be the 11th team, however. I'm fine with HiTech buying one of those two or being a new team.jorgerr96 said:
Just hope they don't leave. I still want a 24 car grid again. Hitech (from F2, F3, F4) announced yesterday they have plans to bid for a slot on the 2026 grid and if the FIA lets them in but not Andretti that would be wild lol
the only american thing Haas had was that USGP package that included a BBQ with team members lol
Yes! Those two teams deserve more than the attention and investment they are currently getting.
Yet again .....
🚨 BREAKING: AlphaTauri will no longer go by the name AlphaTauri in Formula 1 from 2024 onwards
— Fastest Pitstop (@FastestPitStop) June 28, 2023
Helmut Marko on the name change:
"The course is clear: Follow Red Bull Racing as far as the regulations allow. Designing your own is not the way.
There will be new sponsors and a… pic.twitter.com/cL78uYDGvl
Now know as RBZ (Red Bull Zwei)
AlphaTauri as a clothing brand has been a huge flop. (No way; an energy drink company making clothes is a flop!? Who could have predicted this?)
With DM passing away, it would seem the new RB leadership is changing a few things here or there.
With DM passing away, it would seem the new RB leadership is changing a few things here or there.
I mean, an energy drink company is winning Formula 1 right now...?numetalbizkitaggie said:
AlphaTauri as a clothing brand has been a huge flop. (No way; an energy drink company making clothes is a flop!? Who could have predicted this?)
With DM passing away, it would seem the new RB leadership is changing a few things here or there.
I think the bigger reason it's a flop is that they're trying to charge near $500 for this outfit, shoes not included.
But when you have Tom Brady as your model, you are bound to succeed.
Maybe they thought that Gasly would bring some looks and appeal from the Formula 1 side to the clothing side. However, now that he is at Alpine, the current drivers would not fit that bill.
Fashion industry is a little different than motorsport. Could we agree that anything sport makes a bit more commercial sense for an energy drink company than fashion? DM was also a huge motorsport fanatic so that's a big reason RB is successful in F1. Maybe he was a fashion guy too, who knows, but he's passed away so AT isn't really comparable as a brand.XpressAg09 said:I mean, an energy drink company is winning Formula 1 right now...?numetalbizkitaggie said:
AlphaTauri as a clothing brand has been a huge flop. (No way; an energy drink company making clothes is a flop!? Who could have predicted this?)
With DM passing away, it would seem the new RB leadership is changing a few things here or there.
I think the bigger reason it's a flop is that they're trying to charge near $500 for this outfit, shoes not included.
And yeah, they wanted to be a high fashion brand with zero pedigree in the industry; that's what I'm saying is the issue.
Albon having a good FP1 so far. Currently P5 and about 0.4 behind the top spot.
Reminder that this is a sprint weekend so the scheduled is jumbled up!
Free Practice 1
30 Jun
06:30 (CT)
Qualifying
30 Jun
10:00 (CT)
Sprint Shootout (Sprint Qualifying)
1 Jul
05:00 (CT)
Sprint
1 Jul
09:30 (CT)
Grand Prix
2 Jul
08:00 (CT)
Free Practice 1
30 Jun
06:30 (CT)
Qualifying
30 Jun
10:00 (CT)
Sprint Shootout (Sprint Qualifying)
1 Jul
05:00 (CT)
Sprint
1 Jul
09:30 (CT)
Grand Prix
2 Jul
08:00 (CT)
F3 quali was a disaster at the end with nearly everybody out on track. F2 was decent but sucks to see Bearman either have an insane 30 point weekend or a terrible one with 0 (probably this week).
F1 sprint shootout on and honestly they might as well just cancel De Vries flight back and leave him there. Just call Lawson at this point
Today is race quali. Sprint Shootout is tomorrow morning.
So what's everyone's take on Lewis saying thisQuote:
Hamilton would like to see a rule introduced to prevent teams being able to switch to developing their next car too early in the season.
"The car (Mercedes' W14) is moving in the right direction. I think ultimately it's likely that - bit by bit - by the end of the year we will probably catch Red Bull, but that's only because they're probably already focusing on next year's car because they're so far ahead," Hamilton told Sky Sports at the Austrian GP.
"They don't have to make any changes to this year's car any more as they're so far ahead. He's cruising at 100 points ahead of us.
"I think the FIA should probably put a time when everyone is allowed to start developing on the next year's car. So August 1, that's when everybody can start so then no one can get an advantage on the next year, cause that sucks.
Checo driving like an F3 driver out there. Insane to see how many laps he got deleted because of track limits. horrible driving
Russell and Perez out of Q2
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Nothing about what Mercedes has done to the car over the last few months leads this Mercedes fan to believe that the team will catch the current Red Bull by the end of the year...
...even if Red Bull decided to stop upgrading their current car.
...even if Red Bull decided to stop upgrading their current car.
What he's saying though, is that FIA should start restricting teams, and establishing a date that they can start working on upgrades...allowing other teams to catch up.
He used the example that RB is so far ahead this season, they can work on next season...and that's not fair.
I dont know if he's wrong, but I dont think he can be the person saying it. He didnt bring this up the past decade when his car was so far ahead.
He used the example that RB is so far ahead this season, they can work on next season...and that's not fair.
I dont know if he's wrong, but I dont think he can be the person saying it. He didnt bring this up the past decade when his car was so far ahead.
I think that's gonna be pretty hard to police.AgGrad99 said:So what's everyone's take on Lewis saying thisQuote:
Hamilton would like to see a rule introduced to prevent teams being able to switch to developing their next car too early in the season.
"The car (Mercedes' W14) is moving in the right direction. I think ultimately it's likely that - bit by bit - by the end of the year we will probably catch Red Bull, but that's only because they're probably already focusing on next year's car because they're so far ahead," Hamilton told Sky Sports at the Austrian GP.
"They don't have to make any changes to this year's car any more as they're so far ahead. He's cruising at 100 points ahead of us.
"I think the FIA should probably put a time when everyone is allowed to start developing on the next year's car. So August 1, that's when everybody can start so then no one can get an advantage on the next year, cause that sucks.
Max Verstappen has been summoned to the stewards for allegedly impeding Kevin Magnussen during Q1#AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/csxpJMrWOO
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 30, 2023
Lewis has about as much standing to say this as Christopher Reeve.AgGrad99 said:So what's everyone's take on Lewis saying thisQuote:
Hamilton would like to see a rule introduced to prevent teams being able to switch to developing their next car too early in the season.
"The car (Mercedes' W14) is moving in the right direction. I think ultimately it's likely that - bit by bit - by the end of the year we will probably catch Red Bull, but that's only because they're probably already focusing on next year's car because they're so far ahead," Hamilton told Sky Sports at the Austrian GP.
"They don't have to make any changes to this year's car any more as they're so far ahead. He's cruising at 100 points ahead of us.
"I think the FIA should probably put a time when everyone is allowed to start developing on the next year's car. So August 1, that's when everybody can start so then no one can get an advantage on the next year, cause that sucks.
He actually looked to be trying to get out of the way, just poorly.Gladiator 96 said:Max Verstappen has been summoned to the stewards for allegedly impeding Kevin Magnussen during Q1#AustrianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/csxpJMrWOO
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 30, 2023
Also, the stewards can see the pitchforks from their seat. It's called the Red Bull Ring for goodness' sake.
Honestly, he makes a valid point.Azariah said:Lewis has about as much standing to say this as Christopher Reeve.AgGrad99 said:So what's everyone's take on Lewis saying thisQuote:
Hamilton would like to see a rule introduced to prevent teams being able to switch to developing their next car too early in the season.
"The car (Mercedes' W14) is moving in the right direction. I think ultimately it's likely that - bit by bit - by the end of the year we will probably catch Red Bull, but that's only because they're probably already focusing on next year's car because they're so far ahead," Hamilton told Sky Sports at the Austrian GP.
"They don't have to make any changes to this year's car any more as they're so far ahead. He's cruising at 100 points ahead of us.
"I think the FIA should probably put a time when everyone is allowed to start developing on the next year's car. So August 1, that's when everybody can start so then no one can get an advantage on the next year, cause that sucks.
In the case of Red Bull, he's exactly right. Then look at teams like Haas and Alpine that scrapped last year to focus on this year. Makes for some boring racing when teams don't care about the current season.
That's how Kubica missed out of a championship run. 2008 is like one of the biggest what if's in modern times. Dude was legitimately a serious contender and what does Sauber do? Decide to forget about the 2008 season and start focusing on 2009 mid year. And of course Sauber car in 2009 was pretty terrible lol
F2 paid respect with a moment of silence before their sprint race so I am hoping F1 does the same (teams and drivers already left their condolences on socials)
Bottas on mediums, this should be fun.
Bottas box to start the race
HULK!
Hope for Haas's sake the track stays wet.
Excellent points for Hulk and Haas! Could have been higher but great fight by Nico!
Probably the best racing we've seen all season. Hopefully tomorrow can bring a similar amount of excitement
That was a BANGER of a race
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