Ferrari have basically said ‘shove your stupid event’, they’ll be unveiling the livery (likely on a show car) at the F175 event at the O2, but will be unveiling the car at a separate dedicated event.
I mean when this event was announced it was kind of obvious that the teams wouldn’t be bringing the actual cars.
Main reasons being, the logistical nightmare of either having to bring a fully assembled F1 car into London (or a team of mechanics to assemble said car in the back of the O2)
Then there’s also the fact that teams won’t want the other teams around their assembled car before the start of preseason testing.
The liveries will likely be shown on ‘show cars’ similar to how they are in the typical livery reveals that teams do themselves.
Essentially teams like Aston Martin, Alpine, Williams, etc aren’t happy that whilst they design and manufacture most of their parts in house, Haas just buys them from Ferrari (and VCARB are planning on doing this with Red Bull to a greater degree from 2026)
As a result the above mentioned teams are demanding that a greater proportion of Haas’ parts are manufactured in house (Haas should have to do it themselves rather than buying from Ferrari)
But as of right now they don’t have the means to implement this, so with this potential rule change, if Haas were to finish P5 in the constructors this year, within 3 years of that P5 finish, they would need to be making all TRCs (Transferable Components) on their own.
TRCs include things like:
Rear impact structure
Gearbox
Clutch
Front/Rear suspension
Steering assembly
Hydraulic system
This is the guy who reported that Mohammed Ben Sulayem interfered with the overturning of Alonso’s 10 second penalty in Saudi Arabia, and also that MBS tried to tell FIA officials to find a way to not pass the circuit as safe for racing.
I honestly think that this firing and the firing of Wittich are related in some way, potentially MBS trying to get rid of those who he believes are acting against him.
F1 Contract Expiry Dates: Tracks
Monza (Italy): 2025
Mexico City (Mexico): 2025
Shanghai (China): 2025
Imola (Italy): 2025
Spa Francorchamps (Belgium): 2025
Zandvoort (Netherlands): 2025
COTA (Texas, USA): 2026
Barcelona (Spain): 2026
Baku (Azerbaijan): 2026
Marina Bay (Singapore): 2028
Suzuka (Japan): 2029
Interlagos (Brazil): 2030
Saudi Arabia: 2030
Red Bull Ring (Austria): 2030
Yes Marina (Abu Dhabi): 2030
Monaco: 2031
Miami (Florida, USA): 2031
Montreal (Canada): 2031
Losail (Qatar): 2032
Hungaroring (Hungary): 2032
Las Vegas: 2033
Silverstone (UK): 2034
Madrid (Spain): 2035
Sakhir (Bahrain): 2036
Albert Park (Australia): 2037
I saw a few of these type of tags and comments in relation to Sauber signing Bortoleto.
Firstly Gabriel Bortoleto is a 20 year old Brazilian F2 driver, and he is currently leading the F2 championship as a rookie, with 2 wins and 3 second places.
He also won the 2023 F3 Championship as a rookie, 45 points ahead of 2nd place.
He’s joined Fernando Alonso’s driver management company in 2022 and then signed with the McLaren Driver Development Program last year, after winning his F3 title
Bortoleto definitely isn’t a nobody, he has the results behind him to back his promotion, and as to why he was selected over Colapinto it could be quite simply, to do with the fact that McLaren were willing to release Bortoleto whilst Williams wanted to hold onto Colapinto.
There’s going to be so many rookies next season
To be honest, with McLaren I very much get the impression that they weren’t expecting to be as competitive as they are this year.
Towards the end of last season, and preseason this year there was a lot of talk with them about 2025 and 2026, especially once their new wind tunnel was up and running as they would be the first cars designed wholly in the new tunnel.
I think there was a somewhat bizarre series of events and their car this year was stronger than they expected, or their competitors were weaker than anticipated, and somehow they stumbled their way into a championship fight that they didn’t foresee initially being a part of. (Post Miami)
This then became more apparent as the season progressed as Red Bull seemingly got weaker and then suddenly there was talk of two championships on the line. (Around the time of the summer break)
I’m not saying that McLaren didn’t expect to be competitive at all this year, I think they probably expected that they would be towards the front but not necessarily where they ended up. (I think they were probably aiming for a close P3/P4)
Now, they haven’t been a properly competitive, Championship contender (for either championship) in well over a decade, and in that decade the team personnel and management are pretty much completely different, so it’s not really much of a surprise that they have made the stumbles that they have done, and why they still act like a midfield team, because the majority of the personnel there are used to the ‘midfield mentality’.
They kind of tripped into a championship fight (or two) that they weren’t necessarily operationally ready for, and truth be told I think this would be the case for most, if not all midfield teams, if they suddenly (in relative terms) reached that level of competition.
It’s far more common for a front runner to become a midfielder, than the opposite to happen, especially within a season or two.
In the name of safety, a driving reprimand and a €5k fine isn’t the right outcome in my opinion, for the start infringement.
Especially when you consider the fact that there were marshals and recovery vehicles on track trying to recover Stroll’s car. A car that had spun off on the formation lap, and could just have easily been joined by another.
I understand there was no prior precedent to this type of incident but, I was expecting at the very least, a time penalty plus penalty points, along with some sort of team fine, for all the drivers who breached the rules.
The drivers should be aware of the starting procedures, including aborted starts because even though they are rare, they do happen, and when they happen it’s usually because of a stranded car or debris, which are potential hazards, especially with marshals around.
Anonymous asked:
I don't think the fia is fixing the championship, but hypothetically would the fia get anything from a closer fight?
Surely not because they are a non-profit and I doubt very much individual employees have any bonuses dependent on that kind of thing. I can imagine liberty milking it but they don't have control of race control and regulations for that very reason. But obviously there may be another factor I'm missing. I'm just confused why everyone thinks the fia would get involved in this stuff
No, other than some publicity there’s nothing for the FIA to gain
FOM/Liberty Media pay them a flat fee regardless of the profit that F1 makes, so they don’t see any additional money that Liberty Media and the teams get.
The amount that the teams and drivers pay is dependent on their previous years championship points, so they’ll get the same amount of money (in total) from the teams and drivers each year regardless of a championship fight, but the individual amounts will fluctuate.
Stewards don’t get paid, all they get is their expenses covered for the weekend (so hotel and food and possibly travel)
If anything the championship battle is making them look worse because of the people getting annoyed with each decision