Whatisname from Red Bull, the CEO, he should be brave, just fire Perez, let the reserve driver take the 2nd car.. Why wait, very surprised that by Monday 11am UK time there was no presser announcing the new driver line up for the remainder of 2024..
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PlayUltimate
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No need before a long break. Everyone knows that something is going to happen (unless Perez somehow podiums on Sunday.) With the short week, it makes sense to keep things as is for now and then take the long break to reassign.
Yuki and Max would be a handful, but I think I'd prefer that than Daniel. Daniel needs to be replaced, as well as Checo. However Daniel isn't that bad that his contract needs to be cut short. Let Liam come in alongside him. But please get rid of Checo asap.
CWallace
macrumors G5
Looks like Renault has decided to end being an F1 PSU supplier at the end of the current regulations in 2025 and Alpine will adopt Mercedes power for 2026.
www.the-race.com
Renault set to drop works F1 engine, Alpine-Mercedes deal close
Renault looks increasingly likely to drop its works Formula 1 engine as its Alpine team focuses on closing a Mercedes customer deal
www.the-race.com
Glideslope
macrumors G3
Looking like Red Bull will take the 10 Place Grid Penalty for PU #5 this weekend as well.
Glideslope
macrumors G3
Looks like Renault has decided to end being an F1 PSU supplier at the end of the current regulations in 2025 and Alpine will adopt Mercedes power for 2026.
Renault set to drop works F1 engine, Alpine-Mercedes deal close
Renault looks increasingly likely to drop its works Formula 1 engine as its Alpine team focuses on closing a Mercedes customer deal
No loss here. Renault has shown no interest in rectifying their 25hp+ disadvantage.
CWallace
macrumors G5
For those who believe "Lewis would never give up a position", a clip of the final lap of the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix (karmic?) appeared in my YouTube feed this morning showing Lewis moving aside on the last corner of the last lap to let Valtteri Bottas past to finish 3rd. Lewis had been let past 10 laps prior by team orders to see if he could catch the Ferrari's of Vettel and Räikkönen, but he had been unable to and the team asked him to give the position back to Valtteri.
Proof you can be a seven time World Champion and 100+ race winner without being a ruthless jerk. 🙂
Proof you can be a seven time World Champion and 100+ race winner without being a ruthless jerk. 🙂
And that was 7 years ago. Hence the sharp and to the point remark from Lando Norris 😉
The-Real-Deal82
macrumors P6
Lando should watch that clip and the aftermath to learn how to do it and not be touchy, especially if given a compliment lol. He'll learn, a few more race wins and it will be less of a big deal to him.
headlessmike
macrumors 68000
Ocon to Haas is confirmed now.
www.formula1.com
Haas confirm signing of Ocon on multi-year contract
Haas have signed Alpine’s Esteban Ocon on a multi-year contract to partner rookie Ollie Bearman in 2025.
PlayUltimate
macrumors 65816
not a bad course to do it on. Max knows it well and it is easier to overtake on
CWallace
macrumors G5
Max did alright in 2022 and 2023 after a Spa engine change, but the competition is so much closer now...
Max has been a naughty boy, could very well explain his miserable mood. He was up past 3AM playing sim games the night before last weekends race, the team have banned him from playing them the night before a race.
www.telegraph.co.uk
You’d think he gets enough SIM racing at the factory on a setup most can only dream of owning…
Max Verstappen banned by Red Bull from sim racing before F1 races
Dutchman had been awake past 3am on the eve of Hungarian Grand Prix, having participated in the ‘24 Hours of Spa’
www.telegraph.co.uk
You’d think he gets enough SIM racing at the factory on a setup most can only dream of owning…
Glideslope
macrumors G3
Max has been a naughty boy, could very well explain his miserable mood. He was up past 3AM playing sim games the night before last weekends race, the team have banned him from playing them the night before a race.
Max Verstappen banned by Red Bull from sim racing before F1 races
Dutchman had been awake past 3am on the eve of Hungarian Grand Prix, having participated in the ‘24 Hours of Spa’
You’d think he gets enough SIM racing at the factory on a setup most can only dream of owning…
Max is not a normal Human.
Track conditions will play a bigger role this time. I’m not convinced the RB20 hasn’t lost some wet track performance with the Hungary Upgrades.
It's funny that Lando referred to 7 years ago, which is exactly this race where Lewis gave back his position to Bottas.
It's hard to replace a driver mid-season without having driven the car before. Perez his replacement might perform even worse due to being unfamiliar with the car.
It's better to replace Perez after the season is over so that the new driver has time to learn about the car.
Piastri wasn't the better driver. Norris had a bad start due to a glitch on his car (so it's the fault of the team). And Norris was faster than Piastri during the race.
And to be fair, Piastri made so many mistakes that race, Norris would have gotten passed Piastri even if Piastri pitted first. He was off the track multiple times and his laptimes were also slower.
Max I doubt would listen to some random dude telling him what to do/cannot do at 3am on a Sunday morning... I know Jos is his dad, when did Horner adopt Max? If Max does in fact listen, then boy Max should be suspended by the FIA. his licence suspended, and Max admitted for mental health reasons, Max is an adult, if Max wants to be bedroom active at 3AM with a wife/girl friend, is daddy Horner going to knock on the door????? Really Max is +18 yrs old...
The-Real-Deal82
macrumors P6
I’m more than happy for Max to play video games through the night before races and spend an entire race weekend throwing a tantrum.
Of course the ideal would be for a bad qualifying and a 10 place grid penalty for Max. If McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari can get their **** together then we can see a nice inroad to that championship lead.
Anyway it’s nice to be able to look forward to race weekends with actual racing again!
Anyway it’s nice to be able to look forward to race weekends with actual racing again!
Max denies and has a different recollection of the conversations.Max has been a naughty boy, could very well explain his miserable mood. He was up past 3AM playing sim games the night before last weekends race, the team have banned him from playing them the night before a race.
Max Verstappen banned by Red Bull from sim racing before F1 races
Dutchman had been awake past 3am on the eve of Hungarian Grand Prix, having participated in the ‘24 Hours of Spa’
You’d think he gets enough SIM racing at the factory on a setup most can only dream of owning…
Felle Verstappen ontkent simraceverbod: "Ben een drievoudig wereldkampioen"
Max Verstappen ontkracht geruchten over simrace-verbod: ontdek zijn kant van het verhaal en hoe hij zijn voorbereidingen op Grand Prix-weekenden verdedigt.
www.gptoday.net
Mclaren, who is No1, No2? Who gets priority? F1 needs a bit of spice, it was about as exciting as getting a 5 pack of ramen noodles for Christmas...
pachyderm
macrumors G5
pachyderm
macrumors G5
Max denies and has a different recollection of the conversations.
Felle Verstappen ontkent simraceverbod: "Ben een drievoudig wereldkampioen"
Max Verstappen ontkracht geruchten over simrace-verbod: ontdek zijn kant van het verhaal en hoe hij zijn voorbereidingen op Grand Prix-weekenden verdedigt.
I'm sure he does, but it is a fact the team have told him to not play sim games into 3AM before a race. Which I think is fair enough. I'll stick to the English reporting on the event. No idea what the report you linked to states.
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