Ya never know...Well maybe, but it could keep the Australian journos in business writing articles about F1. Controversy sells.
Maybe I'm being too cynical.
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2025 Formula One Season Thread
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As I understand it, Lewis approached the pit lane entry at quite high speed (my guess is to simulate a race stop). If he had suffered a mechanical failure, he could have plowed into the packed grid with absolutely catastrophic results. So the speculation is the stewards dropped the hammer on him both due to the possible danger and to dissuade such actions by drivers in the future.
With how dominant the McLaren's are this year, one DNF is going to cost you dearly, and Lando now has two.
Lando is not out of it yet, but his path to victory is extremely difficult with "only" nine races left. Even if Lando wins the next five races, he would still be one point behind Oscar if Oscar finishes second in those races.
Honestly Oscar has been the man all season, so I don't think Lando has had a chance anyways.
Oscar does have the more wins (7 to 5) and he has been off the podium only twice whereas Lando has been off three times (and Oscar scored points on both non-podium finishes whereas Lando scored points in only one).
Lando did have momentum going into the break, but I would not at all be surprised if that now swings towards Oscar.
That may or may not have been the case, the argument is that the Stewards refused to do any work on Sunday, so pushed the work off as late as they could.. Lewis should if guilty of this offence, been moved off the grid, pit lane start, handed points on his licence, or a stop/go penalty to be served within 3 laps of the start...
To punish him at a future event.. You do 12 mph over, and cannot travel a month from now to a funeral.. You would be more than a little bit confused.. He should have been punished at the time and location of offence.. Not at some future event, as we know, races have been cancelled due to weather, so would this mean Lewis is punished at a 2nd location?
No, it makes no sense to move his location of punishment to Italy, that has already destroyed any sort of positive marketing for that event.. Lewis offended before the start..time enough to punish before, and argue after..
The comments on news articles are all suggesting Piastri doesn’t deserve the championship, has no skill, just winning because fastest car, etc.
If that’s the case then Norris has even less ability and skill.
When you get down to it that's pretty much how every champion is made, lol.
And if that's the actual case why wasn't Johnny Herbert a champion? Perez? Bottas? etc etc
Which actually strengthens my point of who is the Driver's Champion? In this case,m clearly Oscar is better than Lando, for the MacLaren Driver's Championship, why we have a drivers or constructors title in F1 is a bit pointless, when there is no way to measure each car, there is no handicapping system.. There should be..So in real terms, the F1 champion really is the champion from F2.. Where that is all driver as the cars are all the same!!!
F1 has always been about the best car from the best team.
That's why you had things like Brabham BT46/B, the Williams with the active suspension for instance, the turbo Renault 1.5L engine which changed everything.
It's annoying that there are so many restrictions, it takes away the appeal of what makes F1 interesting. It's why I don't watch it anymore. And the cars look like boats now. They are so enormous.
Interesting for me is BT55 Brabhams, The BT49, the Lotus 88B, The BT46/B, Tyrrell P34, The Leyton House CG901 B versiion, Williams FW08, the CVT Williams for instance, or beautiful machines like the Ferrari F2003GA.
The moment F1 starts putting parity adjustments, then it's a complete joke.
That's why you had things like Brabham BT46/B, the Williams with the active suspension for instance, the turbo Renault 1.5L engine which changed everything.
It's annoying that there are so many restrictions, it takes away the appeal of what makes F1 interesting. It's why I don't watch it anymore. And the cars look like boats now. They are so enormous.
Interesting for me is BT55 Brabhams, The BT49, the Lotus 88B, The BT46/B, Tyrrell P34, The Leyton House CG901 B versiion, Williams FW08, the CVT Williams for instance, or beautiful machines like the Ferrari F2003GA.
The moment F1 starts putting parity adjustments, then it's a complete joke.
Yes, back in the slaughter era, before the pretty drivers, the old man Hill, the orginal Villneuve, Mr J Stewart, back then if you survived a season, you were a legend, those cars were indeed competitive to each other...
Now in the pretty boy era, from the 2000's onwards, the mobile server rack era, where there is more pc power in each car than a ISP had in 1990.. Nope, we have 10 teams, 10 very different cars, and no way to measure who is the better driver... Put Stroll in the MacLaren, winner all day, every week.. Put Suzie Wollf as his 2nd, and maybe she is WDC?
How much of 2025 is PHD, and how much is the meat in the seat? Ban the tech, no upgrades, you have 180 days to design and build 2 cars, to a loose formula, but for safety we cannot do this in the 64bit no smoking allowed era...
Yes F1 is virtually pointless, they try and rig the rules to stop one driver from winning too much, but this just leads to more creative accounting and some other dude from being #1.. Change the regs, change the winner, if they changed the regs every 5 races, we would have 5 co leaders.. it works every time..a reg change, a new winner.. amazing!!
So Mick Schumacher decided not to become Cadillac's reserve driver and joining the Cadillac Hertz Team Jota WEC program as he feels his current Alpine WEC seat offers more freedom. He is reportedly in talks with McLaren about joining their upcoming WEC program, so maybe he thinks he can also land a reserve driver role with the F1 team.
You missed that the Williams and Ferrari are indeed high tech electronic machines.
And the Williams CVT would have dominated, as did the active ride car. Senna hated it because he couldn’t match it. The two Williams drivers were very fast in that car.
I loved Senna, but Mansell in the FW14B was on another level.
wow
Seriously, am I the only one who thinks it's time to end the "Mick Schumacher Experiment"?
This idea of bringing no hopers from the US into Formula racing, a kid that has only ever done sunny day, left turn only events, bring the "best" of indycar into F2.. Not sure that is a great idea, there is a reason we have a super licence, and a pathway from the 1st time you start in karts at 5 yrs old.. It takes a decade to build up to being medically competent to compete, by medically competent, I mean muscles, stamina, let alone the mental aspects..
To bring Herta in now, he is way too old, not fit enough, not skilled enough, to handle wet weather or damp conditions, when any sort of wet sends Indycar into cancel mode.. How is he going to handle a standard static start? VSC? Blue flags.. Lapping the safety car?
The FIA is truly in crisis, and this farce is not making things any better.. If anything, Herta into F2 proves the future is bright for the amalgamation of F1 into Indycar.. This is just the start of a brand new era of a New IndyCar..
To bring Herta in now, he is way too old, not fit enough, not skilled enough, to handle wet weather or damp conditions, when any sort of wet sends Indycar into cancel mode.. How is he going to handle a standard static start? VSC? Blue flags.. Lapping the safety car?
The FIA is truly in crisis, and this farce is not making things any better.. If anything, Herta into F2 proves the future is bright for the amalgamation of F1 into Indycar.. This is just the start of a brand new era of a New IndyCar..
Where did this come from?
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IndyCar star Colton Herta signed to Cadillac as test driver
IndyCar racer Colton Herta will spend the 2026 season as Cadillac’s test driver, following the signing of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez as the team’s main driver pairing.
The question.. Should F1 be importing talent from the US? What does this mean for European based drivers? Is this the death of F2? After all there are almost zero F2 drivers in F1 in 2026? Yet the FIA is happy to use imports from the US??
Should we bother with F2/F3 on the same race card as F1? Or should F2/F3 move to the USA? Have F2/F3 as support for Indycar? As a way to migrate drivers into F1/Indycar from 2035?
Should we bother with F2/F3 on the same race card as F1? Or should F2/F3 move to the USA? Have F2/F3 as support for Indycar? As a way to migrate drivers into F1/Indycar from 2035?
It’s all about revenue. It’s no longer about a drivers skill level. It’s about what revenue stream they will bring into the sport. This has been Liberties strategy since their acquisition of F1. Herta will bring interest from Indy Car viewers. F1 sees this as revenue enhancing. Herta winning races isn’t in the equation.
Back in 2017 I predicted that I’d miss Bernie within 10 years. I’m already there.
Sad but true.
F1 always has been an international sport so I don't see a problem with importing US drivers. I do see a problem with getting a decent US driver. As always, time will tell...
I don't know much about Colton Herta, but I am impressed that he is willing to do F2.
It looks like he has quite a safe career doing ok in the Indy field. F2 is quite a risk, if he does not get good results in F2 they won't want him in F1 and his reputation (which all drivers need) will be ruined.
Also my boss's son is basically last in F2 this year, I don't know if he will get another chance in a better team next year. But from what I have heard he is quite proud of what his son has achieved, and helped a lot financing his earlier career.
It looks like he has quite a safe career doing ok in the Indy field. F2 is quite a risk, if he does not get good results in F2 they won't want him in F1 and his reputation (which all drivers need) will be ruined.
Also my boss's son is basically last in F2 this year, I don't know if he will get another chance in a better team next year. But from what I have heard he is quite proud of what his son has achieved, and helped a lot financing his earlier career.