2025 F1 General Discussion Thread

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rameire

I thought Cadallic were signing Sergio Perez, who is this Checo guy they speak of. 🤣

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123749458#Comment_123749458

Not another one like this... 👀

flazio

The break is nearly over. Welcome to Race Week

PsychoPete

Cadillac dropping some announcements

https://twitter.com/Cadillac_F1/status/1960303622308167898?t=xrTuDO_SB9a94qGcvgoBtg&s=19

https://twitter.com/Cadillac_F1/status/1960304973108973821?t=eRj9eqHQI74T2-_TlPPVdA&s=19

dulpit

Solid line-up. Really solid. Likely will be a terrible car, but drivers won't be to blame…

Brief_Lives

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123756149#Comment_123756149

I forget his name at the moment, but the english head guy at cadillac said that they don't think that they will be competitive until At Least 2030.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123756176#Comment_123756176

Graeme Lowdon? The Team Principal? At least they are being realistic. Hopefully GM are aware of this too and don't make unreasonable requests of them

Brief_Lives

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123756355#Comment_123756355

that's the man… Lowdon

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123756176#Comment_123756176

well at least if they are talking like thatit means they have funding secure for a few years and won't disappear because they are at the back of the grid.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123756103#Comment_123756103

Great to see this, and a show of intent by going with 2 drivers with this much experience.

mickdw

Surprised they have been able to recruit those two drivers considering they will be nowhere for a few years. I wouldn't have thought either one would fancy running around at the back.

flazio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123757067#Comment_123757067

You really think where they are right now is better? Maybe just being Formula 1 drivers is enough.

dulpit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123757108#Comment_123757108

And don't forget the money…

Plus for these drivers - they were never going to be world champions. Being involved from day 1 in a new team and being able to set the example for drivers to come is a great opportunity - similar to David Coulthard at Red Bull. He's still getting paid by them now sure…

mickdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123757108#Comment_123757108

Hard To know. Plenty drivers call it a day when the only option is to run at the back.

Sometimes a driver might have a chance to revive a career if they beat a young hotshot or whatever. For those 2, there is little upside in that regard.

recyclebin

Perez spent most of his career in a mediocre car so he will be well used to it. Bottas also finished 22nd in the Sauber in 2024 with zero points so I don't think he could end up in a much worse car either. I think they will both be joining Cadillic with low expectations and hope to build the team and get well paid for it too.

muckwarrior

Cadillac becomes the first team to have two number 2 drivers.

I saw the above somewhere and it made me chuckle.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123759795#Comment_123759795

But look at the guys they were number 2 to 🙂

dulpit

Who do we reckon will be the number 2 of cadillac though? I reckon Bottas will beat out Perez over the year but I don't think it'll be a big gap between them...

pjohnson

It'll be an interesting teammate battle for sure.

AMKC

A nice statistic for Caddiliac about one of there drivers.

I am thinking that this is better than Sergios statistic for the same thing.

thefa

Perez definitely had a few bumps over the years. Remember Ocon and himself as teammates and feel like he instigated a fair few desperate moves in his time at Red Bull resulting in contact.

Would fancy Bottas purely on the being the better qualifier but that might not make as much a difference if always the last two slots.

Paddy_Mag

Very dull and cloudy on the build up. Rain forecast for 3pm in the area

Jordan 199

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Brief_Lives

2 boys that deserve a hug and an icecream cone with a flake..

Paddy_Mag

Villeneuve is brilliant pundit

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123772326#Comment_123772326

Yeah, not giving any quarter. Gave Antonelli some smacking.

Paddy_Mag

5 place grid penalty for Hamilton next weekend

Brief_Lives

Lewis Hamilton has been given a five-place grid penalty for next weekend's Italian Grand Prix after he failed to slow down for yellow flags on his way to the grid at Zandvoort.

Hamilton, who crashed out of the Dutch Grand Prix through his own driver error, will start no higher than sixth for Ferrari's home event at Monza.

The stewards said: "Due to the nature of the track, the Race Director had informed all participants that the last corner before the pit lane would have double yellow flags waved. This was to ensure the safety of those on the grid and in the pit lane. The regulations require that any driver passing through a double waved yellow flag marshalling sector 'reduce speed significantly…'.

"We looked through the available telemetry within the FIA system. We also requested the team to provide us with their telemetry data. All of this took some time and this decision was delayed as a result.

"In addition, Article 44.1 requires all drivers covering more than one reconnaissance lap to drive down the pit entry road at 'greatly reduced speed'. Hamilton had entered the double yellow sector approximately 20kph less than his speed at the same point in practice sessions, had reduced throttle application in the order of 10% to 20% and had lifted and braked 70 metres earlier when entering the pit lane.

"We did not consider that a 20kph reduction in speed at a double waved yellow sector constituted reducing speed 'significantly'. We also did not consider the speed at which the driver entered the pit entry road as being at a 'greatly' reduced speed.

"The penalty guidelines for such an infringement would ordinarily attract a penalty of 10 grid positions at the next race. However, given that the driver had made an attempt to reduce his speed and to brake earlier, we took that into account as mitigating circumstances and imposed a 5 grid place penalty.

dulpit

George and Kimi confirmed for Mercedes next year

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/cvgv2r1g0ljo

That's McLaren, Ferrari, Cadillac, Mercedes, Sauber/Audi, Williams and Aston Martin all fully confirmed for next year.

Off top of my head I think max for red bull, pierre for alpine are confirmed, but nobody for VCARB and not sure about Haas.