Formula 1 2021 - General Discussion Thread (Read 1st post rules)

It would be if you didn't have the likes of mazepin or latifi taking up seats cause of their cash. You've some competent drivers sitting on the side lines and it looks like piastri is won't get a seat again because of money.

This is a very good point.

I'm reading "Mr. Le Mans" at the moment and moving through the chapters which deal with Tom Kristensen's early career. Lots going on (political decisions etc.) but the amount of times he was overlooked for F1 because he couldn't bring in huge sponsors or was unwilling to pay for his seat is amazing. No guarantee he would have won a title had he made it but he was faster than most of his team mates (one being Jacques Villeneuve).

He eventually went on to win Le Mans 9 times (record) and pretty much everything else in endurance racing for anyone who doesn't know him.

IMO, Mazepin shouldn't be even close to sitting in that Haas car and he's keeping some genuine talent out of the sport as a result. He'd probably spin the car if he was put in charge of cleaning it.

But this has always been the way in motorsport...

Also worth mentioning that the $200m entry fee is in part to promote stability. An 11th team means prize money will be divided 11 ways instead of 10. It isn't just a fee the FIA collects, it's distributed amongst the teams to compensate them for lost prize money in the future.

Bernie took the approach of penalising the last place team as a way help them go bust to trim the fat from the grid. But that also means there's little stability and reduced ability to financially plan. So there is stability now which kinda relies on it being a closed shop.

No you wouldn't. Esports isn't for me but if other people enjoy it then I'm happy for them. As long as they can translate esports fans into F1 fans then it's great. Presuming the exports to F1 converts will be younger, they'll bring change to F1. I'd say the sprint format is designed with that kind of audience in mind.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-rotational-inertia-led-traction-control-willem-toet

Willem Toet, who was head of head of aerodynamics at Benneton at the time, wrote a great article on how they actually achieved 'legal' traction control.

I see I'm the latest fan survey that 70% voted Monza the most important race with Belgium at 65%, Britain 60% Monaco 54%, Japan 28%, and Brazil 24%,

Mclaren was voted the most popular team at 29% with Red Bull in second at 20% , Ferrari in third at 18% and Mercedes only on 12%. HAAS got a big fat 0% vote.

William Aston Martin and Alpine all got 3 % with Alpha Tauri on 2% and Alfa Romeo on 1%.

Max Verstappen and Lando Nortis are the most popular drivers both on 14% with

Lewis Hamilton in second or third at-12%

Daniel Ricciardo on 10%

He's had the same hectic schedule for years and it never stopped him winning. Then again, he doesn't have a car that's head and shoulders above the rest this year.

Does he not have his own executive jet ??

Yeah, as Jordan 199 says he sold it. He went vegan for environmental reasons and then soon after put on social media that he sent his private jet across the Atlantic to get his dog from the UK and bring it back to the USA. People pointed out how environmentally impactful that was, so he sold his jet and flies on commercial flights now instead. He put his money where his mouth is, but you can be sure people won't see it like that.

I didn't suggest he's was a man of the people. Where did you get that from?

Ok. Just generic Hamilton jealousy/bashing. Work away.

Sweetheart? You can do better, Frank.

Work away with the Hamilton bashing.

It's pretty naive to think going vegan will have much of an impact when he has been using a private jet for the past few years. To offset that kind of carbon footprint just from switching a diet when his job is based around massive travel and haulage, he will need a time machine to fix that.

And he got rid of the jet, so what about the effect of the thousands of new vegans he creates. Irregardless if you want to take this to a different thread, perhaps you can pearl clutch there because someone wants to lead by example