Listening to one of the podcasts and they said the RB tends to be front tyre limited where the Mercedes tends to be rear limited (pretty sure I have it the right way around but maybe someone will correct me). They thought Qatar would be rear limited but it turned out to be front limited and that counted against RB.
I wonder will Saudi be front or rear limited? You'd think a high speed track would be front limited, is that how it works?
Frank Williams has died.
I think that he deserves a thread all of his own. Not even that old really. Only 79. May he Rest In Peace.
And he probably thought we'd all forgotten.
Ye we kinda had untillbthis post came up. Who is that on the table getting the tattoo? Is that the Renault or now former Renault F1 boss boss he made the bet with and if it is then its about time.
Abiteboul with hair isn't it?
I think last years Merc was more suited to that, they had the floor optimised for pretty much any condition. The loss of that and the rear brake ducts seems to have reverted that a bit on them, Baku for instance wasn't great for them due to the low grip surface.
This new track is a completely unknown. The surface hasn't had a lot of time to even cure yet despite the heat.
Yep Cyril Abiteboul getting the long promised tattoo. Both him and Daniel have long left Enstone.
Seen some pics of Jeddah on social media. Formula E on steroids this weekend. Will be a miracle if Mazepin doesn't total his car once
I see Mazepin was complaining that his chassis is heavier than Schumacher's. They're using last years car so the chassis was the seme as last year's. They had to make a new one and made some improvements and gave it to Schumachera.
Mazepin complained that it was lighter than his so his father paid for them to make a new one for him. He used it in the last few races aaaand he wrecked it in Qatar practice. So he's back to using the older heavier one and has the cheek to complain that it's heavier than Schumacher's.
Can't blame Haas for choosing to give the better one to Mazepin.
Thread for Saudi GP
https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058220595/formula-1-round-21-saudia-arabia-gp/p1?new=1
You mean for given the better one to Schumacher lol not Mazepin.
Ha. That's exactly what I mean.
Mazepin must not be paying Haas enough if he doesn't get first call on parts and car upgrades.
I would have thought Mazepins money was keeping Haas afloat and that Schumacher was only getting scraps.
Yeah you'd think Mazepin was going to be the one calling the shots but i suppose the reality must be different and the team must retain more control.
I'm surprised the Schumacher name didn't bring in enough money that they needed to paint the car in a Russian flag.
With the budget cap and increasing commercial revenues you would hope that F1 will become more self financing and pay drivers will be needed less in the future.
I imagine the palative care that Michael needs after the accident isn't cheap.
Lewis not comfortable In Saudi, as he wanders around around Petronas written large across his chest, a company owned by the Malaysia government
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/59511709
theguardian.com: Grenfell Tower: Gove joins condemnation of Lewis Hamilton F1 deal.
Interesting take on the Kingspan sponsorship of the Mercedes car.
Lewis doesn't control sponsorship so I wouldn't blame him for the deal. I wonder if they'll end up terminating the contract though.
Most cars would have no sponsors on them if people went into the details more. Even though tobacco is banned from advertising, they still do it with Ferrari and McLaren. Merc also benefit from Petronas, who are state owned...and they aren't very nice to certain citizens over there.
I agree, if you start down that road where does it end? Lots of F1 teams have sponsorship deals with companies that are morally dubious it’s a can of worms that’s best left closed. I’m all for giving Hamilton stick at any opportunity but I doubt he has much say in which companies get their name on the car.
Wouldn't particularly give Hamilton stick over the Kingspan one but the team's title sponsor ain't squeaky clean either. I was glib (either here or race thread) about it because it was mentioned as an Irish company. But they're the same as any other big company, money, money, money and if people die, so be it.
Mercedes themselves are still being actively investigated for their continued cheating on diesel emissions regulations, knowingly accelerating climate change and causing mass scale respiratory and other pollution related health issues for the sake of money, so it's hardly a surprise they're in bed with a lot of very shady sponsors.
Neither would I give Hamilton stick. But since he's associated with the Grenfell group then it's natural thst they would use it as an opportunity to have a pop at Kingspan. Poor all Lewis. No good deed...
Formula 1 cars don't run on diesel. These days the shadiest thing Kingspan do is shirt sponsor Cavan GAA. They have plenty of money without sponsorship if they'd only use it.
Toto has written an open letter to the Grenfell United, the action group, basically defending Kingspan.
What else is he supposed to do? Its defend the partnership or end the sponsorship. And someone suggested earlier that they're going to be a much bigger sponsor next year.
Business doesn't care about people or their deaths. It's just good capitalism unless the publicity somehow makes it less profitable in which case it would be bad capitalism.
Maybe they are but we all know the real bad boys were VolksWagon. Volkswagon can pretend to be as clean as they like now with ID 3s and 4s etc but I will never forgive or forget what they done. That's why I do not want them or any of there companies involved in F1 ever. The day that happens is the day I will stop watching or even caring about F1.
Why is VW so much worse than Mercedes? Weren't they up to the same craic?
Ye but VW were the worst.
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