2024 F1 General Discussion Thread

The F1 shop on Liffey Street, I bought a green Jordan F1 “velour” jacket

It was cringe at the time but I wish I kept it

I don't get he hate for Yuki. He's performed well against his team mates the past couple of years. What more can you ask?

Don't be so hot-headed in your car? Don't be roaring at your race engineers all the time? Don't do stupid things like nearly crash into your team mate after team orders? These are the reasons I see Red Bull not wanting him in the main team. He's never fully removed his perceived immaturity under pressure. Nothing to do with his driving mind…

Newey leaving red bull this year is your gossip for today

Good for F1 (you'd hope) with him leaving.

At 65, he also splits his time between England and South Africa now, will he take on another F1 team or retire?

Lawrence Stroll Snr must be sending him a blank cheque right now.

He might last championship winning car in him but at 65 you'd surely bet on him retiring

Big loss for RB,things must be pretty toxic in there..

Assuming Newey goes at the end of the season I think Max will stick around to see how RBR are shaping up without Newey and how they fare with new regs in 2026. But who knows, if Max decides to go as well that will really make things interesting in the driver market.

On Reddit a lot of people are quoting journalists saying he wants to leave at the end of this season to go to another team but don't they have to take gardening leave? He has a contract until the end of 2025.

"Red Bull Racing say that “they are unaware of any official communication from Adrian Newey notifying of his intention to serve notice and to leave Red Bull Racing.” Sky reporter Craig Slater also makes note that Adrian Newey’s contract with Red Bull is until the end of 2025. He however needs to serve a year of gardening leave after that which means that under those terms, he would not be able to join another Formula 1 team until 2027."

This spices things up a bit more, but also pours cold water on things.

The autosport forum and reddit is full of Hamilton fanboys, pathetic, even if he goes to Ferrari, Leclerc will be the real winner.

Having said that, I would have AM over Ferrari to get him. He has worked with them before, Honda are going there, new facilities, has said he would like to work with Alonso, the reported sum offered to him is $100m over 4 seasons.

…watch him go and retire.

His contract ends next year but he'd have to do another year of gardening leave, which is harsh.

If he does go, you'd imagine red bull would be on a slide from 2026 with a new set of regs and their new engines too...

Just an odd contract that expires but you have to have an additional year's leave on top of it before you can take a new job...

Lol

That's why I reckon Red Bull may take a wad of cash to allow him go, unless he is just retiring, he is 65

When you think about it if Newey has to stay to end of contract including gardening leave it will be 2027 before he can enter another team. Now in 2027 that car will not be built by Newey. Yes he will have input on the car as the year goes on but not until 2028 will it be a full Newey car from the ground up and then he will be 69. Retirement most be very high up there. But if he doesn't go I think Aston Martin will be his next home. He has already mentioned in passing comments England is his home near to his family.

Imagine if he went to Williams.

"they'd never be able to afford him"

Maybe he's not in it for the money anymore.🤷