Marc

I’ll admit, this hurts my brain a little https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-f1-engine-row-triggered-by-porsche-audi-plans/

Yeah exactly. But then what’s the expectation of salvaging or damage limitation for the season? If they can’t win, if they’re comfortable with 3rd or 4th, then why not test and get on top of this concept all the way to the end? I’m assuming that whatever the virtual world is showing them has made them abandon the “conventional” car and enthusiastically bring the sidepod-less design this far. Why stop now? Spend this year’s budget on next year? Are they only now realizing it’s too much of a hole to go down??

Russell is apparently answering questions regarding rumors about Mercedes reverting to the Barcelona test car. He’s saying they have to be careful they “don’t do anything crazy that will be a step backwards, not forwards”. Is it possible that they have real doubts they can actually get the physics right on this car? Maybe put it aside and redesign for next year?

It’s going to be really interesting to see if Merc can come up with a solution under the new regulations. Using my imagination, I’m having trouble picturing it. Sure, they can show up with a redesigned floor, but (with my painfully low knowledge of the matter) it appears to be a very complicated and multi-faceted problem. If they can find the right equation (which they haven’t found yet), yes it could be a game changer, but I just can’t see how that much design time can elapse, yet you can fix such a serious issue in n days and weeks. ?????

Very impressive by Charles and his Ferrari. I know it’s normal to split your strategies but confused as to why Ferrari put Carlos on hards starting from 10th. That made no sense. Very good race for Mercedes, and my optimism for McLaren continues despite Lando’s post-race comments.

A little more reason for optimism this morning. Will be an interesting race tomorrow, looking forward to it.

It’s really bummed me out. Lando’s post race interview was heartbreaking. So much expectation just gone up in smoke.

As a global location for a once yearly sporting event, Las Vegas seems completely obvious. More obvious than Miami in my opinion. The idea of 30 races a year comes with so many questions. There’s obvious logistical questions. But before floating ideas like a 30 race schedule, doesn’t Formula 1 have to get a real sense that this bump in popularity is going to be a lasting one? Forgive me if I’m not completely correct about this but I saw a headline yesterday that Domenicalli and DTS producers were going to be having a meeting regarding them overly using their poetic license and hyping rivalries. With the current champion saying that “F1 is not the Kardashians”. If you’re intending to promote 30 races a year, then fierce rivalries, real or hyped, are likely to be the only reliable force in getting people to subscribe and watch. Just one thought.

Beautiful drive from Charles. So composed. So many positives to talk about. Very strange what happened to the Red Bulls. Some interesting tire moves. Absolutely heartbreaking to see McLaren back there. Every year I have so much hope for them, more than ever for this year, so that was hard to watch.

I’m extremely happy for Charles, and absolutely heartbroken for McLaren. To early to lose all optimism for them I guess but they do make it difficult

I really enjoyed the first season. I zoned out on the second and third, I would put it on and found it a bit tedious and repetitive.

Alpine https://www.instagram.com/p/CaiCYiiPekg/?utm_medium=copy_link

The Kremlin have to be putting a huge amount of pressure on players of all sports to return to Russia. What a terrible position to be in.

I would imagine that with all the bans and cancellations of events that Russia is facing in the world of sports and entertainment, the majority of Russian players, especially the well known ones, in all sports, are under huge pressure from the Kremlin right now, to return to Russia.