F1 Official Thread - Grand Prix of Britain

[Bantz Lord T]

LFG!

It’s funny how Zak will cry poverty when McLaren has numerous racing teams, a flourishing road car company, and a state of the art facility…

 

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^ To be fair, their roadcar company has been really struggling, they had to do a couple of rounds of refinancing and had to put the MTC up for sale last year (I think they currently have a rental agreement). But if he's been focusing on working within a budget over the past few years, why wouldn't he want to keep it within the cost-cutting agreement? They'll end up having Merc and RBR... and maybe even Aston throw all their money at it. Ferrari probably has the funds, but I don't think they're ready to allocate that much into their F1 project. I think Renault are even cutting back.

 

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[Bantz Lord T]

Great track, glad it’s staying on the schedule

 

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FIA planning new F1 race-management structure after Abu Dhabi controversy

Formula 1's governing body is planning a new race-management structure in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the problems at last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

www.bbc.com

There is widespread acceptance across the sport that race director Michael Masi failed to follow the rules correctly during a late safety-car period in the title-deciding race


Removing Masi and finding a new race director is a recommendation some of the teams have made to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, BBC Sport has learned.

The fallout from Abu Dhabi remains the single biggest topic facing F1 and the FIA.

The credibility of the sport has been called into question - the FIA itself has admitted it was "tarnishing the image" of F1.


There is a feeling that the FIA initially believed the furore over Abu Dhabi would die down with time.

But one influential senior figure told BBC Sport: "Anyone thinking this would go away has not realised the gigantic size of this event."

Get him all the way out of here

 

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MotoGP Boss: We Won't Make the Same Mistakes as Formula 1

No artificial rulings to spice up the action, says Dorna boss Ezpeleta

www.topspeed.com

Yikes

 

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To be fair, Moto GP is exciting enough as it is. They don't need to change nuthin'.

 

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So it begins.

 

[Bantz Lord T]

So it begins.

Cool to finally see one of these cars. All we’ve had to date were models and renderings.

 

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That's probably a rendering too... and just a generic model. I expect their Oz spec to look a bit different.

EDIT

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Wow they got me, looks real

 

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Yeah, the renders look amazing nowadays. And teams have been doing this for years!

These look amazing.

 

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Oooo... Prada.

 

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Pretty neat.

 

[kdawg]

Red Bull F1 Boss Wins Mercedes Factory Tour Auction | Man of Many

F1 team Mercedes' factory tour auction has spectacularly backfired, after rival and Rd Bull Racing boss Christian Horner won.

manofmany.com

 

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[kanyeezy411]

 

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That's a lot of faith in the kid. Hope it pays off!

 

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[kanyeezy411]

It’s the FIA test car, isn't it?

Another "car launch", wich is a livery launch for the sponsors. Unfortunately (but understandably) none of the teams will show the real car...

 

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Looks like we'll be getting a real car from AM!

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Looks like we'll be getting a real car from AM!

Which means we’ll know what the Merc will look like

 

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