[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hard to do any worse... Even Latifi beat Albon once.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I think one of the issues he was adamant about was no 1 year deal. So I would guess he is at least 2 years.

But Audi has a vacant seat...

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Verstappen and Albon finally lost one this season!!!

Yes, Albon was pretty severely compromised in the last Q3 attempt by extra weight on his car, but still here we are. Williams and Red Bull no longer have zeros on the board (sorry, Logan, you remain at zero).

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

PER finally beats VER in qualy!!!

Plus, Williams helped ALB get beaten for the first time as well.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I love when this kind of thing happens. SAI sets the FL with no purple sectors, VER does the 2nd best with 2 purple sectors.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The Brake Magic race alone is a huge swing between them, as VER was getting 25 and ended up with zero that day.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah, me neither. I knew PER had a good record there, but best of everyone? Unexpected.

Let's see what he can do this weekend. It is a good time for the supposed street track specialist to deliver, with 2 of them coming up.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Average of points scored

Average of points scored

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With a 30 points lead over Hamilton for points scored at Baku, Pérez will retain his lead, no matter what happens.

But with the current competitive state of the Red Bulls in tracks with slow corners, the lead could suffer a dent if Hamilton has a good weekend.

If Norris has a good weekend, he could jump a few spots, and Piastri could finally enter into the conversation, as he failed to score a point in 2023.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Not comparable because not everyone in the UK was going to be paid millions and millions while doing it. Also, that was hyperbole, sorry if it was not explicit.

I uprooted my family for five years and it was a brilliant experience for everyone. My kid speaks four languages, we learned a bunch of new ways of thinking and living, and expanded ourselves quite a bit. It has tough moments no doubt, but it is worth it, especially for the kids.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

He would design a car for Satan if Lawrence still paid 30 million, gave him shares, gave him authority over his dept. and some people who tried to run away from him (Fallows CANNOT be happy), allowed him to remain at home, etc.

Lance is no all-time great, but it 100% beats designing cars at Williams for better drivers with a much shittier infrastructure. Or having to move to Italy (which anyone not willing to do is clearly insane, but that's another matter) when he does not want to, having to play office politics at Ferrari, etc.

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That is my fear too. Especially because that is what usually happens, especially with such a complete revolution of the regulations.

It will be a pity, just as this set of regs is becoming super competitive...

[-] f1ip@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

100%, but I was imagining that, since Newey is still around the F1 team during races, he would be forced to sit out 2025, which would mean he would join AM even later in the process.

March is late but much better than in the 4th trimester or something like it.

But yeah, it will be exciting, just hoping there is no one that hits the bullseye and totally dominates at the start.

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Anyone else surprised at the short gardening leave? Him starting in March changes things. I thought he would be out at least until September of 2025,which would hurt his participation in the 2026 design. If, however, he does start in March, he can absolutely be a major part of the redesign and that changes the calculations for who might be a force in 2026.

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I have been toying around with F1 data and python plots, and got some average gap graphics in gif form, starting at Bahrain and up to Italy.

They are gifs, so check your wi-fi upon entering because there are many on each page, obviously.

Would have posted a few examples here, but apparently Lemmy is not keen on it. Hope imgur's servers do not crap out on me.

Examples:

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Main points of the article:

Pirelli ran two tests of the 2025 tyres, one in Monza with Red Bull's junior team, one in Fiorano with Ferrari. It was wet in Monza and Lawson had some PU trouble in the VCARB01, while Fiorano was artificially wet for Bearman in the Ferrari.

Next up, Aston Martin will be the first to test the 2026 tyres at Barcelona after the Baku GP and then Mercedes at Magny-Cours with the 2025 tyres (1-2 October).


The irony of Fiorano being artificially wet and it was just raining in Monza is pretty great, yes.

Also, great practice for Bearman if he will indeed be in Baku in place of Magnussen.

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