Formula 1 Thread

MarcusH26

Nice touch with the Lego trophies. I suspect a lot of people would buy those  

DamoNorthStand

Hope you enjoyed the GP @AFKABartram - did you get the chance to see the cars in full flow down at Maggots at any point?

Good luck getting out the car parks! Safe journey home!

MarcusH26

Loving the Hulkenberg interview. What a guy. 

sam3110

Oscar getting a bit salty in the post race interview, cracks starting to show?

West2003

lordromford said:

blackpool72 said:

Some of the comments on here are off the scale 
If Verstapen had pulled a stunt like that this place would have erupted. 
I know most on here hate the bloke but blimey. 

You’re right of course. But to be fair, that is because he and Red Bull have form for dirty tricks.
For what it’s worth, I think it was a pretty poor move from Piastri and it doesn’t make him look good. Penalty deserved. Not a fan of Zak Brown pleading that it wasn’t as bad as it looked either. Of course he has to do that, but it’s laughable.

What was interesting about this though was that Verstappen showed once again that he can still be the petulant child that he was when he was 18. Lost his head, immediately lost control of his car and as a result lost any influence he had on this race. If he’d stayed calm he may have stayed in 2nd, (effectively leading).

One biased way of reading it. Another could be that he lost heat in his tyres having to get back behind Piastri and didn’t have them up to sufficient temperature by the time of the restart as a result.

lordromford

West2003 said:

lordromford said:

blackpool72 said:

Some of the comments on here are off the scale 
If Verstapen had pulled a stunt like that this place would have erupted. 
I know most on here hate the bloke but blimey. 

You’re right of course. But to be fair, that is because he and Red Bull have form for dirty tricks.
For what it’s worth, I think it was a pretty poor move from Piastri and it doesn’t make him look good. Penalty deserved. Not a fan of Zak Brown pleading that it wasn’t as bad as it looked either. Of course he has to do that, but it’s laughable.

What was interesting about this though was that Verstappen showed once again that he can still be the petulant child that he was when he was 18. Lost his head, immediately lost control of his car and as a result lost any influence he had on this race. If he’d stayed calm he may have stayed in 2nd, (effectively leading).

One biased way of reading it. Another could be that he lost heat in his tyres having to get back behind Piastri and didn’t have them up to sufficient temperature by the time of the restart as a result.

Well, yeah. Your biased way of reading it might be true.

As is often the case in these things though, the truth is probably somewhere in between. 🙂

sam3110

Given where they finished in the race I think a drive through penalty would have been more sufficient than a 10 second penalty 

CafcWest

sam3110 said:

Given where they finished in the race I think a drive through penalty would have been more sufficient than a 10 second penalty 

Wouldn't a drive thru' have taken a lot longer than 10 seconds?

fenaddick

CafcWest said:

sam3110 said:

Given where they finished in the race I think a drive through penalty would have been more sufficient than a 10 second penalty 

Wouldn't a drive thru' have taken a lot longer than 10 seconds?

Think that's Sam's point, the 10 seconds didn't really effect much

sam3110

CafcWest said:

sam3110 said:

Given where they finished in the race I think a drive through penalty would have been more sufficient than a 10 second penalty 

Wouldn't a drive thru' have taken a lot longer than 10 seconds?

Exactly, more like 20 seconds

Would have disrupted Piastri's race more and might have actually cost him more than a place to his teammate

ForeverAddickted

Just watched the "Hill" documentary on SKY - Nothing really unknown in there, but still really nicely put together.

Probably one of the more underrated World Champions in my opinion, and often regarded as the least deserving. But given when he entered Motor Racing, the fact he got into F1 so late, raced against some of the best in history; Prost, Senna, Mansell, Schumacher... and still came away with a Championship, says a lot for me.

ForeverAddickted

fenaddick

Blimey, massive news if true

ForeverAddickted

Could be a proper case of the dominos now.

Horner has been linked to Ferrari, with Vasseur's future also under threat, regardless what you think of Horner as an individual, he's been one of the best TP's to ever grace the Sport, so he'll be be back somewhere eventually.

What does this mean for the Verstappen to Mercedes rumours though, as its the Verstappen camp that has wanted him gone. But that team is going to be f**ked with the new regulations, given they've lost Newey > Wheatley > Horner in the space of two years now. They should have replaced Christian with Wheatley before he went to Audi.

superclive98

fenaddick said:

Blimey, massive news if true

Fingers crossed!

MarcusH26

Van Haren is the Rich Cawley of Red Bull so fully expect that an announcement is imminent.

Huge move after 20 years at the team and being so instrumental to their success. Maybe there is something in those Vettel rumours of him taking up some kind of role. 

ForeverAddickted

Sky Sports have confirmed it

Christian Horner: Red Bull F1 team principal sacked after 20 years in charge of Milton Keynes outfit | F1 News | Sky Sports

Chris Medland has confirmed that Mekies, from Racing Bulls is his replacement.

fenaddick

That has to be good news for the RB drivers and bad news for the Verstappen's?

sam3110

Alan Permane taken over as VCARB TP as Mekies steps up

MarcusH26

From what I understand from articles about the Red Bull power dynamic , the Verstappens have won. 

I suspect it ultimately boiled down to " sack Horner or Max goes to Merc"

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

ForeverAddickted

MarcusH26 said:

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

Wonder if there is a temptation from Red Bull to return to Hulkenberg and try and sign him as their second driver next year, take the experience route, especially now he's got the podium monkey off his back. Or even just an experienced second driver, another Perez type gamble.

Hadjar and Lindblad then go in at Racing Bulls with Yuki and Lawson dropped.

MarcusH26

ForeverAddickted said:

MarcusH26 said:

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

Wonder if there is a temptation from Red Bull to return to Hulkenberg and try and sign him as their second driver next year, take the experience route, especially now he's got the podium monkey off his back. Or even just an experienced second driver, another Perez type gamble.

Hadjar and Lindblad then go in at Racing Bulls with Yuki and Lawson dropped.

Hulk should have been signed instead of Perez. I think that second seat needs experience from somewhere. I'm also wondering if Horner has bitten the bullet for 2026 perhaps not looking great. 

sam3110

Mekies seems to have a decent relationship with Hadjar so I can see them taking a punt on him next year in the second seat, however that would then beg the question at VCARB, do you keep Lawson with Lindblad?

I think they make a play for a more experienced driver though, maybe they can tempt Albon away from Williams, or Gasly away from Alpine? Both have previous there, but with Horner out of the way maybe there's a chance at coming back? All depends on Helmet Marko though (not a typo)

Addick Addict

I wonder how much the lawyers on both sides have made out of this "sacking"? 

DaveMehmet

MarcusH26 said:

From what I understand from articles about the Red Bull power dynamic , the Verstappens have won. 

I suspect it ultimately boiled down to " sack Horner or Max goes to Merc"

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

If true, I would imagine George Russell is delighted.

MarcusH26

DaveMehmet said:

MarcusH26 said:

From what I understand from articles about the Red Bull power dynamic , the Verstappens have won. 

I suspect it ultimately boiled down to " sack Horner or Max goes to Merc"

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

If true, I would imagine George Russell is delighted.

There will be some laughter at Brackley today!! Hopefully George is in Toto's office putting pen to paper. 

Chris_from_Sidcup

MarcusH26 said:

From what I understand from articles about the Red Bull power dynamic , the Verstappens have won. 

I suspect it ultimately boiled down to " sack Horner or Max goes to Merc"

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

Is it possible that internally Verstappen has told RB he's leaving and that as a result Horner has been sacked for losing him?

Clean sweep all round and start again?

soapboxsam

After seeing the news earlier this morning that Christian Horner has been sacked after 20 years as team Principal of Red Bull, my first thought was I know drug taking is prevalent in all spectrum of society but was Horner guilty of sniffing ginger Spice 🤔

CafcWest

MarcusH26 said:

From what I understand from articles about the Red Bull power dynamic , the Verstappens have won. 

I suspect it ultimately boiled down to " sack Horner or Max goes to Merc"

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

This is my take on it too.  Some on "X" speculating that it's because Verstappen has signed for Mercedes and therefore he was fired for letting it happen but that doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.  Much more likely IMO that it was either Verstappen or Horner and the Red Bull owners have said Verstappen too important.

ForeverAddickted

CafcWest said:

MarcusH26 said:

From what I understand from articles about the Red Bull power dynamic , the Verstappens have won. 

I suspect it ultimately boiled down to " sack Horner or Max goes to Merc"

Does throw up an interesting conundrum with the second seat if Mekkies is the long term replacement and not a caretaker 

This is my take on it too.  Some on "X" speculating that it's because Verstappen has signed for Mercedes and therefore he was fired for letting it happen but that doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.  Much more likely IMO that it was either Verstappen or Horner and the Red Bull owners have said Verstappen too important.

It would tie in with how the Verstappen's seem to act, it always feels like they've held Red Bull to ransom in the past so they can get their way with whatever they want, which in turn has turned Max himself into this stroppy looking character when he doesnt get his way.

I couldn't see him working well at Mercedes for that reason, or elsewhere even, as he wouldn't have that protection.