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https://www.grandprix247.com/2024/04/01 ... wants-max/Alpine F1 Team is set to be sold to South Korean auto giant Hyundai who will enter Formula 1 in 2026 with former Renault team principal, Cyril Abiteboul reportedly leading the project with Max Verstappen in his sites.
Aty wrote: ↑1 month agohttps://www.grandprix247.com/2024/04/01 ... wants-max/Alpine F1 Team is set to be sold to South Korean auto giant Hyundai who will enter Formula 1 in 2026 with former Renault team principal, Cyril Abiteboul reportedly leading the project with Max Verstappen in his sites.
Suprise after surprise...how did Paul Velasco laid hands on this one is hard to guess.
Heikki wrote:Over the last few months, I have been going through my options, with a team of doctors
“We decided to have an operation. I was operated on last week at Tampere University Hospital, in the heart unit there. A wonderful team of doctors, nurses and assistants took care of me. It was open-heart surgery, so I have marks forever on my chest. But the surgery went well.
“We managed to do exactly what we set out to do. We cut out the diseased part of the ascending aorta and put an artificial graft in place. Everything went well. It was obviously a big operation. A couple of days after the operation I was feeling a bit rough, but things have improved a lot since then.
“I'm actually back at home and already recovering. The outlook is quite good. There is an opportunity to make a full recovery and regain full fitness, but of course, only time will tell how it all works out. So far, the estimation is pretty good, so I'm very pleased about it.
“In the meantime, I continue to recover and try to hopefully get out and little by little increase my activities. The main thing is obviously that the chest bone has time to heal. And once all of this is done, if things go well, I hope to be able to return to my normal routines. I hope to see you out soon again.”
I am not sure if Italy, Spain, Austria and Hungary have their visits under biding contract, but a contract is just a piece of paper to be thrown out under whatever pretences when convenient. As someone at Liberty said some time ago - sue me, I have money and time (and presumably also friendly inclined lawyers).There will be many grands prix, especially in Europe, where we have different options. It is believed one of those options could be a new scheme in which two or even more European events are rotated annually between single annual race slots.
The cynical side of me identifies many of the European venues perhaps linked into this cycle are nations (I include the UK in this) whose Governments do not fully fund the GPs. Most of the new GPs in the Middle East and Asia, plus other nations trying to join the list are fully funded by their governments or have huge local wealth.Aty wrote: ↑3 weeks ago
Admittedly I am not sure I am interpreting Liberty's plans correctly, but if I have a circus showing up at my doorsteps once every three years, I am not going to invest any money into the empty parking lot for two years, and find another hobby. I am not a marketing guru, but this sounds like a brainchild of someone who thinks "they need us more than we need them", so beg, and we may see if we accomodate you. This kind of plan could backfire. Big time. We have seen this flawed interpretation of human behaviour in another arena, so precedence how people think and behave is there.
. https://racingnews365.com/andretti-warn ... ted-statesFormer F1 World Champion Mario Andretti has warned the sport against 'overdoing' it with multiple races in the United States.
The 1978 champion has insisted the current tally of three races - with Las Vegas joining Austin and Miami on the schedule - is the sweet spot.
F1 has experienced a market boom in the US in recent years, with the viewer increase seeing record attendances at the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas - a change in fortunes largely credited to Netflix's Drive to Survive docuseries.
But dismissing any chance of a fourth race being added to capitalise on the growth, Andretti told RacingNews365 exclusively: "I mean you can overdo it to some degree.
"As Formula 1, there is no other country on the planet that has three events, so let's be happy with that and make the most of that.
"Don't try to outdo yourself."
Formula 1 teams are unsure what sort of track they will be competing on at the Chinese Grand Prix, after a wave of repairs have been carried out to fix a problem.
The sport hasn’t raced at the Shanghai International Circuit since 2019, meaning that the current era of ground-effect cars haven't had a chance to be put through their paces at the track.
This era of technical regulations and the close proximity of the cars to the ground has resulted in them being extra sensitive to bumps.
An FIA inspection conducted late last year found that there were a few areas of the circuit that needed to be addressed - made flatter - for racing to be safe.
The lack of recent, relevant data leaves room for plenty of questions for teams - with China’s return being treated like a new event.
Pirelli’s Formula 1 chief engineer Simone Berra discussed the lack of relevant data, and how difficult it makes the task of a return for both tyre supplier and teams.
“It's like a new circuit, honestly,” he told Autosport, who have claimed the 'uncertainty' of the track will cause a problem for outfits up and down the paddock.
“Because we have new cars, new tyres, the 18-inch [rims].
“The track was really not used in five years, it was just used for one race per year or something like that. So, it will be really green and quite dirty, although obviously, they will clean the track.
“In the past, it was quite rough in terms of both micro and macro roughness. We need to understand how ageing has gone in the last years.
“So not much data, and even for the teams it will be a big challenge, not just for us, but for the teams even more probably.”
The new Ferrari steering wheel will have CTR, ALT, & DEL buttons so the driver can reset the system while going down the straights.
2019 GTP Accuracy Champion 2021 GTP Accuracy Champion 2022 Picks and Predictions Champion Yeah, sure. From Tuk Tuk to F1 is natural progression.F1 CEO in Thailand for grand prix talks
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has added Thailand to his travelling itinerary this week.
p.7 in the previewAllison says Brawn wasted six years taking Formula One up wrong path.
Obsessing with dirty air.