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2022 Formula 1 Season thread
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Well confirmed at last. A good move and a seat now available for a driver hopefully there on merit.
Not sure I agree with dropping Nikita, and he was there in merit. He would have gone through all the other classes just like everyone else even if he didn’t win. We don’t need to hate ALL Russians and punish them.
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Nikita Mazepin :: 2021 Haas Formula 1 Driver
Nikita Mazepin is Haas Formula 1 Team’s driver for the 2021 season, making the step up from Formula 2 after an outstanding 2020 campaign where he has already claimed two victories.
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he was horrible in the driver seat. Money had to be the main reason he was there.Not sure I agree with dropping Nikita, and he was there in merit. He would have gone through all the other classes just like everyone else even if he didn’t win. We don’t need to hate ALL Russians and punish them.
Nikita Mazepin :: 2021 Haas Formula 1 Driver
Nikita Mazepin is Haas Formula 1 Team’s driver for the 2021 season, making the step up from Formula 2 after an outstanding 2020 campaign where he has already claimed two victories.
Alfa Romeo C42
This will give a big resistance to dive when the car brakes, thereby keeping the aerodynamic platform of the car more stable. The venturi channels below the 2022 generation of cars dominate almost every aspect of car design, and keeping them fed with air throughout all the different states the car will see in roll, pitch and dive is crucial.
Alfa’s Jan Moncheaux-led technical team has opted to prioritise keeping the car as level as possible under braking to retain as much of the ground effect induced by the tunnels as possible. - F1.com
Extreme anti-dive suspension
Although the C42’s front suspension retains a conventional push-rod operation of the inboard rockers, the geometry is quite extreme. The top wishbone’s front leg is mounted high, the rear leg much lower.This will give a big resistance to dive when the car brakes, thereby keeping the aerodynamic platform of the car more stable. The venturi channels below the 2022 generation of cars dominate almost every aspect of car design, and keeping them fed with air throughout all the different states the car will see in roll, pitch and dive is crucial.
Alfa’s Jan Moncheaux-led technical team has opted to prioritise keeping the car as level as possible under braking to retain as much of the ground effect induced by the tunnels as possible. - F1.com
Pure utter assumption and personal opinion on your part purely because he's Russian. Also incredibly hypocritical too.
Indeed, he was an ok driver in lower formulas and was a pay driver in F1 purely because his father owns Uralkali and paid £35m to Haas. Once the sponsorship was terminated, Mazepin had no real right to be in the seat. A nice guy, but there are better drivers worthy of that seat IMO.
Nice livery although Bottas says there is a lot of work to do to get the performance right.Alfa Romeo C42
Extreme anti-dive suspension
Although the C42’s front suspension retains a conventional push-rod operation of the inboard rockers, the geometry is quite extreme. The top wishbone’s front leg is mounted high, the rear leg much lower.
This will give a big resistance to dive when the car brakes, thereby keeping the aerodynamic platform of the car more stable. The venturi channels below the 2022 generation of cars dominate almost every aspect of car design, and keeping them fed with air throughout all the different states the car will see in roll, pitch and dive is crucial.
Alfa’s Jan Moncheaux-led technical team has opted to prioritise keeping the car as level as possible under braking to retain as much of the ground effect induced by the tunnels as possible. - F1.com
To be honest it’s hard to feel sorry for any F1 driver. I’m saving my sympathies for the people of Ukrainian.
SKY Germany says Pietro Fittipaldi is the preferred choice, with Antonio Giovinazzi as the backup option.
Yes I feel a bit sorry, seeing as his only crime is being Russian, and secondly it's not easy for a public figure who's Russian to come out and speak against Putin... I suspect some have paid a high price for doing so before, just like in China.
Yes he's not exactly the best driver, but he's literally been kicked out purely because of his nationality, an awful lot of hypocrisy and shame with that, an awful lot.
No idea who will replace him but it'll be some cheap young up coming driver no doubt.
Pure utter assumption and personal opinion on your part...
I was basing my opinion on his horrible racing record last season.
Sorry but I think accusing him of only being in F1 purely because of his fathers money, with no proof to back that claim up, is completely your personal opinion and assumption. And totally ignores facts such as the previous formulas he has won in.
Yes he's not very good, but neither is Mick Schumacher yet you haven't accused him of being in the team because of his father.
He wasn’t sacked because of his nationality, but because the title sponsor Uralkali has been dropped by Haas and they paid his wages. The fact he is Russian and has dodged certain questions put to him during testing regarding the conflict has also been bad PR for his American/British team. The fact of the matter is, he is an ok driver but there are better drivers coming through who are better than him and perhaps more deserving of a chance. It’s not called the ‘piranha club’ for nothing.
It would be pretty stupid of him to comment on the situation with that going on and could be a security risk to F1 if he did. Russian parliament are having anti war press members arrested now. And they aren't afraid to use nerve agents on the public.
But reading the reports he has been sacked because he is Russian, and they have banned all Russian drivers in competing in any U.K. motorsport, a quite hypocritical move considering London banks are known as the Russian money laundry mat, and due to that they had threats if further Russian driver bans, they were going to allow him to race under a neutral flag.
So he has in effect been fired due to his nationality, at least he didn’t cheat with performance enhancing drugs like other sports Russians enter in.
Russian driver Nikita Mazepin has been dropped from the Haas F1 team
Contracts of both Mazepin and Haas's title partner Uralkali to be terminated with 'immediate effect'
The world are penalising an entire country of people purely because of its crazy politicians. I don’t find that right and a dangerous road to go down.
We will have to see who they replace him with.
That's the whole point of sanctions. If enough pressure is brought to bear, the citizens of that country might try and do something about it.
That’s different, sanctions are designed to put pressure on the government, banning sports people due to their nationality doesn’t seem the same. I have already seen a British politician call for all Russian to be expelled from the U.K.! As I said a dangerous road to follow.
Yes he was fired because he's a Russian, but it was not a punitive measure against him solely because he was Russian, but because being a Russian was causing the team a great deal of issues with sponsors and other aspects which made the daily running of the team difficult.
And that is Putin's fault, not HaasF1's.
And unless Uralkali pre-paid his entire sponsorship in one lump sum (like Venezuela did for Pastor Maldonado, sending a single GBP 50 million check to Williams at the start of the season), then he would have been terminated regardless of his nationality unless he was able to personally cover those sponsorship checkpoints via other means.
Mick is definitely riding his father's coattails.
You're really starting to bother me.
Put me on ignore or I'll put you on ignore. Either way is fine with me. You're the pot calling the kettle black on here.
Never mind. I've done it.
See whilst you can blame Putin, will the Russian people see it like that? That’s the danger, FIA claims it gets millions from the Russian GP, will they be as welcome when they go back.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the invasion stopped tomorrow and the FIA put the Russian GP back on the calendar.
Every Russian knows Putin ordered the invasion so who else will they blame for sanctions against Russia because of said invasion?
And reports out of Russia show that the longer the campaign drags on without Ukraine surrendering, more of the general Russian public are less in favor of the decision to invade.
I am not sure how much the Formula One Group pays to the FIA, but it doesn't really matter since FOG is the one who gets the revenue from the races. And considering how tight Bernie and Putin were, I expect Russia, like Monaco, was paying well below "market rates" compared to other events.
And considering FOG terminated the contract with the current promoter, even if Russia pulled back to their own borders tomorrow, an entirely new contract would need to be negotiated and then signed before the Russian GP can return to the calendar.
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I’d sooner see Sepang back on the calendar than that awful ski resort car park that was Sochi. Whether Russia paid millions like any other country, there’s plenty of much better circuits and countries for the sport to visit. If F1 goes back to Russia it’ll be too soon.
This year was planned to be the final year in Sochi, with the race moving to a circuit about 65km north of Saint Petersburg in 2023 and beyond.