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2025 Formula One Season Thread
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It’s a shame this type of admission wasn’t made during the season when Sergio was getting piled on with assumptions he’d lost his ability or was suddenly rubbish, when indeed neither were true. Obviously I understand teams don’t talk about their true struggles but with the beauty of hindsight I think Sergio perhaps deserves more credit.
Reminds me of 2009 when Lewis was able to drive around issues but Heikki couldn’t. Or 2022 where Lewis struggled and George less so with a difficult car. All the talent in the world doesn’t help sometimes and it falls to setups suiting driving styles better than others.
Design errors? Each team employs a lot of folks, many of them with a lot of degrees, more than a pharmacy has thermometers, so it would stand to reason, they understand the issues, you have a bloke we will call him Dave Moldy, he has the task of designing the car, well 2 cars, for 2 drivers, each driver has a battalion of PHD educated folk behind them, and Dave cannot get two cars on the grid that can compete???
Do they not understand, or is it a failure to communicate? Maybe the issue it the meat in the virtual seat, maybe that muppet is screwing up the data? You are relying on some bloke, the wrong size, the wrong ability to "tune" the cars?
This is a problem of 2 car teams, who do you "support" ? With only so many hours and test sessions, time divided is hurting more than it heals? Maybe 1 car/driver teams would be better?
Granted, F1 is a team-sport, the driver is only a percentage of the package, if there is bias in the team, and reduced support of driver 2 in the team, Sergio v Max, or George over Lewis, or in 2025, Lewis/Charles v Charles/Lewis..
The problem is magnified the tighter the regulations, and the closer we get to the "delta" region of aerodynamics, your ability to fix faults is so marginal, where as in the 1980's you had meters of scope, now in the 202o's, that scope is millimeter accurate, go 1 mm to far, and the driver is useless, 1 less and he looks brilliant..
Add to that the tyres, over which you have no control, you have certain grades for certain tracks, and data from a previous season.. That pushes your margins of error from accurate into a ever reducing gap.. It becomes even harder to find that sweet spot, then track surface, heat/weather...All affecting the car, and pushing the design closer and closer to failure..And by failure I mean making the driver look like he should be driving the catering team coach...
Teams look for ways to play on the very margins of the rules, which is 100% what they should be doing, playing well within the rules, is lost titles, for example the Merc steering wheel in out function to change some aspect of the handling/tyres..
Maybe introduce that as a standard, across all teams that want it.. Maybe some drivers prefer to not use it.. All I see are cars not overtaking, seasons being ruined by the inability to overtake, gimmicks like DRS, which never seem to be reliable.. maybe a rethink on how that works, but to artificially aid a car, seems like a very obvious cheat-code..
For me the thing I fear the most, "track limits" and the whinging and moaning.. Will we hear team radio? Who has the corner, who has the rights, it is getting harder to enjoy when it is suspicious and the walk to the office and the result of that takes hours...
Team orders, and the swapping of places, to give so and so a win, for both the WDC and CDC.. That should be banned.. or teams lose 3x the points gained as a result.. If Charles is ahead of Lewis, and Lewis cannot overtake then no team orders, if Lewis loses a title, he proved he was not great over the whole season...
But no 2 laps and a winner BS, if you cannot run the race to 75% within 3 or 4 hours, over a 2 hour race time, then the event is cancelled, NO POINTS!!!!
Do they not understand, or is it a failure to communicate? Maybe the issue it the meat in the virtual seat, maybe that muppet is screwing up the data? You are relying on some bloke, the wrong size, the wrong ability to "tune" the cars?
This is a problem of 2 car teams, who do you "support" ? With only so many hours and test sessions, time divided is hurting more than it heals? Maybe 1 car/driver teams would be better?
Granted, F1 is a team-sport, the driver is only a percentage of the package, if there is bias in the team, and reduced support of driver 2 in the team, Sergio v Max, or George over Lewis, or in 2025, Lewis/Charles v Charles/Lewis..
The problem is magnified the tighter the regulations, and the closer we get to the "delta" region of aerodynamics, your ability to fix faults is so marginal, where as in the 1980's you had meters of scope, now in the 202o's, that scope is millimeter accurate, go 1 mm to far, and the driver is useless, 1 less and he looks brilliant..
Add to that the tyres, over which you have no control, you have certain grades for certain tracks, and data from a previous season.. That pushes your margins of error from accurate into a ever reducing gap.. It becomes even harder to find that sweet spot, then track surface, heat/weather...All affecting the car, and pushing the design closer and closer to failure..And by failure I mean making the driver look like he should be driving the catering team coach...
Teams look for ways to play on the very margins of the rules, which is 100% what they should be doing, playing well within the rules, is lost titles, for example the Merc steering wheel in out function to change some aspect of the handling/tyres..
Maybe introduce that as a standard, across all teams that want it.. Maybe some drivers prefer to not use it.. All I see are cars not overtaking, seasons being ruined by the inability to overtake, gimmicks like DRS, which never seem to be reliable.. maybe a rethink on how that works, but to artificially aid a car, seems like a very obvious cheat-code..
For me the thing I fear the most, "track limits" and the whinging and moaning.. Will we hear team radio? Who has the corner, who has the rights, it is getting harder to enjoy when it is suspicious and the walk to the office and the result of that takes hours...
Team orders, and the swapping of places, to give so and so a win, for both the WDC and CDC.. That should be banned.. or teams lose 3x the points gained as a result.. If Charles is ahead of Lewis, and Lewis cannot overtake then no team orders, if Lewis loses a title, he proved he was not great over the whole season...
But no 2 laps and a winner BS, if you cannot run the race to 75% within 3 or 4 hours, over a 2 hour race time, then the event is cancelled, NO POINTS!!!!
No he doesn't. The fact remains that he was far from his team mate, nor could qualify, nor maintained consistency. It is like the dude did well and then falls asleep.
Which is very true, but ultimately you want to make the fastest car and have drivers adapt to it. That is the bit they bring to the table.
I’m sure he will do well at what will most likely be a back marker for a couple of seasons.
He’s not a bad driver but he’s not deserving of a top drive and he’s proven that.
Carlos seemed quite comfortable at the Silverstone Test.
Yes I've seen those rumours as well, not yet confirmed though? Beggars can't be choosers comes to mind, and combined with no prospect of winning and nearly all of the hispanic fan base it could make business sense. Sergio is the luckiest person if he gets another seat and shot at it
Yes I've seen those rumours as well, not yet confirmed though? Beggars can't be choosers comes to mind, and combined with no prospect of winning and nearly all of the hispanic fan base it could make business sense. Sergio is the luckiest person if he gets another seat and shot at it
It's not confirmed. He may be past his prime, but I think he could be a decent development driver. Of course this is all assuming that Cadillac is on the grid in 2026.
ESPN has confirmed they will not renew their contract to broadcast Formula One in the United States for 2026.
My guess is this means Netflix will pick up the rights as rumored since it dovetails nicely with "Drive to Survive", though NBC is said to be interested in returning (F1 was broadcast on NBC and NBCSN prior to ESPN).
That being said, I would not mind AppleTV+ making a bid as they have the new film coming out and I believe they were in negotiations with FOM during the last time the ESPN contract came up for renegotiation.
My guess is this means Netflix will pick up the rights as rumored since it dovetails nicely with "Drive to Survive", though NBC is said to be interested in returning (F1 was broadcast on NBC and NBCSN prior to ESPN).
That being said, I would not mind AppleTV+ making a bid as they have the new film coming out and I believe they were in negotiations with FOM during the last time the ESPN contract came up for renegotiation.
Yes I've seen those rumours as well, not yet confirmed though? Beggars can't be choosers comes to mind, and combined with no prospect of winning and nearly all of the hispanic fan base it could make business sense. Sergio is the luckiest person if he gets another seat and shot at it
Sergio is one of the drivers being floated by F1 pundits as a Cadillac driver, along with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. Sergio does make sense as he would bring a significant sponsorship package with him and would boost interest in the team within the Americas.
Colton Herta is also being mooted to get a seat.
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THIS ^^^It's not confirmed. He may be past his prime, but I think he could be a decent development driver. Of course this is all assuming that Cadillac is on the grid in 2026.
It'll be interesting to see if they make it and if they do, how they'll perform having chosen to build their facility in the United States as opposed to basing themselves in Europe, most particularly the United Kingdom. I know Haas initially planned to start off in my hometown of Banbury and move across the pond in year 3, but that was shelved due to the rich supply chains and accessible staff already working in F1 here. Toyota struggled even in Germany with a Cologne facility, a slow reacting Tokyo board and the biggest budget in F1 at the time, and they were close-ish to the rest in terms of location. Might be even more challenging under the cost cap restrictions should Cadillac need to import any parts or materials too. An interesting topic to watch over the next 12 months.
I am pretty sure that Cadillac will be using Andretti Global's Silverstone facility for design and manufacturing for the chassis. I believe the engine will be developed at the GM Tech Center in Charlotte, NC.
No. The actual racing liveries cannot be shown prior to the Official Launch Ceremony at the O2 Center today.
In order to make Monaco less processional, the FIA has decided to increase the number of mandatory pit stops (likely from one to two).
The race has also signed a six-year contract extension and will move from the end of May to the first full weekend in June starting in 2026.
The race has also signed a six-year contract extension and will move from the end of May to the first full weekend in June starting in 2026.
I'd rather they dropped it altogether. Not my favourite race.In order to make Monaco less processional, the FIA has decided to increase the number of mandatory pit stops (likely from one to two).
The race has also signed a six-year contract extension and will move from the end of May to the first full weekend in June starting in 2026.