The Official 2018 F1 Silly Season *Contains Speculation*

The Official 2018 F1 Silly Season *Contains Speculation*

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HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 25th September 2017
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Gaz. said:
HustleRussell said:
Apparently the Strolls could've scuppered Kubica's comeback hopes, swinging the Williams seat towards the mardy Scot.

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/f1/di-re...

Sad how much power the Strolls wield with all the money they bring. Makes me wonder how well Lance won his F3 championship.
Would you pay for somebody else to drive an F1 car and hire of Suzuka? These tests do not come out of William's budget but out of Stroll's pocket.
Where did you get that idea from? The problem is resources; in an effort to fast-track Lance to F1 competence, Lawrence has stipulated in season testing at most circuits (every circuit?) in a 2014 spec car. Nobody else gets this. They're tying up the team and the resources.

Vaud

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50,289 posts

154 months

Monday 25th September 2017
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jamiebae said:
Supposedly they were very pro-Alonso so I don't think that's true.
They probably were in the background politics, knowing that Williams could not afford him, thus they seem very amenable.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 25th September 2017
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HustleRussell said:
Where did you get that idea from? The problem is resources; in an effort to fast-track Lance to F1 competence, Lawrence has stipulated in season testing at most circuits (every circuit?) in a 2014 spec car. Nobody else gets this. They're tying up the team and the resources.
They have had a separate team to run that program for over a year, all paid for. The company that preps all the garages for the main event even do the test setup for them too. It wont be affecting the main race team at all.

HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 25th September 2017
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No, but it supposedly has thwarted Kubica's chance of having a go in the car.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 25th September 2017
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HustleRussell said:
No, but it supposedly has thwarted Kubica's chance of having a go in the car.
It has not.

If Stroll didn't have the test program Kubica still wouldn't have been able to test without Williams setting something extra up.

jamiebae

6,245 posts

210 months

Monday 25th September 2017
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HustleRussell said:
No, but it supposedly has thwarted Kubica's chance of having a go in the car.
From what I've read Williams wanted Kubica to test the day after Lance, but his people wanted the car shipped to the USA for his next test so said no as it would affect their plans. Fair enough if you're paying the bills I guess.

The issue now is Kubica needs to fund a test day or two somewhere in Europe if he wants things to move further, or so the Internet seems to say.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 25th September 2017
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If Williams are seriously interested, they will find the test themselves.

DanielSan

18,745 posts

166 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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I don't get why they feel the need to ship a car that has little relevance to the car he races all over the world to test and learn the tracks when fitness training and simulator time would achieve the same thing and give him a better idea of what this years car will do.

Vaud

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50,289 posts

154 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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DanielSan said:
I don't get why they feel the need to ship a car that has little relevance to the car he races all over the world to test and learn the tracks when fitness training and simulator time would achieve the same thing and give him a better idea of what this years car will do.
A simulator doesn't test the physical aspects of stress/heat/g-forces, etc?

jamiebae

6,245 posts

210 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Gasly in for Kvyat for Malaysia according to a Swiss site I've just seen!

jamiebae

6,245 posts

210 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/gasly-poised-ra...

Now being reported everywhere.

So this potentially frees up another STR seat for 2018, I guess Matsusta is guaranteed that spot if he picks up enough Super License points, and if he doesn't then maybe there's a pay driver going in there?

With the Aston announcement suggesting that Red Bull are gearing up to pull out of F1 as a team owner in 2020 or 2021 that means there's no need for the junior programme beyond the next couple of drivers so once Gasly is through STR no longer serves any purpose for them. If VER and RIC both leave for 2019 they just drop in Sainz and Gasly and that's them sorted.

HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Surprised they'd chuck Kvyat out of the test rather than Saintz as Kvyat is a 2018 STR driver?

jamiebae

6,245 posts

210 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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HustleRussell said:
Surprised they'd chuck Kvyat out of the test rather than Saintz as Kvyat is a 2018 STR driver?
They need the points to up their constructors prize money, and based on form so far this year Sainz is far more likely to deliver them.

Mr Pointy

11,146 posts

158 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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The head of the FIA Technical department leaves with immediate effect:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-technical-d...

To depart that quickly is a bit odd isn't it?

Vaud

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50,289 posts

154 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Mr Pointy said:
The head of the FIA Technical department leaves with immediate effect:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-technical-d...

To depart that quickly is a bit odd isn't it?
Not if he is going back to a team? I'd expect it.

HTP99

22,443 posts

139 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Vaud said:
Mr Pointy said:
The head of the FIA Technical department leaves with immediate effect:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-technical-d...

To depart that quickly is a bit odd isn't it?
Not if he is going back to a team? I'd expect it.
Tends to happen; notice handed in, sent on instant gardening leave for x amount of months, nothing sinister.

andburg

7,214 posts

168 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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you'd have to expect he'd command one hell of a salary given all of the ideas he will have seen and judged.

Wonder what the restrictive covenants in an FIA contract look like!

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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HustleRussell said:
Surprised they'd chuck Kvyat out of the test rather than Saintz as Kvyat is a 2018 STR driver?
This is not a test.

Vaud

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50,289 posts

154 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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HTP99 said:
Tends to happen; notice handed in, sent on instant gardening leave for x amount of months, nothing sinister.
I may or may not have timed my last resignation with the start of the ashes and 3 months off.

suffolk009

5,344 posts

164 months

Tuesday 26th September 2017
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andburg said:
you'd have to expect he'd command one hell of a salary given all of the ideas he will have seen and judged.

Wonder what the restrictive covenants in an FIA contract look like!
If they're as well written as the technical regulations....