The Official 2018 F1 Silly Season *Contains Speculation*
Discussion
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.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.
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 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.
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? 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.
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.
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?
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-technical-d...
To depart that quickly is a bit odd isn't it?
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.https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-technical-d...
To depart that quickly is a bit odd isn't it?
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.https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-technical-d...
To depart that quickly is a bit odd isn't it?
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