The Official F1 2021 silly season *contains speculation*

[talksthetorque]

Stan the Bat said:

ajprice said:

Ok, who had 'Martin Whitmarsh joins Aston Martin' on their 2021 bingo card? https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/former-mclaren-b...

Certainly not moi.

Who's next, Eric or Cyril?

[stemll]

talksthetorque said:

Stan the Bat said:

ajprice said:

Ok, who had 'Martin Whitmarsh joins Aston Martin' on their 2021 bingo card? https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/former-mclaren-b...

Certainly not moi.

Who's next, Eric or Cyril?

Nah, it'll be Claire. Maybe not.

[Smollet]

stemll said:

talksthetorque said:

Stan the Bat said:

ajprice said:

Ok, who had 'Martin Whitmarsh joins Aston Martin' on their 2021 bingo card? https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/former-mclaren-b...

Certainly not moi.

Who's next, Eric or Cyril?

Nah, it'll be Claire. Maybe not.

Time for Flávio to re-emerge

[SpudLink]

Smollet said:

Time for Flávio to re-emerge

What's Ron Dennis up to these days?

[Smollet]

SpudLink said:

Smollet said:

Time for Flávio to re-emerge

What's Ron Dennis up to these days?

Planning something dastardly

[MissChief]

It’s very, very wet at Sochi at the moment. https://twitter.com/hsouthwellfe/status/1440658640...

[MiniMan64]

MissChief said:

It’s very, very wet at Sochi at the moment. https://twitter.com/hsouthwellfe/status/1440658640...

That’s far from ideal

[talksthetorque]

Smollet said:

SpudLink said:

Smollet said:

Time for Flávio to re-emerge

What's Ron Dennis up to these days?

Planning something dastardly

Probably having kittens over this.



Are they non-marking wheels?

[Steamer]

McLaren have some odd ideas when it comes to marketing

[anonymous-user]

Steamer said:

McLaren have some odd ideas when it comes to marketing

They've never had so many sponsors. Seems to be working.

[Leithen]

jsf said:

Steamer said:

McLaren have some odd ideas when it comes to marketing

They've never had so many sponsors. Seems to be working.

That’s Zak Brown for you. Knows his sponsorship/marketing onions.

[djgritt]

Haas retains Schumacher & Mazepin for 2022

[Swampy1982]

Genuinely surprised at that.

[MontyPythonX]

Swampy1982 said:

Genuinely surprised at that.

+1

Maybe they were able to convince him the 2022 car is awesome and give him number 1 status within the team?

[AJB88]

djgritt said:

Haas retains Schumacher & Mazepin for 2022

Was hoping Mick to Alfa.

[mw88]

djgritt said:

Haas retains Schumacher & Mazepin for 2022

Only the Alfa seat left then?

I know Racefans was reporting de Vries the other week, but think I read some stuff about the Mercedes connection being a problem. Although that was probably only said after Toto's comments about Albon

[anonymous-user]

djgritt said:

Haas retains Schumacher & Mazepin for 2022

Logically then, GIO stays at Alfa. If someone else comes into that seat for 2022 it would be baffling.

[Tripe Bypass]

MontyPythonX said:

Swampy1982 said:

Genuinely surprised at that.

+1

Maybe they were able to convince him the 2022 car is awesome and give him number 1 status within the team?

Would Schumacher's management want him to go to Alfa Romeo and see what happens when he goes up against Bottas? At this stage in his career he is likely to be out-qualified nearly every race. It's not impossible that Schumacher will never be at Bottas' level, let alone absolute top-flight.

[djgritt]

I was a little surprised too, but I think the sticking point for Mick was that Ferrari lost much of their influence over the seat at Alfa Romeo as per when the contract for title sponsorship was extended with Sauber - a negotiated clause being that they do not have to take a Ferrari driver from 2022.

Whilst Alfa say they wish to retain some link with Ferrari when talking about Giovinazzi, I think this is a bit of media fluff and they are looking to bring in a rookie with good sponsorship backing instead and this is why the door was shut for Mick as a Ferrari junior.


Also, I still wouldn't be surprised to see Haas becoming Russian owned by Daddy Mazepin either for 2022 or by the end of that campaign... Gene Haas seems done with F1 now.

[MontyPythonX]

Tripe Bypass said:

Would Schumacher's management want him to go to Alfa Romeo and see what happens when he goes up against Bottas? At this stage in his career he is likely to be out-qualified nearly every race. It's not impossible that Schumacher will never be at Bottas' level, let alone absolute top-flight.

I agree that for the first part of the season he'd probably be out-qualified, but I think Mick would be able to learn so much from sharing a garage with Bottas that it would be the better option of the 2 in my opinion.