The Official F1 2023 silly season *contains speculation*
Discussion
JonChalk said:
Sycamore said:
So, he would say that Schumacher's titles are worth even less, given the support received from Bridgestone, the FIA and the absolute ironclad stamping on any chance of the 2nd driver challenging him?
They talk of "boring mercedes domination" but there's a name conspicuous by its absence in the "most wins in a season" clamour.
Teddy Lop said:
JonChalk said:
Sycamore said:
So, he would say that Schumacher's titles are worth even less, given the support received from Bridgestone, the FIA and the absolute ironclad stamping on any chance of the 2nd driver challenging him?They talk of "boring mercedes domination" but there's a name conspicuous by its absence in the "most wins in a season" clamour.
Vandoorne to Aston Martin as test and reserve driver.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.vandoor...
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.vandoor...
Really only HAAS left now, with certain assumptions about Sargent's success in superlicence points. Who is realistically in the running, and have they hinted at when they might announce? Could they feasible test a few drivers during pre-season running and decide close to the first race? I assume there is a deadline for submissions from the FIA, however...
ajprice said:
Vandoorne to Aston Martin as test and reserve driver.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.vandoor...
May not seem interesting on it's own, but wonder if that means Hulk to Haas?https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.vandoor...
carl_w said:
the-norseman said:
seen rumours of Merc reserve maybe being offered to Ricciardo or Schumacher.
Odd as Ricciardo is not known for his car development skillsDevelopment work is done by the sim driver and that role is still held by Anthony Davidson, IINM.
Muzzer79 said:
Reserve driver role is now more about someone being available to jump in at the last minute to replace another driver. If it's a former race-winner, great.
Development work is done by the sim driver and that role is still held by Anthony Davidson, IINM.
Ah, I assumed reserve and sim driver were one and the same. Having both would seem to be a bad idea now there is a cost cap. Development work is done by the sim driver and that role is still held by Anthony Davidson, IINM.
carl_w said:
Muzzer79 said:
Reserve driver role is now more about someone being available to jump in at the last minute to replace another driver. If it's a former race-winner, great.
Development work is done by the sim driver and that role is still held by Anthony Davidson, IINM.
Ah, I assumed reserve and sim driver were one and the same. Having both would seem to be a bad idea now there is a cost cap. Development work is done by the sim driver and that role is still held by Anthony Davidson, IINM.
andburg said:
carl_w said:
Muzzer79 said:
Reserve driver role is now more about someone being available to jump in at the last minute to replace another driver. If it's a former race-winner, great.
Development work is done by the sim driver and that role is still held by Anthony Davidson, IINM.
Ah, I assumed reserve and sim driver were one and the same. Having both would seem to be a bad idea now there is a cost cap. Development work is done by the sim driver and that role is still held by Anthony Davidson, IINM.
carl_w said:
I had assumed that was just the race drivers.
Nope.. all of them:F1 Financial Regs said:
(b) All costs of Consideration provided to an F1 Driver, or to a Connected Party of that F1 Driver, in exchange for that F1 Driver providing the services of an F1 Driver to or for the benefit of the F1 Team, together with all travel and accommodation costs in respect of each F1 Driver;
(c) All costs of Consideration provided to an Other Racing Driver, or to a Connected Party of that Other Racing Driver, in exchange for that Other Racing Driver providing the services of an Other Racing Driver to or for the benefit of the F1 Team, together with, all travel and accommodation costs in respect of each Other Racing Driver;
In the parlance of the regs "F1 Driver" is the drivers who compete in the races and "Other Racing Driver" is test/development drivers.(c) All costs of Consideration provided to an Other Racing Driver, or to a Connected Party of that Other Racing Driver, in exchange for that Other Racing Driver providing the services of an Other Racing Driver to or for the benefit of the F1 Team, together with, all travel and accommodation costs in respect of each Other Racing Driver;
MustangGT said:
mw88 said:
May not seem interesting on it's own, but wonder if that means Hulk to Haas?
Why?Hulkenburg has shown he is a good driver, but in other formulae only. His results in F1 are not good at all.
I agree, his results in F1 were never great but he did a decent enough job standing in for Vettel in Saudi this year.
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