The Official F1 2027 silly season *contains speculation*

[PRO5T]

The big question that asks is what of Andrea Stella? Could he really be off to Ferrari to replace Fred as the article suggests?

[vaud]

BrettMRC said:

Be nice for him not to have to poke up with the abuse

There was a podcast (I forget which) that highlighted that he had similar relationships with prior drivers, right down to some of the same phrases.

[vaud]

Oddly neither BBC nor Autosport are reporting it (as of 9:20am)

[thegreenhell]

It's on BBC now, posted 3 mins ago.

[suffolk009]

Rachel Brookes reporting he will be McLaren's Head of Race Engineering

[hondajack85]

PRO5T said:

The big question that asks is what of Andrea Stella? Could he really be off to Ferrari to replace Fred as the article suggests?

that would be a bigger deal than the Jpl to mclaren news.

[thegreenhell]

Maybe now McLaren will know to pit under a safety car.

[vaud]

suffolk009 said:

Rachel Brookes reporting he will be McLaren's Head of Race Engineering

If he is sharing some duties with Andrea it might mean that he doesn’t have to go to every race. Last year was super rough on him and family as I understand that his wife was quite ill.

[Mastodon2]

And the downfall of Red Bull is almost complete. Senior trackside team gutted, F1's best car designer gone, an unimpressive car and the best driver on the grid losing interest in the sport. I hope or the Thai side of RB are thrilled with their new spot in the mid-field.

[732NM]

Mastodon2 said:

And the downfall of Red Bull is almost complete. Senior trackside team gutted, F1's best car designer gone, an unimpressive car and the best driver on the grid losing interest in the sport. I hope or the Thai side of RB are thrilled with their new spot in the mid-field.

And yet without the best designer they managed to only lose the world drivers championship because of a red mist moment by the driver.
Aston are doing great so far with this designer.

The teams have hundreds of people designing these cars, all contributing.

Considering they are starting from zero with the PU, the car looks decent, and based on previous seasons they are likely to develop the car well as the year unfolds.

The driver losing interest is bugger all to do with the team, the current formula regulations is the problem.

[vaud]

I don’t really follow any single driver these days.

On Max (and others) I agree with the observations on the formula - especially in qualifying

[suffolk009]

732NM said:

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The driver losing interest is bugger all to do with the team, the current formula regulations is the problem.

That's just not true, is it?

If the Red Bull was beating the Mercedes every race weekend you'd not be hearing a word of complaint from Max.

[DanielSan]

suffolk009 said:

That's just not true, is it?

If the Red Bull was beating the Mercedes every race weekend you'd not be hearing a word of complaint from Max.

He's been saying these regs are broken since his first time in the sim in 2023, and repeatedly criticised the old regs as well for not allowing the racing to be close.

[paulguitar]

DanielSan said:

suffolk009 said:

That's just not true, is it?

If the Red Bull was beating the Mercedes every race weekend you'd not be hearing a word of complaint from Max.

He's been saying these regs are broken since his first time in the sim in 2023, and repeatedly criticised the old regs as well for not allowing the racing to be close.

Yeah, MV has been consistent about this.

[732NM]

suffolk009 said:

732NM said:

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The driver losing interest is bugger all to do with the team, the current formula regulations is the problem.

That's just not true, is it?

If the Red Bull was beating the Mercedes every race weekend you'd not be hearing a word of complaint from Max.

I don't agree at all. Max is a racer, he has been raising this regulation set being a problem well before he sat in this years car.

[vaud]

I think with max that even if he was winning he would still be as vocal, esp qualifying.

He’s the most “driven” racer I can recall - I don’t hear of others getting up in the middle of the of the night to try something on his simulator, or taking sim racing to the track for a race after the F1 race… and then there are he dabbling into other series.

[nordboy]

Hannah Schmitz seems also to leaving Red Bull, moving to Ferrari. Maybe they'll have a decent strategist then, and don't resort to 'we are checking'?

Edited by nordboy on Friday 10th April 20:46

[zsdom]

vaud said:

I don t hear of others getting up in the middle of the of the night to try something on his simulator,

That’s because they have lives

[Zammy]

nordboy said:

Hannah Schmitz seems also to leaving Red Bull, moving to Ferrari. Maybe they'll have a decent strategist then, and don't resort to 'we are checking'?

Edited by nordboy on Friday 10th April 20:46

Is that one actually true? I've seen that only on spoof F1 websites. Happy to be corrected though.

[ajprice]

Zammy said:

nordboy said:

Hannah Schmitz seems also to leaving Red Bull, moving to Ferrari. Maybe they'll have a decent strategist then, and don't resort to 'we are checking'?

Edited by nordboy on Friday 10th April 20:46

Is that one actually true? I've seen that only on spoof F1 websites. Happy to be corrected though.

From what I can see it's probably from a joke post by 'Box Box' on Twitter. So no she isn't leaving Red Bull (yet?)

https://x.com/i/status/2042254751585448300