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Guenther Steiner has left the Haas Team, his contract had expired and Team owner chose not to extend it.

He's been replaced by the teams former director of engineering, Ayao Komatsu.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/67934824

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Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes at the end of the 2024 season and join Ferrari.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68169534

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Hopefully Carlos Sainz gets a good seat next year. Maybe replace Alonso

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Quite a shock when l heard that early yesterday.:shocked:

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Lewis Hamilton is still driving ?
That was a shock to me, I thought he'd have retired by now. :angel:

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It’s going to be a massive driver merry-go-round.

Perez is out of contract and will most likely exit F1
Sainz will look for a seat.
Alonso is out of contract

Personally I’d like to see Alonso take Hamilton’s seat at Mercedes

Sainz go to Audi or Red Bull

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Alonso at Mercedes? Doubt he'd like number two to Russell

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Wonder what his no claims bonus is? Has he protected it ? I would if I were him.

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All the Hamilton haters ore out in force on FB.


Ferrari value jumps by $10B on the news about LH.


No doubt a LH Ferrari will be on the drawing board.

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Are you still a Ferrari hater?

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I look forward to Sky’s contortions around team orders.

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No Red Bully

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I know what you mean I can't stand Horner after the way he behaved after that Silverstone crash but the car is great.

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oops
CH under investigation for inappropriate behaviour, I heard a photo of a body part.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68218956

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Christian Horny.

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Yer lol, although the latest rumour is to do with how he talks to staff apparently so not as crazy as that.

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Pre-season testing takes place from Wednesday February 21 10am-7pm to Friday February 23 at the Bahrain International Circuit.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...nKLz0j7Ev.html

The Cars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68248880

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It's a "penis". Attached. I cannot post the link, it is protected.

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Horner cleared by Red Bull......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68411597

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not surprised.


but someone in RB wants him out

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Are you going to watch this season of F1?

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...2&d=1709588670



The alleged whatsapp messages

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At this moment yes

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Just a reminder Qualifying for the Bahrain GP is today with the race on Saturday.

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Saw this when it dropped yesterday, alot of speculation seeing it maybe AI generated but I'm glad I'm not him, there is even a ***k pic apparently.

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Having waded through the Google Drive. The man has no chat.

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That was a snorefest.

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Well this took a bit of a turn.

Jos Verstappen: Red Bull F1 team risks being “torn apart” if Horner stays.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/jo...tays/10582532/

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Yet others say JV is behind this to oust CH so he can take his job

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There's no way he would get the job, but it's possible he sent it.

I wouldn't be surprised if CH is gone by the 3rd GP.

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The stories surrounding Horner are more fun than the racing, I've read news that Horner was actually fired on February 2nd but there was a clause in his contract that forced an investigation, and there's even talk of MV leaving Red Bull if Horner stays and Jos had dinner with Toto too.

https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/3...furore-sources

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Is that her? (Sorry, I do not know how to scale it)

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...0&d=1709588181

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I think it might be it's his PA.

You break each page with your images I was hoping to get to the next page but you have done it again, making it hard to navigate on mobile lol.

Load imagine into paint software and resize.

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Very sorry about the size.

Fiona Hewitson is indeed Christian Horner's personal assistant and alleged accuser.

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Red Bull suspend woman who accused Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour - BBC Sport.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68501426

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Just signed up to Formula 1 TV Pro via Google Play Store with VPN so I'm hoping it'll let me watch the races live with cockpit camera choice for £6.99 a month. Hopefully this will work as it's alot cheaper than Sky although it took a while to find a VPN that would work.

Edit
Not yet convinced this will work as It still wants me to subscribe if I log in on their website but it maybe that the app is treated independently and the £6.99 monthly cost is far more than the basic UK TV Access price of £2.29 a month which doesn't give live races so I maybe good.

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Carlos Sainz has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will require surgery so will take no further part in F1 this weekend.

FP3, Qualifying and the Race will be taken by Ferrari's British reserve driver Oliver Bearman therefore taking no further part in this week's Formula 2 Championship which he had taken Pole Position with for the main event.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/68511360

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Formula 1 TV Pro worked perfectly so total cost is NordVPN at £3.33 and F1 TV £6.99 = £10.32 a month and I'm well chuffed considering what Sky would charge me.

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It's being reported that Adrian Newey is to leave Red Bull, I wonder where he will end up Aston, Ferrari or Audi?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cmm3v9ny78eo

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Hulkenberg to join Sauber from Haas in 2025.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cjew54g41ego

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Confirmed.

Adrian Newey to leave Red Bull in early 2025, no mention of how long his gardening leave will be( if any) but Ferrari are hot favourites for his next adventure.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cv2rd53gnr6o

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The non-compete clause is very likely to be overturned as it breached his earnings rights

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I think he's basically on gardening leave now from F1 and will concentrate on the RB17, so in a years time he can work for another team.

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Lando Norris gets his 1st race victory at the Miami Grand Prix.

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/68922043

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The first of many I hope

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The car had alot of upgrades to it, only time will tell if they are working or whether it was a one off.

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The worst race ever? After lap 1 yes.

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Terrible race luckily I was on PS5 at the same time so didn't look at it much.

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Mandatory two stops would help the Monaco GP

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I decide to watch this as MV was in 6th.

What a waste of time, watching paint dry in rain would have been more fun.

Time Monaco was axed, it was just follow the leader.

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There is already a mandatory use of 2 tyre compounds.

Monaco has always been a boring race.

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It's a boring sport, whatever the location.

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Have to disagree - spent a long weekend in Barcelona watching a GP, and it was great fun (including the race and the practices).

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Mmm, just round and round for no good reason really, the fastest car wins.... What's the carbon footprint of it all ? ;)

They could at least make it half interesting and do it on the length of the M62. A journey I did the other day. It took far more driving skill and is more dangerous than F1 circuits.

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A rare time i agree with you.

The fascination and fun of just watching cars go round a track does elude me.

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Just saw the Canadian GP Qualifying


G Russell 1:12:000 (Pole)

Max 1:12:000 (2nd)

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Really enjoyed that race, best race of the season, it's a shame Lando didn't get the win when he was ahead and as for the Mercedes what an improvement to those cars.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1...s/c3g0qq7j7m8o

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You have to wonder if he could do that in a Ferrari

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I have to say, it was quite emotional, as well as a good race.

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If Lando was that much faster than Piastri he should have given him the place back at the soonest opportunity then won it on track.

Instead he just looks like a petulant child who wanted the team to make him their number one driver and they didn't. Sky's coverage, biased as ever, making comparisons with Max was an irrelevant point. He is a number one driver in a team. Your question is what would happen at Ferrari, or Mercedes right now.

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Time to axe the Belgian GP.

Too many hours lost to red flags and the rain

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Spa is good, Monaco needs to go.

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Belgian Grand Prix today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cd1...3c8b0b6ea#post

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Reminiscent of the glory days of Mercedes. All fell together for George. I don’t think enough drivers roll the dice at times with strategy calls to do something different in substance from the rest of the field. There may well be a good reason though - it rarely works. :D

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Russell now under investigation as car under the weight limit after the race.

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Hamilton given win in Belgium as Russell disqualified

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c6p2q0x5ezzo

Gutted, he was over moon with the win too. That must be a hard to take after all that.

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Wonder why F1 isn't in the Olympics? Paris has a 'nice' ring road they could utilise....

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Game over for Daniel Ricciardo as he's replaced at RB by Liam Lawson for the rest of the 2024 season.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1...s/c5y076prkero

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Still some dull races but the old scoreboard is interesting. Glad to see McLaren back.

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Even better to see Max losing:D

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Lovely Ferrari win. :cleader: Charles!

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FIA doing their best for Crashtappan

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Yep the maFIA desperately want him to beat Sir Lewis Hamilton's 7 titles.


I'm not sad that I gave up Sports and Movies when I took out a VM sub.

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Another Ferrari win :woot: I'm liking this resurgence :D

Max isn't in a good place right now. 20 second penalty damn! Still off the pace though who knows what would have happened had he of got the lead.

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It was great seeing Max get 20 seconds of penalties.

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FIA stewards grew a pair.

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I read he's also been given 2 penalty points too.

He's now blaming the incidents on his car being too slow.

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Where did you read regarding points deduction? I can't find anything on Sky Sports F1 or formula1.com

Oops. He did take the lead. Not a good day at the office to say the least.

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It's the only source I have so maybe it's not accurate.

https://www.racefans.net/2024/10/27/...enalty-points/

Edit Sky also report it.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...for%20a%20race.

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Thank you. It's the super license points. I was looking at the driver's table :dunce:

This link is informative https://www.planetf1.com/features/f1...e%2Drace%20ban.

Why don't formula1.com have a dedicated web page where all penalty points are detailed :confused:

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Max Verstappen hit with five-place grid penalty in Brazil

https://www.thetimes.com/article/603...b06e89029dcc6b

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You get a penalty for changing a faulty engine ? F1 is so weird.

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You're allowed 4 ICE per season, if you have to go over that you get a penalty, I think it's to do with the cost cap, basically new engines will give greater performance.

https://maxf1.net/en/2024-f1-power-unit-elements-usage/

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Wow! What a pulsating race. Good for Max winning from no chance position :hyper:

A pretty much nothing showing from Ferrari :( roll on next race :woot:

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Well they gifted him the win (again), by bring out the red flag just after Mclaren bring their guys in.


F1 is dead to me

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There was some gap between those that pitted and the red flag.

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Which I believe max moaned about the day before, but not when he wins

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Are you referring to qualifying for the race? This..

https://www.racefans.net/2024/11/03/...2-elimination/

Naughty :o:

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:woot:

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It's not that difficult driving a car. Piss easy round a racing track. They want to try the M60 round Manchester in rush hour, see who's best then.

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It's a shame this crappy person won again.

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How so?

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He maybe a good driver but his driving attitude is very questionable, I thought this was common knowledge.

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Nope. I don't understand the negativity to be honest. Everybody has a character about them.

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Just cancelled my F1 TV Pro subscription for this season, the next payment was due the day of the last race so I may miss that.

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Take a deckchair and go and watch your local ring road instead. Far more entertaining and free :)