The Perez thing has basically turned into the F1 version of the manager you really know needs to be sacked but keeps on somehow getting more games when the situation is already dire. No idea why Marko is waiting until after Abu Dhabi to decide.
It's a shame politics will stop them promoting Tsunoda, I'd expect it to be Lawson to the big team and Colapinto to VCARB.
F1 has confirmed we'll have eleven teams on the Grid for 2026.
Will be very interesting to see what route GM go for drivers. Unless Colton Herta has a huge uptick in form I don't see him being an option because he won't get an SL.
Will be good to have a new engine manufacturer in the grid with Alpine/Renault withdrawing as an engine manufacturer. Honda coming back, full scale, in 2026 as well.
Hilarious that all they had to do was remove Andretti from the equation to get it across the line. However it's still ran by them and the new CEO of Andretti Global is quoted in the F1 article, just named as TWG Group CEO instead.
I fully expect once they get a foot in the door, the Andretti name will re-appear somewhere
F1 has confirmed we'll have eleven teams on the Grid for 2026.
Will be very interesting to see what route GM go for drivers. Unless Colton Herta has a huge uptick in form I don't see him being an option because he won't get an SL.
All he needs for a SL is 100km in a FP session. The issue is who gives him that run, if they're serious about putting him in one of the cars they need to act fast and get him in a session, and no team will be willing to do so to help out a future rival. Ferrari need someone for Abu Dhabi as Bearman no longer counts, but I can't see Herta getting that chance
F1 has confirmed we'll have eleven teams on the Grid for 2026.
Will be very interesting to see what route GM go for drivers. Unless Colton Herta has a huge uptick in form I don't see him being an option because he won't get an SL.
All he needs for a SL is 100km in a FP session. The issue is who gives him that run, if they're serious about putting him in one of the cars they need to act fast and get him in a session, and no team will be willing to do so to help out a future rival. Ferrari need someone for Abu Dhabi as Bearman no longer counts, but I can't see Herta getting that chance
I think the current rumour is Ferrari will run Antonio Fuoco or Arthur Leclerc because Shwartzman has left entirely and obviously Ollie doesn't count
I really hope with 22 cars on the grid they review the points system. Just ten cars point scoring means there’s 12 cars not, with many simply going through most of the race with no chance of scoring.
Bring in a points system that others something of interest to the middle and back of the grid
Problem with scoring everyone is you need the gaps between each place to make it more risk/reward for points. However to do that you need to make the increments bigger, so you end up with something like: 75, 60, 50, 42, 36, 30, 25, 21, 18, 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
I don’t see necessarily that as a bad thing. Currently a driver in 11th forced to take an extra pit stop and drop and drops down to 18th, it’s effectively race over for them. Whats the point of racing hard for the last 15-20 laps with nothing on offer? If they know they can (in your system) double their points from 5 to 10, it’s worth racing, don’t you think?
I really hope with 22 cars on the grid they review the points system. Just ten cars point scoring means there’s 12 cars not, with many simply going through most of the race with no chance of scoring.
Bring in a points system that others something of interest to the middle and back of the grid
used to have 26 cars with only 6 scoring back in the day, wasn't a huge problem then, but saying that up to 10-15 cars used to breakdown/crash (especially with-drivers like Brambilla and DeCrasheris), and some drivers/cars were so slow that often the top six were spread over 2-3 laps.
I don’t see necessarily that as a bad thing. Currently a driver in 11th forced to take an extra pit stop and drop and drops down to 18th, it’s effectively race over for them. Whats the point of racing hard for the last 15-20 laps with nothing on offer? If they know they can (in your system) double their points from 5 to 10, it’s worth racing, don’t you think?
Oh I agree it will make every position matter, it's why you get Indycars going out and lapping the circuit when they've had a mechanical problem and are 20 laps down, because they know they can still salvage a couple of vital points. My point was the upper end of the points will have to be big jumps to also get them to race. If points went all the way to 22nd but the winner got 25 still (as I saw someone suggest online the other day) then there's no point in trying too hard to overtake
I don’t see necessarily that as a bad thing. Currently a driver in 11th forced to take an extra pit stop and drop and drops down to 18th, it’s effectively race over for them. Whats the point of racing hard for the last 15-20 laps with nothing on offer? If they know they can (in your system) double their points from 5 to 10, it’s worth racing, don’t you think?
Oh I agree it will make every position matter, it's why you get Indycars going out and lapping the circuit when they've had a mechanical problem and are 20 laps down, because they know they can still salvage a couple of vital points. My point was the upper end of the points will have to be big jumps to also get them to race. If points went all the way to 22nd but the winner got 25 still (as I saw someone suggest online the other day) then there's no point in trying too hard to overtake
Tend to agree but I think as the season went on it would change. Plus, that didn't stop hard racing when the points system was different 15yrs ago.
In the last ten years there has been what, 3 times it's gone to the last race and one of those shouldn't have been so tight due to Bernies stupid double points idea. The season being over with 3-6 races to go isn't great and let's be honest, no one gives a fck about the constructors.
With a closer points system, all scoring there'd be defo be 3, possibly 4 or 5 people still in the title race.
I would suggest points down to 15th, as follows: - 40, 35, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 7, 5, 3, 2, 1. It would tighten up the points differential at the top and give the lesser teams something to race for. It would also make it more likely to take the championship to the final race, as a DNF would be so costly.
I would suggest points down to 15th, as follows: - 40, 35, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 7, 5, 3, 2, 1. It would tighten up the points differential at the top and give the lesser teams something to race for. It would also make it more likely to take the championship to the final race, as a DNF would be so costly.
The above would only tighten things up between 1st and 2nd. Everywhere else is either the same differential or worse off. Current diff between 2nd and 3rd is 3pts, suggested is 5.
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It's a shame politics will stop them promoting Tsunoda, I'd expect it to be Lawson to the big team and Colapinto to VCARB.
Incidentally…….he’s only “three times” champion.
Will be very interesting to see what route GM go for drivers. Unless Colton Herta has a huge uptick in form I don't see him being an option because he won't get an SL.
I fully expect once they get a foot in the door, the Andretti name will re-appear somewhere
I think the current rumour is Ferrari will run Antonio Fuoco or Arthur Leclerc because Shwartzman has left entirely and obviously Ollie doesn't count
75, 60, 50, 42, 36, 30, 25, 21, 18, 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
In the last ten years there has been what, 3 times it's gone to the last race and one of those shouldn't have been so tight due to Bernies stupid double points idea. The season being over with 3-6 races to go isn't great and let's be honest, no one gives a fck about the constructors.
With a closer points system, all scoring there'd be defo be 3, possibly 4 or 5 people still in the title race.
40, 35, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 7, 5, 3, 2, 1.
It would tighten up the points differential at the top and give the lesser teams something to race for. It would also make it more likely to take the championship to the final race, as a DNF would be so costly.