F1 2024 season

[tonyfc]

Aston Martin doesn’t produce its own power unit. Mercedes does and provides them for 3 customer teams in Aston Martin, Williams and McLaren. Power units are so expensive to produce which is why at the moment we have Mercedes, Red Bull , Ferrari and Alpine as power unit manufacturers that sell them to other teams. There will be more in 2026 with Ford and Audi entering the sport.

Thanks. That makes sense. I thought AM would use Aston Martin engines. I think it would be fairer if each team had the similar power units like in Indy.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Money talks

If she has been paid to bury it then more the fool and now if she tries and cry wolf if something bad happens nobody will believe her

The fact that RB have remained tight lipped over the whole affair smacks of NDA's and pay offs.

 

[jimharri]

Been watching it since the early 60s and cannot remember a season with 3/4 scrapping for the title.

I know. I was just saying that as an ideal scenario. It'd be nice to see even two teams in the mix.

 

[ancoats]

The fact that RB have remained tight lipped over the whole affair smacks of NDA's and pay offs.

Yep

Tomorrow's fish/chip paper

 

[TinFoilHat]

Interesting...

Rachel Brooks just revealed that they don't show some events that occur at races because Netflix have a veto so they can include them in their doc as exclusive content.

She referenced a crash in between two drivers in the same team they witnessed but weren't allowed to comment on.

Sounds a bit fucked up to me.

 

[crooky]

Amazing!

Looks like he just late brakes on the other drivers with any distance between them when approaching every corner and then pulls away as they accelerate out! Like shooting fish in a barrel for him after F1, but superb to watch. I can only imagine the concentration required to do that for 2 hrs straight!

The majority of the cars he's passing he's not directly racing against. It's Le Mans so it's essentially multiple races taking place at the same time.

The skill for the top cars like Alonso is in, is to get past the slower traffic as quickly as possible but without taking too much risk. It's a fine balance and Alonso was getting it just right.

F1 isn't necessarily any more difficult in comparison it takes a different set of skills really.

 

[JuriRs]

Apparently the Horner Files* were sent to all major news outlets & other team bosses by anynonimous person.

 

[crooky]

Interesting...

Rachel Brooks just revealed that they don't show some events that occur at races because Netflix have a veto so they can include them in their doc as exclusive content.

She referenced a crash in between two drivers in the same team they witnessed but weren't allowed to comment on.

Sounds a bit fucked up to me.

Any sources for that?

Had a search and couldn't find anything.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Any sources for that?

Had a search and couldn't find anything.

Anecdotal.

She mentioned it commentating during practice one but I can't remember which team she said it was.

 

[bonespost]

Anecdotal.

She mentioned it commentating during practice one but I can't remember which team she said it was.

Alpine ????