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Thestealth said:
Only if we can have Hannah in return. Failing that, Latiffi gets to drive their lead car until the first round of pits stops during every race.
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That is actually a good penalty.
Hanna gets seconded to Ferrari for 2023.
It would be a win win, Hanna gets a nice car, Ferrari gets to actually win a few races and Redbull will suffer. :unsure: :laugh:
 
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F1's return to Africa a clear target, insists Domenicali

F1 boss, Stefano Domenicali admits that the sport is targeting a return to Africa, claiming that neither Kyalami or indeed South Africa is the only option.
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When the World Motor Sport Council recently confirmed the record schedule for 2023, many were disappointed to see that South Africa hadn't made the final cut despite widespread speculation that a deal was close to being done.

Seemingly 'pencilled in' for 2024, F1 is aware that without a race on the African continent it can hardly be called a world championship, and speaking recently, F1 CEO, Domenicali admitted that taking the sport back is a clear target.

"We need to make sure when we do something new, that it has to be with the right partners and be stable fundamentals to stay longer," he told Sky Sports.


"It would be wrong to go there one year and then disappear if the conditions aren't done properly," he admitted.

"It's a matter of having the right financial assets, but also having the site ready for the weekend that we want to host in that place.

"The only thing that I can say that after the first contact with Kyalami is that there are other places in Africa that are interested on Formula One," he added. "That's a very clear target.

"Africa will come back and hopefully very soon on our calendar."

Following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Domenicali headed to South Africa to continue the negotiations that it was hoped would see F1 return there for the first time since 1993. The country's absence from the '23 calendar suggests those negotiations were not fruitful.

One driver keen to see F1 in Africa is seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, who, when asked in 2020 where he would most like F1 to race, was in no doubt. "Easy," he replied, "Africa. It's such an important place to go back to.

"At the moment Formula 1 goes to countries and doesn't really leave much behind if anything," he added. "Formula 1 has to shift into being a sport that does go to places and leaves behind something that can really help the communities and I think firstly bringing the attention back to Africa and highlighting the beautiful place it is, I think that's the most important place that we have to go to.

"It needs to be held where it's not all about money," he said, "it's about people, and in business that's not always the case, so that's something I'm pushing for."

While Africa goes without, the US will host three races next season.

"The signals that we are receiving are incredible," said Domenicali "A couple of years ago we were thinking do we need to keep fighting to stay there and invest, but now there is an incredible sign of boom. It's impressive.

"For sure it is a market where a lot of resources will be dedicated, but we need to respect a lot of the regions around the world and there is a lot of attention everywhere."
 
caroper said:
www.pitpass.com

F1's return to Africa a clear target, insists Domenicali

F1 boss, Stefano Domenicali admits that the sport is targeting a return to Africa, claiming that neither Kyalami or indeed South Africa is the only option.
www.pitpass.com

When the World Motor Sport Council recently confirmed the record schedule for 2023, many were disappointed to see that South Africa hadn't made the final cut despite widespread speculation that a deal was close to being done.

Seemingly 'pencilled in' for 2024, F1 is aware that without a race on the African continent it can hardly be called a world championship, and speaking recently, F1 CEO, Domenicali admitted that taking the sport back is a clear target.

"We need to make sure when we do something new, that it has to be with the right partners and be stable fundamentals to stay longer," he told Sky Sports.


"It would be wrong to go there one year and then disappear if the conditions aren't done properly," he admitted.

"It's a matter of having the right financial assets, but also having the site ready for the weekend that we want to host in that place.

"The only thing that I can say that after the first contact with Kyalami is that there are other places in Africa that are interested on Formula One," he added. "That's a very clear target.

"Africa will come back and hopefully very soon on our calendar."

Following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Domenicali headed to South Africa to continue the negotiations that it was hoped would see F1 return there for the first time since 1993. The country's absence from the '23 calendar suggests those negotiations were not fruitful.

One driver keen to see F1 in Africa is seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, who, when asked in 2020 where he would most like F1 to race, was in no doubt. "Easy," he replied, "Africa. It's such an important place to go back to.

"At the moment Formula 1 goes to countries and doesn't really leave much behind if anything," he added. "Formula 1 has to shift into being a sport that does go to places and leaves behind something that can really help the communities and I think firstly bringing the attention back to Africa and highlighting the beautiful place it is, I think that's the most important place that we have to go to.

"It needs to be held where it's not all about money," he said, "it's about people, and in business that's not always the case, so that's something I'm pushing for."

While Africa goes without, the US will host three races next season.

"The signals that we are receiving are incredible," said Domenicali "A couple of years ago we were thinking do we need to keep fighting to stay there and invest, but now there is an incredible sign of boom. It's impressive.

"For sure it is a market where a lot of resources will be dedicated, but we need to respect a lot of the regions around the world and there is a lot of attention everywhere."
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TLDR

Kyalami is kak but more importantly we won't be paid enough. Also we think SA will **** it up.
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
RB strategist. She's probably the smartest person on the team except Newey...

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Verstappen and Pérez race easy knowing the strategy team have their back

Meet Principal Strategy Engineer Hannah Schmitz – part of the team making real-time race winning decisions for Oracle Red Bull Racing.
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Oh yeah...they always show old Marko and Horner, but never her. Wonder if any other team would try snapping her up?
Maybe Ferrari to get a decent Team Principal and get rid of Binotto!
 
Defonotaltaccount said:
Max Costcappen 2022 WDC.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1579940869603741696
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Tbh all of this is a bit unfair towards Verstappen. The fastest car on the grid is useless if not driven by a good driver. Look at how Bottas and Checo did against Verstappen and Hamilton, neither could really compare.

So even if the team cheated, it doesn't suddenly mean Max is useless, as much as I don't like him he is a good driver. All of the vitriol should be aimed at the team principal, not the drivers. And for this years championship he drove the socks off that car, and he did it well.
Hamster said:
The RB strategist everybody has known about for years since a couple of races ago.
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She only came into focus because of how useless the Ferrari strategists are. If not for that she would still have been unknown.
 
Craig_ said:
She only came into focus because of how useless the Ferrari strategists are. If not for that she would still have been unknown.
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That is strange, because last year it was already clear that RB strategy is better than Merc stategy, but not as obvious as the Ferarri blunders over the years.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Teams have been exploiting loopholes in the regulations for ages. If you don't want these sorts of things happening, then make the regulations as watertight as possible...
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The lawyers (they deliberately look for ambiguity and interpretations in the rules) and engineers at F1 teams have always been far too smart for the rule makers. That is why regulations are reactive, they are constantly having to close the loopholes the teams figure out.

I mean, who are the FIA going to hire to keep one step ahead of Adrian Newey?
 
Tinuva said:
That is strange, because last year it was already clear that RB strategy is better than Merc stategy, but not as obvious as the Ferarri blunders over the years.
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Mercedes had the odd blunder, Ferrari **** ups were on a whole different level this year.
 
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