2024 Race season

Ohtobbad said:
Norris Penatly, keeps Ferrai within reach, at a track where ferrari should be good.
if nothing else, should be good ending.

Lots going on, O'con out and Jack Doonhan in, might be interesting.
Perez, Perez, Perez ?????

Hamiltons last race with Merc.

Lots of folks last race, so a bit of passing of the torch
which makes the build up to 2025 interesting as well.
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Should be an interesting last race as you say.
Let’s hope Hamilton doesn’t just give up on Mercedes and does come out fighting.
 
AC Bill said:
You have to hand it to Max, he is sure great at starts. Poor George was handed his butt, unless he had a guilt trip about his complaint that lost Max the pole, and purposely let himself get passed? Apparently Max was extremely pissed at George at the stewards meeting the night before, when the penalty was handed out. If so I doubt he was too pleased when Norris passed him as well..

Zhou's finish was certainly a huge surprise, but it was too little too late, and like Bottas, both the Kick Sauber drivers were given the boot. Fair enough as they have both been terrible this season. F2's leader, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Nico Hulkenberg will fill the seats in 2025
I'm actually somewhat surprised their seats weren't filled earlier in the season. Bottas, who has previously won ten Grand Prix's, and 67 podium finishes, has done very poorly this season. His last win was with Mercedes in 2021. Are his best days gone, or with a new team could he make a comeback? He's hoping that Redbull may take the risk, and sign him as a reserve driver. Redbull appears to be looking at their choices as to a potential future partner for Max. Several names are currently circulating. Not sure if Bottas is one of them..
Will Perez take the hint that Horner was subtly suggesting during his interview with Sky Sports, saying " I'm going to let Checo (Perez) come to his own conclusions, nobody's forcing him one way or another, he's old enough and wise enough to know what the situation is, and yeah, let's see where we are after Abu Dhabi."

Vasseur is still sounding confident on Hamilton's potential with the Ferrari, in spite of his poor performances recently. In recent interviews, Hamilton certainly sounded like he was admitting he was on a downhill slope. Could be he is just very frustrated with his car this season, and a team change may be all that he needs to rebound. I sure hope Ferrari gives him a car that contend next season, as I'd hate to see his career end poorly, for what many consider the best driver in F1 history. Sure he's tied with Schumacher for seven World Championships, but he has far more podium finishes than all other F1 drivers. 202 podiums so far, in comparison to Schumachers 155. Mind you, Max has already hit 112 in his eight years, whereas Hamilton's career is in it's 17th year..Looking forward to 2025 to see what Lewis can do.

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My gut feel says Perez and Bottas are done, results have been too lacklustre for too long.

As for Hamilton, we will see if he has still got it and the move to Ferrari rekindles the spark…….
 
Don't drink the Water!

Perhaps someone should have mentioned this to Leclerc.. The 27-year-old revealed that he had been suffering from food poisoning on Thursday night, leaving him feeling unwell ahead of an important day for him in terms of Ferrari’s bid for the constructors championship. He did run practice laps today though.
I can't even imagine driving an F1 car and having diarrhea. To make things even worse he has been given a ten place grid penalty for his car needing to replace the power unit..This may well affect his final driver championship points with Norris's current narrow lead of only 21 points.

On a high note for Leclerc, regarding his brother's crack at driving practice in an F1 car, he said, ""It was a wonderful day and at the same time a tough one. On the upside, my brother Arthur and I shared the garage for the first time, with him completing his first FP1 for our team. It was an incredible and unique moment and I really enjoyed it."
The 24-year-old Arthur is one of the six rookie drivers taking part in FP1, as teams seek to fulfil their commitment of giving two young racers a chance to drive on track during a race weekend.
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The turmoil continues. Hard feelings continue over Russell's complaint to FIA stewards at Quatar.

Max Verstappen calls George Russell a 'loser' and 'backstabber'​

Thursday morning, Russell spoke to the media and claimed that Verstappen threatened to intentionally wreck him at Qatar last week.

“That’s not true; I didn’t say it like that,” Verstappen said. “[George Russell]’s exaggerating again. Do you know what I can’t stand? The way he attacks me unacceptably with the stewards and then acts like nothing happened the next day, patting me on the shoulder. I think, ‘Stay away from me.’ "
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We shall see....

Perez sits eighth in the point standings behind the six drivers from McLaren, Ferrari, and Mercedes, and his teammate Max.

On Thursday, Perez addressed the rumors that he won’t return to Red Bull for the 2025 season. As of now, Perez believes, at least publicly, that he will return in 2025. When asked by ESPN if he was 100% sure despite the reports this week, Pérez said: "I already said, mate. Nothing further to add. I have a contract for next year.Nothing has changed since before in terms of what I’ve said for the entire year,” Perez said. “I’ve got a contract for next year and I will be driving for Red Bull next year.”

A shareholders meeting is set to take place next week which could escalate the situation. On whether he feels as though Red Bull boss Christian Horner and racing advisor Helmut Marko still support him, he said: "I think it's just important to stay in it together, because, like I said, the decision hasn't been the greatest but at the end of the day there's a reason why they renewed me and they know that I still can do it and that's an important factor."

I like Sergio, but he's had a horrible season in 2024. so my fingers are crossed..
 
Lewis had some bad luck picking up cone, out Q-1
MacLarens 1-2 Looks like unless disaster they will win constructors.

Lots of other drama going on, fast track with passing
so should be good race.
 
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Well snow screwed up e watching the race and from what I read, would have been good one to see.
Lots of action and lots of passing, with Impressive perfromances From Leclerc and Hamilton.
Who will be team mates next year.

Not a MAx fan, but gottat give it to him, congrats on 4th championship.
Congrats to Maclaren winning constructors, first time since 98 I believe.
 
During the wind up show after the final 2024 race, Damon Hill's retirement from Sky Sports was announced. He'd been with them for 13 years apparently. He is 64 years old. He offered some good insight's as an announcer, but I found him a bit too subdued for my liking.

Damon was F1's 1996 World Champ, but for some reason I remember his father Graham Hill displaying his skills on the track far more than Damon's. Perhaps it was the fact is father raced and won the Indy 500 on his first attempt. He'd also won at LeMan's, during his professional racing career of nearly 20 years. Perhaps it was because that the F1 cars when Graham drove them, were far less engineered, and much more exciting to watch, than during Damon's F1 years. There was a time period when the cars became so over-engineered, I didn't even bother to watch F1 anymore. I truly expected that one day we would see them being driven by remote control.
 
It was confirmed that Formula1 had reached an agreement in principle to support bringing GM/Cadillac as the 11th team in the field

"Ferrari have announced that they have entered into an agreement with the General Motors/Cadillac F1 project to supply the team with power units and gearboxes starting in 2026, the year in which the manufacturer could potentially join the grid."

Graeme Lowdon GM's F1 team principal, stated regarding bringing together two remarkable legacies. “Choosing the right power unit partner is crucial, and we trust in Ferrari’s passion, excellence and the exceptional capabilities of their people.” GM President Mark Reuss stated, “This is a global stage for us to demonstrate GM’s engineering expertise and technology leadership at an entirely new level.”
In a statement, Formula 1 confirmed that General Motors had “achieved operational milestones and made clear their commitment to brand the eleventh team GM/Cadillac, and that GM will enter as an engine supplier at a later time.

Ferrari powered in the meantime? Can't GM build their own engine by 2026? Why even use the GM name if that's the case, strictly for marketing? The old term. "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday", won't be the case here. Will there be a Ferrari powered Cadillac at your local car dealer? lol


Body by Fisher?

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Using the Cadillac Name was so they could enter F-1
Andretti stepping down, and Mafie from FOM stepping down, opened a window,
The top share holder in Andrettie, usedhis compnay name along with Cadillac
in order to make this all happen.

Today in the UK, the new team name was approved, Cadillac Formula racing LTD
changed from Andretti racing. Mario will be on the board of directors,

It will be interesting to see if at any point in the future, once the dust settles
If Michael Andretti will be allowed anywhere near this.
1-2 years and anything can happen, be fun to watch this all unfold.

But it might take some time, as it is they are not n the Grid until 2026
 
AC Bill said:
Why do you suppose Michael Andretti would be an issue in F1?
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I personally don't , but I think he was part of the reason
they were refused a team, he was very public, didn;t play by
old boys rules and FOM decided, hes not getting in,

The events that followed, along with GM taking a bigger roll
allowed this to move forward. If Michael is on the teal in 2026 with a high profile position.
it will likely send different messages, be interesting to see how this all plays out,
if it does at all.
 
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