Silly season 2021-2022-2023

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chrisc90 wrote:
22 May 2023, 23:49
Carlos Sainz will be impressed given he has a contract for 2024! :shock:

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Asked directly whether Ferrari had been in touch, Hamilton said: "No."

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur said: "You know perfectly that at this stage of the season each week you will have a different story and we are not sending an offer to Lewis Hamilton. We didn't do it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/65713386

So all of the rubbish about Hamilton and Ferrari was just that - rubbish. Bored journos tasked with writing clickbait nonsense becasue there's nothing real happening at the time. :roll:
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Just_a_fan wrote:
25 May 2023, 21:15
Bored journos tasked with writing clickbait nonsense becasue there's nothing real happening at the time. :roll:
Sadly that seems to be what the vast majority of F1 related journalism is now!
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dans79 wrote:
25 May 2023, 22:20
Just_a_fan wrote:
25 May 2023, 21:15
Bored journos tasked with writing clickbait nonsense becasue there's nothing real happening at the time. :roll:
Sadly that seems to be what the vast majority of F1 related journalism is now!

Action on track is poor, the championships are basically over, so what do you expect? Off track drama or ridiculously overhyped upgrade packages are the only thing that can be spun to garner some interest

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DGP123 wrote:
25 May 2023, 23:15
Action on track is poor, the championships are basically over, so what do you expect? Off track drama or ridiculously overhyped upgrade packages are the only thing that can be spun to garner some interest
I enjoy the technical side of the sport, but since Liberty took over, Liberty and the FIA seem to dumb the sport down every chance they get. Imo, the cost cap is just one of their failed attempts to generate as much fake drama as possible to pull in as many new lowbrow fans as possible!
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dans79 wrote:
25 May 2023, 22:20
Just_a_fan wrote:
25 May 2023, 21:15
Bored journos tasked with writing clickbait nonsense becasue there's nothing real happening at the time. :roll:
Sadly that seems to be what the vast majority of F1 related journalism is now!
I think that there is sadly, or worryingly, a possibility that the rumors are true but Fred also being honest -- that perhaps upper board management has indeed approached Lewis, with no information being handed down to Fred about it.
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raymondu999 wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 09:17
dans79 wrote:
25 May 2023, 22:20
Just_a_fan wrote:
25 May 2023, 21:15
Bored journos tasked with writing clickbait nonsense becasue there's nothing real happening at the time. :roll:
Sadly that seems to be what the vast majority of F1 related journalism is now!
I think that there is sadly, or worryingly, a possibility that the rumors are true but Fred also being honest -- that perhaps upper board management has indeed approached Lewis, with no information being handed down to Fred about it.
I don't buy that at all. Lewis and Toto are quite clear that they are just thrashing out the stuff about media involvement and PR stuff in Lewis's contract. The big ticket stuff has already been agreed.
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Ferrari want to put Hamilton in the Alfa Romeo with Bottas.
Honda!

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dren wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 19:11
Ferrari want to put Hamilton in the Alfa Romeo with Bottas.
I think it's a great idea to increase the price of Alfa Romeo and then sell it to Audi! :lol:

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dren wrote:
02 Jun 2023, 19:11
Ferrari want to put Hamilton in the Alfa Romeo with Bottas.
Possibly the only way Ferrari's drivers will pass a Merc driver... :wink: :lol:
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I wonder if Helmut Marko could sign a release with Chip Ganassi for Alex Palou starting September 11th to the end of the season.

Nyck de Vries just does not seem to click.

Liam Lawson will also be available

I was hoping Herta would get the points, but Andretti has dropped the ball yet again this year.

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FW17 wrote:
19 Jun 2023, 04:10
I wonder if Helmut Marko could sign a release with Chip Ganassi for Alex Palou starting September 11th to the end of the season.

Nyck de Vries just does not seem to click.

Liam Lawson will also be available

I was hoping Herta would get the points, but Andretti has dropped the ball yet again this year.
I don't follow much of Indycar, but how does one make a case for an Indycar driver to be an F1 driver? When there are ample examples of failed F1 drivers performing well in Indycar, it makes one wonder if an Indycar driver has what it takes to be a successful F1 driver? Unless a driver was a hotshot in GP3 and GP2 and then couldn't make it to F1 for some reason, moved to Indycar is making waves, it's understandable.

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mendis wrote:
19 Jun 2023, 09:38
FW17 wrote:
19 Jun 2023, 04:10
I wonder if Helmut Marko could sign a release with Chip Ganassi for Alex Palou starting September 11th to the end of the season.

Nyck de Vries just does not seem to click.

Liam Lawson will also be available

I was hoping Herta would get the points, but Andretti has dropped the ball yet again this year.
I don't follow much of Indycar, but how does one make a case for an Indycar driver to be an F1 driver? When there are ample examples of failed F1 drivers performing well in Indycar, it makes one wonder if an Indycar driver has what it takes to be a successful F1 driver? Unless a driver was a hotshot in GP3 and GP2 and then couldn't make it to F1 for some reason, moved to Indycar is making waves, it's understandable.
Just that an Indycar champion would be further up the development curve in both mental and racing development in comparison to an F2 winner.

F2 does not allow for winners to stay for the next year and defend the title, neither is your title against another title winners, which makes the F2 ladders system deficient to some degree.

https://www.playmakerbrasil.com.br/noti ... er-vaga-na

Nelsinho said that Palou constantly makes calls to Max Verstappen so that he can speak with Helmut Marko
Honda could also make a case for Palou to Red Bull

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I don’t get the Palou stuff. No chance he ever goes straight into the RB seat. At the very least, he’d have to have a season with AT, and literally blow away Tsunoda.

If anyone replaces Perez, it will be Ricciardo. He’s in the prime position, hence why he’s sticking around in that role he’s now got.

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mendis wrote:
19 Jun 2023, 09:38
FW17 wrote:
19 Jun 2023, 04:10
I wonder if Helmut Marko could sign a release with Chip Ganassi for Alex Palou starting September 11th to the end of the season.

Nyck de Vries just does not seem to click.

Liam Lawson will also be available

I was hoping Herta would get the points, but Andretti has dropped the ball yet again this year.
I don't follow much of Indycar, but how does one make a case for an Indycar driver to be an F1 driver? When there are ample examples of failed F1 drivers performing well in Indycar, it makes one wonder if an Indycar driver has what it takes to be a successful F1 driver? Unless a driver was a hotshot in GP3 and GP2 and then couldn't make it to F1 for some reason, moved to Indycar is making waves, it's understandable.
There are a handful of Indy Car drivers who are talented enough, they just didn’t have as big of a sugar daddy as some F1 drivers do

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