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Piastri confirmed at McLaren for the 23 & 24 seasons.
Indeed. What now for Danny Ric?
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Let's hope he lives up to the hype
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It depends.
Lando has made him look decidedly ordinary, and we know he's not, really. But once that gilt has rubbed off, it does make things much harder, as there's always far more drivers than there are seats.
If you can bring in money, then there are teams who will look past the lack of results, but if you can't, then even results sometimes aren't always enough.
A move sideways to WEC or Formula E looks most likely IMHO.
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Be a devil if he doesn't given how much it's cost McLaren
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i should add that money is usually the driving factor.
There was a Formula 3 driver who won the title back in the day on a tiddly budget. Though he had been driving for what was then the top F3 team of the day - he was signed based on his results the previous season. The car though, was very well sponsored, but most of this came from other sources.
Said driver was then offered an F1 testing contract on the basis that the F1 team boss assumed from the stickers on his F3 car that he could bring money into the team. The driver took the chance to get to F1 more quickly instead of taking a big money paid drive in Japan. The testing contract then came to nothing when the F1 team boss finally twigged that no money would be forthcoming, and by then, the drive in Japan had been snapped up by someone else.
I should add, that roughly contemporary to this, a full season in International F3000 in a reasonably competitive car would set you back around £350,000.
There was a Formula 3 driver who won the title back in the day on a tiddly budget. Though he had been driving for what was then the top F3 team of the day - he was signed based on his results the previous season. The car though, was very well sponsored, but most of this came from other sources.
Said driver was then offered an F1 testing contract on the basis that the F1 team boss assumed from the stickers on his F3 car that he could bring money into the team. The driver took the chance to get to F1 more quickly instead of taking a big money paid drive in Japan. The testing contract then came to nothing when the F1 team boss finally twigged that no money would be forthcoming, and by then, the drive in Japan had been snapped up by someone else.
I should add, that roughly contemporary to this, a full season in International F3000 in a reasonably competitive car would set you back around £350,000.
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I'm just sat watching the practice at Van Der Valk & wonder apart from the Verstappen link why F1 is there, baring mechanicals it looks like the race will be finished at 3pm on Saturday. It looks worse than Monaco for overtaking
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Money in the coffers.
Basically why we had a second race in Spain (Valencia) to capitalise on Alonsomania, and likewise two races in Germany (although one billed as the Luxembourg GP) to do the same for Michael Schumacher.
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Listening to the commentary nobody has mentioned that maybe RB have stopped the floor flexing & as such lost some speed
The reason for that is how insanely fast they seemed to be at Spa.
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Yes, they seem strangely off the pace in second practice.
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Yeahbutt, depending on exactly what was written in the rules, the deadline was Spa, but was that the beginning of Spa or at the end of Spa, we know RB are good at grey areas, they always push the limit & ask for forgiveness after rather than complying before.
I love my tin foil hat, but did Ferrari make the change before Spa & RB have done it after Spa
Also look what happened when Hamilton took a new engine last year
