You Am I posted:

Do people really think Williams are competent enough with both their pit stop strategy and race plans to actually beat Red Bull this season?

Brainwrong posted:

All drivers who have come through from GP2 with lots of promise have been absolute dog cack. Apart from Our Lewis and Nuestro Pastor.

#blessedtacos

Brainwrong posted:

No I didn't.

darth cookie posted:

He may be a complete nincompoop when it comes to current F1 stuff, but GP+ does have some really neat articles about the history of the sport (and often motorsport in general) including stuff from pre WW2.

Fumble posted:

El Hefe posted:

I hope Alonso just retires, he's never winning another title.

Norns posted:

Where you at?

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Sauber says that it will defend the court action launched by Giedo van der Garde in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Van der Garde is hoping that the Australian court will force Sauber to follow a recent arbitration ruling in Switzerland, and allow him to race. The case will be heard on Monday.

“As this matter is currently before the courts it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific details,” said team boss Monisha Kaltenborn. “However, we will take all necessary steps to protect our company, this team and its interests.

“Last year was a challenging time for us but going into the 2015 season we have been focused on putting steps in place to ensure that we are delivering the best outcomes for F1’s fans.”

In its statement the team explained the Swiss court decision – and spelled van der Garde’s name incorrectly: “In a first partial award of a Swiss arbitral tribunal, the application of Mr van der Garde was upheld, with the tribunal relevantly ordering Sauber to refrain from taking action the effect of which would be to deprive Guido van der Garde of his entitlement to participate in the 2015 Formula One season as one of Sauber’s two nominated race drivers. Mr van der Garde has this week brought an application before an Australian court in Melbourne, the city hosting the first Grand Prix of the 2015 season on Sunday, March 15, to enforce that arbitral award. next week, March 9.”

be nice wicka posted:

mclaren have officially added esso as a sponsor now so it seems instead of signing new sponsors they're just going to squeeze more money out of exxon

POCKET CHOMP posted:

Who is this poo poo even for? Us idiots in the thread already know everything about the sport.

Do we really think some newbies are going to wander into the thread to read 1000-word treatises on each driver, team, and track? lmao. Make an OP that says "Welcome to the F1 thread, if u don't know about anything here's some info for you: Wikipedia.org and Google.com now let's enjoy the season fellas!" That's all you need and that's the extent that anyone will actually read anyway.

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Sauber has used the issue of safety in its desperate fight to stop Giedo van der Garde from racing its car in the Australian GP.

The team has been in a court case in Melbourne today. Van der Garde won an arbitration judgement in Switzerland last week, and in essence the case is about that judgement being upheld in Australia.

As reported by Radio Australia, Sauber’s lawyer Rodney Garrett said that Van der Garde was not covered by the team’s insurance and brought up the question of safety of spectators at the event. He claimed that the C34 was custom built for Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson, and there were issues about seats and seat belts.

Garrett said: “Sauber could not allow him to race… it would be reckless and dangerous to do otherwise. It would result in an unacceptable risk of physical harm or even death.”

Readers may recall that in 2011 Pedro de la Rosa stepped into the Sauber on Friday lunchtime in Montreal after Sergio Perez was declared unfit…

Drivers jumping into cars with no testing and compromised seats is part of F1. It might concern the FIA that a team has chosen to link it to safety – and even death – in a court of law.

The case now looks likely to continue into Tuesday.

Sashimi posted:

A racing driver who wants to enter races, madness.

Butt Wizard posted:

https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/oops/

It's the responsibility of the team to arrange the licenses, apparently. How does one dude seem to be so wrong so often?

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Harrison Newey, the son of Red Bull Formula 1 technical supremo Adrian Newey, is to team up with Michael Schumacher's son Mick in ADAC Formula 4 this season.
The 16-year-old Newey will race with Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing in the new series, which is Germany's FIA-approved F4 category. He will combine it with a campaign with HHC Motorsport in BRDC F4, in which he made his car-racing debut last November.
It appears that the UK-based BRDC series will take precedence in his racing program, as the plan is currently to miss two of the eight ADAC rounds.
Team boss Frits van Amersfoort is ecstatic to have secured the sons of F1's most-successful driver and technical director.
"This has been one of the most pleasant weeks in our four-decade history," he said. "We're extremely honored to have some of auto racing's most creditable persons choosing to entrust our team in the development of two promising young talents. We see their confidence as a unique challenge that everyone at Van Amersfoort Racing is ready to take up with dedication, and driven by a sincere desire to help the drivers fulfil their dreams."
VAR continues with its Formula 3 European Championship team, which brought Max Verstappen to prominence last season, and which will run Charles Leclerc, Alessio Lorandi and Arjun Maini in 2015.

Butt Wizard posted:

Ahahhhaha he won. gently caress you Sauber.