F1 2021 thread

[herr_oberst]

Who would he drive for in F1? Haas? (and the rumor is that Gene Haas is currently in negotiations to sell that team and get out)

If Herta went to F1 now, he'd be a backmarker. In IndyCar, he's becoming a hot prospect.
All the top F1 teams have long had their stable of junior drivers signed for years.

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by yellowperil

Oh Dear, stop playing with the jewelry!!

Meh... he missed a shift and the guy behind rammed him. It’s fixable and cool to watch.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Who would he drive for in F1? Haas? (and the rumor is that Gene Haas is currently in negotiations to sell that team and get out)

If Herta went to F1 now, he'd be a backmarker. In IndyCar, he's becoming a hot prospect.
All the top F1 teams have long had their stable of junior drivers signed for years.

This is why I was asking in the first place. So it doesn't seem likely that he'll go F1.

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Who would he drive for in F1? Haas? (and the rumor is that Gene Haas is currently in negotiations to sell that team and get out)

If Herta went to F1 now, he'd be a backmarker. In IndyCar, he's becoming a hot prospect.
All the top F1 teams have long had their stable of junior drivers signed for years.

Colton has been a hot prospect in Indycar since he first turned the wheel of a DW12.

[Reg]

Did Mario forget what happened with Michael?

Herta is impressive and certainly has the mojo going now and is with a good team. If he ever went to F1 hopefully Mario and Michael would tell him some pointers ( what to do, and what not to do) and find big money from USA behind him to get him into a top 3-4 team.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by Reg

Did Mario forget what happened with Michael?

People always seem to give Michael a bad rap about F1. Perhaps some education is due...

https://www.grandprix247.com/2018/08/19/andretti-i-was-always-right-there-with-ayrton-in-testing/

[Reg]

Originally Posted by URY914

People always seem to give Michael a bad rap about F1. Perhaps some education is due...

https://www.grandprix247.com/2018/08/19/andretti-i-was-always-right-there-with-ayrton-in-testing/

Michael - He didn’t commit to it like he could have. I seen the races and he was up against one of the best.

[dan79brooklyn]

This showed up on my Apple/iPhone newsfeed

WTF ? This happened 12 years ago!!

[URY914]

Originally Posted by Reg

Michael - He didn’t commit to it like he could have.

How do you arrive at this? You just feel that he didn't or you have some inside knowledge?

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by URY914

How do you arrive at this? You just feel that he didn't or you have some inside knowledge?

IIRC, he lived in the states and commuted instead of living in Europe.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by astrochex

IIRC, he lived in the states and commuted instead of living in Europe.

This has been hashed out before but really not an issue.

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by URY914

This has been hashed out before but really not an issue.

How can that not be an issue?

[URY914]

Originally Posted by astrochex

How can that not be an issue?

Because he said it wasn't.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a25684703/michael-andretti-f1-1993/

"The go-to example of Michael’s failings involves maintaining his family residence in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Rather than uproot his young family for Europe in order to be close to McLaren’s U.K. factory, and most of the F1 races on the schedule, Andretti chose a steady diet of trans-Atlantic flights.

Still today, the decision to commute is consistently cited as an indictment of Andretti’s character.

“It wouldn’t have done anything,” he says. “No, it wouldn’t have done one thing. People are clueless. Me even being there–first of all, when I was there [at McLaren], they’re like ‘okay, you guys need to leave,’ when I was at the shop, you know? Then so what was I going to do? Twiddle my thumbs? I never got off the time zone when I’d be there… thank God for the Concorde because I could be there in, door-to-door, six hours.

“It was like, ****, takes you that long [driving] from Monaco, so it was no problem there. I just laugh when I see people [make this claim]. They’re just so clueless. But they just loved using that. That’s the excuse everybody uses, but nobody knows the truth of everything that’s happened.”

[Reg]

Considering how short of a time he was in f1 achievement of a podium and points to show as well plus running with Senna there is no doubt he had the talent. If it were different situation who knows what would have happened.

The way I see it (no I don’t have inside info lol) is why would you want the hassles and criticism in Europe and at home when you could run for championships and be a winner back home?

He certainly accomplished plenty and is doing a fine job now.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by Reg

Considering how short of a time he was in f1 achievement of a podium and points to show as well plus running with Senna there is no doubt he had the talent. If it were different situation who knows what would have happened.

The way I see it (no I don’t have inside info lol) is why would you want the hassles and criticism in Europe and at home when you could run for championships and be a winner back home?

He certainly accomplished plenty and is doing a fine job now.

Multiple home winner is not a world champion though

Two sides to every story, I'll attempt to find out the McLaren side and report back

As a casual observer I don't think it's possible for anyone to compete with the best drivers in F1 if it's approached on a part time basis. Being fully integrated into a team gives that bit extra an arrive and drive driver will never achieve no matter how talented they are.

Only exception I know of is Kimi

[herr_oberst]

F1 will introduce Saturday sprint races at three events in 2021.

Britain, Italy, TBD.

Discuss.

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

F1 will introduce Saturday sprint races at three events in 2021.

Britain, Italy, TBD.

Discuss.

Honestly, don't mind, where's the harm. An extra race per w/e, cool.. Should have some fun strategy implications I cant even think about.

The purists that get angry probably forget the one lap quali, the special engine for quali, the grooved tires, the narrow tall wing cars, the fugly broken nose/schlong cars. So one more mini race, yipee...

[stuttgart46]

I like the idea of the Saturday Sprints.

So much better than the reverse grid BS.

[Reg]

Originally Posted by stuttgart46

I like the idea of the Saturday Sprints.

So much better than the reverse grid BS.

This ^^^^^

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

F1 will introduce Saturday sprint races at three events in 2021.

Britain, Italy, TBD.

Discuss.

What a great way to control costs.

What impact do the results of the sprint race have on the main show?