2022 F1 Thread

[450knotOffice]

Those are points for a season long championship/placing, not per race.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

I don't understand the system at all. Max points = 40. Herta has 7 Indycar wins in the last 3 years = 280 points. This year, the Andretti cars were pretty much a disaster. The article says you need 40 points in the past 3 years for a Super License. What am I missing?

Also, the points system is heavily biased to F2 (or biased against Indycar) depending on how you look at it.

Points are for championship finish positions not race finish positions, race wins would be too easy

I'd agree F2 has more bias than Indy but the full F2 calendar is run only on F1 circuits

F2 and F3 are traditionally the stepping stones towards F1 and both are FIA sanctioned so no surprise there is more bias towards F2

Herta has 32 points and 40 are required, quite a few points shy, due to COVID he was even given an extra year to earn enough points

There is still a slim chance Herta is racing in F1 next year, I read he may compete in the Formula Regional Asian Championship which finishes on the 2nd week of Feb.

[CurtEgerer]

Got it. Thanks. So if F2 and Indycar points were awarded equally, he'd have 71 points. + he's won the Daytona 24 Hr twice. Oh well, not going to happen.

[GH85Carrera]

Weird looking track. I guess for a street circuit, options are limited. I just want to find out how business as usual can go on for the non race fans at the hotels inside the track.

[Noah930]

That's a terrible looking track. Turn 1 is a hairpin? That's gonna be a disaster on the first lap. Or maybe that's the intent. Maybe T5 is a passing opportunity. The serpentine run from T5-9 should be enjoyable to drive, but it'll be tough to pass or set up a pass going into 9. The long straight into 11-12 will give a good passing opportunity. There are 2 "driving" parts of the track, T1-4 (which will be slow) and T5-9. The rest of it's pretty much point and shoot. But yeah, not a particularly pretty looking track.

[Reg]

The guy in the lead of current F2 - am I reading it correctly that he is the only driver this season to compete at each event? I’m thinking that entire series needs help. Maybe the third driver for each f1 team gets a ride to help with comparisons/publicity/interest?

[rfuerst911sc]

Alfa Romeo has extended Zhou's contract for one year . Only seats left are Haas/Williams/Alpine .

[rfuerst911sc]

Several F1 websites are stating that DeVries has signed a deal with Alpha Tauri . That then allows Gasly to sign with Alpine to be announced next week .

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Weird looking track. I guess for a street circuit, options are limited. I just want to find out how business as usual can go on for the non race fans at the hotels inside the track.

A pack of F1 cars flying down the Strip would be a spectacle to the average non-racing TV viewer. And what a great advertising show for Las Vegas. I think actual racing is probably not a driving factor in this event.

[yellowperil]

I hope K Mag can hold on to fastest lap at Singapore 2018 at 141.905

[Noah930]

My son just showed me a revision to the Vegas track design. Now, instead of T6 being a flowing double-apex left hander, the second half of the corner will feature a chicane. That's terrible. Take the one flowing part of the track (T5-9), and mess it up with a fiddly chicane.

[red 928]

Originally Posted by red 928

Wolff speaking to Domenicali in the pits today:

OK it worked against ferrari,
what other rules can we change now to make
verstappen as slow as mercedes?

Atta boy, we should have never doubted you.

He can go as fast as he wants,
we'll just steal the trophies from him after!

‘Red Bull significantly exceeded the cap in 2021, rivals demand severe penalties’

“According to their calculations, Red Bull not only exceeded the limit in 2021, but also this season.”

Right now, though, the only numbers anyone knows – or at least the FIA knows – is 2021’s and that was the year Red Bull beat Mercedes to the Drivers’ Championship title in what the Brackley squad still feels was a stolen World Championship.

“If the direct opponent should now also have obtained an unfair technical advantage, it would be the last straw,” adds AMuS’s Michael Schmidt.

“Under this assumption, the additional money not only flowed into the 2021 car, but also into the development of the 2022 model,” he added, “which would explain why Red Bull had such a strong start to the season despite allegedly being the last team to switch.

“So anyone who breaks the budget would have a double win. In the current fiscal year and thereafter.”

https://www.planetf1.com/news/red-bull-significantly-exceeded-cap-2021-rumour/

[rfuerst911sc]

That was an interesting qualyfying session . Congrats to the pole winner . Let's hope for a good race tomorrow . Did RB screw up Max's fuel load ? He was on a flyer then told to box .

[yellowperil]

Mercedes 25,000 euros less on hand today

[rfuerst911sc]

Originally Posted by yellowperil

Mercedes 25,000 euros less on hand today

Hamilton nose ring penalty ? I read something about his snoz apparel might be an issue .

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

That was an interesting qualyfying session . Congrats to the pole winner . Let's hope for a good race tomorrow . Did RB screw up Max's fuel load ? He was on a flyer then told to box .

Originally Posted by yellowperil

Mercedes 25,000 euros less on hand today

It was an interesting and exciting qualifying as a fan, I bet is was a real butt puckering lap for the drivers.

And Mercedes and Hamilton will go broke in a few thousand years with those 25 Grand penalties if they keep getting them every race.

I assume FIA figures a piece of metal stuck through body parts is not a safe thing in fires or crashes. Just make Hamilton sign a release in public, with fans and the press watching saying he assumes all responsibility for any injury caused by a body piercing. That way he can't sue if some unfortunate accident is worsened by his piercing. He knows the risk, and his jewelry is more important to him than his safety. It sure will not harm anyone else. Let him take the risk on his own, and no possibility to sue.

[yellowperil]

Heavy rain right now close to start time, may not see a race at all by look of this

[rfuerst911sc]

Rain has stopped and track cleanup has started . May be a time limited race .

[Noah930]

Nice drive by Checo. He won it in the drag to the first corner, but then he didn't make any serious mistakes the rest of the time. Even Lewis and Max did in the slippery conditions.

[rfuerst911sc]

Great drive by Checo . Horrible race for Alpine and Williams . Just a matter of time before Max wraps up the championship . Was pleased to see Danny Ric with a solid race result .