I'm a "can't see the forrest for the trees" type of person ;)

The last two posters just lost their man cards.

Au contraire mon frère. I knew who she was because she was a Bond Girl in Tomorrow Never Dies. Now if I said I knew her from Crazy Rich Asians then that may be cause to lose the man card.

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LOL yeah I don't think Lewis would be much of an asset in the garage.

From the movie SHUMACHER, I got the impression
he was working with the mechanics on the car.
He also had a strong influence on the entire team,
not just the car.

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In the early 70's, the Ferrari cars were crap.
Lauda went to Ferrari as a driver in '74 IIRC and was
famous for almost getting fired for telling them
the car was crap.
He went to work with the mechanics and they fixed it,
mostly by removing weight and tuning suspension.
By the middle of '75 he was winning in the car.
He won the driver's championship in '75 and '77
and Ferrari won the constructors.
In 76 he took second to James Hunt after his burn injury
and his withdrawl
at the Japanese GP or he would have won the championship
three years in a row.
It was well detailed in the movie Rush
as well as other documentaries.

In '96, Ferrari hired Shumacher to drive
but their cars were again, crap.
They also hired Lauda as a team consultant.
A couple years later they were winning multiple
world championships and established a great dynasty.

In 2010, the Mercedes cars were crap.
They hired Schumacher as a driver in 2010 and Lauda
in 2012,

By 2014, Mercedes was winning
championships and established a great dynasty.
No coincidence as there's more to a winning
car than aerodynamics.

^^^^^

I remember one of Schumi's first years at Ferrari that he lost a half shaft during a race. Literally bouncing off down the track.

This gets me excited
I miss the days when F1 cars still sounded
like race cars
instead of honda civics.

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I was at the Montreal F1 the first year Shumi drove for Ferrari, the car literally fell apart...
He then transformed the team, he learned Italian, came in before everyone to the race shop and gave everyone 100%

The Charles/Ferrari reliability issues continue . Taking a 10 place grid penalty for this weekends race . Ouch !!!

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/leclerc-set-for-saudi-arabian-gp-grid-penalty-after-bahrain-f1-engine-trouble/10443710/

That's not good ! ^^^^^^

To be taking grid penalties on the 2nd race of the season is ... not a good way to start the season. They're on to their 3rd ECU of their allotted 2 for the entire year?!

That sounds like a joke. Wow, did they have the 3 stooges company make the ECUs for them?

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a43326000/ukranian-watchdog-accuses-haas-of-breaking-sanctions-to-sell-machines-to-russian-arms-manufacturers/

https://formula1news.co.uk/haas-could-face-legal-action-after-being-accused-of-secretly-violating-russian-sanctions/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/american-company-accused-of-violating-sanctions-doing-business-with-russian-arms-industry

It's Italian and electrical. Whaddya expect? 😛

Maybe they hired Lucas to design and engineer it!

If this is found to be true it's a big deal in my opinion . I wonder what the rules/law is regarding product already under contract and in the pipeline before the sanctions ? Will be interesting to follow this story . Haas statement on the issue said they completely stopped shipments to Russia . We shall see .

Haas released statement .

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/news/haas-f1-team-responds-to-damning-rumours-of-russian-affiliation-lm22

Martin Brundle analyzing whether Hammy should go to another team in an attempt to get an 8th WDC. Here's a thought: stay put and try to make it work. It reminds me of sports in the US when the pundits talk about this or that star and how they are owed a ring and need to change teams to get it. Loyalty? Blahahaha.

I wonder if they ever get tired of polishing and pandering. It will be refreshing when he does retire as the announcers/pundits won't incessantly talk about him as though he's the only guy on the grid.

I saw the video on Instagram and don't think you can watch it in the US unless you are on VPN.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12833985/lewis-hamilton-martin-brundle-analyses-mercedes-drivers-options-including-possible-ferrari-move

As far as I know McLaren used to make ECUs for all, a separate branch of the company to be sure but that is amusing. Is that still the case ?
Since they were all the same either it's really bad luck, or maybe it's a Ferrari specific issue but then why not Carlos ?

Ferrari is a clusterF$#%. Dislike Horner or Toto as much as you like but they seem to run a cohesive team. I hope they give Fred Vasseur power, authority..and TIME to change Ferrari, like when Todt did it. There are already rumors about Leclerc going straight to the CEO to complain about reliability (WTH Charles?), Vasseur not having enough authority to change what he wants to change (CEO again), the team’s chief of design David Sanchez quit to go to a “British team”apparently, it's before race #2 and already the typical italian "gran casino" (Effing mess). I think more drivers were ruined by Ferrari than made at this point... I hope Leclerc doesn't become another Alesi... I would really like them to do well for the sport, for the fans, I like both drivers, but IMO it's gonna take an act of God!

I just read an article that states the two dead/defective ECU's can't be repaired . Which apparently can cause additional grid penalties in the future . And Sainz is saying he's concerned about reliability 😩 . I think Ferrari really needs some good luck this weekend .

Saudi practice, Ham is fastest.........
 

of the slow cars, Ten cars ahead and 9 below.

Even his assistant or valet or whatever has baled

It's tough being a Ham fan, I know.