Lando looked pretty glum in the cool down room

McLaren have arguably the best driver pairing on the grid . Oscar is a fair but tough racer and pulled off a brilliant pass on Lando . It's nice to see McLaren let their drivers race each other . Refreshing actually .

K Mag picks up 2 penalty points and will sit out Baku race .

https://lastwordonsports.com/motorsports/2024/09/01/f1-news-kevin-magnussen-receives-race-ban/

Lots of lead changes, and Ferrari had the best stratagem for the win.

It sure makes the battle for World championship and manufacturer's title into a real battle.

They shouldn't have done that to K-Mag, he was giving it his all. 10 seconds should have been enough.

Credit to LeClerc for making that strategy work. After he was undercut by Norris, he even doubted the strategy.

Is there a more joyous race win celebration than Ferrari at Monza? I’m a LeClerc fan so this won gave me chills.

This F1 competition is very exciting.

I don't understand that. He gets a one race ban, but he still has twelve points on his Super License. His first points don't expire until March 2025, but he can still race? If he collects more points is he banned for another race, again?

Good argument on why Mclaren should get its efforts behind Lando from Elvis (former F1 mechanic and co-star on Wheeler Dealers)

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It's pretty clear McLaren want the constructor championship and do not care about the driver's. I applaud that behavior but they are definitely hurting their #1 driver chance (sure they have no #1). The point swing letting Piastri by for his victory and not asking him to move over yesterday, on a day where Max is nowhere, is really big... it's gonna be tight if RB figure out their issues. Will Buxton was going nuts about that on F1Tv about how McLaren was throwing it away (he always talks like he's overdone it on Cocaine)... Can you imagine Schumi doing that for Barichello ? Max for Sergio ? LOL !

What an emotional year for Leclerc, he seems like a genuinely decent guy so I am very happy about this turn of events, Monza crowds are special.... All tracks should allow this madness, what a show !

Was told over the weekend where Newey is going ;)

Lots of money plus shares in team too, should be announced within a week or so

If he does his magic his new team should cause quite a shake up on the grid,

My friends at Ferrari told me the team is making a last ditch, pulling out all the stops effort to get him :D

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1725542405.jpg

Isn't it Aston ???
Every source I read points to Aston... Says Ferrari gave up long ago (Newey wanting too much power)..
I'm down for a surprise if it's not Aston...

I'll also be curious to see if he still has the magic.. Times are changing, computers are more powerful, aero teams are huge - can he do it again ? (no idea but I would bet on "maybe not as successfully as in the past, for the $100M salary, vs putting that $ elsewhere"). McLaren seems to be doing quite well on aero.

I read it was AM and the payday was $150M!!!

Ironically just now listening to F1 podcast with Uncle joe Saward.. he says basically Aston is the only team willing to consider Newey's crazy demands.. That he wants a big team under him and a supervisory role only, and lots of $$$, and maybe not work too hard anymore - just supervise and point and tweak... Says that was unacceptable to other teams, only AM is desperate enough to let him get his way- LOL.... No idea if he's right but I like an opinionated journalist ! Supposedly there's an AM announcement next week - likely about it.

So, why doesn't RB just fire up the ol laptop and fix their aero backtracking?.....


Because computers don't read the nuance in the rule book (not yet anyway) and the "computer" in Newey's brainbox does. But he's not allowed in the back room anymore. Also, RB have probably maxed out their tunnel and cfd time, per regulations for winning so damn much.

Can he pull off another championship car, sure, why not? Will it happen? Someone is going to spend a lot of money to find out.

Funny pic Captain 😁

Not disagreeing here, especially about Newey reading the rule book better historically.. That said everyone agrees Newey hasn't designed an entire RB car in several years now. A general concept, maybe.. Pierre Vaché (sp?) has been doing the job, and Newey was acting in a very supervisory and general direction role, less and less each passing year. RB let him go, but not Vaché. I don't know what the current deal with RB regressing is with but it's certainly not as some say because Newey left (and what, the car "misses him" ? ;-) I like your idea that they are missing aero time now due to winning so much, and the others just caught up and passed them.... I just wonder if "one guy" even of Newey's caliber, can make "as much" difference as he used to when aero was simpler and a small team, and I wonder if he is worth the 100-150 mil investment vs putting all that money into a lot of other aero guys... Seems Ferrari thought "nah". Papa Stroll though "anything for Lance" ;-) Guess we'll find out with Aston next year...

BBC says it’s real, Newey to AM. 30m per year plus bonuses

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/czrxgll23w9o

It's not just the money, but shares of co-ownership, too?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/newey-to-become-co-owner-at-aston-martin-as-part-of-f1-deal/ar-AA1q7ZVC?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=7324a44614a34e d7ad7a35ad07dff155&ei=50

It's about the only thing Daddy has left to try to get Lance a championship (or maybe at least a win ;) ) - build a car faster than anyone else.

Well, assuming this is true, the radio chat at Ferrari will be great next year with Hammy complaining about one thing or another since Newey won't be there to give them the bestest car.