Nope.

He still likes the table. Having said that, it doesn't take much to imagine that he most probably comes up with an idea on paper and hands that off to a team of designers who plug it into the supercomputer to suss out the thirty or forty most viable iterations of the initial idea.

He's a busy guy. F1 cars are numbingly complicated. He's not designing a complete car on a drafting table.

Guenther has a column, https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/the-guenther-steiner-column-why-id-sign-bearman-and-why-i-should-have-left.1qrQAra3H8dQWSOkUQHZ7X

Ricciardo doesn't like conflict or turmoil, or
anyone in his face.
He likes nice and pleasant.
He likes happy.
Several times he has run away from
challenges to his career.
He is the exact opposite of people like Max and
Lewis who thrive on conflict and combat.
That is why he is done.

This year is already starting off as the one with the most rumors ever. the latest; Aramco will buy AM and buy Verstappen and Newey to come over to them...I have to stop watching the Internet :)

Susie Wolff...

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/susie-wolff-files-criminal-complaint-against-fia/10589282/

Albon crashes and tore up the car , to the point it can't be fixed at the track . Williams doesn't have a spare tub ! So they have decided to pull Logan for the weekend and let Albon use Logans car . Remind me again how Williams is bringing value to F1 ?

I have nothing against Williams or Alex or Logan . Just pointing out the hypocrisy of the F1 decision about Andretti/Cadillac . I hope Alex can get points this weekend .

And Hamilton is finishes in 18th position in practice 2, and Albon could not run or he might have been in 19th.

It's downright silly, F1 teams used to have a spare car ready to go, but now it's so expensive and complicated with all the component regs on gearbox and engine/energy stuff and respective allocations, I imagine it'd be harder to keep track... Haven't heard of spare cars in years, are they expressly forbidden by rule now ? (probably) looks dumb, does it not ? Then again with albon they have a shot at points.

You can't bring a spare car, but you can bring a spare tub. According to the press release, Williams has been working balls out just to get two tubs built and prepared and they didn't have a third one available.

I feel bad(ish) for Sarge, not his fault except at this level you have to fish or cut bait and due to events way beyond his control this weekend, he's behind the counter with a knife and a cutting board while Alex gets to go out in the boat.

No spare car since 2008 as Herr mentioned.

Since the decision was made to pull Logan and let Alex race instead James Vowles has admitted the lack of a spare tub is unacceptable in F1 . I give him props for admitting that . He said it will not happen again . I am assuming there is a hidden message in his statement . He is trying to turn around/reshape a team that has been stuck in mediocrity and I wonder if not everyone is on board ? Clearly just a guess on my part .

I think the announcers during FP2 stated all teams including Haas have a spare tub and they were shocked Williams didn't . Regardless it was a VERY expensive crash as the transmission was split in half and the engine sustained physical damage . I missed FP1 but it must have been a nasty crash to kill that many parts .

The crash didn't look so bad (there's a video of it floating around on Twitter). I mean, all 4 corners torn up (pancaked the right side of the car against a wall, then slid across the track to do the same to the left side, albeit a bit softer on the 2nd hit), but not like anything Mick Schumacher would have done.

Well, pole is no surprise. There should be a race for podium for a short time.

Ricciardo screws up and starts at the back. Hero to zero.

Made for F1 newbies but some good RB factory shots:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VJgdOMXhEj0?si=g4n8E7c33L287JlX" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Thanks David, really enjoyed watching that, did an excellent job in explaining everything

Refreshing to see they didn't just focus on the car at the track which is just a few % of what it takes to design, manufacture, build and run a F1 car

Liked the presenter too, so will watch some of her other videos

Good thing they didn't let Andretti Cadillac in, seeing how they were judged to not have
F! standards! Guess F1 doesn't remember Pre Bernie days or what happened to CART when they were at heir top .

Congrats to P1. He should remain in a top tier team next season. He might not have the truckloads of cash that Checo brings, but he's a much much better driver.

Williams need to clear out a lot of their dead wood as I'm sure parts of it hasn't moved with the times since the late 90's

This is a pretty scathing article, interview with the teams new CTO, who knows what's required to compete successfully in F1

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fry-late-williams-f1-parts-delivery/10581157/

Now with James and Pat running the team, there will be nowhere to hide for those that don't step up their game or toe the company line

That was an interesting race and congrats to the winner . Nice to see some teams get points that have struggled in the past .

Hmm Alonso gets a 20 second penalty for dangerous driving , that drops him to 8th .

Thank you for not winning.

Well that was interesting, congrats to the top three!

Disappointing to see what’s happening with Alpine

Paging Captain Ahab : it seems that Max's right rear brake was dragging or hung up right from the start of the race . If that is correct what do you think happened ? Is it as simple as an incorrect brake bleeding ? Are there electronic sensors that could cause this ? Or maybe defective parts ?

Later in the race I think it was Ocon that came into the pits with smoking right rear but they found a helmet visor tear off in the brake cooling duct . But that was after a lot of laps so you would expect heat from racing . Max's seemed like it was instant .

Stroll, as many everywhere love to pick on, had a pretty solid race weekend. Alonso only ahead because of fortuitous pit on VSC.

Imagine had Stroll lifted like FA did. It was a low blow and dirty move in my opinion. Should Russell have more expected that? He likely will next time. Glad he’s ok.

Nice win for Carlos!!

Down under.
 

Finally a real race !! And great to see both Haas cars in the points. Thanks to Alonso and Russell for that.

Haas had some good tire strategy and Nico led the way. There long run & tire management ability has gotten better. Nice to see the prancing pony's on the podium 1&2

Three races down and Haas have 4 points . Not a bad start . Their chassis seems to have fixed last year's massive tire deg . They have decent pace . Supposedly they have a good budget so I hope they can develop upgrades to make them faster .

Although Albon didn't get points today I think they are knocking on the door to points . Logan needs to up his game and the team need to work on spare parts and upgrades . There should be no reason for Haas and Williams to not stay in front of Alpine and maybe consistently beat Sauber and Vcarb .

First time this season I watched the pre-race show (live) on ESPN from SKY. Pretty cool in studio stuff with Karun and the overhead shot with a graphic track at his feet and corresponding cockpit video to the right of screen. If you haven't seen it go take a look. It shows the relationship of two cars at particular corners in quali.

Seems to me that Max's troubles may have come from waiting on grid for the back markers to take position after the formation lap. They really need to hustle those guys up.

Well that was a different race. Congrats to Ferrari, I only wish the order was reversed.

Team Red Bull is human. I was starting to get worried.

Danny Ric under pressure to perform or out ?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/formula-one-liam-lawson-edges-closer-to-fulltime-drive-as-red-bull-puts-pressure-on-daniel-ricciardo/D52TT2MRPRGLPDZXM6KFLUZF2A/

Amazing how fun it is when Max is not winning !

Wondering if Fred Is second guessing himself these days. Hamilton is not doing very much and appears behind Russell even when his engine doesn't explode while Sainz is on fire since the start of the season...

What did you all think about the Alonso Russell verdict ? It bothers me a bit. I can see their point, and full on brake checking should be punished... but cleverly braking a bit earlier to take a better line for the next straight and ruin the advantage of a faster guy behind is not quite the same thing. It seemed the smart thing to do. Happens a lot on other tracks where a slower driver will drive slower thru turns where he knows passing is impossible and recharge to the max, then use the battery on the following straight and that is OK. The difference here is George binned the car as a result but I don't think you can attribute that to Alonso's clever planning, he probably doesn't think THAT far ahead nor was Russell right on his ass. It was aero wash, not that close. So I get both sides but IMO if the stewards start questioning these moves, what will come under the scope next? Also Russell has proven quite capable of binning the car in the final laps all by himself and did not leave himself any marging there. Dunno. Seems like a grey area.

Alonso - just for info...

"A bit surprised by a penalty at the end of the race regarding how we should approach the corners or how we should drive the race cars," he wrote.

"At no point do we want to do anything wrong at these speeds. I believe that without gravel on that corner, on any other corner in the world, we will never be even investigated.

"In F1, with over 20 years of experience, with epic duels like Imola 2005/2006/ Brazil 2023, changing racing lines, sacrificing entry speed to have good exits from corners is part of the art of motorsport.

"We never drive at 100% every race lap and every corner, we save fuel, tires, brakes, so being responsible for not making every lap the same is a bit surprising."

I really think the Alonso penalty was BS . His explanation makes sense to me . He's a wiley veteran that knows all the tricks . He didn't do a hard brake check . Russell was caught off guard and lost it . Lessons learned .

That means he's out.

Here are the Sky graphics I mentioned above. The 'track' on the floor moves to make the cars appear to move and the lines are followed. It's pretty cool.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1711391957.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1711391957.jpg

Yeah, I think Alonso's penalty was nonsense. Russel's car was superior in the higher speed sections of the track, Alonso's was superior coming out of the lower speed corners. Russel was clearly going to pass him on that last lap. So, what to do? Try to catch him out and force him to exit that corner at a lower speed, where the Aston Martin had an advantage. Perfectly viable race strategy. The fact that Russel was caught sleeping is on him, not Alonso.

^ bbbbut, its George Russell, he never makes mistakes.

… but maybe Alonso did brake check, he has a history https://youtu.be/h_kPeNlPOJ4?feature=shared

He’s more ruthless than Russell.

I still say it was a dirty calculated move. Then blame the gravel? He knew it was there.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1711415336.jpg

Alonso knew what he was doing.

As for the remote broadcast by Karun, Naomi and Nat, it probably would have been cheaper to fly them there.