F1 2025

[rfuerst911sc]

I think the drivers at first will band together and ask for this silly rule to go away . They will be denied . That will leave the drivers to pick a race ........ say fuc$ you and boycott driving in the race . F1 officials need to remember the teams and drivers are the show .

[GH85Carrera]

It is a silly rule when it is real men, driving in the heat of battle. I suspect even the stupid "kids" announcing the F1 have all heard that language. F1 is not a Saturday morning cartoon audience.

[stealthn]

I get the heat of battle when driving thing, but see no issue with it when they are in press conferences, why do they need to swear...

[Captain Ahab Jr]

This made me happy this week, F1 needs more of this...

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/cjexw7v7185o

Really impressed with how Haas is operating since Gunther has left the team, it's like the team has been reborn

[917_Langheck]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

Brace yourselves for the most boring "interview" season ever

Ahead of the new 2025 season, the FIA have revealed the amendments to the international Sporting Code which come into force in a handful of weeks. Driver will now be fined three times the maximum for other racing categories, and a first strike bad language offence will now collect the modest fine of some €40,000.

This will be doubled on the second strike of the year and tripled for the third, before a massive ONE MONTH BAN is ordered, clearly Ben Sulayem believes the sledgehammer is more powerful than the carrot.

I wish Kimi would come back and miss the anthem again cause he was "taking a $%^&". I sincerely hope all of them respond yes/no now only.. Except Russell, who by golly cannot swear seriously.

Lauda would have told them to fcuk off.

Read up on what he did in South Africa when he decided he wasn't in agreement with one of the restrictions in his contract McLaren were handing him. Great story. Lauda brooked no BS.

[herr_oberst]

Brutal

[yellowperil]

Yikes !!

[oldE]

Not to be outdone, Lewis just crashed the 2023 Ferrari he was getting to know.
Oops.

Best
Les

[red 928]

F1 already picks and chooses which radio broadcasts they share with the viewers.
Most of which are unintelligible or stepped all over by the commentators who don't know when to shut their yaps.
So I say, what's the big deal?
it's all filtered, if they don't want to air swearing then simply filter out the radio chatter that contains swearing.
Either that or just stop sharing it altogether.
It's not like the drivers ever share anything secret or illuminating on the radio (or in interviews).

IF they ever did say something worth listening to, then the commentators could repeat it to the viewers without the swearing.
That would give them something to say instead of their constant inane banter.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Map needs updating, General Motors is missing

[rfuerst911sc]

^^^ I thought Haas also had a facility in the UK ? Maybe it is a small space vs headquarters in NC ?

[Rtrorkt]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/cq8k55exqvko

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Map needs updating, General Motors is missing

Map also needs a dot for Diddly Squat Farm

[astrochex]

Brush up on your Italian, https://autoracer.it/it/nuova-td18-red-bull-imbufalita-buttate-molte-risorse-per-colpa-della-mclaren

Article about flexi-wings and testing regulations.

[oldE]

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Map also needs a dot for Diddly Squat Farm

You can find Diddly Squat Farms, Harry Metcalf and the Captain just to the southwest of the Alpine dot.

Great area
Les

[Captain Ahab Jr]

I'm actually just a stones throw to the north east of the Alpine dot

You can also find,

The Farmer's Dog, Clarkesons pub, went last week, can highly recommend

Haas and Prodrive, Dacia Dakar team are in between the Alpine and Mercedes dots

Andretti Cadillac same place as Aston Martin dot, some of Honda F1, Racing Bulls F1 same place as Redbull dot

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Need to add Audi now to that UK map

https://www.planetf1.com/news/breaking-major-update-to-audi-f1-progress-as-team-announces-uk-base-plans

Already a massive shortage of experienced F1 folk to go around before factoring in Williams, Andretti and now Audi expansion plans

Since the cost cap era was introduced F1 pay has fallen behind other motorsport categories and high tech engineering industries

https://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/en/formula-1/low-salaries-driving-engineers-from-f1-newey,196974.html

[herr_oberst]

^^^^

I need to study up on WRC, because apparently, that's where a lot of top talent went following the F1 cost cap!

Here's something I only realized today; there is no longer a championship point for fastest lap in F1!
This might be an interesting development this year with the possibility of up to 4 teams racing for the WDC!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Wasn't aware of much of an F1 exodus to WRC, thought more people jumped over to MotoGP

Would love to tick off WRC from my 'to do' list

[herr_oberst]

Hmmm, yeah, you would definitely know more about that than me!!
I just did a quick search for "F1 technical exodus to WRC" and found very little.

I probably just read it in a comments section and repeated it as gospel.

Sometimes I shake my head when I think about some of the things I do!!