More seriously, the 2024 silly season is going to be quite silly with all those contracts expiring.Not sure either but there could be some opportunities next year
F1 2023 Discussion
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If you don’t count Alpha Tauri this year was pretty quiet, but they’re all primed for next summer
Sounds like Sargent will be back at Williams next year.
www.espn.com
Williams want struggling Sargeant to stay in 2024
Williams boss James Vowles says the team is "nowhere near" parting company with American F1 driver Logan Sargeant.
Sounds like Sargent will be back at Williams next year.
Williams want struggling Sargeant to stay in 2024
Williams boss James Vowles says the team is "nowhere near" parting company with American F1 driver Logan Sargeant.
Did not see than one coming.
They've been beating around the bush with keeping him for a second year no matter what for a while but with as much as he's put a dent in their budget with the crashes I'm still surprised.
I agree but dang F1 is ruthless. They give Rookies like 8 races to prove themselves. Glad to see them give him a little more of a chance.
Contract season next year is going to be wiiild.
This is when current contracts expire.
I hope he takes advantage of it. Albon has shown on the right track that car can score some points.
I'll believe it when I see it but Max has hinted that he may leave F1 after his contract is up in 2028.
Looks like the FIA has approved Andretti's application for F1. Now the really messy part starts where the Formula One Management has their say and I'm not sure I like their chances of moving forward.
jalopnik.com
FIA Approves Andretti/Cadillac Formula One Bid - Jalopnik
One hurdle down, one more to go. The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), international motorsport’s governing body, has approved Andretti Global’s application to join Formula 1. However, the FIA doesn’t have the final say on whether or not a team can join the world championship...
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Qualifying has been something so far. Lot of sliding around and a lot of track limits lap deletions.
What a mess. Piastri, who got bumped up to the top 3 after Lando's lap got deleted, finds out his lap was deleted from the interviewer while doing his top 3 interview.
This is going to be a repeat of Austria where track limits will dominate the weekend.
This is going to be a repeat of Austria where track limits will dominate the weekend.
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I totally forgot it was going on. I was stuck listening into a work call, I could have at least had the tv on with the sound off if I remembered.
There are a lot of things I don't like about these new style tracks, but the track limit thing has to be my least favorite. I get the safety factor and it does make a lot of sense from that perspective, but essentially, having a giant parking lot with lines painted on it is just asking for drivers to push beyond the limits. There is no real punishment for going off the track, other than your lap being deleted or eventually a time penalty during the race.
There is a reason you don't see this happen at the older style tracks like Spa, you go off the track there, you got bigger problems than a lap time deletion. It's just odd to me that you can have your entire car off the track, but you didn't even realize it until someone tells you. I wish there was a safe way to go back to only gravel traps and grass beyond the curbs.
Yeah, I'm not sure what the best answer is but it sucks having track limits be such a major factor. Like today, the checkered flag isn't the end of the race, you have to sit around and wait for all of the video reviews to see where everyone finished.