[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Global MX-5 Cup 2025. Race 2 Daytona International Speedway. Start Big One

Two MX5's squabbling and more than half the field pays.
-- Yeah the grey MX was hit by the blue one with yellow mirrors, send that clot the bill for the damages.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

But, how many rookies this year? I'm sure many cars will get piled up.

Who they pile into could cause quite a stir

Charlie vs. HAM should get quite interesting.

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Wake me when the LEW/ANG party is over

Killed by Death M5Rick

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Killed by Death M5Rick

No vids for some reason of this fender bender but looks like the normal too much wellie in the wrong place and hammy to try again please

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

No vids for some reason of this fender bender but looks like the normal too much wellie in the wrong place and to try again.

I read , LEW's crash was pretty bad . An Armco barrier repair was required ...
And after that Charlie's test was canceled .

Forza LEW (!)

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I read , LEW's crash was pretty bad . An Armco barrier repair was required ...
And after that Charlie's test was canceled .

Forza LEW (!)

Worse than I thought then, oh well doesn't cost the drivers anything as Ferrari has pots of money.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Worse than I thought then, oh well doesn't cost the drivers anything as Ferrari has pots of money.

I think LEW crashed with his rear end in the Armco , the rear axle and the Ferrari gearbox are destroyed (!)

It's just a beginners mistake my friend...

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I think LEW crashed with his rear end in the Armco , the rear axle and the Ferrari gearbox are destroyed (!)

It's just a beginners mistake my friend...

Already sabotaging Charlie so he can't practice

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Already sabotaging Charlie so he can't practice

Yeah . As I said It's the beginning of the "Ferrari war horses"...
Just wait 4-5 races my friend for the disaster

At least...Charlie knows how to push his prancing horse to the limits (!)

[GuidoK]

Johnny Herbert is gone from the stewards list.
The FIA dropped him!
Reason: his media role and activities are incompatible with the work as a steward....

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/d...lved/10692228/

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Johnny Herbert is gone from the stewards list.
The FIA dropped him!
Reason: his media role and activities are incompatible with the work as a steward....

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/d...lved/10692228/

[wizardofOz]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Johnny Herbert is gone from the stewards list.
The FIA dropped him!
Reason: his media role and activities are incompatible with the work as a steward....

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/dropping-herbert-steward-problem-unsolved/10692228/

https://youtu.be/0XX4BQNDzmY

Has the fireworks already started?
Can't believe I am saying this but the FIA seem to have got this...Right?

[GuidoK]

I think the need for better stewards is something that comes from outside of the FIA, and that they're now acting under pressure.
It's strange that a global sport that generates this much money has referees that are unpaid and thus have an agenda elsewere (however they make their money).
If you look at sports like football on the highest level, it's all paid referees and they seldomly give interviews where they ventilate their opinion on active matters. Because they know their job is to be impartial and they're getting paid for it.

Obviously Zac Brown is touting in the media that he's willing to pay the stewards a decent wage but that just shows that he's just not getting it.
I think the pressure isn't just coming from teams or drivers, but also from global opinion for the last half year now.

Of course the FIA plays the money card, but I'm sure they'll find a few 100k per event to pay the stewards a healthy salary. The average GP generates billions per race in total for the local economy, tv rights etc etc.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I think LEW crashed with his rear end in the Armco , the rear axle and the Ferrari gearbox are destroyed (!)

It's just a beginners mistake my friend...

If someone is trying to do the MAX oversteer shuffle for more pace then here's some lessons for them

[GuidoK]

Interesting little remark in this video regarding the costcap and how it affects the salaries of normal staff within F1 teams.
So apparently race engineers (and I suspect lots of other personnel) have shitty salaries compared to similar work outside F1 due to the costcap. (the remark is about getting paid more at a le mans team part time to do similar work).
Surely that can't be the purpose of the costcap?
I think they should look at the costcap again and maybe reform it. Like maybe make a rule that any employee that works within the costcap costs 100k or something, regardless if you pay him less (so there's no urge to pay him less), unless he get's payed over like 300k or so, then it again starts falling within the costcap.
Something like that. Teams have millions and millions extra from sponsorship money, and none of that gets to the employees, who have families and have to put their kids through school etc.
So that effects their lives on a bigger scale than it should imho.

at 4:15

[Killed by Death]

Wonder what the Ferrari exhaust will smell like this year

2026 PU - The single flowmeter returns:

— The FIA has selected a new flowmeter supplier for the 2026 power units, with Allengra replacing Sentronic to oversee fuel flow regulation in Formula 1.

— The updated flowmeter, capable of 6000 measurements per second (up from 2200), enables a return to a single sensor per car, improving efficiency while maintaining strict control over fuel flow.

[3798j]

Always found it interesting that some in this group attach little importance to where a team finishes in the manufacturers championship. Each team's employees certainly see it differently. Bonuses to employees don't count toward the cost cap. Win the championship or finish higher than the team did previously, they get $12,000,000 distributed amongst them. Finish lower and it's reduced to $10,000,000. It's said that to keep employees from "jumping ship", all the teams dole out the entire amount.

From the cost cap rules...

"Excluded Bonus Maximum Amount":

(a) For each F1 Team that either wins the Constructors’ Championship taking place in the applicable Reporting Period, or achieves a higher finishing position in the Constructors’ Championship taking place in the applicable Reporting Period than it achieved in any of the previous three Reporting Periods, US Dollars 12,000,000.

(b) For each other F1 Team, US Dollars 10,000,000.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

If someone is trying to do the MAX oversteer shuffle for more pace then here's some lessons for them

David Coulthard (53) and his Swedish model Sigrid Silversand (29)

I wish David happiness and the necessary strength

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Wonder what the Ferrari exhaust will smell like this year

2026 PU - The single flowmeter returns:

— The FIA has selected a new flowmeter supplier for the 2026 power units, with Allengra replacing Sentronic to oversee fuel flow regulation in Formula 1.

— The updated flowmeter, capable of 6000 measurements per second (up from 2200), enables a return to a single sensor per car, improving efficiency while maintaining strict control over fuel flow.

I wouldn't be worried my friend ..
According to the Italians , the 2025 Ferrari SF-25 will be 1 sec.(!) faster .

[wizardofOz]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Always found it interesting that some in this group attach little importance to where a team finishes in the manufacturers championship. Each team's employees certainly see it differently. Bonuses to employees don't count toward the cost cap. Win the championship or finish higher than the team did previously, they get $12,000,000 distributed amongst them. Finish lower and it's reduced to $10,000,000. It's said that to keep employees from "jumping ship", all the teams dole out the entire amount.

From the cost cap rules...

"Excluded Bonus Maximum Amount":

(a) For each F1 Team that either wins the Constructors’ Championship taking place in the applicable Reporting Period, or achieves a higher finishing position in the Constructors’ Championship taking place in the applicable Reporting Period than it achieved in any of the previous three Reporting Periods, US Dollars 12,000,000.

(b) For each other F1 Team, US Dollars 10,000,000.

I look at the constructors championship equally as important as the drivers championship most recently take Alpine for example...Thats an extra 40 million was it for their car development and research?