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When we say Carlos Sainz is instrumental in the development of the team:

How many places do you think Williams can climb by the end of Sainz's contract?👀

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🟢Max and Alonso swap for 2026?!

Renowned Formula One journalist Mark Hughes has reported that rumours are rife that Max Westpan could move from Red Bull to Aston Martin in 2026. The talks are likely to involve a swap deal that would see Fernando Alonso move to Red Bull. While the Alonso-Red Bull part remains a matter of speculation, it is clear that something is happening behind the scenes.

Aston Martin is in a strong position with Andy Cole as CEO and team principal, the arrival of Adrian Newey, an exclusive powertrain deal with Honda and a state-of-the-art factory and wind tunnel, while Red Bull is struggling with issues including Newey's departure, a switch to in-house powertrains and ongoing tensions between Westpan and Horner. One factor complicating the rumours is the presence of Lance Stroll at Aston, who is unlikely to let his son go. If Verstappen joins the team, Aston Martin would have to terminate Alonso's contract early, and Red Bull may see the swap as a way to cushion the blow of losing Verstappen.

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I looked at the general photo of the two KTM teams for a long time, thinking that I had already felt the same from some other photo. Well, yes...

The "horses" and "kiwis" got mixed up...

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Zak Brown would happily pay for full-time F1 stewards if it meant better, more consistent decision making 💰

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F1 Drivers' Debut Teams

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The Race's diagram of current Formula 1 teams.

Overall, a good picture in terms of intra-team changes, but absolutely incomplete without a timeline.

It is impossible to draw the same timeline for Ferrari and Haas as here, when Ferrari was founded in 1950, and Haas in 2014, for example.

Or take Mercedes, for example. The Germans debuted as a formula team in 1954, but after 1955 and the tragedy in Le Mans, they left major races, and the next time a Mercedes formula team appeared was only in 2010.

Thus, the Mercedes timeline should be revised in terms of the team's history, and the period of Haas' existence should be shorter than the period of the new Mercedes.

Or take Sauber. Also questionable positioning relative to other teams in the diagram. What should we focus on? The name or the owners? In essence, Sauber simply changed its name, but the owner remained the same, and the real change will only happen in 2026, when all assets, name, etc. will pass into the hands of Audi.

In general, while I was writing, I realized that there is no need to post this diagram, but since I posted it and wrote all this, let it remain 😂😂

BUT: this can be studied with the above reservations and only from the point of view of changes in the owners and / or names of those stables that are currently represented.

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There are things in racing that, once you see them, you spend years trying to forget. But you can’t. And you never will. Lap eight of the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix is, for me, the most memorable of them.

Roger Williamson would have been 77 today.

“He sees it all. He slams on the brakes, pulls up to the edge of the turf, jumps out and runs towards his friend’s car. By then it’s on fire, although the flames aren’t as terrifying as they used to be. Purley frantically tries to flip Williamson’s car, but he lacks the physical strength to do it alone. Track marshals and firefighters pull him back rather than try to help. The TV cameras clearly show Purley repeatedly trying to lead them to the mangled car, but he always finds himself alone against it. It’s all in vain.”

Niki Lauda, ​​“To Hell and Back.”

Roger Williamson

(2.02.1948-29.06.1973)

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Two years without Jean-Pierre Jabouille.

He was not a champion (or rather, he was, but in F2). He did not have dozens of victories in the world championship. But his first victory is the first victory not only of Renault (a Frenchman in France, in a French car, which is filled with French fuel, rolls on French tires and with a French engine - Alpine is in hysterics), but also of a turbocharged engine, in the finalization of which he took the most active part.

And how sometimes you want to hear the name of Jabouille, and not Villeneuve and Arnoux, when asked: "What do you remember about the 1979 French Grand Prix?".

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

(10/1/1942-2/02/2023)

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Formula 1 records that remain unbroken by current drivers (and others)

❤️ Number of fastest laps in a race - 77 by Michael Schumacher

❤️ Number of consecutive titles - 5 by Michael Schumacher, Max will have a chance to repeat the achievement in 2025

❤️ Number of consecutive podiums - 19 by Michael Schumacher

🇧🇷 Longest consecutive pole position streak - 8, shared by Ayrton Senna (1989) and Max Verstappen (2024), but has not been surpassed

🇦🇷 Career win percentage - 46.15% by Juan Manuel Fangio, a record that has stood since 1957 (he won 24 out of 52 races)

🇳🇱 INTERESTING: Max Verstappen (29.72%) surpasses Michael Schumacher (29.55%) and Lewis Hamilton (29.49%) in this indicator.

❤️ Number of hat-tricks (pole, victory and best lap) - 22 for Michael Schumacher

⭐️ Number of Grand Slams (pole, victory, best lap, lead from start to finish) - 8, Jim Clark has held since 1965.

❤️ Champion with the most races remaining until the end of the season - 6 races before the end of the season, Michael Schumacher secured the title in 2002

Max Verstappen was close in 2023, but he did it 5 stages before the end.

🏆 Longest interval between titles - 7 years for Niki Lauda (between 1977 and 1984)

❤️ Longest interval between first and last podium - 7369 days for Michael Schumacher (Belgium 1992 - Valencia 2012)

🇩🇪 Most poles in a season - 15, a record held by Sebastian Vettel since 2011

Even Max in the record 2023 could not break the record.

🇩🇪 Youngest pole winner - Sebastian Vettel (21 years 73 days at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix).

Youngsters will have a couple of seasons to break the record, especially Kimi Antonelli at the wheel of Mercedes.

⭐️ Nico Rosberg has the most front row starts in a season - 21 (2016).

👴🏻 The oldest driver in Formula 1 history is Louis Chiron (55 years 292 days at the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix)

👴🏻 The oldest race winner is Luigi Fagioli (53 years 22 days at the 1951 French Grand Prix)

👴🏻 The oldest pole position winner is Nino Farina (47 years 79 days at the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix)

If Fernando Alonso makes it to 2028, he will have a chance to break the record.

🏁 Most different winners in a single Formula 1 season - 11 in the 1982 season

🏁 Youngest podium in Formula 1 history - 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix (Verstappen, Gasly and Sainz, average age 23 years 8 months 13 days)

🇦🇷 Most different teams with which a driver has won the title - in 4 teams, Juan Manuel Fangio did it (Alfa Romeo, Mercedes, Ferrari, Maserati)

⭐️ Most different teams with which a driver has won races - in 5 teams, Stirling Moss did it (Mercedes, Maserati, Vanwall, Cooper, Lotus)

🇮🇹 Most consecutive laps led - 304 laps by Alberto Ascari from the Belgian Grand Prix to the Dutch Grand Prix 1952 (between the 3rd and 7th round of the championship)

⭐️ The smallest difference in points between first and second place in the championship is 1984, between Niki Lauda and Alain Prost there were only 0.5 points

⭐️ The smallest difference between first and third place in the championship is 2007, Kimi was 1 point ahead of Hamilton and Alonso was behind (110 to 109 and 109)

🇬🇧 The youngest leader of the championship is Lewis Hamilton in 2007 at the Spanish Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli may have a chance to break the record if he wins in Australia.

⭐️ Most title contenders in the final race of the season - 4 in 2010 (Alonso, Webber, Vettel, Hamilton)

⭐️ Shortest Formula 1 career - Marco Apicella only drove 800 meters at the 1993 Italian Grand Prix

⭐️ Longest streak of technical retirements - 22 for Andrea de Cesaris (Australia 1986 - Canada 1988)

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Max Verstappen and Erling Haaland

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A funny story about Kimi Antonelli, who will debut for Mercedes in the 2025 Formula 1 season.

- In 2014, at Hockenheim, I was not allowed into the paddock because I was too small. I was 7 years old.

- My dad was racing in the Porsche Supercup. He put me in a trolley with tires and covered me with an umbrella, and in the end, I managed to get past the inspectors!

- Then my dad's friend got me a pass. And I watched the cars for an hour. It was cool! But we often laugh about this story.

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Max Verstappen wants to team up with Fernando Alonso for the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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The top three most expensive F1 cars sold at auction 💰💸

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📱Formula One drivers with the most followers on Instagram and X

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Podiums achieved in the 2023 and 2024 seasons👀

2024 was a very different season to 2023 and after a long time we witnessed a multi-faceted and unpredictable competition and in the meantime Ferrari managed to achieve the most podiums of the season. Another interesting point is that despite achieving the most points and wins (overall) and podiums (compared to 2023) in the Grand Effect era, Mercedes was placed at the bottom of its constructors!

However, the number of teams that managed to achieve podiums in the latest season decreased compared to 2023 and it is interesting that the member removed from this list was Aston, not Alpine!

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🟢Honda's challenge for 2026 power unit

HRC boss Koji Watanabe believes that developing a competitive power unit for 2026 will not be easy and that there are many challenges for Honda due to the fundamental changes in these power units. However, they are trying to achieve the best results.

👈Honda will be the exclusive supplier of power units to Aston Martin from 2026, which is expected to be a competitive team. Earlier, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said about Honda's 2026 power units that he was confident that the project would be successful because he believed in Honda's capabilities and potential

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🇮🇹 Valentino Rossi: When I was afraid of Michael Schumacher's anger!

🔴 MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has shared an interesting memory of his encounter with Michael Schumacher in an interview. He admitted that he was afraid that Schumacher would get angry because of his old support for Jacques Villeneuve (Schumacher's rival in the 1997 season)!

🗣 Rossi said:
"When I met Schumacher in the garage, I thought he was going to say to me: This crazy guy is here! But he was very kind and even gave me a lot of advice."


❗️ Rossi insisted that he only did Formula 1 tests for fun. He had a stunning performance in Valencia in 2006, but decided to stay in MotoGP and won two more world championships

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Racing his way to 29, Happy Birthday to Gasly 🏁

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Originally Posted by dutchm2

The top three most expensive F1 cars sold at auction.

It's impressive, but the top cars rarely sell at auction.

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Originally Posted by NSXR

It's impressive, but the top cars rarely sell at auction.

Probably because Mercedes-Benz only made four 1954 W196R "Streamliners" and only 6 of the open wheeled W196R's survived.

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The new seventh season of Drive to Survive will be released on March 7.

Just a week before the start of the Formula 1 season 🥰

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Evolution to modern Formula 1 teams