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[DD]

Nice shot.

Man, that blue Renault is beautiful.

Jos Verstappen is now officially working for Red Bull as Marko Helmut's right hand man in driver development. He's going to be at the next Formula Renault race to supervise Richard Verschoor, Neil Verhagen and Daniel Ticktum, all RB Juniors.

Oh boy...

 

[brotkasten]

Chase Carey confirms that he wants to get rid of the Concorde Agreement.

"Our goal is to create much more of a long-term partnership, not a partnership that sort of has a point in time that you go out and renegotiate the next eight-year partnership, that there's a continuum."
...

Carey said that always having a looming deadline for the next agreement creates problems as the various parties fight to get the best deal for themselves, which causes uncertainty and makes longer-term planning difficult.
...

"What I'd like to have is everybody's priority being continually looking three years down the road, not looking at a specific point in time.
"I think they all welcome getting there, but we've got to drive it."
...

"It's a sport that historically was a little bit every man for himself, and how do you game each other and the like, and that leads to one plus one is one and a half.
"If you could pull together and figure out what is the right path forward for everybody, you make one plus one is three.
"That's our goal, to change the culture of this sport, which has had some very unique aspects to it, and create a new culture.
"And I feel good about it so far, there's a real welcomeness to wanting to do that.
"There's no question changing a culture that's been embedded for that long will take some time, but I think it's a transforming opportunity to really build a longer term, healthier relationship that benefits us both."

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-...f1-s-infamous-concorde_sto6170461/story.shtml

 

[Zeknurn]

Jos Verstappen is now officially working for Red Bull as Marko Helmut's right hand man in driver development. He's going to be at the next Formula Renault race to supervise Richard Verschoor, Neil Verhagen and Daniel Ticktum, all RB Juniors.

I cannot think of a worse person you would want to have around to raise young drivers.

A shame.

 

[FrankCanada97]

Jos Verstappen mentoring Dan Ticktum is a nightmare scenario.

 

[Kyougar]

Wasnt there just a few weeks or months ago a report where the grandfather of Max verstappen intervened and tried to shield Max at RB against the perceived "lunacies" his father did at that time?

 

[Zeknurn]

Wasnt there just a few weeks or months ago a report where the grandfather of Max verstappen intervened and tried to shield Max at RB against the perceived "lunacies" his father did at that time?

Yup and a couple of days later Jos was in a bar fight.

 

[DD]

Maybe he's there to help Sean Gelael.

 

[Rolfgang]

Chase Carey confirms that he wants to get rid of the Concorde Agreement.

"Our goal is to create much more of a long-term partnership, not a partnership that sort of has a point in time that you go out and renegotiate the next eight-year partnership, that there's a continuum."
...

Carey said that always having a looming deadline for the next agreement creates problems as the various parties fight to get the best deal for themselves, which causes uncertainty and makes longer-term planning difficult.
...

"What I'd like to have is everybody's priority being continually looking three years down the road, not looking at a specific point in time.
"I think they all welcome getting there, but we've got to drive it."
...

"It's a sport that historically was a little bit every man for himself, and how do you game each other and the like, and that leads to one plus one is one and a half.
"If you could pull together and figure out what is the right path forward for everybody, you make one plus one is three.
"That's our goal, to change the culture of this sport, which has had some very unique aspects to it, and create a new culture.
"And I feel good about it so far, there's a real welcomeness to wanting to do that.
"There's no question changing a culture that's been embedded for that long will take some time, but I think it's a transforming opportunity to really build a longer term, healthier relationship that benefits us both."

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-...f1-s-infamous-concorde_sto6170461/story.shtml

Carey isn't very good at basic math, now is he?

 

[Elvin Atombender]

Red Bull probably want to make sure Jos is somewhere else during most GP-weekends.

 

[DBT85]

Jos Verstappen mentoring Dan Ticktum is a nightmare scenario.

Fuck yeah.

 

[Aiii]

New livery for Haas:

 

[DD]

New livery for Haas:

welp

 

[ElTorro]

New livery for Haas:

I like it.

 

[dubc35]

I like it.

Yeah, it's not bad.

Haas is never going to have a colorful livery. They just want to match their machining equipment. Besides safety/caution signage/barriers, nothing in a machine shop is bright and colorful.

 

[Lemonte]

Wish it was matte like redbull.

 

[Zeknurn]

I like it too.

AMS interview with Chase Carey.

Summarized by a reddit user.

Exclusive interview with Chase Carey, his goals for F1:
No more clashes with Le Mans, Indy500 and MotoGP
Potentially more races, but reshuffling to avoid unnecessary hopping from continent to continent for one or two races
Budget cap idea: mix between 1) number of employees, 2) production costs, 3) tools (?) - I assume he means production facilities
1-year trial run of the budget cap to see if the supervision mechanisms work
random example: start with 250m budget cap and subsequently decrease by 50m per year
(more) equal prize money distribution
potential NASCAR rule (making cars available to be inspected by the opposition teams)

All of it sounds good to me.

 

[chuckddd]

Who needs Monaco when you have the gambling mecca of Indianapolis?

 

[DBT85]

I like it too.

AMS interview with Chase Carey.



All of it sounds good to me.

I'm ok with these. Not sure how far you go with the budget cap though.

I've been talking about the stupid continent hopping for years so hopefully they do something about it.

Also
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129603/brawn-appoints-f1-engineers-to-work-on-rules

Brawn has hired engineers to work on the rules.

Formula 1 chiefs have appointed two leading engineers to help guide future rule changes as part of Ross Brawn's push to improve grand prix racing.

Former Williams, Toyota and Lotus aerodynamicist Jason Somerville has joined F1 as head of aerodynamics, while former BAR, Honda, Brawn and Williams engineer Craig Wilson will join as head of vehicle performance.

The pair will form part of a small group of engineers that Formula 1 Group motorsport chief Brawn is putting in place to work on rules that will make F1 more entertaining and more sustainable in the future.

It was underlined that the pair will work in close co-operation with the FIA's own F1 technical department.

F1 has also appointed Nigel Kerr, a former strategic officer at BAR, Honda, Brawn and Mercedes, as its new finance director.

He will take up his role on August 1 to take responsibility for financial strategy within the F1 motorsports team.

"I am delighted to welcome three extremely experienced figures who have established themselves as experts within Formula 1 over many decades," said Brawn.

"We are building a team that enables stronger links to be forged between Formula 1's management and the sport's various stakeholders, ensuring that regulations are implemented with the involvement of all parties."

 

[Fox Mulder]

I don't see how you keep factory teams happy with a cap and open technology sharing or whatever, so it'll never happen.

 

[PdotMichael]

I don't see how you keep factory teams happy with a cap and open technology sharing or whatever, so it'll never happen.

There was a time without factory teams.

 

[Zeknurn]

I don't see how you keep factory teams happy with a cap and open technology sharing or whatever, so it'll never happen.

Liberty Media needs to make the sport compelling for new teams to enter and just call their bluff. The influence they've had on Formula 1 ever since the v6 power unit regulations were drawn up is absurd.

Paris ePrix FP1 is live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouh3jxRKeRw

I wonder if President Macron will pop by. It would be a nice gesture.

 

[Zaru]

There was a time without factory teams.

Yep. While I wasn't around back then, things seemed fine when everyone and their mother was using Cosworth customer engines or something.
Of course, budgets were much smaller back then so a lot of privateers could afford to be in the sport, so it remains to be seen how that would translate to modern team sizes.
I doubt we can go below 100 million, that seems to be like the bare minimum to run a team these days

 

[Zeknurn]

Paris ePrix qualifying is on.
http://aos001feh-live.hls.adaptive.level3.net/formulae/live/wif/streamVideo2000.m3u8

This track doesn't look too bad.

 

[Jezbollah]

I do wonder who thought it was a good idea to schedule that race in the same weekend as the French MotoGP..

 

[Randdalf]

Paris ePrix qualifying is on.
http://aos001feh-live.hls.adaptive.level3.net/formulae/live/wif/streamVideo2000.m3u8

This track doesn't look too bad.

Completely baffling that they aren't showing the timing on the left hand side.

edit: now they're being shown? I don't really understand FE coverage sometimes

 

[Tempy]

Buemi grabs pole by 6 thousands of a second over Vergne.

 

[Zeknurn]

Damn, that was close. Lets hope Vergne is able to get the jump on Buemi at the start.

 

[Zaru]

This whole F1 experience two-seater car thing actually has a lot more to it than I thought

 

[Par Score]

Now, I'm no fan of Di Grassi, but Da Costa deserved that.

He'd been driving like an absolute moron and asking for an accident for 5 laps.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I like Di Grassi a billion times more than Buemi, but he doesn't half have some stupid moments sometimes.

 

[Tempy]

There goes Vergne.

 

[Tempy]

Aaaaand it's a wrap.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Really disappointed with this season of Formula E. It's been such a damp squib compared to previous years.

 

[Mastah]

Oh look, another win by Buemi, how exciting.

 

[xrnzaaas]

This whole F1 experience two-seater car thing actually has a lot more to it than I thought

They should rework the car so that the passenger actually sees something. I dunno maybe separate the driver and the passenger with a glass like panel or move the passenger further back by making the car longer.

 

[PdotMichael]

Return of the three seater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5p4D63E0es

 

[DrM]

Really disappointed with this season of Formula E. It's been such a damp squib compared to previous years.

They should rename it into Formula Buemi

Other teams are screwing their drivers like crazy this year, Di Grassi had two major blunders from his team this season already

 

[Zaru]

Buemi wins everything yet his teammate didn't even finish on the podium yet. I'm not sure if it's the car or the driver.

 

[TCRS]

Photographs of F1 taken with a 104 year old camera

https://imgur.com/gallery/UPsOu

Pretty awesome

 

[DBT85]

Brawn has changed the strategy group so that now all teams know whats happening, though still not aeveryone is allowed to actually talk.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129635/brawn-pushed-through-strategy-group-change

Formula 1 sporting chief Ross Brawn was the driving force behind changing the rules to allow all teams to attend Strategy Group meetings in the future.

The most recent Strategy Group meeting, which took place late last month, was the latest step in F1's new era as new owner Liberty Media looks to revamp the championship and improve its governance.

Only six of the 10 teams on the grid - Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Williams, McLaren and Force India - have previously been part of the meetings along with the commercial rights holder and the FIA.

Minutes of the meetings were rarely shared with the teams who were not present, meaning they were largely left in the dark over what was discussed.

It is understood there was a notable change in atmosphere at the last meeting, which Brawn chaired, with discussions said to have been positive and more focused.

Brawn presented the concept of inviting teams not officially part of the group to attend as observers as a change that would definitely happen, rather than one that was up for discussion and could be voted out.

The move is seen by some insiders as a first step towards letting all teams have a voice in the running of the championship, but does not necessarily mean the group will survive in its current guise.



Sauber team principal Monisha Kaltenborn believes the move to allow observers is a "gesture" but does not feel it has gone far enough.

"We at least know what is being said there," she said.

"We can theoretically have the opportunity to understand why certain proposals are coming from there.

"Earlier on, we couldn't understand why they were coming up with certain decisions - nobody could, actually.

"Maybe that helps us a bit more in getting a better understanding as you can see what the different views are.

"But we don't feel more included, because that would mean we could participate in the discussion.

"At the end of the day, the group can't work in the way it is.

"We don't agree with any group having this kind of decision power."

 

[Addnan]

Watching these grill the grid videos on forrmula 1's youtube page. Surprised by how much Kimi knows lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3tOeX7SyNg&index=24&list=PLfoNZDHitwjUni9nHEnQtM9zY-hDgc2gx

 

[Betta Lines]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU9ZejAh4lU

When was the last time you saw Alonso this pumped in an interview in F1? Awesome job so far.

 

[Zaru]

Well done by him, and you can tell he needed this break from the McNightmare.
Might actually watch the race even though I have NO idea how these races go until the last lap.

 

[Grug]

Watching these grill the grid videos on forrmula 1's youtube page. Surprised by how much Kimi knows lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3tOeX7SyNg&index=24&list=PLfoNZDHitwjUni9nHEnQtM9zY-hDgc2gx

Yeah his "Iceman" persona often gets mistaken for him being aloof and somewhat disengaged from everything but I don't think it's the case.

You don't have a career like his by being anything less than totally invested.

 

[Mastah]

2016 champ doesn't waste his time:

Nico Rosberg‏ @nico_rosberg

🍼 NR2 ✌🏻 yeah!

 

[Zaru]

You don't have a career like his by being anything less than totally invested.

It's easy to forget that even old man Kimi has to follow a rigorous fitness and nutrition plan and figure out car setups and everything. That's not something you can do by just showing up.

 

[Patrick S.]

Photographs of F1 taken with a 104 year old camera

https://imgur.com/gallery/UPsOu

Pretty awesome

Ultimate hipster.

 

[ElTorro]

Maldonado turned down uncompetitive F1 seat but return is possible

(ಥ_&#3237

 

[RSP]

Day #2 of Wonderboy's event at Zandvoort. Incredible the turnout he has with his homecrowd. He's a bigger marketing powerhouse than any other Dutch athlete I know.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Really happy for the Rosbergs.