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booyaka said:
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Formula 1: Red Bull's Laurent Mekies has contract extended to 2031

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies, who replaced Christian Horner at the F1 team, has his contract extended until the end of 2031.
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Making sure to quell the potential of any sort of return for Horner
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There's still Ferrari. I actually think Horner would be good there. The team needs a shake up. FV has had the vote of confidence from the directors, so you know what that usually means.
 
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englishpremier said:
There's still Ferrari. I actually think Horner would be good there. The team needs a shake up. FV has had the vote of confidence from the directors, so you know what that usually means.
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I can’t see Ferrari giving Horner (or anyone) the freedom or power that he wants. That said, I hate Horner with a passion but given last weeks clown show I may very well eventually be persuaded that he could make the changes necessary to help Lewis get his eight/ninth WDC.
 
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Scam said:
I can’t see Ferrari giving Horner (or anyone) the freedom or power that he wants. That said, I hate Horner with a passion but given last weeks clown show I may very well eventually be persuaded that he could make the changes necessary to help Lewis get his eight/ninth WDC.
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If Horner by some miracle ever ended up at Ferrari, Lewis would be walking out the door before the ink dried. Neither has any respect for the other and there is no way in this world that Lewis would race under Horner as team principle.
 
booyaka said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Formula 1: Red Bull's Laurent Mekies has contract extended to 2031

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies, who replaced Christian Horner at the F1 team, has his contract extended until the end of 2031.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Making sure to quell the potential of any sort of return for Horner
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Anyone suggesting Horner would return to Red Bull is living in some kind of alternative dimension and I very doubt he'd want to return there either.
Any talk of him being at Ferrari is also pie in the sky as well and both Horner and Ferrari have dismissed it. Horner want a ownership role, not just being a TP.
He is in no hurry to return to F1 either.
 
I do think Horner would prefer some kind of ownership in a team (and there had been rumours about BYD talking to him about Alpine) - but if he did get a call from Ferrari like most people I think it would be very hard to turn it down.
 
Horner has done some podcasts recently to promote his new book (High performance and Up to Speed). He's said he wants skin in the game, ownership and investment and he's done the team principle thing so he's aiming higher. He would never get that at Ferrari, he says it himself.

I have to admit the sport is feeling a little more clinical without him. He comes across quite well in the interviews.
 
Dup said:
I have to admit the sport is feeling a little more clinical without him. He comes across quite well in the interviews.
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He comes across like a psychopath that has committed awful crimes, yet has the intelligence - and knowledge of the human condition to know exactly what to say, and how to say it to come across well :p

The clip of him talking to Naomi came up on my reels and you could see her trying to subdue her anger as he was explaining the Masi call.
 
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EddScott said:
I believe this was always going to be the case. Some media outlets screamed about reduced distance but didn't explain why.
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The reduced distance next year is because fuel flow is increased but some teams did not want the cost of constructing new chassis that can fit larger fuel tanks.

Changing back in 2028 just gives teams additional time / allows them to make the change with other chassis changes.
 
The FIA is banning using different wheel covers in race and quali over "cost concerns". Why? There's a cost cap, just let them spend it however they please.
 
Guess where I am. ;)
 

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Seriously gorgeous.

A car that by no rights should have ever existed. And she's a runner... :D
 

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Dr Jack said:
The FIA is banning using different wheel covers in race and quali over "cost concerns". Why? There's a cost cap, just let them spend it however they please.
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It's not wheel covers, it's the actual wheel rims. Ferrari were using different wheels between quali and the race. One designed to keep the heat in to help one lap warmup and the other providing better cooling to keep the tyres in good condition.
 
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