Peugeot have shown their new Le Mans car. It’s certainly unusual! https://the-race.com/wec-le-mans/peugeot-unveils-radical-car-for-its-le-mans-return/
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The new Peugeot hypercar looks like quite a departure from the norm as it has no rear wing at all, relying on ground effect alone. https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/peugeot-9x8-hypercar-first-images/6626558/
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Heads up, Goodwood FOS is being live streamed again this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imidUEK5Nd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imidUEK5Nd8
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Rumour mill starting about Russell at Merc being a done deal for next year, to be announced next weekend.
I'd be surprised. You want a good experienced develop driver going into rule changes. If they find themselves on the back foot experience triumphs in the driver's seat in my opinion.
I also worry there's this whole no2 contract clause/gentleman's agreement and I hate that idea, that shouldn't be allowed in the sport.
I'd be surprised. You want a good experienced develop driver going into rule changes. If they find themselves on the back foot experience triumphs in the driver's seat in my opinion.
I also worry there's this whole no2 contract clause/gentleman's agreement and I hate that idea, that shouldn't be allowed in the sport.
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Maybe back when you could actually test your car in the alleged pinnacle of motorsport. But these days...meh.
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umm, Hamilton?
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True, plus they have less downtime with the length of these seasons. Some teams done finish their cars in time for the first test. But even simulated development needs a driver who can compare it to the real thing with enough experience to communicate what should be an improvement. I wouldn't trust Russell with that responsibly quite yet especially if he's the only driver that would use the simulator.
As above, linited testing and Hamilton doesn't use the simulator. Any in-deaaon developments could be too late if they only ship new parts for Friday practice for them to be a failure. At least an experienced driver in the sim can give meaningful feedback before something is set in stone and cost a fortune only to fail.
Also it's the pointless sprint race next time out. Really can't be bothered with that. It'll be a reliability procession with teamansaving performance for race day in my opinion.
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Good experienced develop driver = Hamilton.
It's not the early 90s with unlimited test mileage, so having Bottas on hand to pound out development mileage wouldn't be any advantage.
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Don’t forgrt Merc have Esteban Gutierrez who does a lot of sim work for them.
I’d expect there is some advantage of the same driver testing parts in the sim
and on track but it doesn’t seem to have hurt Merc in the past.
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No.
Hamilton hardly ever goes in the sim, even to test new parts.
Anthony Davidson does most of the work in the Merc sim.
Hamilton\Bottas may want something changed.
But it's Anthony Davidson\Esteban Gutierrez that tests it out.
They are the main developer\sim drivers for Merc.
George Russell used to do a lot of Merc sim time.
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Lewis did come and out though recently and say he's been doing sim work, but that's in order to catch up with Max.
There's a live stream of Goodwood here if anyone is interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOAnZNNm9v4
I always say i want to go and never get round to it... Maybe next year.
I always say i want to go and never get round to it... Maybe next year.
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I really miss it. Last time I went was 2017. 18 I had holiday, 19 new baby, 20 covid and 21 was just impossible getting a place to stay. Hopefully get to go again next year!
A driver who I read so much about as kid, a natural talent and quick, Clive James' excellent documentary covered the showdown at Las Vegas 1981. Whilst I love seventies/eighties F1 this was a dreadful circuit.
Alan Jones' Biography mentioned, Carlos was distracted for this showdown, very chilled perhaps a bit too much (watching Clive James' documentary it seems to be the case).
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Russell washing his Mercedes..... announcement definitely imminent.
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It’s been rumoured for weeks (that Merc would announce Russell at Silverstone), you guys are just slow 
Note- Russell has already said as much by announcing he’ll be driving *a* car with a Mercedes engine in 2022.
Note- Russell has already said as much by announcing he’ll be driving *a* car with a Mercedes engine in 2022.
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Whatever happened to Eddie Jordan? He was always good at announcing things like this well before they broke.