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Mr Jack said:
I share your disappointment, although I imagine they will start getting stick about that too; just look at the battering CocaCola, KFC and MaccieDs are getting on social media for continuing to trade in Russia. I guess the difference between Kaspersky and UralKali is that Kaspersky is a company built on the talent of its creators, whereas UralKali is an company stolen by from the Russian people by one of the kleptocrats. Kaspersky also has a more international profile with offices around the world, and technically operated via a UK holding company. Which all makes it a little less clear cut.
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Actually i think it is clear cut, you only have to follow the money. All Kaspersky's profits end up back in Russia, although at the moment there won't be any money going back to Russia(unless via crypto currency).
Ferrari's and F1's integrity will be severely challenged the first time we all see a Kaspersky liveried Ferrari on the grid in Bahrain.
Yes, i agree that Kaspersky is built on the talent of it's creators and UralKali was stolen from the Russian People. But it's still a Russian company and as such has no place in F1 at the moment.
 
The same people who were spreading rumours of Mazepin's departure seem to be backing Gio to be his replacement. I guess we'll find out soon enough. Announcement on Monday most likely, I would think? They'll want to get whoever takes the seat in for the Bahrain test surely.
 
The strongest rumours seem to be Fittipaldi (who Steiner has indicated has first option), Piastri or Daruvala - its not really clear that any of them would bring a financial benefit to the team (assuming they really want a pay / sponsored driver).

I guess Fittipaldi will be given the chance to find money maybe? Piastri is Alpine's reserve driver would they pay to get him on the grid? Similarly Daruvala is a Red Bull junior; they've clearly spent some cash getting Albon into the Williams (hence the RB badge on his helmet, etc)
In some respects Giovanazzi would be a more sensible option; maybe a bit more discount on engines from Ferrari and he has got a few seasons of experience behind him to partner Mick.

Surely in a year with new cars and development being key during the year a more experienced F1 driver with experience developing a car would be of benefit? (Not saying thats Gio to be fair)
 
chrismscotland said:
Fittipaldi confirmed as in for the Bahrain test but not beyond that
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Do you happen to have a source for that? From what I've read they're still hoping to get the replacement in time to have them test:

“We’re in the process of looking at several candidates,” Haas said.

“We’ll see who is available and what we have to deal with, but we’ll have somebody by Wednesday.

“Pietro will definitely be in it, that’s what he’s for, he’s the test driver.

“I think we’d obviously like to get someone with a bit more actual experience.

“We just have to see what’s available.”​

At least that's how I read it. Pietro will probably take a session rather than replacing for the whole test. They'd be mad not to at least try and get their replacement in the car for the test, it'd put them at a huge disadvantage come the start of the season if they haven't driven the new car.
 
Mr Jack said:
Do you happen to have a source for that? From what I've read they're still hoping to get the replacement in time to have them test:

“We’re in the process of looking at several candidates,” Haas said.

“We’ll see who is available and what we have to deal with, but we’ll have somebody by Wednesday.

“Pietro will definitely be in it, that’s what he’s for, he’s the test driver.

“I think we’d obviously like to get someone with a bit more actual experience.

“We just have to see what’s available.”​

At least that's how I read it. Pietro will probably take a session rather than replacing for the whole test. They'd be mad not to at least try and get their replacement in the car for the test, it'd put them at a huge disadvantage come the start of the season if they haven't driven the new car.
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On a few places now PlanetF1 and AutoSport; no suggestion in the article that anyone else will test but I agree would be mad not to get them in
 
chrismscotland said:
On a few places now PlanetF1 and AutoSport; no suggestion in the article that anyone else will test but I agree would be mad not to get them in
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PlanetF1 is the one I linked and quoted. Seems to me that "We’ll see who is available and what we have to deal with, but we’ll have somebody by Wednesday" strongly implies that they expect to have their fulltime driver in seat for (most) of this week's test. I think people are misinterpreting "Pietro will definitely be in it, that’s what he’s for, he’s the test driver" as meaning that he'll be driving the whole test whereas I think they just mean that he'll be in the car for one of the sessions - as teams often do with their test driver.
 
Did anyone watch the Sky Sports F1 Hamilton vs Verstappen duel special? I recorded it but not sure I cba… Probably nothing new in it right?
 
Shimmy said:
Anyone interested in taking over creating the F1 threads from me?
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Thanks for all the threads, I appreciate all your efforts :)

I'm not volunteering, but I'm also not sure we actually need a designated person to create the threads. People can just make a thread as they need one, like we do with everything else.

We'd be missing the lovely detailed opening posts you always made but if no-one wants to put the effort in to make them then I think we can live without.
 
Shimmy said:
Anyone interested in taking over creating the F1 threads from me?
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I'm much more of lurker than a poster but you're threads have been incredibly usefully so thank you for that. I am more than happy to help out with posting some threads, as Mr Jack said I am sure we can all chip in and create them as the season goes by.
 
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