Which makes much of the season hardly worth watching.
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Soldato
Another reason Audi seem destined for abject failure. Being within 107% will be an achievement for them with how badly they've wasted the last 2 years.
Caporegime
VAG is going down the pan as we speak so will be lucky if they even make the grid!
Dan Fallows stepping down from his role at Aston Martin...
Caporegime
Not hugely surprised, I presume he went to Aston so that he could have more control over the car only to discover that they're hiring Adrian to rule over him.
Soldato
Wittich stepping down immediately as F1 race director.
Niels Wittich steps down as Formula 1 race director
Niels Wittich leaves his role as Formula 1's race director with immediate effect.
www.bbc.co.uk
Soldato
The FIA staff turnover has been insane since Charlie Whiting passed 
Caporegime
The FIA staff turnover has been insane since Charlie Whiting passed
Since Charlie Whiting passed, or since Ben Sulayem became FIA President?
Soldato
The "regular" season ends at something like 22/23 races, then the 16 top drivers (so it's those up there on points, however, drivers with a win are guaranteed entry even if you're 34th overall) go into the Playoffs. It could be that the only 10 drivers who have wins are placed 27-36th, that means 10 slots are filled. Then it's 1st to 6th on points joining them. I think there was a cutoff mentioned but it's bloody low. And you must be a full time driver to score points.
Then every three races, 4 gets eliminated (16 become 12, 8...) until you reach the final "Championship 4" for the final race. It's **** but it's the format they're taking a hardline over and sticking with regardless of what the fans say. They're getting it wrong on so many levels right now.
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Commissario
Slater saying he's been told unofficially that Niels Wittich was sacked.
Soldato
Jennie Gow is reporting that Rui Maques will replace him.
In other news, it looks like F1 will have a unified launch at the O2 in London for the 2025 season. Finally!
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F1 confirm plans for first ever season launch event
Formula 1 has announced a groundbreaking season launch event at London’s The O2 – featuring all the teams, their drivers and team bosses, plus top entertainment – ahead of the 2025 campaign.
www.formula1.com
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Commissario
That's already confirmed, it's mentioned in the video I posted.
Soldato
Both really. My initial thought was regarding the race director role, but there's also been a LOT of staff churn in the senior FIA management. No doubt the latter is due to Ben Sulayem.
Starting to see publications talking about RBR's BIB being ruled legal after an FIA inspection.
"As part of this assessment process, FIA technical representatives visited the Red Bull Racing headquarters to investigate in-depth recent allegations about their front floor design and its use. This investigation concluded that no breach has taken place, and therefore confirmed the position adopted by the FIA during the US Grand Prix in Austin."
"As part of this assessment process, FIA technical representatives visited the Red Bull Racing headquarters to investigate in-depth recent allegations about their front floor design and its use. This investigation concluded that no breach has taken place, and therefore confirmed the position adopted by the FIA during the US Grand Prix in Austin."
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Caporegime
I know we have a lot of Stroll fans here, so I thought people might enjoy this retrospective:
Quite the career he's had.
Quite the career he's had.
Soldato
I didn't watch it. Whoops lol
Man of Honour
A few outlets are reporting that they're going to be taking outside investment and selling a stake in the team with Qatar rumoured to be the main contender; also possible they buy the engine plant as well.
I guess quite similar to what Mercedes did with their team selling a stake to INEOS a few years back.
Caporegime
Toto owns a large portion of Merc too. IIRC, Merc only owns about a quarter.
A shame to lose an engine manufacturer although I suppose Audi/Porsche might come in.