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Post by Sam Tyler on Aug 23, 2024 10:49:30 GMT
Thrilled to hear that Alpine has announced who will replace Estaban Ocon in 2025.
It is Jack Doohan, who is currently a reserve driver. He has been part of their driver academy since 2022. He is Australian and the son of well know former 500cc motorcycle world champion Mick Doohan.
Really glad to hear that Jack has been appointed at Alpine. I think they are a good team to start at and he will be a good steady team mate for Gasly. Nice one Jack ! Mick Doohan was a brilliant racer back in the nineties, he won the 500cc championship for five years on the trot, I can't believe that he's 59 now! Let's hope that Mick's ability for success on two wheels can translate to Jack on four. Sam.
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Post by Batgirl on Sept 1, 2024 11:36:49 GMT
Congrats to Lando Norris on his win at Zandvoort Netherlands last week. Beating Verstappen at his home race is a big statement, and a welcome one! Norris is only 70 points behind Verstappen in the drivers championship table and Leclerc only 33 below that.
The races have become exciting again for me as there isn't Red Bull dominance.
The Italian race is due to start in about an hour and a half. I've never noticed before how much sport is on at this time of year. US Open, F1 races and Paralympics (this year). Looking forward to some more real competition in Italy.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Sept 1, 2024 17:42:10 GMT
Disappointing race again thanks to McLaren and the way they are going about things. Massive congrats to Charles. He drove a great race and deserved the win especially at Monza.
But, back to McLaren. Why on earth are they not giving Lando any help to snatch the WDC from Verstappen? Piastry made a bold move that could have seen both McLaren cars out of the race today - when he should have been assisting Lando in getting away from the pack. Where was the call from the McLaren pit wall to order Piastry to let Lando through as they did in reverse at Hungary? Verstappen was having another bad race and they could have netted Lando more points to get that WDC. But no. They let Lando come home 3rd and diminish his points haul to Verstappen. It seems clear to me that McLaren favour Piastry and for reasons I don't know or understand. If they had (as other teams have in the past) ordered both drivers to hold position after turn 1 (regardelss of who was in the lead) then it would have been an almost certain 1-2 for the team. They are looking to take the Constructors title from RB and it's looking like they'll achieve this easily now. Protecting Piastry rather than Norris lost them that 1-2 finish and more than likely lost Lando the WDC this year.
Piastry's indignance to the situation is not winning him many fans either. It doesn't take long to be labelled as 'not a team player'
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Post by Del Boy on Sept 4, 2024 19:17:56 GMT
Think you have a great point regarding the constructors. McLaren are 8 points behind in that so maybe they are of the mindset that its achievable this year. With the drivers championship a bit further away points wise, Norris would have to better Verstappen at every race and some results would need space between the two drivers. I think McLaren got the overall strategy slightly wrong as they clearly had the fastest cars and didn't take the win. Ferrari were able to watch them and modify their strat to beat them.
I too have been pleased to see the field open up over the last 5 races or so. Looks like Red Bulls advantage has definitely evaporated. Would be great if Norris can nick the title.
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