Formula One ( F1 )

Did not think about this, will check it- thanks. In the meantime, if anybody wants them for her / his own archive just let me know

2020 car launch dates upcoming in the next few weeks:

Ferrari - Tuesday 11/02/2020 - Romolo Valli Municipal Theatre, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Red Bull - Wednesday 12/02/2020 - Silverstone, UK
Renault - Wednesday 12/02/2020 - France
McLaren - Thursday 13/02/2020 - Woking, UK
Alpha Tauri - Friday 14/02/2020 - Salzburg, Austria
Mercedes - Friday 14/02/2020 - Silverstone, UK
Racing Point - Monday 17/02/2020 - Mondsee, Austria
Haas - Wednesday 19/02/2020 - Barcelona, Spain
Alfa Romeo - Wednesday 19/02/2020 - Barcelona, Spain
Williams - TBC

Hoping that Williams can get it together for the Barcelona test.

like testing on youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6vwXc8BnC0

Great interview with John Barnard on F1 design, carbon fibre and a fair bit of history chat:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fuMvMd8IMWDP7EWhTsvFp?si=jMNYlfGhSKufFgnzEzLUvQ

‘Trombone steering’ ... Merc/Hamilton add another dimension to the steering console?!

https://youtu.be/xcf8o4hCtSA

Interesting system. And apparently the FIA have given it the all clear, which I find surprising given the relationship between ride height and toe-in resulting from caster angles.

And of course, Sky F1 think it's ingenious. I'm sure if it was Ferrari they'd be being labelled cheats at this point.

Wasn't there a huge number of systems similar to this outlawed under the 'movable aerodynamic device' ruling? Surprised this gets around that (if it still exists).

Edit: Thought it was a ride-height thing at first, ignore the aero comment above.

It will affect the ride height, albeit only slightly, unless they're running zero caster uprights.

That is true, at first I thought it was a more-explicit ride height adjustment as it was triggered on the straights.

It does seem like a potential season-dominating bit of tech, especially if it allows them to open up pit strategies due to elongated tyre life. Be interesting to see if there are any downsides regarding having the tyres 'cool off' around the lap causing lack of grip once back in standard configuration.

nowtv has an offer on their season pass...

https://www.grandprix.com/news/marko-slams-coronavirus-scaremongering.html

Marko is being an idiot as usual

I think his doctorate in law has given him ideas above his station, not for the first time

Still 3 times more expensive that F1TV. Sky can do one.

Edit: In Ireland I can pay EUR 27 to be able to stream (not live) all races for the season, that's tempting.

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1238062852306583552

McLaren pulling out of Aus GP, will be surprised if it goes ahead at this rate.

Let's see how stubborn fia are

And fair play to Hamilton being vocal about it amongst the usual "Well we have to trust the FIA in their decision".

Isn't there some sort of soft agreement that if one team pulls out the rest will too?

The Indy GP in 2005 would suggest not.

Everyone except Ferrari, who get maximum points by default.

I recall reading something to that effect from Brawn, F1 tends not to follow anything but iron-clad written agreements though.

Looks to be cancelled, but no official word as of yet.

Cancelled now!

Yeah i saw it was made official. Sad times

F1 to replace postponed(canceled?) gp's with virtual ones

Surely someone at RedBull is going to send Marko off into retirement finally now;

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/30/helmut-marko-wanted-red-bull-f1-drivers-to-deliberately-catch-coronavirus

His idea was to have all 4 F1 drivers and a load of their juniors intentionally be exposed to Covid so they could get it over with.

Asked how his vision was taken by Red Bull officials, he added: “Let’s put it this way, it has not been well received.”