In the round-up: The Aeroscreen concept developed by Red Bull could still appear in F1 despite Halo being given the go-ahead for 2017.
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Halo undergoing final tests this week (ESPN)
"At some stage you have to estimate whether or not you are going to be able to make it and it was estimated that we couldn't make it with the Aeroscreen, which is why we froze that part until we get the Halo on the right path for 2017."
Ross Brawn won't shut door on F1, but says return unlikely (Sky)
"Never say never about any of those sort of things, but I'm quite content doing what I'm doing and nothing has come along that I would be motivated and interested in."
Williams eyes 'great opportunity' for 2017 (Autosport)
"2017 offers Williams a great opportunity to close back to the frontrunners. We have to be able to do that, otherwise you join the second tier of Formula 1."
Romain Grosjean interview: I can stop Haas sliding (F1i)
"I think it’s in the car but it’s hidden by something we don’t understand. So we don’t have the grip we should have, we don’t have the confidence we had earlier in the year anymore for some reason."
Lauda claims Rosberg two-year deal 'pretty much agreed' (Motorsport)
"We have pretty much agreed on a new two-year contract but still have to work on the details."
Sauber and Force India's differing fortunes (Motorsport magazine)
"The limitations of its wind tunnel really began to hurt in 2014 when the all-new VJM07 proved stubbornly resistant to development. The correlation between the tunnel and what was happening on track could no longer extend to the required level of detail."
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Comment of the day
As a Brazilian, that’s very good to hear. But I’m still not convinced about Sergio’s quality to be a F1 driver.
There is a lot of hype about him in the media, but Brazilian ‘specialised’ media tends to hype our youngsters too much.
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sato113 (@sato113)
28th June 2016, 0:09
did FoS really mess up and advertise Hamilton would be there? when he was never planning to?
Strontium (@strontium)
28th June 2016, 0:25
Perfectly plausible, of course (not that I know, just speculating), that Hamilton agreed to go when they were promoting the event.
Sauber (@mumito)
28th June 2016, 0:21
The Sauber – FI article ID full of cra…. Let’s say misleading concepts. FI is run by a fugitive criminal. It’s business model is not sustainable in time and will last as long as the criminal is free. Sauber on the other hand is struggling because of poor financial desitions along with some dubious technical moves (Ferrari PU, not being able to keep KEY, hiring Smith). In other words….FI is not sustainable because of crooks running the team and Sauber is not sustainable because of incompetents running the team. But the question after Lotus dismissal is…..name a mid field team that can live for 15 years ( naming Toro Rosso is cheating).
Jorge Lardone (@jorge-lardone)
28th June 2016, 19:01
+1
anon
28th June 2016, 19:44
@mumito, would you include in that a team which has changed ownership, but otherwise has had no other significant change in its situation? If so, Force India would count given that team started out back in 1991 as Jordan Grand Prix.
[As an aside, Toro Rosso hasn’t been going for 15 years under its current ownership, but it competed for 20 years as Minardi].
Equally, why have you picked a figure of 15 years? There have also been a considerable number of factory teams in the history of the sport – Alfa Romeo, Honda, BMW, Toyota, Jaguar, Porsche and so on – that left long before that, with several of them only lasting for around half that time (or less).
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
28th June 2016, 22:23
Only midfield team that is more than surviving is Willams, and msybe McLaren. Are they now a midfield team by popular definition?
Tigerskin
28th June 2016, 2:17
Please no halo no aeroscreen, just pure open cockpit f1!!
BasCB (@bascb)
28th June 2016, 6:31
I guess you will just have to get used to it, it seems pretty much a done deal that next year we get the Halo.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
28th June 2016, 9:27
And why not complain about the open wheels having aerodynamic shielding on them? Some of the cars in the first F1 GP had windscreens, so you can’t say having a transparent safety shield isn’t part of F1 because it is.
Evil Homer (@)
28th June 2016, 12:26
@Tigerskin
+1000 – yes safety is very important and in F1 now its the best we have ever seen. We constantly complain about ‘the kids of today’, get off that PlayStation, got outside and climb a tree for a change! Buts its hard to find hero’s when the whole world has become the Nanny State- now even our F1 gladiator pilots are wrapped in cotton wool.
By 2020 all F1 drivers may get a ‘participation award’ just like my kids U10 football! ………….. yes I am being stupid, but maybe……
Robbie (@robbie)
28th June 2016, 14:33
@evilhomer Just responded to you below the article about super licence points requirements too. You argue for younger drivers to have less barriers to enter F1. I argue that would make F1 the opposite of a series of heroic gladiators, if kids can join. In fact, they are not heroic gladiators now under the current F1 format, but that is about to change for 2017, but that doesn’t mean they are wrapped in cotton wool because of a halo or aero screen. Those devices won’t hinder not help drivers be gladiators in what I hope becomes a much tougher series to succeed in starting next year due to harder to drive cars and hopefully a bit of a sway toward mechanical grip owning more of the ratio to aero than currently.
Evil Homer (@)
28th June 2016, 15:12
@Robbie
Hey Robbie,
I just responded to you in the other forum as well. When I say ‘kids of today’ I literally mean our kids (for those that have them) not the young F1 boys! What I was trying to say that as a kid I looked up to Senna, Mansell, Piquet & Prost as heros- and they were gladiators, and more so 30 years before.
When I watched F1 in 1985 at 9 I knew these guys were fast, when I got to 13 I knew there were risking life each 2nd weekend. Now not as much, and that’s great but this has to be the best of them, but no one wants drivers hurt, but they have to take risks.
I certainly do not want less barriers for young drivers into F1 BUT if we get a young talent like Max or Sainz (he is older of course) then we cant say if he has the talent he cant be a gladiator because of his age – the best always rise. Senna was great early (but not as early as these guys) but I think if a driver is good enough to be what excites the fans and performs – so be it!!
I do want to see drivers wrestle heavy beasts like back in the old day and make them hard to drive, if that does push out the young boys for few years because of this, again, so be it! :)
Robbie (@robbie)
28th June 2016, 15:41
@evilhomer Fair comment. My main thing wrt this article was that I don’t see a halo or an aero screen as detrimental to us seeing the drivers as gladiators again, as long as the cars change and lend themselves to gladiator-like feats. I know I won’t see them as being wrapped in cotton wool because of the halo, but I certainly think the cars are already safe enough that they should be way faster and be able to race much more closely with less dirty air effect than they have been experiencing for too long. These guys should be so physically and mentally spent with a handful of laps to go that it becomes a challenge for all of them to still be able to concentrate as the top 6 shadow each other to the finish. The presence of a halo won’t matter if we know what these drivers are going through as the race runs down, as just described in my perfect F1 racing world at least.
Jimmy Price
28th June 2016, 2:37
Brawn to Ferrari with Lewis in 2017… (or 2018)
frood19 (@frood19)
28th June 2016, 9:43
that’s about as wild as wild gossip gets…but i like it!
Erik vK
28th June 2016, 10:10
Easy WDC/WCC due to double Halo diffuser
Ben (@scuderia29)
28th June 2016, 12:37
Brawn back to ferrari would be an absolute dream and would really give ferrari that extra something to begin challenging mercedes
NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
28th June 2016, 22:30
Brawn never saying never…sounds to me like a polite interview with 0 substance.
Nothing new was learned. Granted he is not that old at 62, and some less than 24/7 activity might be fun for him. Maybe he is bored?
petebaldwin (@)
29th June 2016, 18:30
If Williams don’t want to be 2nd tier, they best get building an engine. They won’t be allowed to be a consistent threat to Mercedes.