In the round-up: Sebastian Vettel says drivers cannot wield any influence over whether Formula 1 returns to circuits such as Mugello.
What they say
Vettel was asked whether the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association can apply pressure to F1 to keep Mugello and other tracks which have been added to the 2020 F1 calendar on the schedule:I think that’s not part of our discussions, even. I think there’s other tracks that we would like to join the calendar because we love driving those tracks but it’s not discussed because in the end, there’s other interests that determine whether there will be a race held in that place or not.
Speaking of Mugello, I think the drivers like it but obviously I don’t know if it is in the cards in the future, if it is realistic. This I don’t know and we’re not we’re not part of that conversation.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
Another video appears to show a violent post-race incident between Corberi and Paolo Ippolito. The pair were running 15th and 16th at the time of Corberi's retirement.https://t.co/aZtEjQdj3N
— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) October 4, 2020
🚨BREAKING🚨@L_Lundqvist76 clinches #FRAmericas title and @HondaRacing_HPD @IndyLights 2021 scholarship 3 rounds early (unofficial) pic.twitter.com/VXhiiDRuAC
— FR Americas (@FR_Americas) October 4, 2020
A massive pileup on the frontstretch puts us under the red flag. pic.twitter.com/DYMvqiGu09
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 4, 2020
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Penske's IMS 'homecoming' includes two team Penske wins (IndyCar)
"The good news is the reaction and the commitment by the fans who have already renewed for this year is a couple Super Bowl’s worth of fans that say, ‘I want my tickets.’ “To me, that’s very important.”"
Formula 3 returns to action for Barcelona post-season test (F3)
"Ferrari Driver Academy’s Artur Leclerc, younger brother of 2017 Formula 2 champion and Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles, will test with Prema. The Monegasque racer is currently first in the Formula Regional European Championship, and will be joined on both Monday and Tuesday by the returning Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger. David Schumacher tests with the team on day one, before Roman Stanek jumps into the number three machine for day three."
Formula Regional Europe Mugello race one (Formula Regional Europe via Facebook)
🔴 LIVE Streaming#mugello | Race 1
Posted by Formula Regional European Championship on Saturday, 3 October 2020
Formula Regional Europe Mugello race two (Formula Regional Europe via Facebook)
🔴 LIVE Streaming#mugello | Race 2
Posted by Formula Regional European Championship on Sunday, 4 October 2020
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Comment of the day
Does Honda’s decision to stay in IndyCar disprove the claims they made about their reasons for leaving Formula 1?
This shows me the Honda press release about leaving F1 was just marketing spin to align it with the current mania about ‘carbon neutral’ as if such a thing were possible over all.
They see IndyCar as a better bet taking the engine knowledge they have learnt from hybrid engines in F1 to benefit the other series.
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On this day in F1
- 40 years ago today new champion Alan Jones won F1’s last race at Watkins Glen. His title-winning predecessor Jody Scheckter and their fellow champion Emerson Fittipaldi made their final starts
ppzzus (@ppzzus)
5th October 2020, 1:14
Corberi and ticktum would get along well. If recent history is anything to go by we will see him linked to a williams seat in 6 months time.
Aiii (@)
5th October 2020, 10:28
Have to agree here, the calls for a lifelong ban may be just, but history tells us the FIA is awfully forgiving when they really shouldn’t be.
mystic one (@mysticus)
6th October 2020, 0:03
Someone of that age still racing karts and with that kind of rage and attitude sums up his carrier…
Jay Menon (@jaymenon10)
5th October 2020, 2:45
RE COTD:
As I posted on here last week when the news came out, PR is everything because Share Price matters…haha.
BasCB (@bascb)
5th October 2020, 14:39
Indeed @jaymenon10
Mecket (@meck)
5th October 2020, 3:14
How heavy are those bumpers on the karts and how fast are they going? If Corberi had managed to hit Ippolito, what could’ve been the consequences? It looks like it could be life threatening
Jamal
5th October 2020, 9:06
They are not very heavy at all, depending on how it broke off it could have still have the metal brackets/bolts attached. Either way not cool and could have caused a crash that was potentially dangerous.
Jamal
5th October 2020, 10:19
Just seen it was a front bumper, no metal brackets on them but still very dangerous, throwing anything on track is
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
5th October 2020, 15:55
His missed Ippolito and hit another driver instead. What a psycho.
Sean (@seanloh)
5th October 2020, 6:14
Re COTD: Its worth noting the IndyCar engine deal is actually HPD a subsidiary of the North American Honda subsidiary which has been known to have some liberties afforded it thanks to that separation. Which is also why Alonso driving a Honda powered car was seen as a possibility for the Indy 500 but the distaste for him is so strong Honda HQ issued HPD a rare edict.
Those costs and engineering resources are also coming from an entirely separate pool of resources in the US. The engineers in Japan will likely be reassigned to different projects road car within the company whereas if HPD were to cease their IndyCar activities those resources would likely be focused on either another racing program or made redundant since HPD and Honda NA only rarely handles any road car development.
skydiverian (@skydiverian)
5th October 2020, 7:34
@seanloh it also helps that Honda is supplying half the Indycar field for a fraction of the cost (from memory there’s change from $20m) of designing and building engines for just 4 F1 cars.
That said the COTD is wrong on the engine knowledge argument – Indycar sets the spec and while they do discuss that with OEMs, it can and does intervene to level the playing field if necessary. Indycar do take input from Ilmor (Chevy) & HPD (Honda) but as cost is a factor I don’t see how a $190 per year F1 engine program would be in any way relevant to an Indycar program that is setup for 13-17 cars per race on an annual budget that’s around $30m per year for the lot.
ColdFly (@)
5th October 2020, 8:54
Thanks @seanloh.
That’s some interesting additional information, and helps explain the different decisions between the two series.
Robbie (@robbie)
5th October 2020, 14:41
As well, Honda both manufactures and sells a huge number of cars in North America. Toyota has marketing exposure in NASCAR, so I’m sure Honda sees it as vital to have exposure through IndyCar.
praxis (@praxis)
5th October 2020, 8:21
At least Honda’s F1 tenure was a much better one compared to what Nissan did with their WEC LMP1 entry, a few years ago.
Red Andy (@red-andy)
5th October 2020, 8:23
Clearly Luca Corberi didn’t get the memo that motorsport is not WWE.
Qeki (@qeki)
5th October 2020, 9:38
I wonder how many drivers would like to drive in Saudi Arabia…
nickthegreek (@nickthegreek)
5th October 2020, 11:34
doesn’t matter though, they will if they have to. drivers will be OK and will definitely be treated as VIPs
Qeki (@qeki)
5th October 2020, 13:43
That’s true. It would be interesting to see if we would have a calender for a year from vettel or someone else
SadF1fan
5th October 2020, 11:00
Ofcourse not, the only ones that have a say are the ones holding the big bag of money and are willing to give it to LM and the FIA.
That’s why we are driving on brilliant tracks like Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, and will be driving in 7 dictatorships next season, Or that the next American GP needs to be driven on a parking lot in Florida.
Dave
5th October 2020, 12:36
About the karting incident: What. Was. He. Thinking.
anon
5th October 2020, 21:19
Dave, some would say that the precise problem was that he wasn’t thinking about what he was doing…