In the round-up: Kevin Magnussen has lost his upgraded front wing for today’s qualifying session after his crash
In brief
Magnussen loses updated front wing in crash
Following his crash at the second Lesmo in Friday’s second practice session at Monza, Kevin Magnussen has lost the ability to run with the team’s newest specification front wing entering into today’s qualifying session.
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu confirmed that his driver had been running with the latest model front wing when he crashed the car mid way through the second hour of practice.
“It’s really a shame that Kevin overcooked it at the Lesmo corners and had a shunt because he lost his front wing,” Komatsu said. “So he won’t be running the new-spec front wing tomorrow, and Nico [Hulkenberg] will continue to run the new one.”
14 F3 drivers penalised for sprint race
A total of 14 F3 drivers who participated in the first group qualifying session in Monza yesterday have been hit with grid penalties by the stewards following the farcical scenes that led to a clash between Kacper Sztuka and Laurens van Hoepen.Luke Browning, Gabriele Mini, Leonardo Fornaroli, Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, Mari Boya, Joshua Dufek, Piotr Wisnicki, Noel Leon, Max Esterson, Noah Stromsted and Tommy Smith each received four place grid penalties for today’s sprint race after the stewards deemed they all slowed to a near halt unnecessarily between the two Lesmos. Szutka was handed a five place penalty for a more serious offence that led to the collision with Van Hoepen.
Christian Mansell and Nikola Tsolov both received three-place penalties for impeding outside of the incident at the Lesmos. Tim Tramnitz will start today’s sprint race on reverse-grid pole.
Newgarden among IndyCar engine grid drops for Milwaukee
IndyCar has announced that five drivers will receive nine place grid penalties for today’s first race of the weekend at Milwaukee.
Joseph Newgarden, Nolan Sigel, Marcus Armstrong, Enzo Fittipaldi and Christian Lundgaard will each be penalised for exceeding their engine allocations.
Haas fined for Sainz incident
Haas have been fined €7,500 (£6,317) for an incident in first practice where Magnussen impeded Carlos Sainz Jnr at the second Lesmo.
Magnussen was not deemed responsible having not been warned by his team over the radio that Sainz was approaching and having checked his mirrors before Sainz rounded the corner. As the incident was deemed “not potentially dangerous,” the stewards handed Haas a fine that was half that for previous impeding incidents this season that were considered dangerous.
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Track construction to begin next week for Las Vegas Grand Prix (Las Vegas Sun)
'Track construction for the Las Vegas Grand Prix will begin Monday night with work on a pedestrian bridge on Koval Lane, officials said today.
Lane reductions are expected 9pm to 6am Monday to September 8th at Koval Lane and Rochelle Avenue for the bridge construction. Track lighting installation will also cause single-lane reductions on Harmon Avenue from Las Vegas Boulevard to Koval Lane with one lane open in each direction.'
Music promoters awarded $2.84m over cancelled Robbie Williams concert (The Age)
'The promoters of a Robbie Williams concert that was cancelled amid the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have been awarded $2.84 million in compensation after suing Melbourne’s Grand Prix organisers. World Touring Melbourne Limited took legal action in the Supreme Court against the Australian Grand Prix Corporation over the scheduled concert, which was set to take place during the Formula 1 weekend in March 2020, until the race was cancelled shortly beforehand. Williams was due to perform on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Lakeside Stadium in the Albert Park racetrack precinct. The court previously heard the singer had commanded a fee of $1.94 million, and 13,000 tickets were sold for the event. World Touring Melbourne sought $7.594 million for costs incurred, as well as another $1.128 million in lost profits and interest.'
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After Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed on his first outing in a grand prix session yesterday, David BR feels it’s not a great start to Antonelli’s time in F1…
Lots of ‘no problem’ comments from the team but it’s poor judgment, a failure to understand how a F1 race weekend works, anticipate that you may not know everything within a few laps, and ease into the session accordingly. In the end he lost out on a huge chunk of lap time of value to himself and the team. Formula 1 is all about intense pressure. Still, he was indeed fast. The question is how much of a learner he actually is. Kind of feels like a good day for George Russell even if his car was binned by someone else.
David BR
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Liedra, Fritz Oosthuizen and Elhombre!
Tommy C (@tommy-c)
31st August 2024, 3:54
The Sky team seems pretty convinced Antonelli will be announced this weekend as Lewis’ replacement for next year. Would it have been worse to announce it before or after his Friday crash? Might they postpone the announcement now? I can’t be the only one in the “maybe he is too young” camp after his FP1 showing…
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
31st August 2024, 5:20
Yes, I think it’d be quite embarrassing to announce a driver right after he crashed, and guessing it’d have been better to announce it before, they could always say it was unexpected in that case.
Jere (@jerejj)
31st August 2024, 6:29
So, the Las Vegas street circuit’s build-up process commences with greater lead time than most street circuits’ relative to the GP weekend or earliest event in Monaco’s case, i.e., the Historic GP four weeks before the GP.
Mostly two months & roughly one-quarter to half a month at max.
Alan Dove
31st August 2024, 7:30
The COTD fails to understand that team bosses are human and behavioral psychology is far more potent than some ‘set mature schedule’. People want someone in the car they can go to war with, not some wet blanket. For all the greed and the rather oppressive Spreadsheet culture embedding itself in Motorsport, at the heart of it people want to feel alive and part of something special
Kimi’s job was to make the people around him feel like they’re part of something special. Give them that moment of “oh… here we go”. There’s PLENTY of drivers who’ve jumped into FP1s, done a solid job ‘putting the laps in’, and then been forgotten about pretty much immediately. Kimi went out, showed his pace, and crashed. Oldskool.
notagrumpyfan
31st August 2024, 8:51
I think we have a case of mistaken identity here.
You are mistaking team bosses for the average fan. Team bosses work with spreadsheets, and take the best outcome at the bottom (quality or financials).
Alan Dove
31st August 2024, 9:00
I know plenty of team bosses who absolutely want a driver inside the awning that gives them reason to get out of bed in the morning. This is all the way to the top.
David BR (@david-br)
31st August 2024, 11:06
I agree Alan in terms of the buzz of a special driver, that’s why I wanted to see Antonelli in the Mercedes car next year. But that doesn’t change the fact he messed up, lost out on experiencing a full session and damaged the car (someone else’s). He can ignore any session schedule he likes as far as I’m concerned: what I meant was he wasn’t learning from the other drivers on the track, seeing how they coped with the changing surface, how they took the corners etc. It’s no big deal if it’s a one off. But as this was first F1 session it goes into the book as a question mark.
Alan Dove
31st August 2024, 12:17
It goes down in the book of being an absolute badass.
There’s a long list of drivers who have done exactly what you said in FP1 i.e be sensible, in fact across large swathes of motorsport drivers think they are doing the ‘right thing’ but being sensible. The reality is a lot of them get completely forgotten. Toto and Merc want superstars in their cars, not also ran sensible drivers.
Sure if a driver keeps stacking it every race, then sure, raise question marks but he’s young and has fire.
David BR (@david-br)
31st August 2024, 12:40
Sure but you can be badass and stay on track for the full session.
I guess my (slight) scepticism is Mercedes saying: Yeah he binned the car, but look at the cornering speeds! he took Lemos and other corners much faster even than Verstappen. Sure he overcooked the tyres which ultimately led to him losing grip at Parabolica, but…!
But wasn’t it precisely the fact the other drivers knew they couldn’t push that hard and get round Parabolica that meant they went that little bit slower? Wolff said the car and tyres couldn’t take Antonelli’s speed – which sounds epic, until you translate that as the simple expression ‘finding the limit of the car.’ I don’t think going off is a big issue, I just mean I’ll be intrigued to see how the next P1 session goes.
Alan Dove
31st August 2024, 13:55
You are over thinking it. Toto wants a driver he can get behind, not some wet blanket. Kimi went fully lit and binned it. So what?
Verstappen, Hamilton, Senna etc… all showed maverick tendancies.
David BR (@david-br)
31st August 2024, 14:25
Maverick is great when it’s top level (Montoya, say, rather than Maldonado).
I think you’re overthinking my response :) I’m more calling out the Mercedes BS than doubting Antonelli’s talent. His decision making? We’ll see.
What’s most intriguing/exciting is the possibility that Mercedes could well have the fastest car in 2025. If so, just imagine, we could see a re-run of 2007 with Antonelli competing for a championship in his rookie year.
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notagrumpyfan
31st August 2024, 11:01
Maybe in junior series, but not in F1. These are fairly big businesses they are running/representing.