Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Comment of the day
The FIA president should raise his dislike of swearing with Formula One Management, DB-C90 reckons:
Maybe if they didn’t cherry-pick the radio conversations to include mainly those with swearing to spice up the show it would be less of a problem.
I doubt the drivers are doing it more, the broadcaster is just making it seem that way. Surely there are far more pressing issues for the FIA.
DB-C90
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Willis, Tom.Y, David Benford, Markie and Pete!
On this day in motorsport
- Born today in 2002: Liam Lawson, who starts his first full season in Formula 1 this year
- Born today in 1934: John Surtees, future 1964 F1 world champion and multiple motorcycle world champion
- Born today in 1959: Roberto Moreno. He drove some woeful F1 cars for AGS, Coloni, Eurobrun, Forti and the notorious Andrea Moda – but he also scored an emotional second place for Benetton in the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix.
- Five years ago today Ferrari revealed its new Formula 1 car, the SF1000, named in honour of the team’s thousandth grand prix appearance which took place later that year.
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Jere (@jerejj)
11th February 2025, 6:53
COTD: Spot-on.
The Motorsport UK article gives a misleading idea as Lindblad merely reached the points minimum, but he’ll only be eligible for a super license when he turns 18 in August as he’s unlikely to meet the necessary criteria for earlier granting any more than Antonelli, so he can’t actually obtain until the relevant August day & therefore, the Dutch GP is the earliest possible opportunity that could present itself.
Zach (@zakspeedf1team)
11th February 2025, 7:47
Not really related to the round-up today, but recently CVC bought the company I’m working for. Having known CVC through their ownership of F1 commercial rights I dreaded what was in store for us, and lo and behold, I was right. They are awful owners and it’s time to look for something else. Pity, because it was nice to place to work before CVC.
Yes (@come-on-kubica)
11th February 2025, 8:42
Sorry to hear- it’s horrible to hear this big corporations buy decent companies destroy them and then sell them off. Really wish there was a way to stop it.
bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
11th February 2025, 11:34
Sorry to hear, it’s rubbish when things are just out of your control. Best of luck on the job hunt mate, hope you land on your feet.
Palindnilap (@palindnilap)
11th February 2025, 12:07
Thank you for that insider information. Private equity firms that buy businesses in which they have no expertise and blindly apply generic cost-cutting measures do a lot of damage. Good luck with finding another nice place to work !
MacLeod (@macleod)
11th February 2025, 8:03
Strange I always thought Alex was younger then Max but I stand corrected…
Craig
11th February 2025, 10:45
Somehow I’d completely missed the fact Formula E was going to Jeddah rather then Riyadh this year. Might work a bit better as they’ll have more space to work with
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
11th February 2025, 11:34
Another chicane-filled track, though – really takes the fun out of it for me.