Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Comment of the day
Red Bull should have seen Liam Lawson’s struggles in their car coming, says
That’s what happens when you ask a rookie too much. There are many reasons why chosing Yuki over Liam last december made the most sense, experience being the main one.
Red Bull chose to ignore all of them, under the idea that Liam had more potential to grow. Look where that took them all. @Fer-no65
'I had to change my approach for the future, after what happened with Daniel in Bahrain last year. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be sticking around in F1. It’s the one area I’ve worked really hard at – and it’s helped change my mindset and be more serious.'
'We didn’t love the audience numbers that we got (at Thermal Club). And we certainly were disappointed with losing the signal for the time that we did, so that sucks on us, but they’re good hosts.'
'The movie opens at the prestigious Daytona race with Pitt’s Sonny Hayes pulling off one dangerous maneuver after another in a desperate bid to maintain his lead. He’s also a loner who lives out of a van and, even after winning Daytona, wants to enjoy an off-the-grid lifestyle.'
'When I'm back I always make a detailed plan of where I'm going to eat,' declares the young Red Bull driver; known for being one of Formula 1's biggest foodies. 'On every single street and every single block there are so many great restaurants.'
Formula 1 drivers will have to give the track limits at the exits of turn two and Degner One and Two at Suzuka more respect as the gravel traps have been extended up to the edge of the kerbs for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.
Tsunoda’s aggression against Ricciardo in Bahrain last year was unacceptable. He should have gotten a race ban for it, but maybe there was no rule for doing something like that after a race?
At least Yuki seems to have realised that he needed to cop on.
While it’s was unacceptable the FIA couldn’t ban him as nothing happened (on track) IF they had crashed probally he would have to leave F1..
But an race ban for angre issuses then half of the field would be banned … so no it’s an team problem so they have to solved it and they did.
I think Red Bull will have told him in VERY clear terms. Who knows, it might be THE reason (i.e. that being an example of his hot headedness and losing sight of the bigger picture at times) he wasn’t picked to go to Red Bull in the first place.
So it’s like a goodbye for now, but that’s it. I’m still quite young and you never know what happens in the future. (Verstappen)
If only Honda were to power a car which is designed by the best designer for a team which has the most modern facilities and offering him a lot of money.
But that’s probably as likely as a haystack in a needle factory.
An Sionnach
3rd April 2025, 0:36
Tsunoda’s aggression against Ricciardo in Bahrain last year was unacceptable. He should have gotten a race ban for it, but maybe there was no rule for doing something like that after a race?
At least Yuki seems to have realised that he needed to cop on.
MacLeod (@macleod)
3rd April 2025, 7:55
While it’s was unacceptable the FIA couldn’t ban him as nothing happened (on track) IF they had crashed probally he would have to leave F1..
But an race ban for angre issuses then half of the field would be banned … so no it’s an team problem so they have to solved it and they did.
BasCB (@bascb)
3rd April 2025, 22:29
I think Red Bull will have told him in VERY clear terms. Who knows, it might be THE reason (i.e. that being an example of his hot headedness and losing sight of the bigger picture at times) he wasn’t picked to go to Red Bull in the first place.
Craig
3rd April 2025, 8:14
Thermal Club never made any form of practical sense for Indycar, but then I imagine they were paid a lot to go there.
S Arkazam
3rd April 2025, 8:58
If only Honda were to power a car which is designed by the best designer for a team which has the most modern facilities and offering him a lot of money.
But that’s probably as likely as a haystack in a needle factory.
BasCB (@bascb)
3rd April 2025, 22:30
Yeah, all pie in the sky dreaming :-)