In the round-up: Carlos Sainz Jnr doesn’t see the planned cut in testing for the 2020 F1 season as a problem
What they say
I don’t know I feel like Formula 1 will adapt to the circumstances. I think nowadays with simulators and simulation tools Formula 1 will be capable of adapting.
Obviously I imagine it’s [being] done to save costs for but I don’t know maybe everyone needs to consider that if you save costs in one side teams will spent it probably a bit more in simulators, simulation tools and we will end up being still prepared. So I don’t think it’s a massive issue for either drivers or teams.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
Snapshot
Tatiana Calderon will join Formula 2 rival Juan Manuel Correa in Alfa Romeo’s test at Paul Ricard later this week. The pair will drive a 2013-specification Sauber C32 on Friday and Saturday. Calderon previously tested for the team last year.
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
Ocon bald fix bei Renault? (Auto Bild)
Esteban Ocon is rumoured to be in line for a place at Renault if he doesn't join Mercedes next year.
FE/FIA working to eliminate tight chicane use (Autosport)
"We need to work much more together to avoid these non-natural chicanes that happen in some cities that cause red flags and big delays."
Coulthard: Next female F1 driver has to be able to take on Hamilton or Verstappen (F1)
"My sister raced, she was very good but didn’t get the support because my family were supporting me and I regret that, so I want to be part of this to help support female talent and bring more women into motorsport."
Bird: Calendar Uncertainty 'Cost Me a Job' (E-racing365)
"With no clarity issued by Formula E on its definitive calendar, which originally included three clashes with WEC over the course of the season, Bird and AF Corse were unable to commit to a new WEC deal."
Nick Cassidy: The secret Red Bull superstar F1 cannot ignore (Formula Scout)
"Red Bull already had a loose but long association with Cassidy, and it was recognition of his Japanese achievements from Austria that gained him Athlete status. Red Bull Junior Team boss Dr Helmut Marko attended Motegi and would have seen Cassidy make the podium against the odds, while Yamamoto and Red Bull junior Patricio O’Ward had issue-filled pointless races."
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Comment of the day
Has F1 become a ‘closed shop’ to new teams?
F1 has a real problem with how inbred it’s become. Mercedes would never have bothered if they hadn’t been able to buy Brackley, Renault the same with Enstone, and Red Bull with Jaguar/Stewart.
The prospect of building a multi billion dollar venture from scratch in a contest that frequently sees teams going bankrupt is lunacy. Haas only got onboard as a proof of concept for their efficient subcontracting business model.
The F1 old guards like Ferrari and McLaren are so good at what they do no one else stands a chance starting from scratch without disgusting amounts of money. And ultimately this may be what brings about F1’s eventual demise as the megaliths become too big and lack enough diversity to survive.
Philip (@Philipgb)
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On this day in F1
- 65 years ago today Juan Manuel Fangio won his second world championship at Bremgarten. It was the last Swiss Grand Prix before country banned motorsport the following year
Joao (@johnmilk)
22nd August 2019, 0:07
We too regret that David Coulthard’s family supported his racing career
(yes that one was bad, but have laugh and scroll down)
maiagus
22nd August 2019, 0:44
Even worse: Well, if she was as good or a little better than Coulthard, maybe she was not that good after all.
(don’t read this and scroll even further.)
Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
22nd August 2019, 1:43
LOL you two. And if you stay in Monaco, there’s hotel you might want to avoid…
Urvaksh (@thedoctor03)
22nd August 2019, 17:20
Hahahhahahhaha
maiagus
22nd August 2019, 0:42
If we get a women F1 title contender would be nice. But maybe this create overwhelming expectation.
For most of F1 history, winners and world champions came from a handful of countries. Most of them were British, Austrian, or Italian. Australian, South and North American (who were a kind of british, german, italian), were exceptions. As are the Finnish now.
It took Prost (80), Schumacher (90), and Alonso (00) for France, Germany, and Spain to had their champions. Japan, with money, fans, drivers, established series, manufacturers is still waiting for his race winner.
In sum, a F1 title contender is a very rare specimen. In billions of people born in the last decades, F1 barely crowned about two dozen world champions. Less than 100 ever won a race.
So, if your goal is to find a female title contender, you are setting yourself to failure or to count on some extremely good fortune. Finding a female driver who can have a solid career would be a success for now – and more than what almost 3 billion people in Asia ever got in F1.
UNeedAFinn2Win (@uneedafinn2win)
22nd August 2019, 9:07
Well, we have been spoiled. Three world champions (or 4) out of 9 (or 10), 5(6) out of 10 are race winners. That’s a ridiculous percentage and also a good idea to how much pressure there is for our racers coming up to succeed.
Emma Kimiläinen, who was plowed out of competition for the W-series championship by Gilkes in the first of the six races, missed the next two and still ended up fifth in the standings and a win under her belt is a fantastic racer, but even her career stalled for lack of funding.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
22nd August 2019, 2:45
Am I the only one that thinks its a bit strange when drivers & teams say reduced testing won’t be much of an issue?
How often do we have teams suggesting they have “correlation issues” that seem to be able to be fixed only by running a car on track. It just seems to me that people are coming up with statements to fit the Liberty narrative rather than risk being ostracised.
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd August 2019, 6:49
@dbradock Well, they can compensate for the reduced on-track running via simulations, and other methods, etc.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
22nd August 2019, 7:03
@Jere if that were the case they’d be doing it now but they have all confirmed that no amount of simulations, CFD or wind tunnel work can actually work successfully until they get to test it on track.
That’s why a good number of upgrades don’t bring the massive performance improvements that were hoped for.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
22nd August 2019, 6:39
What Coulthard is saying is very reasonable. As there’s very few women in motorsport often, people have focused on womanhood to justify Women success in racing, but I think most have realised that it is a matter of metrics. In darts and snooker there are women championships! Some people are so desperate to turn 50% of the world into motorsport that they feel that to discrimination is the way to go. What’s next wch for llgbt+? Wch for chinese people only?
Hugh (@hugh11)
22nd August 2019, 9:29
Do they seriously segregate the men and women in darts and snooker ??? Why ??? They’re the least physical sports ever. They’re 100% skill based.
N
22nd August 2019, 11:00
In the PDC (Professional Darts Corporation) doesn’t discriminate, anyone is allowed to go to Qualifying School to earn their Tour Card and compete on the PDC circuit, you don’t see any women on the tour simply because there arn’t any that are good enough. There have been 2 (Anastasia Dobromyslova and Lisa Ashton, from the BDO – British Darts Organisation) who competed in a PDC sanctioned event, Anastasia was knocked out in swift fashion in the first round, Lisa, if i remember correctly won her first game before getting knocked out in the second.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
22nd August 2019, 6:41
Cassidy? Oh boy here we go again.
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd August 2019, 7:13
Wouldn’t it be better for Alfa Romeo to use the Sauber C36 instead since it’s much closer to the current-car, not only aero, and tyre-wise, but powertrain-wise as well than the C32.
Regarding the Auto Bild-article: I, coincidently, happened to find that yesterday already and could see it coming that this would be in today’s round-up. Nevertheless, I hope the matter it features wouldn’t happen. As much as I hope Ocon to get back to a race drive, I wish it wouldn’t come at the expense of either Bottas or Hulkenberg. At least not if it would lead to one of these being left without a drive altogether. If Ocon indeed were to join Renault, then it could only be for next season, not two as the article suggests, though, since Renault’s commitment to F1 beyond next season isn’t anymore guaranteed than any other team’s.
Matteo (@m-bagattini)
22nd August 2019, 9:27
@jerejj sure thing, but as we often see the split (always in demo runs) is the presence or not of electric components. Maybe they need special equipment, personnel and driver training for those.
Hugh (@hugh11)
22nd August 2019, 9:32
Hulkenberg to Alfa! Make it happen please! Hulk alongside Kimi in an improving team, inject it into my veins.
BasCB (@bascb)
23rd August 2019, 18:58
We could get a Hulk KMag line up at Haas @hugh11
Joao (@johnmilk)
22nd August 2019, 10:24
mainly because he is worse than those two
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd August 2019, 10:36
@johnmilk No, because those two equally deserve to be on the grid.
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd August 2019, 10:37
‘any more’
coefficient
22nd August 2019, 9:27
F1 is like an allegory for the world order. A world within a world that reflects outwardly the inequalities that capitalism creates with the so called “elites” turning the screws ever tighter and injecting rules and regulations to prevent opponents from out competing them. It’s uncanny.
Kringle
23rd August 2019, 13:31
That’s very deep for the bottom of the comments section of a daily news page which is lost to the ether 24hrs later on a niche website. Even if it is true.