TomGP87

No, see Renault becoming Alpine, Toro Rossa to Alpha Tauri etc. There are regulations around name changes but they don’t make the team a new entry.

Toro Rosso / Alpha Tauri was 12 years, does their renaming mean they don’t count? It was the same team, same ownership, just a new name. They’d be comfortably in second place.

Does Toro Rosso / Alpha Tauri not count? That was 12 years, comfortably in second place. Same team, same owners, just a different name.

@Gusmaia

What a strange way to use statistics. You compare Hamilton’s total against the current field (which of course excludes Rosberg, Button, Alonso, Webber etc) but compare Prost’s throughout his […]

The circuit is in a public park. Closing the roads and park for F1, without the economic boost from visiting fans, would be difficult politically I suspect.

@jerejj Vettel joining would actually be in line with their more recent tradition of bringing former Red Bull juniors back into the fold; Hartley, Kvyat and Albon.

The old Bridge section of the circuit is delapidated, it’s now part of the general admission area. It would need to be relaid, likely gravel or tarmac runoff at Bridge corner and the one after, and the pedestrian […]