F1 2022

[Dave..]

I wonder if Aston Martin would ditch Lance Stroll if Alonso absolutely trounces him and then requests a better calibre of teammate? Could they offer Ricciardo a 2024 seat?

Unlikely as his Dad owns the team, although if it had been my Dad he would have booted me out on my hole and told me prove I was worthy.
Who knows

 

[DC.]

Conflict of interest for sure. But if Aston are serious they need to find someone better than Lance no matter how good Lawrence thinks he is.

 

[svensktoppen]

I just hope it works out for him and he finds his way back. A year away from the pressure will probably do him good to be honest.

 

[DC.]

Listened to Guenther Steiner on Beyond the Grid and he says how much K-Mag has improved as a result of leaving F1 then coming back.

Ricciardo will be hoping for the same as he couldn’t have another year like 2022 again.

 

[RallyCiaran]

I wonder if Aston Martin would ditch Lance Stroll if Alonso absolutely trounces him and then requests a better calibre of teammate? Could they offer Ricciardo a 2024 seat?

With how well Vettel was driving at the end of the year I was hoping that he would stay and we would have Vettel and Alonso at AM for 2023.

 

[svensktoppen]

He'll never ditch Lance. And in fairness he makes for a good second driver.

No team wants two strong drivers, that's usually a disaster. Except Mercedes, Toto doesn't seem to mind having two drivers fighting over points

 

[ali619]

Feel as if Riccardo is suffering from Stockholm syndrome by going back to RB, he will not get a seat with them. Perez is far better than he is and is of more use than Ric.

Will be tough for him to come from a reserve position to a full seat when he wants as he will not be of any interest to the main teams

 

[pablo]

Feel as if Riccardo is suffering from Stockholm syndrome by going back to RB, he will not get a seat with them. Perez is far better than he is and is of more use than Ric.Will be tough for him to come from a reserve position to a full seat when he wants as he will not be of any interest to the main teams

Better than the brew. Stays in F1 gets paid loads and zero pressure.

 

[AidanMcG]

Would be great to see Ricciardo team up with SVG during the Supercars enduro’s along with a few other guest appearances

 

[DC.]

SVG would show him up like Lando

 

[RallyCiaran]

Feel as if Riccardo is suffering from Stockholm syndrome by going back to RB, he will not get a seat with them. Perez is far better than he is and is of more use than Ric.

Will be tough for him to come from a reserve position to a full seat when he wants as he will not be of any interest to the main teams

Disagree strongly with the idea that Perez is "far better" than Riccardo.

Peak Riccardo is quicker than peak Perez.

 

[ka88]

To give them their dues, the drivers mostly seem to like being with Red Bull long after they finish their careers. Vettel, Webber, Coulthard, Ricciardo, all hanging around and seem happy.

Great parties, tour the world, get paid, drive fast cars. I'd be there in a heartbeat

 

[svensktoppen]

He'll hopefully get them to sponsor some time in some other race series in his gap year

 

[DC.]

Mattia Binotto resigns as Ferrari F1 team principal

www.motorsport.com

 

[Blackie]

Mattia Binotto resigns as Ferrari F1 team principal

www.motorsport.com

The worst kept secret lol

 

[RallyCiaran]

I'd have given him another year. This years car is very good. With another years development, and seeing what other teams have done, I would expect the 2023 car to be very close to the top again.

 

[Crow555]

I don't think the car was necessarily the issue. A lot of points were thrown away by strategy and mistakes with pitstops. It would have been a much closer championship if not for some of the face-palm moments by ferrari this season.

 

[stevyg]

Long overdue. Ferrari had a mega car first half of the year and with all the RBs DNFs they didn't capitalise on it. Far too many mistakes, their mistakes & strategies have been the laughing stock of F1 all year. Don't think they could have beat RB in the end but they dropped the ball massively just about every race. Rumor is that Leclerc & him haven't spoke to each other since the old finger wagging at Silverstone so there is definitely some background noise going on.
What annoys me most is the lies in F1. Like just don't say anything or say "no comment", wish they would stop lying about things like this. They all do it and never get called out for it.

 

[stevyg]

I want to see more of this

 

[svensktoppen]

New year, new thread:

F1 2023

New year upon us, new thread :cool: Starting off with six "sprint" events announced, double from 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/63885725

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