Well he's just an alpha male type isn't he? F1 is full of 'em.
F1 2021 Season
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
very true.
It was interesting seeing the Rosberg/Hamilton feud from a few years ago. I wasn't aware of that. The whole thing just does a great job of showing so many things that you don't normally see. Not sure I need to see a naked BottASS though.
FFS Christian Horner comes over as so bitter sometimes.
Finished season 3 DTS.
I think it was the most F words flying around in a season so far. I gues they are comfortable now with Netflix's hanging around them.
I think it was the most F words flying around in a season so far. I gues they are comfortable now with Netflix's hanging around them.
I will take back what I said about Daddy Stroll, he is actually OK later in EP1.
Toto fully became the Sith lord in this series. He's a great villain.
Australia before the race was cancelled , no SD no Face masks , very shocked.
I think Lewis was bang on with his feelings about the race before it was cancelled.
calling the race off was absolutely right IMHO.
mate....you're talking to yourself...have a cup of tea.
been in work since 5am , been quite just about to go home.Paul's passionate about his F1
Personally enjoy reading his post.As for the first race this weekend I wish I could call it. Sadly recent testing means it's hard to predict at the moment. Fingers crossed for Hammy though.
He reminded me of Klopp, crying about everyone else all the time, reminded me of Klopp and his oh United get so many penalties rants.
He even used the death of his dog for a bit of self-pity.
He loves the attention though doesn't he. He gets a talking head piece in every episode, even the eps that don't involve his team.
I was shocked to find out in S2 he was married to Geri Halliwell. He's definitely said to her 'since I'm your lover, when do I gotta get with your friends?'
I've just finished the Grosjean/Bahrain episode
I can't believe how little of a deal they made of Russell taking the Mercedes spot when Hamilton was out. I don't know if it was more of a big deal in Britain because he is British and maybe others didn't care, but the potential of him winning, having never scored any points before made such a dramatic weekend
DTS ep 3, Horner really did not like the DAS.
Cant fault Horner with his passion, he wants to do well, which is what is expected, but OMG he can moan.
Have to admit if you had a F1 team, you would want either Horner or Toto to be team Principle
Cant fault Horner with his passion, he wants to do well, which is what is expected, but OMG he can moan.
Have to admit if you had a F1 team, you would want either Horner or Toto to be team Principle
Bottas knew what he was doing a deliberate tow so he would be 3rd.
I noticed thet too. And the Australian fans really look like a bunch of idiots when it gets cancelled.
Bottas doesnt come out of this seaon with much credit.
I dont agree, he was shafted with a 10 second penalty, his team got is wrong, I would be pissed off too
what name is blanked out of the Ferrari shirts ?
Sebs announcement he was going to Aston Martin , was just a big feck you Ferrari
They really fecked up not having the George Russell Mercedes story featured. There was so much drama in that weekend and surely the producers should have known that they needed to have cameras in the Merc garage for it.
Anyone joining this?
up to ep5, enjoying it so far.
Hopefully
Guenther should be a footy analyst. He'd really feck some shit up in the studio.
Not a good season. How the hell did they miss Williams story
Renault really did not like the Racing Point.
That too.
I think pretty much everyone who watches the show would love for there to be more episodes and there is clearly plenty of material for them.
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/...ach-f1-team-spent-its-2021-development-tokens
Where has each team spent their F1 tokens?
Mercedes – The team opted not to divulge where it spent tokens at the launch of the W12, with technical director James Allison admitting that it was purely to prevent teams from having more time to copy any new designs the team will run in 2021. “We have spent our tokens, but we won’t reveal how we used them just yet. That’ll become clear in good time.”
Red Bull – Red Bull hasn’t revealed where it spent development tokens but after a year battling rear-end instability, a spend to introduce a rear suspension system similar to that of Mercedes would not be a foolish estimation to make as it seeks to regain lost downforce from the regulation changes.
McLaren – As per Article 22.8.6, the team has had to spend both of its development tokens fitting a Mercedes power unit into its chassis for 2021, under the watchful eye of the FIA which ensured that they weren’t making changes purely for performance gain. The team said last season it was not happy with the token system allowing Aston Martin to adopt 2020 Mercedes parts free of charge.
Aston Martin – Due to a loophole in the regulations, Aston Martin will adopt the 2020 Mercedes rear suspension free of charge, because it ran the 2019 version last year. This allowed it to spend its development tokens on modifying the survival cell of its AMR21.
Alpine – Another team to focus on the rear of its ’21 car, Alpine hasn’t said specifically where it has spent its tokens. “A lot of changes at the rear of the car, this is where we focused our attention because that’s where the regulations have impacted it,” Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski said.
Ferrari – The new Ferrari features an altered front nose cone design to move closer to the Mercedes-style design but the team has focused its token spend on the rear of the car. The SF21 will have a new rear transmission and suspension in an effort to gain back lost downforce at the back of the car.
AlphaTauri – The team says it has spent its tokens on the front of its car, specifically a new nose and outboard front suspension. “We believe the chassis and power unit provides a good baseline, so we are happy to have spent our tokens elsewhere for 2021,” technical director Jody Egginton said.
Alfa Romeo – Alfa technical boss Jan Monchaux was upfront about the team spending its development tokens on the front of the car. A new nose design was the focus during the winter. “We decided to invest our two tokens on a new nose, so the nose box and the crash box obviously is brand new, which was mainly driven for aero reasons,” Monchaux said.
Haas – A team that is already fully focused on 2022, Haas hasn’t spent any development tokens iterating its VF-20. “We didn’t use the development tokens this year. I wouldn’t say it’s a holding season, more of a transitional season,” team principal Gunther Steiner said during the team’s livery launch.
Williams – Having already spent a single token in 2020, Williams hasn’t developed elsewhere.”We spent one of our tokens last year and I’m not going to divulge where we spent it because we spent one last year and that left us with only one over,” team principal Simon Roberts said. “There wasn’t enough to get into the nose or any of the structures.”
Where has each team spent their F1 tokens?
Mercedes – The team opted not to divulge where it spent tokens at the launch of the W12, with technical director James Allison admitting that it was purely to prevent teams from having more time to copy any new designs the team will run in 2021. “We have spent our tokens, but we won’t reveal how we used them just yet. That’ll become clear in good time.”
Red Bull – Red Bull hasn’t revealed where it spent development tokens but after a year battling rear-end instability, a spend to introduce a rear suspension system similar to that of Mercedes would not be a foolish estimation to make as it seeks to regain lost downforce from the regulation changes.
McLaren – As per Article 22.8.6, the team has had to spend both of its development tokens fitting a Mercedes power unit into its chassis for 2021, under the watchful eye of the FIA which ensured that they weren’t making changes purely for performance gain. The team said last season it was not happy with the token system allowing Aston Martin to adopt 2020 Mercedes parts free of charge.
Aston Martin – Due to a loophole in the regulations, Aston Martin will adopt the 2020 Mercedes rear suspension free of charge, because it ran the 2019 version last year. This allowed it to spend its development tokens on modifying the survival cell of its AMR21.
Alpine – Another team to focus on the rear of its ’21 car, Alpine hasn’t said specifically where it has spent its tokens. “A lot of changes at the rear of the car, this is where we focused our attention because that’s where the regulations have impacted it,” Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski said.
Ferrari – The new Ferrari features an altered front nose cone design to move closer to the Mercedes-style design but the team has focused its token spend on the rear of the car. The SF21 will have a new rear transmission and suspension in an effort to gain back lost downforce at the back of the car.
AlphaTauri – The team says it has spent its tokens on the front of its car, specifically a new nose and outboard front suspension. “We believe the chassis and power unit provides a good baseline, so we are happy to have spent our tokens elsewhere for 2021,” technical director Jody Egginton said.
Alfa Romeo – Alfa technical boss Jan Monchaux was upfront about the team spending its development tokens on the front of the car. A new nose design was the focus during the winter. “We decided to invest our two tokens on a new nose, so the nose box and the crash box obviously is brand new, which was mainly driven for aero reasons,” Monchaux said.
Haas – A team that is already fully focused on 2022, Haas hasn’t spent any development tokens iterating its VF-20. “We didn’t use the development tokens this year. I wouldn’t say it’s a holding season, more of a transitional season,” team principal Gunther Steiner said during the team’s livery launch.
Williams – Having already spent a single token in 2020, Williams hasn’t developed elsewhere.”We spent one of our tokens last year and I’m not going to divulge where we spent it because we spent one last year and that left us with only one over,” team principal Simon Roberts said. “There wasn’t enough to get into the nose or any of the structures.”
lots of token spent and not telling us on what.
Mercedes is interesting, tokens spent on something new, that they cant get to work properly yet ?
Mercedes is interesting, tokens spent on something new, that they cant get to work properly yet ?
It seems weird that the FIA can't ban a new technology because no existing rule covers it and they have to wait till the next season to write it into the regs. Why don't they give themselves a catch-all regulation that can act on something like DAS as soon as it becomes known?
Bending the rules with innovation is part of the fabric of the sport, if they stifle it then it takes away from everything. The whole F-Duct innovation was the birth of DRS, stuff like that can enhance the sport.
DAS I suspect was useful not exactly game changing, it helped Mercedes with tyre warm up but I don't think we really say it impact massively.
No but if one team developed summat that completely blew away the competition it would ruin it for the season.
But that's happened already in the past, that is the competition! Jenson Button has a WDC from a double diffuser, Mercedes smashed the V6 Hybrid start, Williams had active suspension, Benetton had traction control etc.
The competition is so vast that any innovation is copied and on all cars after a few races. Speaking of I wonder what Mercedes spent their tokens on for this season, the silence is deafening.
Fair enough, I'm not that familiar with the technical stuff.
Bit of a weird one really, the story has some mileage given their history. My guesses is that the offer for the team came unexpectedly and the family made a call to take it whilst it was there. Meant that the preparation for them to get their fan fare was pretty muted and they obscured into silence. Frank's story was the last of the true great independents out there.