The Official Formula One 2022 Thread

Original post by Andrew97

Why the ***** is there a sausage kerb https://twitter.com/circuitspa/status/1500171576221876230

It was getting very easy to angle the nose in very early and steal all the curb and really make it very straight, I guess just trying to make people turn a little later, use less curb and make it more of corner again.

This is still the favourite bit of track I’ve seen in person, cameras don’t do the hill justice

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https://youtu.be/raos5cz4Fgc

So appnrelty the person screaming at max when he crosses the line is actually GP and not Albon. I mean I makes sense when you think about it. Why would it be Albon but oh my god it sounded like him

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Imola will be on the Calender until 2025

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Did anyone watch that duel programme on sky on Sunday?

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Admit-One

Original post by Andrew97

Did anyone watch that duel programme on sky on Sunday?

Not yet. I’m a bit worried it’ll over-sensationalise things. If I hear it’s got some good behind the scenes stuff I will give it a go though.

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OP

Original post by Andrew97

Did anyone watch that duel programme on sky on Sunday?

I did and felt lame. Dts is out on Friday and is supposed to be lame as well (except for yuki, who apparently steals the show).

The moto gp docuseries on amazon is supposed to be good er motorsport journalists

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Rakas21

Yeah, I found it OTT. The Max Vs Hamilton rivalry is good but Hamilton is hard to like (and still driving) and Max was not a world champion beforehand.

I felt they tried to make it sound like a great epic when it was good but not as profound as Senna Vs Prost for example.

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KirstinTM

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Original post by Rakas21

Yeah, I found it OTT. The Max Vs Hamilton rivalry is good but Hamilton is hard to like (and still driving) and Max was not a world champion beforehand.

I felt they tried to make it sound like a great epic when it was good but not as profound as Senna Vs Prost for example.

Very true. Maybe in a few years it would be possible to talk about Max and someone, when he had more wins and maybe titles under his belt. Hamilton is definitely hard to like, but he hasn’t really been challenged since joining Merc until this year so it’s also not very easy to make something like that of him and another driver, even when it was Lewis and Rosberg it was more sad than entertaining to see their great friendship fall apart.

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Original post by quasa

I did and felt lame. Dts is out on Friday and is supposed to be lame as well (except for yuki, who apparently steals the show).

The moto gp docuseries on amazon is supposed to be good er motorsport journalists

It felt like a season review but it wasn’t if that makes sense. I’m currently rewatching series 3 of DTS. Love Horner trolling all the time

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Original post by Andrew97

It felt like a season review but it wasn’t if that makes sense. I’m currently rewatching series 3 of DTS. Love Horner trolling all the time

Previews suggest he will troll toto as well

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OP

Tyre news
The quali tyre rule has been scrapped, meaning people will have free tyre choice for the race.

Also tyre allocations for 1st 3 races has been decided:

Bahrain - C1, C2, C3
Jeddah - C2, C3, C4
Melbourne - C2, C3, C5

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Rakas21

Wish they'd use the softest compound each time.

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mnot

Original post by Rakas21

Wish they'd use the softest compound each time.

I thought (after they changed to bringing 3 compounds to each race instead of 2) they should say in a dry race you have to use all 3, make strategy way more interesting.

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Admit-One

Rumours that Kevin Magnussen is in the mix for the Haas seat.

Also seeing some discussion that Merc will debut a different sidepod package at Bahrain. This could be something like the Williams 'no sidepod' solution, a big undercut or maybe even something more radical.

Finding it a bit hard to believe myself, (although I'd love to see something cool that they'd kept under their hats). I just can't see them leaving it that late and potentially jeopardising the first 2 races whilst getting everything dialled in.

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mnot

The Merc safety car will be the AMG GT black series rather then the AMG GTR, think the hp/torque differences will be the same ballpark maybe they squeezed out a bit more with an ECU tune, but the styling is more aggressive (huge bonnet louvres, very low splitter… looks sexy).

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Original post by mnot

The Merc safety car will be the AMG GT black series rather then the AMG GTR, think the hp/torque differences will be the same ballpark maybe they squeezed out a bit more with an ECU tune, but the styling is more aggressive (huge bonnet louvres, very low splitter… looks sexy).

Essentially yeah. Personally surprised they didn't tune it to the same spec as the amg one edition gt r black editions (essentially amg gt r black editions but with more extreme aero and 860bhp with akropovic exhausts - these are limited edition cars that were gifted to amg one owners who are still waiting for said car)

(edited 3 years ago)

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OP

Original post by mnot

I thought (after they changed to bringing 3 compounds to each race instead of 2) they should say in a dry race you have to use all 3, make strategy way more interesting.

I agree they should mandate the use of all 3 compunds

Original post by Rakas21

Wish they'd use the softest compound each time.

Tis a conundrum. On the 1 hand faster cars and more strategy in theory. On the other hand, more marbles and safety concerns.

In anycase the tyres are a completely new compound vs the 2019 compound which was used in 2019-2021 due to the Pandemic / teams refusing to use the original 2020 tyres because they were too robust

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Original post by Admit-One

Rumours that Kevin Magnussen is in the mix for the Haas seat.

Also seeing some discussion that Merc will debut a different sidepod package at Bahrain. This could be something like the Williams 'no sidepod' solution, a big undercut or maybe even something more radical.

Finding it a bit hard to believe myself, (although I'd love to see something cool that they'd kept under their hats). I just can't see them leaving it that late and potentially jeopardising the first 2 races whilst getting everything dialled in.

Re the rumours about the 2nd haas seat - there are too many rumours! but yeah, it seems a few sources are now saying pietro is in for test publicity / money but for the actual race seat, they want someone experienced with KMag and Hulk the prime candidates and gio 3rd on the list.

Also it will be interesting to see what merc brings re sidepods. They possibly have the cleverest radiator solution I have seen (most radical imo since 2017 ferrari) in the sense that the rads are structural for the chassis / mounted part inside the chassis at an angle (it has been described as an x chassis). This massively reduces bulk around the sidepods so yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to see thinner sidepods for the merc.

Downside of this however is that it means that they need to run larger rear wings from what I have read on some tech forums (despite less interrupted coke bottle).

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OP

Wec rumours... Both of which have a potential impact on f1.

Peugeot has supposedly released KMag from their hypercar programme (I wonder why...)

Also audi has supposedly stopped their involvement in the Lmdh project they were doing with porsche and lambo. Reason why... Supposedly to be involved in f1 with Williams in the future

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