F1 (2020/21/22) 2023 Season

mxthor3 wrote: ↑ This wasn't a bill for Lewis. It's been circulating the internet for a few days. No one knows who the bill belongs to.

Swerny wrote: ↑ it will be removed due to China's "Covid Zero" policy

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2022/11/ ... cancelled/

jmason86 wrote: ↑ What I had heard was more about Lewis was given the tasks and run-plans to help figure out the 2022 car while they had mostly given George the conservative setups and that's why George was outperforming at the start of the season. Now that they understand the car more then George and Lewis have been driving more equal cars and we've seen Lewis have some more competitive races. That's a theory that I've heard and it makes some sense to me.

I had at first thought George had been able to adjust to the new regs easier than Lewis and maybe Lewis was still smarting from result of 2021 but the above theory also seemed logical to me. But the main thing that I have taken away from this year though is that George is much closer to Lewis than I'd have thought.

dchimera wrote: ↑ Yeah, there are other pictures of this particular bill around. It's covered by the caption but it says 14 guests. The drivers ate at Hakkasan, which Albon confirmed in an interview. So this bill isn't from that night.

Todd96srv wrote: ↑ I like the term - “He Got Quit.”

Arrivabene was the best guy to lead Ferrari since Todt, they should call him up. Maybe Kimi comes back too!

cartfan123 wrote: ↑ The amount they denied Binotto was going anywhere, told us Binotto was leaving.

Personally I didn’t mind the previous head, the Marlboro Man… Mauruzio Arrivabene. Binotto didn’t seem like a bad guy, but perhaps not suited to the pressures of running a team.

Hopefully they are more competitive next year.

Jimbobs wrote: ↑ I liked Arrivabene as well and felt they should have kept him another year. However, Arrivabene was in the team principal role for 5 years with limited success. Binotto was his CTO for 2 years before being promoted to Team Principal. He's only been in that role for 3 years. I wonder if the decision to part ways had anything to do with his public spat with Charles Leclerc.

Swerny wrote: ↑ Rumours are that Vasseur will be the next Ferrari Team Principal and he has history with Leclerc

Repooc wrote: ↑ rumors of Seb returning to be Team Principal at Ferrari

Caerus wrote: ↑ Ross Brawn retires from F1 Management after 46 years in the sport. Also confirms he will not take Ferrrari role.

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/97038/ross-brawn-f1-retirement/

2kfire wrote: ↑ IMO this is bigger news than Binotto quitting. Brawn is an F1 legend, he's been involved with so many championships, and has had success at many different levels, as technical director, team principal, team owner, and arguably, as F1 director. He masterminded Mercedes' return to F1 as a constructor, and started them on a path to 8 straight constructor's championships. He led Benetton and Ferrari during the Schumacher dynasty, and Brawn GP during their one and only fairy tale season. I will miss him!

Caerus wrote: ↑ Absolutely, Brawn is a legend. He's done so much for the sport.

He is one of the people that you can say if he was not in F1, the sport would be completely different. It will be the same when Newey eventually retires as well.

MrMom wrote: ↑ No surprise