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This is the same group that rejected Andretti racing? Corrupt?
His reply:
And FWIW, since Red Bull's investigation concluded the charges were baseless, Horner was cleared of charges. However, the woman scorned continued her public derogation of Horner, so Red Bull has suspended her (with pay).
They told her, in essence, "You lost, now shut up and get back to work." But she wouldn't.
Which is absurd on its face because what idiot would walk away from the most dominant team in the sport -- of his own creation -- and which looks to stay that way for the immediate future? And much of Red Bull's success stems from the fact that, as both Technical Director and Chief Aerodynamicist, Newey is given unprecedented control over car design and execution. Scuderia Ferrari would never in mille anni give Newey that measure of control.
Not to mention Newey already is richer than Croesus, has been flirting with retirement for years, and has no interest in spending that much time in Maranello or in breaking in a new staff (especially not a bunch of Eye-Ties).
Not to mention Hambone is a prima donna and too temperamental and self-obsessed to make a good developmental driver. Newey doesn't need the drama.
F1`.com lists the race time(S) as:
Saturday 09
Race — 12:00 (noon)
—OR—
Saturday 09
FORMULA 1 GP (50 LAPS OR 120 MINS) — 20:00 - 22:00 (8PM)
Can anyone clarify the start time?
Thanks a Bunch!
Have you seen the video of Red Bull’s 4-tire pit stop in total darkness?
They decided to see if it could be done. Used an older F1 car with an electric motor in it to simulate a race car pit stopping. They did some drills with the lights on but with the pit crew wearing blacked-out visors on their helmets so they could work out the signals and coordination they’d need in the dark.
Then they switched the visible lights off but turned on infrared flood lights so they could film it in infrared. The pit crew were completely blind, except for the jack men. They were conceding that the jack men couldn’t be blind, especially the rear man, because he has to step out behind the car once it has passed.
First attempt was 8.84 seconds. The 10th was 2.84. In total darkness.
Red Bull also has just released about a 50-minute video (narrated by David Coulthard) called “The History of the Pit Stop.” Until the 1980s, pit stops took so long that if you had to pit, that meant you’d lost. It was Brabham’s Gordon Murray who worked out that if you started the race with only half enough fuel and pit stopped about mid-race, you could complete the race faster because of less weight, lower CG, and longer tire life.
The catch was the pit stop would have to be less than 26 seconds, in a time when they usually were 2-3 minutes. So Murray how to work all the pieces parts so they could make pit stops 90% shorter. Single nut wheels, high-speed air guns, air jacks, pressurized refueling. They actually made their pressurized fuel delivery tanks from beer kegs. Even had to rig something up to prevent the turbochargers roasting while the car was stationary for 20 seconds or so.
They brought the whole mess to the races in 1982 but their turbocharged BMW engines were too unreliable for the pit stop strategy to make any difference.
Amazingly, no one else caught on to the potential advantage of Brabham’s pit stop strategery. By the 1983 season, BMW had the turbocharged engine better sorted and low-budget Brabham beat the big-budget teams and won the WDC.
And now pit stops occasionally take less than two seconds.
07 09 Mar 2024 Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah
Race sponsor | Pos | Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:28.171 | 1:28.033 | 1:27.472 | |||
| 2 | 1:28.318 | 1:28.112 | 1:27.791 | |||
| 3 | 1:28.638 | 1:28.467 | 1:27.807 | |||
| 4 | 1:28.706 | 1:28.122 | 1:27.846 | |||
| 5 | 1:28.755 | 1:28.343 | 1:28.089 | |||
| 6 | 1:28.805 | 1:28.479 | 1:28.132 | |||
| 7 | 1:28.749 | 1:28.448 | 1:28.316 | |||
| 8 | 1:28.994 | 1:28.606 | 1:28.460 | |||
| 9 | 1:28.988 | 1:28.564 | 1:28.547 | |||
| 10 | 1:28.250 | 1:28.578 | 1:28.572 | |||
| 11 | 1:28.984 | 1:28.642 | ||||
| 12 | 1:29.107 | 1:28.980 | ||||
| 13 | 1:29.069 | 1:29.020 | ||||
| 14 | 1:29.065 | 1:29.025 | ||||
| 15 | 1:29.055 | DNF | ||||
| 16 | 1:29.179 | |||||
| 17 | 1:29.475 | |||||
| 18 | 1:29.479 | |||||
| 19 | 1:29.526 | |||||
| NC | DNF |
drama central...
Young Master Bearman obviously hasn't yet come to the realization that as an F1 driver he is subject to constant scrutineering.
At least he wasn't caught picking his nose.
Felipe Massa is suing FIA for $81 million USD over Crash-Gate, the 2008 GP of Singapore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Formula_One_crash_controversy
His suit claims he’d have won the WDC except for Crash-Gate, and by his accounting not winning WDC cost him $82 million in earnings.
Flavio Briatore always did smell of pond scum.
UP...!!!
