2022 Formula 1 Thread

[ZontheRocks]

Originally Posted by DLSTR

She is a racer unlike Natalie Pinkham. She does and has raced in a variety of series. I found her easy to listen to. Her Wiki data. There are far worse presenters we see in the F1 series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Schiff

Thanks for the additional info. I didn’t even realize she raced! I’ll have to let my lady know.

[ZCanadian]

Originally Posted by DLSTR

She is a racer unlike Natalie Pinkham. She does and has raced in a variety of series. I found her easy to listen to. Her Wiki data. There are far worse presenters we see in the F1 series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Schiff

Glad she’s competent at something.
Interviewing ain’t it.
Would love to get instruction from her on track.

[JARblue]

Originally Posted by Spooler

WTF did I miss? LOL

What was she wearing?

All blue outfit. And she killed it.

Originally Posted by Hotrodz

I think her dress was very age appropriate

That was my biggest problem with it maybe next time she could do interviews in a bikini and inflatable pool

[DLSTR]

https://the-race.com/formula-1/must-...s-dream-debut/

Must-fix Alfa issue nearly ruined Bottas’s dream debut
9 hours ago
By Edd Straw
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Valtteri Bottas’s sixth place in the Bahrain Grand Prix was a dream result on his Alfa Romeo Formula 1 debut, but a recurring problem with starts almost derailed his race.

Bottas qualified sixth, but dropped to 14th place on the first lap as a consequence of wheelspin off the line.

This was caused by what Bottas described as a “vibration in the clutch” that afflicts the Alfa Romeo C42 on its starts.


“I just had massive wheelspin and cooked the rear tyres as the wheels were still spinning in third gear,” said Bottas of his launch.

“For the rest of the first lap I was still sliding around quite a lot and being a sitting duck.

“Sometimes, we have this vibration in the clutch. It happened 50% of the time [so far], and when it happens it’s quite easy to break traction.

“So it’s on our job list and we’re working on it.”

[Hotrodz]

Originally Posted by JARblue

That was my biggest problem with it maybe next time she could do interviews in a bikini and inflatable pool

LMAO, I'm not hating that idea at all!

[Spooler]

Originally Posted by JARblue

All blue outfit. And she killed it.



That was my biggest problem with it maybe next time she could do interviews in a bikini and inflatable pool

Yeah, I went to searching on Youtube for the women in shorty shorts, etc. LOL

[DLSTR]

Track Map with data for Saudi F1 22 in Jeddah.

[DLSTR]

Saudi Arabia outlines Jeddah F1 track changes for 2022 race
The promoters of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix have outlined further details on the planned track changes to the Jeddah Formula 1 track ahead of next month's race.
Luke Smith
By:
Luke Smith
Feb 28, 2022, 4:24 AM
Saudi Arabia outlines Jeddah F1 track changes for 2022 race

The Jeddah Corniche Circuit hosted its first race last December, but drew criticism from drivers over its safety due to the number of blind corners on a high-speed street track.

Last year's race was interrupted by two red flags and a number of crashes, prompting GPDA director George Russell to tell Motorsport.com that the track was "lacking a lot from a safety perspective and a racing perspective".

Saudi Arabia will host its second grand prix in four months on 27 March, serving as the second round of the season. The event's CEO, Martin Whitaker, said last month that tweaks would be made to the track to aid driver visibility.

With one month to go until the race, a further update has now been given on which corners will be adjusted to improve sight lines by moving barriers and widening the circuit in places.

"It has already been confirmed that some minor tweaks will be made to the circuit to help improve driver sight lines from the cockpit by improving visibility in several of the circuit's corners including Turns 2, 3, 14 and 21 where the barriers will be moved back between 1.5m and 2m," reads a statement from Saudi Motorsport Company, the race promoter.


"Likewise, the barrier on the right-hand side of Turn 27 will be moved back by around 1.5m to widen the track at this point. In all cases except Turn 27, the track limit/edge will remain the same.

"In addition, further modifications will also be made to Turns 4, 16, 22 and 24 after consultation with the drivers who requested a smoother barrier on the apex so that they can potentially brush it as they pass.

"To accommodate this, SMC is installing a steel plate which will effectively wrap around the concrete barriers given them the smooth surface they require to favour the lines the drivers take around the record-breaking course."

The blind corners on the circuit caught out several drivers throughout the grand prix weekend last year, particularly in practice and qualifying when they were on a mix of fast and slow laps.

The second red flag of the race was caused by a crash involving Russell and Nikita Mazepin exiting Turn 2. Russell took evasive action to avoid a clash between Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc, which blocked the majority of the circuit, but Mazepin ran into the rear of the Williams through the blind corner.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/s...-race/8571694/

[DLSTR]

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ho...pardy/9275325/

How new F1 gearbox rule reduces Saudi Arabian GP crash grid penalty jeopardy
A largely unheralded change to Formula 1’s gearbox regulations has removed some of the jeopardy associated with a heavy pre-race crash around the tight confines of the Jeddah track.
Adam Cooper
By:
Adam Cooper
Mar 24, 2022, 12:12 PM


Under the 2022 FIA sporting regulations there is no longer a penalty associated with a change of gearbox after the start of running on a Saturday.

Street and temporary tracks like Jeddah, Melbourne, Monaco, Baku and Montreal – where it’s all too easy to heavily damage a car – are no longer such a tightrope walk for teams and drivers.

Speculation about whether a heavy rear or side impact could trigger a gearbox change and potential a penalty, at least in the early part of the season.

This is because until last season drivers had to use a gearbox for six consecutive events, with an event defined as Saturday and Sunday only – on Fridays they could use a practice gearbox that was outside the main allocation.

What that meant was that a heavy impact in either FP3 or qualifying often led to a gearbox change for the race and a five-place penalty.

The system has changed for this season, and there is now a pool of gearboxes that can be swapped around in much the same way that there is a pool of power unit components. Penalties now only kick in when the limit for the year is exceeded.

Henceforth gearboxes are now classified as “restricted number components” or RNCs. In fact they are divided into two elements – firstly the gearbox case and cassette, and secondly the gearbox driveline, gear change components and auxiliary components.

A driver is allowed to use four sets of each of those two elements for a 22 or 23 race season (there is a sliding scale based on the number of events), and if a driver takes a fifth element, a five-place grid penalty will result.


If a driver changes more than once on single race weekend only the second example can be kept in the pool and used in subsequent race weekends, so there can be no stockpiling if someone is already at the back of the grid.

In addition, Friday is now considered as part of the whole event, so practice gearboxes that were not subject to penalties if damaged and changed are gone.

However, each team can also play what are in effect four “jokers” meaning they can use a gearbox outside of the allocation on four Fridays during the season in FP1 and FP2.

The reason for that is to give teams (or its gearbox customers) a chance to test updates that they would not otherwise be able to run on track. However, it also takes away a little bit of the pressure to get through a whole season of 23 full weekends with just four gearboxes.

Indeed on Friday in Bahrain both Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon did exactly that, with a document from the FIA confirming that “the following drivers have run a gearbox assembly outside of the RNC allocation during P1 and P2 of this Event.”

The new pool system also means that drivers no longer get a free gearbox change at the next race if they retire. That means drivers outside the top 10 will no longer be encouraged by their teams to park in the closing laps, because there will be no benefit to so doing.

Teams are allowed to undertake maintenance or make repairs in order to extend the life of components, although only if “the nature of the work to be carried out has been approved by the FIA and communicated to all competitors.”

In addition the FIA requires that the “competitor takes all the necessary measures to satisfy the FIA that the provisions of this article are fully respected. This may include, but is not limited to, an accurate record of the repair work that gets carried out, photographs, the recording of part numbers, etc.”
The damaged car of Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB16B, on a truck



The FIA adds that “change gears, dog rings and reverse (excluding final drives or reduction gears) may be changed under supervision for others of identical specification at any time during an event provided the technical delegate is satisfied there is evident physical damage to the parts in question.”

What the new system means is that at least in the first part of the season F1 drivers won’t pick up gearbox penalties as a result of accidents.

On the other hand if a driver does have reliability issues and gets to the end of that four gearbox limit, then the penalties will start to kick in.

And given that, as mentioned there will be no “free” gearboxes handed out after retirements, in the pitlane as a whole more gearboxes are likely to have to do their full mileage allocation, potentially making it more likely that we will see some failures at some stage.

And accidents could still play a role. If a driver gets to the last few races with only one usable gearbox, perhaps after failures have seen the other examples binned, crash damage sustained on a Friday, Saturday or even in a race could lead to a penalty if a fifth box has to be used.

The bottom line is that as with the power units, the threat of gearbox grid penalties has now been moved to later in the season. In other words as the title battle is potentially hotting up it adds an extra layer of intrigue to those final races.

[Hotrodz]

Nice a sensible change!

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[DLSTR]

Red Bull: Fuel system vacuum triggered Bahrain F1 GP exits

Red Bull has established that a vacuum within its fuel system triggered its double retirement for Max in last weekend's Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix.

[DLSTR]

Hulkenberg to replace Vettel again in Saudi Arabian F1 GP
Nico Hulkenberg will remain at Aston Martin for this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Sebastian Vettel sidelined for the second Formula 1 race in succession after contracting COVID-19.

[DLSTR]

Peace in F1 is restored lol

Hulkenberg and Magnussen move on from "suck my balls" moment
Formula 1 drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen have buried their differences five years after their infamous "suck my balls" confrontation at the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix.

[DLSTR]

Nice shot in Saudi track Ferrari garage -- Ferrari power unit

[ZCanadian]

Oil depot fire in Jeddah has lead to a closed door meeting between FIA and teams / drivers.

Hmmmm.
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...uI24mXUzkCLZf0

Saudi Arabia Grand Prix: Fire breaks out at Jeddah oil depot ahead of F1 race weekend
F1 said in a statement: "The position at the moment is that we are waiting for further information from the authorities on what has happened."

A fire erupted at an oil depot in Jeddah on Friday ahead of the F1 Grand Prix race scheduled to take place in the Saudi Arabian city, with Yemen's Houthis rebels acknowledging that they had launched a series of attacks on the kingdom.

A large black smoke cloud could be seen from the F1 track towards the end of first practice, and Max Verstappen reported on team radio that he could smell "burning" from the cockpit of his Red Bull car

Practice continued as normal - as did qualifying for F2 - and there is no suggestion that Sunday's race will not go ahead.

An F1 statement said: "The position at the moment is that we are waiting for further information from the authorities on what has happened."

Saudi Arabia and the state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco did not immediately acknowledge the blaze, though it appeared to be centered on the same fuel depot that the Houthis attacked in recent days.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.

F1 drivers have not yet spoken to media, although near the end of first practice Verstappen said on team radio: "I smell a bit of a burning feeling. I am not sure if it is my car, or another car."

His engineer Gianpiero Lambiase replied: "We are happy it is not your car."

Attack is latest in a long-running conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Analysis by Sky Sports News' Craig Slater

"We're still awaiting official confirmation regarding exactly what this blaze is and perhaps more significantly what has caused it.

"But clearly, you can see those thick black clouds of smoke somewhere between 10-15km from the circuit itself.

"From local media we understand the blaze is at an oil refinery and the al-Masirah satellite news channel run by the Yemenese Houthis group who are in dispute with Saudi Arabia, there has been a long-running conflict within Yemen, in advance of this Grand Prix human rights groups in this country explaining to me that they viewed Saudi Arabia's incursions into Yemen in an attempt to tamper with the politics there akin to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"This has been a long-running conflict and rocket attacks have been part of it.

"Four days ago there was a rocket attack targeting this oil refinery in advance of the Grand Prix itself.

"A couple of years ago around the Formula E event held in Saudi Arabia there was another rocket attack and it caused, temporarily, those Formula E teams to have to postpone their return to the UK.

"We're still waiting on official confirmation that this blaze has been caused by a rocket attack.

"What I would have to say in context to all of this is this happened towards the end of first practice which continued to its conclusion and while the smoke was filling the sky the Formula 2 qualifying also continued.

"So does that give us some kind of early indication that those in control of this event don't see there is clear and present danger threatening the circuit?

"However you would question what happens next if it is confirmed this is some kind of attack so close to the circuit there in Jeddah."