Hobby Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Where if you exceed the track limits you fall off a high cliff into the sea... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocor Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 22 hours ago, Steadfast said: And there was me thinking that trophy was being saved for the Cornish grand Prix! Jo Davidstow will require some work to be carried out on it, before that one can be added to the F1 calendar. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Red Bull poach five Mercedes engineers for in-house engine facility. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/57008545 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Andrew P said: Red Bull poach five Mercedes engineers for in-house engine facility. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/57008545 Thoroughly healthy, if a little destabilising for Merc. Motor racing tech continues to thrive in that area as in nowhere else on earth. Hopefully, Merc has a planned succession-order, bringing in bright young energetic engineers at the bottom. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Changes to track limits guidance in Spain before practice begins. https://www.racefans.net/2021/05/06/changes-to-track-limits-guidance-in-spain-before-practice-begins/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Thoroughly healthy, if a little destabilising for Merc. Motor racing tech continues to thrive in that area as in nowhere else on earth. Hopefully, Merc has a planned succession-order, bringing in bright young energetic engineers at the bottom. I just hope that with the new philosophy and influence from LH, that they don't go for skin colour over talent. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 6 hours ago, Andrew P said: I just hope that with the new philosophy and influence from LH, that they don't go for skin colour over talent. A true EDI policy should reflect ability & competence (and in that include attitude) over any other trait be that sex, age, race or religion. There a lot of talented technical people out there who are neither white nor male (not that you would think so based on quite a few F1 teams in the paddock). However, EDI also says people can choose which bits of role suits them so trackside may suit some more than others who prefer to be bashing out calcs & 3D models back in the factory. As I work in U.K. construction I know what a white male dominated industry looks like. It’s a hard thing to change (a little insanity helps with the long hours, working outdoors in all weathers for modest reward) but clearly it isn’t software programming, banking nor F1 / car manufacture so isn’t ‘sexy’ 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 6 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Thoroughly healthy, if a little destabilising for Merc. Motor racing tech continues to thrive in that area as in nowhere else on earth. Hopefully, Merc has a planned succession-order, bringing in bright young energetic engineers at the bottom. I can't help think there may be something going on. Either RB are throwing a lot of money at luring Mercedes staff away, or there's some reason Merc staff are jumping ship. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Hamilton: Bottas critics should ‘give him a break’ and Mercedes should keep him in the team. https://www.racefans.net/2021/05/06/hamilton-bottas-critics-should-give-him-a-break-and-mercedes-should-keep-him-in-the-team/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 ‘For me it’s one less problem’: What F1 drivers make of Catalunya’s new turn 10. https://www.racefans.net/2021/05/06/for-me-its-one-less-problem-what-f1-drivers-make-of-catalunyas-new-turn-10/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Hamilton wins new special Laureus award. https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/64629/hamilton-wins-new-special-laureus-award/?fbclid=IwAR1TJwvG7Sygyb6o6TFYK7DcMiKQrc1-6AVHbEOjO7MgkEEj-ddg8q77yKQ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 45 minutes ago, RJS1977 said: I can't help think there may be something going on. Either RB are throwing a lot of money at luring Mercedes staff away, or there's some reason Merc staff are jumping ship. It depends on how senior the staff were compared to how senior they will be as well as how many 000s are added to the pay slip. There has been a lot of shuffling of personnel going on this year anyway due to the budget cap meaning the biggest teams have had to cut back. A lot of key Ferrari people are now with Haas or Alfa for example. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 FP1 Spain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/54909252 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 15 hours ago, RJS1977 said: I can't help think there may be something going on. Either RB are throwing a lot of money at luring Mercedes staff away, or there's some reason Merc staff are jumping ship. There's just a new opportunity. Jobs in Honda's power train development have been in Japan, but for RB they're in the UK. Mercedes are the only other power train supplier based in the UK (Renault and Ferrari being France and Italy I believe). Naturally the RB opportunity is going to attract a lot of people who presently work nearby for Mercedes. Lots of opportunities will therefore open up at both Mercedes and Red Bull in power trains. Quite possibly the bigger winners from that will be Ferrari and Renault, but time will tell on that. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 16 hours ago, RJS1977 said: I can't help think there may be something going on. Either RB are throwing a lot of money at luring Mercedes staff away, or there's some reason Merc staff are jumping ship. Would suspect it is the former, becoming an engine manufacturer means as Toto put it, writing big cheques. They will have an engine for at least 4 cars, possibly more and with Red Bull back in the ascendancy it's an opportunity for Mercedes engineers to get a new challenge. I am sure Mercedes have a lot more talented people lined up to replace the few that have left, and that is healthy too - you want to churn at senior level to allow others to gravitate or they become disheartened and leave due to lack of opportunities. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted May 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2021 It's probably a win-win It's already been said that Honda is in Japan and RB is in the UK, naturally they need to recruit. Merc probably need to lose staff due to budget caps. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 FP2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/54909252 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2021 The shortened Friday sessions this year seem to be telling us very little. The top 14 cars are covered by less than a second, Stroll being 14th. The Alpines appear to be doing better, and Tsunoda is up with Gasly, but the Red Bulls in 9th and 10th just isn't representative of their performance. Tracks are overcrowded more than we are used to, so FP now starts to look like Q1 with everyone out there at once, but of course some people are doing long-run simulations while others are trying quali laps. On a track not famous for overtaking, this is causing a lot of abortive laps. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Collier Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 2 hours ago, RedgateModels said: It's probably a win-win It's already been said that Honda is in Japan and RB is in the UK, naturally they need to recruit. Merc probably need to lose staff due to budget caps. Not sure about Merc needing to lose staff but it is a great win for the engineering talent in this country. If you are suitably qualified, live in the UK and looking to for work in F1 the number of vacancies has just more than doubled. Fantastic news that more skilled engineering jobs are being brought here rather than going. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MarkC Posted May 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2021 What's it going to take for Mazepin to be dealt with? He's a real accident waiting to happen. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 F1 "assessing" Turkish GP situation after country 'red listed' by UK government. https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/64675/f1-assessing-turkish-gp-situation-after-country-red-listed-by-uk-government/?fbclid=IwAR1DQ-RNJlpiEBh4w4ri1GYqBB5m8RvXhMjA8GaJNB2EhezX91-QPkbBOxc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, Andrew P said: F1 "assessing" Turkish GP situation after country 'red listed' by UK government. https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/64675/f1-assessing-turkish-gp-situation-after-country-red-listed-by-uk-government/?fbclid=IwAR1DQ-RNJlpiEBh4w4ri1GYqBB5m8RvXhMjA8GaJNB2EhezX91-QPkbBOxc Turkey is a desperate choice to replace Canada. It has a terrible record on all sorts of things in real life, exemplified by the recent farce where the lady President of the EU attended with the local EU rep, to talk to Mr Erdogan. Except there was no chair for the lady President to sit on. Two blokes sitting while a lady stands? Rotters to the core! 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 FP3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/54909254 I won't be back in here now until after the C4 highlights later. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 8, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2021 Quali suitably tight, I'm pleased to say. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2021 Mazepin https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/64714/mazepin-could-have-done-more-to-avoid-q1-blocking-norris/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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