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Originally Posted by DrFerry

Gutsy, but what were the odds?

Go back and look at my post #84 to view the odds...Not "gutsy" at all, I went with the favorites.

[DrFerry]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Go back and look at my post #84 to view the odds...Not "gutsy" at all, I went with the favorites.

I see what you mean. Only a 25 pt difference between Lando and Max.

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RBR's criteria for their second seat driver...feel sorry for Liam...think Yuki should feel lucky he wasn't chosen...

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Originally Posted by 3798j

RBR's criteria for their second seat driver...feel sorry for Liam...think Yuki should feel lucky he wasn't chosen...

Checo is going to go down as one of Max's most successful teammates ever.

Hated in the moment, but Max will destroy every other teammate and leave them out for dead.

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by dfox

Checo is going to go down as one of Max's most successful teammates ever.

Hated in the moment, but Max will destroy every other teammate and leave them out for dead.

All of Max teammates have been rookies and/or mediocre. That's why they picked Liam.

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No, well, Oliver gave away the logo style, and Liam is another variation of Lando's logo. Doohan and Gasly have some kind of common vibe. I giggle with... Isaac/Isak/Izak (ban this name), Kimi and Niko

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🍭 Ryo Hirakawa has become a reserve and test driver for the Alpine team!

Despite the loud rumors about Franco Colapinto, the French team has decided on another driver for the 2025 season. According to the team, unlike Paul Aron, Ryo will work more on the simulator, as well as help test cars from previous years 🤩

In addition, the Alpine management announced that Hirakawa will perform in the first practice in Japan on April 4. The home Grand Prix will not be the first in his career: last season, the Japanese took part in the first practice in Abu Dhabi for McLaren. In addition, as part of the post-season tests on December 10, he joined Ocon at the wheel of the Haas car.

Do we still believe that Franco Colapinto will be able to appear in Formula 1? 😱

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While we were relaxing, Williams announced the date of the FW47 show. By the way, it is scheduled for February 14

Something very, very interesting awaits us👀

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🗣| Nigel Mansell praises Hamilton's decision to join Ferrari and believes Hamilton can become world champion again:

I think what Lewis has done by joining Ferrari is the most magical thing he could do. The team is extremely competitive and they can go for the championship next season.

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Which British driver do you think will score the most points in the 2025 season?

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🗣| Max Verstappen on Lewis Hamilton joining Ferrari:

I don't think he'll miss this [opportunity]. It's a new challenge. He's very keen to show that he's a seven-time Formula One champion.

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⚫️ Official; Mercedes and Adidas partnership begins

📢 With the announcement of the Mercedes Formula One team, Adidas will begin its partnership with the team from the 2025 season with a long-term contract as a brand to supply and design clothing, footwear and accessories.

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by dutchm2

Which British driver do you think will score the most points in the 2025 season?

Hamilton will score more than both of them combined.

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Lance Stroll: Aston Martin to adopt ‘new philosophy’ for 2025 car

Lance Stroll has announced that the Aston Martin team will adopt a new and improved design approach for the 2025 season. While the team sees this year as a transition period, they do not intend to consider it a lost season.

Rather than completely abandoning the current concept of the car, Aston Martin has been working on an improved design over the winter at its Silverstone factory. The aim of this effort is to address the shortcomings of the AMR24 and create a stronger and more competitive car for the 2026 season.

Lance Stroll said of the changes ahead:

We want to start the 2025 season with a new and improved philosophy.

To start next season in a better position, we need to have a strong and efficient winter. In the 2024 season, we have understood the weaknesses and the reasons why we did not achieve the desired results, and this experience has taught us a lot.

We now know better how to develop the car and do it correctly.

The team hopes that with these changes, it will reduce the gap to the top four teams and deliver a stronger performance.

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🔴Teams' wind tunnel time for the 2025 season

👈The wind tunnel is one of the advanced tools that Formula One teams use to simulate and develop their car's aerodynamics, and there are time limits for its use according to FIA rules.

👈The champion team receives the least and the last team in the standings receives the most wind tunnel time (obviously, this is the opposite for the end-of-season bonus (budget)), and for each manufacturer's category, 60 hours of wind tunnel time is deducted.

🔸The development process for the 2025 cars is likely to be short, and most of the wind tunnel time will be used to develop the 2026 chassis.

✅Source: CrashnetFormula1

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🔢 Car number of the drivers of the 2025 grid

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The Race's driver lineup for the 2025 season:

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🟣Official; Franco Colapinto has joined the team as Alpine's reserve driver on a multi-year contract.

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AutoRacer and 3D designer Qvist Designs have collaborated to create renderings of the 2026 Formula 1 car based on the latest version of the FIA ​​regulations.

It's pretty neat. Let's just say there's nothing that stands out to me that makes me want to scream, "Hey, how did you let this happen?"

[dfox]

Originally Posted by dutchm2

�� Ryo Hirakawa has become a reserve and test driver for the Alpine team!

Despite the loud rumors about Franco Colapinto, the French team has decided on another driver for the 2025 season. According to the team, unlike Paul Aron, Ryo will work more on the simulator, as well as help test cars from previous years ��

In addition, the Alpine management announced that Hirakawa will perform in the first practice in Japan on April 4. The home Grand Prix will not be the first in his career: last season, the Japanese took part in the first practice in Abu Dhabi for McLaren. In addition, as part of the post-season tests on December 10, he joined Ocon at the wheel of the Haas car.

Do we still believe that Franco Colapinto will be able to appear in Formula 1? ��

Originally Posted by dutchm2

��Official; Franco Colapinto has joined the team as Alpine's reserve driver on a multi-year contract.

Confused here... What is Apline doing? They're going to have Colapinto and Ryo as test drivers? Or are they going to boot Doohan before the season even starts?

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Aston Martin has announced the appointment of Andy Cowell as the new Team Principal while retaining his role as CEO.

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Lewis Hamilton on LinkedIn