F1 2024 Season

VCARB liverly.


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Redplane said:
Bit Benneton like.
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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/entourage-vcarb-las-vegas-grand-prix-glitter-livery/10674587/

On Wednesday, the team unveiled a sparkling livery that will be run on Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda’s cars during the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, inspired by the Cash App Visa Glitter Card. The announcement was made with the help of "Entourage" actors Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara, who reunited in a short clip celebrating the one-off livery.

“This year was the 20th anniversary of ‘Entourage’ so we wanted to take advantage of that moment by reuniting some of the most beloved actors from that show,” Catherine Ferdon, the chief marketing officer of Cash App, told Motorsport. “Given that this is our inaugural year [in Las Vegas] with the VCARB team, we're trying to continue to keep topping ourselves at every race.”
 
Ahmer Baig said:
Catherine Ferdon, the chief marketing officer of Cash App, told Motorsport. “Given that this is our inaugural year [in Las Vegas] with the VCARB team, we're trying to continue to keep topping ourselves at every race.”
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that’s how i feel watching f1 races these days.
 
FIA bans skid blocks due to Red Bull hint | AUTO MOTOR UND SPORT

Ferrari, Mercedes, and Haas have been named as having to change their floors. Red Bull and Mclaren did not use it.

This technical directive is quite something. With immediate effect, the FIA is banning special protective plates that around 50 percent of the teams had fitted over the skid blocks. Red Bull pointed out to the association that this practice is illegal. It's the big issue with the ground effect cars. How deep can I drive without the skid blocks in the underbody wearing out too much due to contact with the road surface? The critical value for the screws that fix the floor panel to the car is one millimeter. Anyone who exceeds this will be disqualified, as Mercedes and Ferrari did at the 2023 US GP.

Because the downforce of the cars is heavily dependent on the height of the vehicle, the teams have come up with every conceivable trick over the last three years to protect the fastening screws as well as possible. They have experimented with insulating material between the base plate or with bolts that have a certain amount of play to cushion the impact from the track.

Red Bull discovered the trick first

The latest trick was to provide the skid-blocks, which are used for measurement by the FIA inspectors, with special protection. This applies above all to the fastening screw in the rear area of the base plate. Everyone wants to drive as low as possible in order to gain downforce. Around 50 percent of the field believed they had found a loophole in the regulations. Red Bull was the first to discover the so-called protection skids among the competition. These are said to include Ferrari, Mercedes and Haas. World Championship opponents McLaren, on the other hand, like Red Bull, did without this practice.

What are the consequences of the ban?

Red Bull pointed out to the FIA that the trick was illegal if the rules were applied precisely and that a protest would have to be expected if there was no clarification on this issue. And this came promptly. A week before the Las Vegas GP, all teams received a letter. In a technical directive, the FIA announced that the protective skids in question were not permitted. This assessment applies with immediate effect. Ferrari would have liked to move the date to the Qatar GP, but were unable to get their way. The teams affected now have a problem that is all the greater when the aerodynamics are specifically designed for extremely low ground clearance. Because no one can risk the skid blocks rubbing off too much, the relevant teams have to raise their vehicle height to a safe level. And that could cost one or the other a lap time.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cj6kp686g6do

Mercedes' George Russell says the Formula 1 drivers are "a bit fed up" with the leadership of the sport’s governing body, the FIA.[/size]
Russell, a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), said the drivers "weren’t aware" of the decision to remove the race director Niels Wittich three races before the end of the season.
The Briton said: "There are a number of drivers who feel a bit fed up with the whole situation and it only seems to be going to a degree in the wrong direction."
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Russell admitted that the drivers were not fully content with some aspects of Wittich's work since he became race director at the start of the 2022 season. The German has been replaced by ex-Formula 2 and Formula 3 race director Rui Marques for the final three races of the season, starting in Las Vegas this weekend.
He said: "There is no secret that some were not happy with what was going on in terms of the decisions that were being made, but he worked together with us and we could have helped improve the matter.
"Sometimes just hiring and firing is not the solution. Let's see what this new era brings, but every time you make a change you have to make one step back before you take two steps forward."
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Abizzz said:
Mclaren started in 1963 with a British racing license and has been British ever since. As far as I am aware they have never built a car in New Zealand. Not even an engine.
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I say get Danny Ric back - nice chap who isn't looking to culturally appropriate British establishments.
 
Camilo said:
I say get Danny Ric back - nice chap who isn't looking to culturally appropriate British establishments.
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I like Piastri and I get it that Kiwis are proud of McLaren but to say "it's a New Zealand" team is about as factual as saying the British royals are all Germans.
 

Red Bull also hit by new FIA technical directive, Ferrari hit hardest​


https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/313660/red-bull-hit-by-new-fia-technical-directive.html

"..The FIA confirmed to GPblog that as of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, a new technical directive [TD] has been introduced to counter a new trick used by several teams. This technical directive ensures that teams can no longer play tricks to reduce the wear of the so-called skid blocks.

The FIA also denied reports that Red Bull Racing was the team that raised this with the FIA. In fact, Red Bull Racing is said to have used a similar system, something that the Austrian team also doesn't deny. So Red Bull is also "affected" by the new TD, although the effect is less compared to its competitors.

Ferrari is said to be the team that will suffer the most from this new directive, although the technical directive isn't expected to make a major difference in terms of performance. McLaren is said to be one of the few teams that did not use the trick..."
 
dinostar77 said:

Red Bull also hit by new FIA technical directive, Ferrari hit hardest​


https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/313660/red-bull-hit-by-new-fia-technical-directive.html

"..The FIA confirmed to GPblog that as of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, a new technical directive [TD] has been introduced to counter a new trick used by several teams. This technical directive ensures that teams can no longer play tricks to reduce the wear of the so-called skid blocks.

The FIA also denied reports that Red Bull Racing was the team that raised this with the FIA. In fact, Red Bull Racing is said to have used a similar system, something that the Austrian team also doesn't deny. So Red Bull is also "affected" by the new TD, although the effect is less compared to its competitors.

Ferrari is said to be the team that will suffer the most from this new directive, although the technical directive isn't expected to make a major difference in terms of performance. McLaren is said to be one of the few teams that did not use the trick..."
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In other words, sounds like it doesn't amount to much of anything. Only surprise is perhaps it took this long to address given how long ago it is already that Ferrari and Merc got their disqualifications for what sounds like was related to the same thing. If it hurts Ferrari the most though it sounds like McLaren is the most likely benefactor.
 
Ahmer Baig said:
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Bruce McLaren's grandfather was one Benjamin Howie and he was born in McLaren Vale, South Australia. In 1900, Ben went to live in New Zealand and soon changed his name to McLaren. Ben had eight children - all named McLaren - and his second born - Leslie - had three children, the second of whom he named Bruce. So, continuing on with the wafer thin logic hereabouts, McLaren is an Aussie team. :lol::lol:
 
pauldyson1uk said:
mmmm why would you go though custom's dressed in PJs, US customs are tough at the best of times, just what his salary has to do with it, I have no idea.
There must have been somebody there who knew he was a F1 driver.
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Well it certainly shouldn't take more than 3 hours to confirm his identity considering he is a public figure.
 
The VCARBs remind me of the old Sauber car with the RedBull sponsorship. They look great tbh
 
Red Bull says it is stuck with a too-draggy rear wing that has left it on the backfoot against its Formula 1 rivals in the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
World championship leader Max Verstappen ended up 17th fastest in second free practice on Thursday night, with team-mate Sergio Perez two places further back, as the Milton Keynes-based squad lacked pace.
While some of that performance deficit was down to engine settings and a different tyre programme, it is not lost on Red Bull that GPS data shows it to be up to 7km/h slower on the straights than the pace-setting Mercedes and McLaren cars.

This is down to it having not brought the kind of low-drag configuration of rear wing to the high-speed Las Vegas circuit that its rivals have.

And while it tried all it could to improve matters, including removing a Gurney flap, Red Bull says it is going to have to battle on with what it has got because it has no other options available.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko said: "We don't have another rear wing, a smaller rear wing, as we see it on our competitors. It would be more helpful, for sure."

Asked if there was a chance the team could fly a less trimmed one out overnight from its Milton Keynes factory, Marko said: "No."

Beyond the wing aspect, Marko felt that Red Bull's potential was greater than it showed in practice, but admitted that things were not great.
 
Seems like Andretti has been accepted.

https://racingnews365.com/exclusive...tm_medium=social_organic&utm_content=13856138

Look how they changed their tune when FBI was chasing Toto Wolff and other Team owners

https://www.autoracing1.com/pl/4380...-wolff-would-welcome-andretti-cadillac-entry/


https://apnews.com/article/f1-andretti-expansion-towriss-1de51966929f09616110d2ae9b5e1d79
LAS VEGAS (AP) — With a restructuring at Andretti Global that pushed Michael Andretti into a smaller role, the chances of his organization landing a Formula 1 team have substantially increased.

So much so that F1 and Formula One Management could have a decision to grant the General Motors-backed entry a spot as the 11th team on the grid in the coming weeks. Dan Towriss, now the majority owner of the Andretti organization, was at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Thursday scoping his chances of entering the top motorsports series in the world.

So was the FBI, allegedly, as part of a Department of Justice investigation into why F1 denied the Andretti organization expansion into the series. F1 currently has 10 teams that field 20 cars and only one — the organization owned by California businessman Gene Haas — is an American team.
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No chance I'm getting up, but it could be an interesting race if its legit McLaren vs Mercedes. Fully expect Hamilton to drop back after fecking around with the setup again before Quali.
 
Ahmer Baig said:
Seems like Andretti has been accepted.

https://racingnews365.com/exclusive...tm_medium=social_organic&utm_content=13856138

Look how they changed their tune when FBI was chasing Toto Wolff and other Team owners

https://www.autoracing1.com/pl/4380...-wolff-would-welcome-andretti-cadillac-entry/


https://apnews.com/article/f1-andretti-expansion-towriss-1de51966929f09616110d2ae9b5e1d79
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My mistake. Andretti not being accepted it seem General Motors could get an entry with Cadillac in 2026 in place of Andretti Global.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f...69.225157503.1732270716-1134901479.1721995435
 
Ahmer Baig said:
My mistake. Andretti not being accepted it seem General Motors could get an entry with Cadillac in 2026 in place of Andretti Global.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f...69.225157503.1732270716-1134901479.1721995435
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Would much prefer GM and Cadillac. I think Haas have shown you need to be a manufacturer nowadays in F1 to stand any chance to be successful, McLaren aside. Besides no driver still has ever won the WDC with a customer engine, not a works engine.
 
Valtteri Bottas has been hit with a five-place grid penalty for the Las Vegas Grand Prix after taking a new energy store. This new power unit component breached the FIA's allowance for the season, landing him a handicap for Sunday's race.

Four other drivers made changes to their cars as Sergio Perez and Alex Albon applied new exhaust systems, along with the VCARB duo of Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson. However, these new components fell within the teams' allocations for the season, so no penalties were handed out.
 
Was looking forward to this race only to realize it takes place when normal people sleep.
 
Rapsel said:
Was looking forward to this race only to realize it takes place when normal people sleep.
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That implies Europeans are the only normal people.
To quote from Austin Powers: There are only two things I can't stand in this world: "People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch" :devil:
 
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