re: 2022 Formula 1 Season Thread

Alfa C42 has stripped out of the camo, the entire grid has been revealed now.




Another one for Team Louvers, the grid is pretty much evenly split on their inclusion. I know Mercedes has run bodywork with and without, not sure about other team.

It will be interesting to see if the other teams will adopt them during testing and as the season progresses, particularly at hot weather races.

Now that we know what they all look like.

My vote for the best goes to Williams.

Worst goes to Alpine.

Ukraine asks FIA to ban Russian drivers from racing

Considering how much Russia loves to cheat in Olympic sports, I would say their international sporting participation/success is important to them. And I doubt the Federation Automobile D'Ukraine has any responsibility running the Ukrainian war effort. This is the one thing they can do as an organization to contribute to making Russia an international pariah.

I mean Haas is literally driving around in a Russian flag lol

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/1498361368055107596

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Andrew Benson
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FIA statement on Russia/Ukraine: “An extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council will be convened tomorrow to discuss matters relating to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Further updates will be given following the meeting."
Relevant to Mazepin’s future at Haas

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This is great news! I hope they don't agree to an increase.

Small lightweight drivers will have a small advantage again (pun), as they should! See my post on the bottom of page 18.

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Also hope they reject the RBR request for suspension inerters. Screw giving teams the easy way out if some are not struggling.

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This is my feeling. If there is a universal problem with the new tech regs when it should be considered. If it isn't universal then you just fail.

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Especially since it was a known problem with ground effects that everyone seemed to forget about

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Agreed.

As for the porpoising it is just extremely hard to simulate. Money is a big issue now I know but I think teams should have had more test time in the track with ground effects coming in. Porpoising was something Brawn had to know was not just a possibility but a likelihood and based on trackside reports every car is having some level of an issue with it.


I think the solution, though too late now, would have been to give a movable aero exception like DRS and have a legality box on the front of the floor where they can have bleeder holes that can be opened in the DRS zones. It could actually potentially be dual-stage and the second stage with more holes open could theoretically replace the rear wing DRS. So one set of holes in the DRS zones outside of 1 sec and both sets inside to facilitate passing.

Porpoising is easy to fix, hell I could do it on an F1 car if I could figure out their shocks and raise ride height along with drilling a few 1" holes in the front of the tunnels but it is hard to fix without impacting performance. I just don't like limited testing with massive new regulations that bring in issues that are essentially impossible to simulate.

It is a safety issue also since different tracks are going to induce more porpoising and someone is going to have a major off.


The weight issue is one I can't cry about. If you have to run heavy and have a hefty driver like OTTOMH Lewis, Max, Russell and Latiffi oh well so sad everyone has scales.

Would be funny as hell if Yuki won the WDC because he is a pixie.

So now the ball is in Haas' court regarding Mazepin's future. If they have the funds already for 2022 I could see them keeping him, if not then I'd bet they're 100% shopping the seat around.