re: 2022 Formula 1 Season Thread

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Dr Helmut Marko has accused Toto Wolff‘s former special advisor Shaila-Ann Rao of leaking information about Red Bull’s rumoured budget cap breach.

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Helmut must have forgot he gave a interview in which he said they breached the cap.

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Was Max just not that fast or was it just really hard to pass there?

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Passing lines never really dried up. Max tried a few times once slicks were the tire of choice but the track just stayed too wet outside of one line.

Some general info from Adam Stern:


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@F1 says it will have six sprint races in '23, up from three this year.

Domenicali: 'The feedback from the fans, teams, promoters, and partners has been very positive and the format is adding a new dimension to Formula 1, and we all want to ensure its success in the future.'



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Sep 28
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@F1 says it will hold a @F1LasVegas launch party on Saturday, November 5th of this year at Caesars Palace with car demos from Red Bull and Mercedes drivers on Las Vegas Boulevard, a pit stop challenge, drone show, simulators, car/trophy photo opportunities and an after party.

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Adam Stern

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Sep 29
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@F1Miami will increase its grandstand capacity by 3,000 seats for next year's race, to 56,000, and it will also add more trackside viewing platforms, water stations and shaded areas to the campus.

Fans who pre-register for tickets will be able to start buying them next week.



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COTA expects to break its attendance record for F1 again next month, with a three-day total to well exceed 400,000 people.

COTA changed original plans to reduce attendance this year after the city added a five-lane road to the track and it made infrastructure improvements.

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Adam Stern

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Oct 1
The owner of a Vegas penthouse is seeking $100,000 a night for three nights for
F1 LasVegas versus a usual $8,000-$10,000 cost, while a downtown motel is offering rooms for $642 a night during the race weekend.

Adam Stern Twit LINK

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COTA expects to break its attendance record for F1 again next month, with a three-day total to well exceed 400,000 people.

COTA changed original plans to reduce attendance this year after the city added a five-lane road to the track and it made infrastructure improvements.

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Would like this bubble to burst, Ill take Max winning every race by ten seconds for the rest of this yr and next. People give up going for stupid prices and I can return. Before anyone calls me broke, I can buy a ticket at this year's prices and not feel the effect, but I also think anything for that kind of money for an event is stupid.

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@F1 says it will have six sprint races in '23, up from three this year.

Domenicali: 'The feedback from the fans, teams, promoters, and partners has been very positive and the format is adding a new dimension to Formula 1, and we all want to ensure its success in the future.'

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They obviously didn't ask me, because I'd have convinced them of how stupid the sprints are.

I told my wife when we're rich( ) we'd spend the summer in Europe, chasing around F1 then catching stages of the Tour De France during the week.

We did COTA last year, turn 12 grandstand tickets, driving to/from Austin(from Lafayette), parking pass, Thur-Monday at a hotel a block off 6th Street, and a couple fairly nice dinners, food/drinks at the track, etc ran us about $2500 total for my wife and I. It was a good time but not something I'd do every single year.

When tickets came out for 2022 I priced everything again, staying at the same hotel/same tickets/etc would have pushed the trip cost to around $3500-$4000. I expected prices to jump but was surprised to see that high.

Yeah, COTA has gone crazy high if you don't really work to lower the price.

By comparison Canada was a lot cheaper for what I thought was a better experience than COTA. I've said it before on here, if I lived in Austin or easily accessible I would go back to COTA. Everything being what it is and I will go back to Montreal in the future. Especially if that direct flight hangs around.

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If they insist on doing the sprints, do it like F2. Invert the top 10 with limited points for the sprint but Sunday grid set by qualifying.

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You're saying have only 1 quali and that sets the Sunday race, but also sets the Sprint positions, just inverting all 20?

Interesting...

Can we do sprints but bring back Mazespin and Goatifi for them and they get to play demolition derby?

Racey spice big mad

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F1 cost cap row: Christian Horner to be vindicated - Red Bull breach only "minor"


Red Bull are set to escape any major punishment from the FIA over the F1 budget scandal, vindicating team boss Christian Horner.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, Red Bull have committed a “minor breach”, with the discrepancy around the £1 million mark - rival teams had accused them of overspending by £10m.

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