re: 2023 Formula 1 season Thread

It's called Grosjean-ing

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I'm not familiar with F1's rules on breaking contracts early though.

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Why would they need to break his contract? Does his contract guarantee him a car, or guarantee him a spot as a Red Bull driver? If they decided to relegate Perez back and move up Ricciardo, they are both still 'under contract' to Red Bull.
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Depends on the contract. Could be either.

Even so, would just be a financial buyout to end the contract. Doubtful Perez had the clout to force a guaranteed ride in the Red Bull car. Allegedly his contract had a clause that has him racing for free this year because of how far behind in pts. Allegedly.

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I'm not familiar with F1's rules on breaking contracts early though.

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As with any sport, you can get out of any contract with money, that is unless Checo has some sort of performance clause where Horner can get Marko to break Checo's unfocused Mexican legs if Checo doesn't get within X positions of Max in the WDC.

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Look, he sucks but Logan Sargeant has never taken a wrong turn on the track and blamed the car.

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I mean, I love that so much I feel like Williams would take a complete doofus wrong turn mistake than what Sargeant did yesterday. But yea, neither are good.

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I still think Logan can be something, Latifi had 3 years and was every bit as arse in his last race as he was in his first.

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It doesn't help that Albon has probably been one of the most impressive drivers this year in a supposedly difficult car to drive. Maybe a lot of drivers would have struggled in that car.

He’s gotta score at least a point or two. That Williams is no longer the joke back marker it used to be.

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As with any sport, you can get out of any contract with money, that is unless Checo has some sort of performance clause where Horner can get Marko to break Checo's unfocused Mexican legs if Checo doesn't get within X positions of Max in the WDC.

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I feel like Marko attempting to break Checo's unfocused Mexican legs would probably result in more physical pain to Marko than Checo.

Checo would probably just crash into them too.

It appears the F1 grid is getting bigger. Andretti had a successful bid according to Rodin Cars, the team that was denied.

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It appears the F1 grid is getting bigger. Andretti had a successful bid according to Rodin Cars, the team that was denied.

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Andretti was the only team bid that was approved by the FIA. It sounds like F1 still wants to resist it. I just don't know if they can. Supposedly they might be falling afoul of some EU laws if they try.



crash.net/f1/news/1035227/1/fia-expected-grant-andretti-f1-licence-will-teams-agree

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F1 and the teams are concerned that an 11th team would “dilute” the sport or cost the existing constructors crucial prize money.

However, due to an EU sports law regarding participation in motorsport events, F1 might find it difficult to find enough reasons to reject Andretti.

The majority of the parties against Andretti from joining F1 are linked to financial reasons rather than the benefit of the sport.

Given Andretti’s rich motorsport history and engine partner General Motors, there’s few grounds for F1 to reject them, particularly as they’ve progressed through the FIA’s stringent process.

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