+1 This is most definitely NOT a new directive, intended to prevent one team from dominating the sport ... as we clearly have TWO teams fiercely competing for the top spot this season! Instead, quite obviously, this IS a new directive intended to keep Mercedes competitive ... pure and simple.
The FIA doing the DEI directive for Mercedes. Where was the FIA with this same directive from 2014 thru 2020???.......oh, that's right, Mercedes was dominating so why bother with the other teams.
You may not agree with this, but the budget cap by the FIA was brought in to stop Mercedes domination. Mercedes was the team with almost unlimited finances, so would the most affected by a drastic budget cut. In fact, the BoP already exists in F1 through finances and is already at work. This year, MB has difficulties to cure porpoising on their cars, where before they would have thrown money at the problem.
You didn't. In the original Andy Murray example I referenced England while you referenced Britain. Andy Murray is Scottish and British. Andy Murray is not English. .
You'd expect a '"Sir" would lead by example and respect all the rules, including the jewelry rules for all FIA competitors
I'll repeat an analogy ... Let's say Mercedes can only muster a top speed of 180 mph, but all other cars are easily capable of 200+ mph. In response, the FIA introduces a new directive, limiting the top speed on all tracks to 180mph. "Hey ... it's safer to drive slower!" NOTE: This new directive is "applicable to all teams" ... so, it doesn't "favor Mercedes" in any way, right?
Each team designs a new car every year anyway, so they will be on equal footing if the rules are changed for 2023.
Indeed… https://www.racefans.net/2020/11/20/court-rejects-hamiltons-bid-to-stop-watch-maker-using-his-surname/ I hope Lewis doesn’t hear about a certain musical on Broadway.
the company that manages Lewis Hamilton’s intellectual property – filed an EU trade mark application for LEWIS HAMILTON which covered ‘wrist watches’ amongst other goods and services. Hamilton International AG filed an opposition against 44IP’s mark on the grounds that it owned an earlier EU trade mark for HAMILTON, which protects watches, and would therefore be confusingly similar to the LEWIS HAMILTON application.
I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that the watch company filed a written statement opposing the application to protect its name, and Lewis Hamilton’s party retaliated by attempting to get the watch company to stop using its name. I’ll concede your source does make it sound less ridiculous.
I forgot to add the link. https://www.barkerbrettell.co.uk/lewis-hamilton-crashes-out-of-the-euipo/ Its worth noting that this has been court 4 times so far and it is expected to go back once again..... so its hard to find the original case, which stems from 44IP trying to trademark LH name. Its why i thought i would link the article from the IP company about it as they are more intrested in facts rather than headlines and half truths from f1 websites that are looking for clicks.
The number he had when he was 8 years old on his go-kart? “Of course, each year I start, it’s a new fresh start for everyone,” he explained. “I always start with number 44 because that’s the number I had on my go-kart at eight years old.” After great success racing with the digit, Hamilton decided that it should stay. He said that it “became the family lucky number”, https://www.sporf.com/why-did-lewis-hamilton-choose-car-number-44-for-his-f1-career/
Sounds almost like stopping party mode, or the removal of das, as with all things in f1 that has a loophole, fia always eventually close it. Whats even more funny, is that if Ferrari and Redbull didnt fight merc and the others for active suspension, then the FIA would not have looked deeper into their floors LOL Karma if you ask me.i am curious to know how much this will affect Ferrari and Redbull, ive heard it harms redbulls venturi tunnels quite badly? Im not sure on this though as i think i heard it on radio and i might have likely not been listening properly.
I watch F1 to see a battle of engineers, not a battle of lawyers and lobbyists. If this TD happens, it will be very disappointing.
So if you don’t let Mercedes do what they want you will soon have problems with the FIA.. Do you realize what you are saying ?
A) His father's car registration number contained 44 B) His karting race number was 44 C) In tribute to Hank Aaron's retired number with the Atlanta Braves
Ive not looked, but did you say the same when every season changes was made to try slow Merc down?. Or Redbull in the past? And so on... The floors ( venturi tunnels) as not supposed to be flexing.. "Nobody had an idea until the FIA brought it up in the last technical advisory committee, which was to a great surprise of all the teams, because what’s in the regulation and what the intent of the regulations is pretty clear,” he said. ( Toto) They could have agreed to active suspension for their engineers to work on than force the FIA to look closer into the floors to catch them bending the regulations ( technically breaking rules as we all know the rules are quite clear that floors shouldnt flex). Its self inflicted, so i cant have any sympathy for RedBull after being very vocal on teams being left to solve porpoising issues while they was using a loophole.. To solve it.
If RedBull are guilty of this - well Horner YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DESIGNED IT THAT WAY LOL. Just like Mercedes porpoise issue! Again if Horner hates how fast Mercedes was in the past they should have found a BETTER POWER UNIT LOL
No, i think the changes they have made are fair enough, was highlighting the fact if RedBull and Ferrari had agreed to active suspension, then the cars would be faster and they wouldnt have been caught bending the rules with the floor, thus not losing that advantage they have. Im curious to know how much advantage a flexing illigal floor would give... So i can guess how much slower Redbull and Ferrari will be, not sure about you, but for me, an f1 fan mpre than a team fan, A 3 way fight sounds far more exciting than watching RedBull cruise to victory as is going to currently happen.
Yes. I'd prefer the formula be as loose as possible and I understand that this can lead to teams earning long periods of dominance while the other teams try to innovate and compete. I used to love watching FP sessions because someone would show up with an extra duct or something sticking out of somewhere and everyone would scramble to try to figure out what it did and whether or not it would work. All this stupid crap about cost caps, penalties for replacing parts, testing bans, development bans, parc ferme, and virtually every meaningful innovation being quickly protested then outlawed/restricted and I've been steadily losing interest for a long time.
What I find strange is that Horner always objects not on the rules themselves, but on the way they are enforced. When the FIA decided to check the method to check rear wing flex last year, Horner went ballistic, saying that was a mid-season rule change. It wasn't, it was just having a different rig to measure the flex. Now, same problem because the FIA re-examines the way about checking the floor edges, and their degree of flexion. It's not a rule change, simply a different method to check that the rules are respected. What do they have to hide at Red Bull?
