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The point, despite your pedantry, is that the FIA shouldn’t be breaking their own rules to give someone a Super Licence who is a long way from a real front runner in Indycar. He is a long way from being close to challenging fur the title, as your posts serve to emphasise. Thanks for that. |
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Well, in keeping with this thread where we go off on tangents & be pedantic - Carb Day is the short version of Carburetion Day (not Carbonation Day).
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FIA is right to treat Indycar as a feeder series though - good as it is, it simply isn't at the same level as F1 in any way - the paddock intensity, needing to build your own car, teams with their own engines, the massive world wide audience and a long list of other items all put F1 at a higher level. I've worked in both F1 and the top tier US single seat category - the experience, intensity and level is much more relaxed in every respect in the US series. I reckon that it's a bit higher than F2 though so there's a conundrum to consider re super licence points. So kinda back on topic, my personal view is that there is a super licence system in place, even though it may have flaws. If Herta or anyone else wants to have a crack at F1, then they need the super license and if they don't have one, then they shouldn't ask for nor receive dispensation. They're professional teams and drivers, they all know what they need to do and they need to go out and do it - if they don't get all the way to the points needed, then they weren't good enough (this year). |
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Does Indycar want to be seen as a feeder into F1? im betting they don't, esp with F1 now encroaching further into its territory.
RE the Indycar points scanario - if you are in indycar, competing against and beating ex F1 drivers - by logic it should be given a higher weighting than F2. Also - wasnt the current points system implemented as an FIA knee jerk response to Verstappen and his age? he turned out OK.... |
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For me Indycar isn't quite as big as F1, but it is still at the top of the single seater tree. F1 will always be the number 1 motorsport in the world, but Indycar is always going to be the series to aim for if you are coming up the single seater ladder in America.
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Oops. I thought I had put Carburetion Day, otherwise I should have put, it was the last opportunity for teams to go out on the track and adjust the carbonators, before the race. |
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Carbonators onboard the cars were critical to provide the drivers refreshing, carbonated drinks during the gruelling 500 - just the thing to stay on top of a killer thirst!
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I don't agree with your view at all. RB simply go all out in a totally different way to the other teams and in this case it was RB who caused the current regulations to be put in place and it was they who then wanted to change them.
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Happy to disagree - as Ferrari has gone very hard in the media with its PR department stirring the pot many times and of course Mercedes has shown itself to be very good at that too. Alpine has gone hard in the media as an example just recently, having a pout and wanting to smear a young driver. For sure they're all a bit different to each other but RB is absolutely not Robinson Crusoe.
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No real surprises but Latifi has been confirmed out of Williams at season end.....
https://twitter.com/NicholasLatifi/s...%2F10373206%2F https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/la...ason/10373206/ I guess their options as to a replacement will be what pieces of jigsaw are left after the Gasly De Vries AT / Alpine scenarios have played, along with Sargeant (their Academy guy in F2) who needs a good season finish to guarantee his Superlicence. Plus of course what transpires at Haas. A few options |
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Think Sargent just needs 13 points so he's probably good there with a round to go currently in 3rd. Might be under 13 if he has FP points as well
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