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Old 1 Feb 2020, 16:05 (Ref:3955018)   #1251
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gardening leave depends on the seniority of the role and how much secret stuff they know. it’s also part of the employment budget in f1 because it’s so universal, and it’s always paid. bearing in mind paid leave and taking it is universal in europe it’s no different to that really. there’s also the standard non-disclosure agreements that they’re more than happy to act on as well.

there’s a lot of uncertainty at the big silver team at the moment, and a lot more people than usual handing in their notice as a result. i wonder to what extent that’s true at the other teams?
Uncertainty at Mercedes?! Says who ? Some bottom feeder “journalists “ who have all copied one bottom feeder story that’s who. Mercedes senior Board members have been quoted as denying the “stories” so I doubt there is much of an exodus from what is clearly the best team in F1..../
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Old 1 Feb 2020, 16:36 (Ref:3955028)   #1252
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Uncertainty at Mercedes?! Says who ? Some bottom feeder “journalists “ who have all copied one bottom feeder story that’s who. Mercedes senior Board members have been quoted as denying the “stories” so I doubt there is much of an exodus from what is clearly the best team in F1..../
It's been rumored for more than a couple seasons and board members ALWAYS deny everything until the minute they announce so following their comments is a fools errand.
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Old 1 Feb 2020, 18:01 (Ref:3955042)   #1253
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It's been rumored for more than a couple seasons and board members ALWAYS deny everything until the minute they announce so following their comments is a fools errand.
So let me get the right. It is more likely that a senior Board member from one of the Worlds biggest public companies would go out of his way to go on the record and lie than a low rent journalist with nothing to say/sell make up some bullollogy ?...:::
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Uncertainty at Mercedes?! Says who ? Some bottom feeder “journalists “ who have all copied one bottom feeder story that’s who. Mercedes senior Board members have been quoted as denying the “stories” so I doubt there is much of an exodus from what is clearly the best team in F1..../
What uncertainty at Mercedes?
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Internet rumours of Merc pulling out aside, the impending budget cap/new rules will no doubt result in teams decreasing their size.

People just moving on before the impending cuts?
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Internet rumours of Merc pulling out aside, the impending budget cap/new rules will no doubt result in teams decreasing their size.

People just moving on before the impending cuts?
Is this rumour about the Mercedes F1 team, or Mercedes as an engine supplier, or both?
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Not sure what the exact life cycle of this rumour was.

As far as i can tell, the current virus in China which threatens to end all intergalactic trade features heavily in said rumours with the Mercedes board meeting now to decide on how best to leave earth without telling Lewis Hamilton.

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Not sure what the exact life cycle of this rumour was.

As far as i can tell, the current virus in China which threatens to end all intergalactic trade features heavily in said rumours with the Mercedes board meeting now to decide on how best to leave earth without telling Lewis Hamilton.



Are they going Pod Racing on Tatooine?
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I'd much prefer to hear "Now THIS is podracing" from Bono than "get in there Lewis!"
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Jack Aitken joins Williams as reserve driver.
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Because they needed another driver. Nissany, Chadwick, Ticktum and now Aitken.
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Because they needed another driver. Nissany, Chadwick, Ticktum and now Aitken.
Perhaps they will pay or at least provide some money for him to do something else?
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It was slightly tongue in cheek!
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It appears he is being paid by the team, bringing money wasn't part of the deal. I'm guessing the others have paid for him to be on track a few times and correlate the sim. And it seems he will still be allowed to pursue F2 as well, according to Racer.
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It appears he is being paid by the team, bringing money wasn't part of the deal. I'm guessing the others have paid for him to be on track a few times and correlate the sim. And it seems he will still be allowed to pursue F2 as well, according to Racer.
Some people think Santa Claus “appears” to be real. Doesn’t he mean he is though.
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Some people think Santa Claus “appears” to be real. Doesn’t he mean he is though.
Yeah, well multiple people saying the same thing so I'll go with the media over a blowhard online who always wants to be contrary. Oh, and he didn't bring cash to Renault and that's why they let him go
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That’s fine, but if you wanted to hire and pay a reserve driver for your sim, there would be a fair choice of drivers with more experience.

Also, if you wanted to give them track time to correlate the sim, then an FP1 would definitely not be what you’d use. And you’d also want that as early in the season as possible.

At best he gets to promote his F1 link with sponsors and maybe gets a small space on the F1 car for which he gets a healthy commission when he sells it.
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Williams build and start their car before testing gets underway:
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They are ahead of last year then.... didn't they completely miss the first few days last year because the car was still being built? I seem to recall others were pounding round doing laps in Spain, and Williams were still in the UK not even having had an initial fire up for any systems checks to take place...

And when they did turn up they had brought a donkey.

Hopefully this year will be better.... or as good as an evolution of a donkey can be.
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They are ahead of last year then.... didn't they completely miss the first few days last year because the car was still being built? I seem to recall others were pounding round doing laps in Spain, and Williams were still in the UK not even having had an initial fire up for any systems checks to take place...

And when they did turn up they had brought a donkey.

Hopefully this year will be better.... or as good as an evolution of a donkey can be.
An illegal Donkey ........
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They are ahead of last year then.... didn't they completely miss the first few days last year because the car was still being built? I seem to recall others were pounding round doing laps in Spain, and Williams were still in the UK not even having had an initial fire up for any systems checks to take place...

And when they did turn up they had brought a donkey.

Hopefully this year will be better.... or as good as an evolution of a donkey can be.

Same donkey, new lipstick,
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I interpreted from the article on Motorsport regarding Ross Brawn's comments on Williams that Williams say they are confident about being ready for the first test. Is that not a given? Not good. Poor George Russell, the guys a class act.
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