: FIA has officially confirmed that the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grand Prix weekends have been cancelled due to the situation of the Middle East war.
There will be no replacement for those races, and there will be a month’s season break in April after the Japanese GP.
The Qatar GP (also held in the Middle East) remains unclear if it will go ahead, though it’s scheduled late November.
The only good thing about cancelling these races is that it might give them time to implement upgrades to the cars if the FIA and F1 make tweaks to the regulations as speculated after today’s China GP.
These new regulations have been an abject disaster although I’ll concede similar of issues have occurred with previous regulation changes but the bloody battery harvesting and super clipping is very frustrating to watch.
I think it’s premature to say they’re a failure after one and a half race weekends - they represent a considerable shift, and it’s clear that some teams (and engine manufacturers) have done a better job than others. The break will likely accelerate the development race too
If the drivers (hi Max) don’t like the new cars, then piss off to IndyCar or WEC.
Ffs McLaren. Seems like another Mercedes parade. Not even remotely competitive.
Conspiracy theories already wild online with people saying because Norris was out they needed to find an issue with Oscars car so that he wouldn’t race. McLaren last years world championship team and now racing rundown tractors.
They might lose fans and viewers if this trend continues.
3 laps to go. Antonelli might bottle this. Hope he wins. He’s a nicer person than George.
Standings after the Chinese GP:
Drivers: Russell 51, Antonelli 47, Leclerc 34, Hamilton 33, Bearman 17, Norris 15, Gasly 9, Verstappen/Lawson 8, Lindblad/Hadjar 4, Piastri 3, Sainz/Bortoleto 2, Colapinto 1.
Constructors: Mercedes 98, Ferrari 67, McLaren 18, Haas 17, Red Bull/RB 12, Alpine 10, Audi/Williams 2.
It’s starting to look like an episode of Top Gear with cars running out of electricity…
Speedwashing. This is a thing now.
Not only did our own Piastri manage to finish a full race, he also got on the podium.
For the first time this season, Mercedes doesn’t have a 1st-2nd stranglehold.
Checking the ladders:
Would’ve loved to see what would’ve happened if it wasn’t for the pesky safety car.
The Sky commentators kept crying and crying for George Russell. Completely unhinged. They couldn’t muster up a compliment for Oscar.
Thank god we have the alternate commentary but the behaviors of Sky need to be called out.
This guy lurches from one fuck up to the next. Why would any one hire him. He goes to an organization make some of the most daft decisions and then fucks off again. He’s an abject failure.
Supercars chief James Warburton sensationally steps down after less than a year in charge
Supercars is hunting for a new chief executive again after James Warburton sensationally stepped down from the category’s top job after less than a year in the role for what one pundit claimed was trying to disrupt the “old boys’ club”.
It’s understood there were differences of opinion between Warburton and the Supercars board over the direction of the sport.
Supercars co-driver and podcaster Scott Pye said Warburton’s departure was a blow for the sport, saying he had been trying to disrupt the “old boys’ club”.
“Right now I don’t see any positives in this,” Pye said in a social media video on his Apex Hunters’ United account.
“I don’t think Warbo was part of the old boys’ club, I think he was trying to disrupt it and I think that’s created the problem we are seeing.”
Direction? What direction? It’s seems as steady as she goes for decades.
