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Nod said:
A mate of mine had a Ducati like that - actually, that didn't like starting at any time!
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That's just an Itallian bike thing, my Aprillia Falco was the same, especially in cold weather :sneaky:
 
Masi has been replaced - handily announced at the same time as the Ferrari car launch.

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Michael Masi replaced as F1 race director after FIA review of 2021 Abu Dhabi GP finale

Michael Masi replaced after FIA review into 2021 Abu Dhabi GP; Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas to alternate as F1 race director in 2022; Masi to be offered new role in FIA; Virtual Race Control Room created, direct communication between teams and race director removed
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Nice to see that the Haas cars have no Uralkali/Russian branding or colours on them today.
 
Russian Grand Prix in doubt, FIA in talks with teams.
 
I think it was never an option for the Russian Grand Prix to go ahead.

Next I wonder if Mazepins seat is safe. His father’s ties to Putin will likely put pressure on Haas. Who would want to sponsor a team who’s driver is the son of Putins best friend right now. It is a stretch but in a world of snowflakes who managed to terminate a sponsor of Mercedes just because their products were used in the Grenfell tower, it’s possible.
 
Jakemico AE-1P said:
I think it was never an option for the Russian Grand Prix to go ahead.

Next I wonder if Mazepins seat is safe. His father’s ties to Putin will likely put pressure on Haas. Who would want to sponsor a team who’s driver is the son of Putins best friend right now. It is a stretch but in a world of snowflakes who managed to terminate a sponsor of Mercedes just because their products were used in the Grenfell tower, it’s possible.
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Especially as Mazepin Jr is pretty rubbish anyway. Lot of hassle for not much gain. Haas is nominally an ‘American’ team. Surprised they tied up with the Mazepins in the first place.
 
$$$. Plain and simple - the universal language.
 
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Might need to find a proper job! Daddy's money might get to be in short supply soon.
 
I wonder why Zhou hasn’t been banned though… China is supportive of the war. The same as Belarus. Only difference is they’re not bordering Ukraine.
 
Mr Bastable said:
I've watched the first three but not sure I can put up with anymore of horner's whining and bitching, red bull really does give you whinge.
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I used to like Christian Horner. These days I really don’t. He and Helmut Marko are among the most toxic people I can think of that are in the F1 paddock.
 
Happy to keep doing these if you want me to as I post them on another site anyway.


2022 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

Dun….dun dun dun dun dun dun da dun duuuunnnnn….

The 2022 Formula One World Championship is GO with all new rules!



Calendar file



Teams and Drivers
Team
Constructor/chassis/power unit

Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C42 Ferrari 066/7
24 China Guanyu Zhou
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas

Scuderia AlphaTauri
AlphaTauri-Red Bull AT03 Red Bull RBPTH001
10 France Pierre Gasly
22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda

BWT Alpine F1 Team
Alpine-Renault A522 Renault E-Tech RE22
14 Spain Fernando Alonso
31 France Esteban Ocon

Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team
Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes AMR22 Mercedes-AMG F1 M13
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel
18 Canada Lance Stroll

Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari F1-75 Ferrari 066/7
16 Monaco Charles Leclerc
55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.

Haas F1 Team
Haas-Ferrari VF-22 Ferrari 066/7
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
47 Germany Mick Schumacher

McLaren F1 Team
McLaren-Mercedes MCL36 Mercedes-AMG F1 M13
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
4 United Kingdom Lando Norris

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
Mercedes F1 W13 Mercedes-AMG F1 M13
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
63 United Kingdom George Russell

Oracle Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing RB18 Red Bull RBPTH001
1 Netherlands Max Verstappen
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez

Williams Racing
Williams-Mercedes FW44 Mercedes-AMG F1 M13
6 Canada Nicholas Latifi
23 Thailand Alexander Albon

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Calendar Changes
- The Australian, Canadian, Japanese and Singapore Grands Prix return to the calendar after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Miami Grand Prix is due to make its debut, with the race expected to take place at the Miami International Autodrome in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- The Portuguese, Styrian and Turkish Grands Prix were not included in the list of 2022 races. These Grands Prix were specifically added to the 2021 calendar in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure that as many races as possible could be held.
- The Qatar Grand Prix, which made its debut in the 2021 championship at the Losail International Circuit, is not present on the 2022 calendar. The Grand Prix is planned to return in 2023 at a new purpose-built circuit, after a one-year hiatus during which the country would focus on hosting the FIFA World Cup.
- The Chinese Grand Prix was under contract to feature on the 2022 calendar, but was not included due to Chinese travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Grand Prix is due to return in the 2023 championship.
- The Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, which was scheduled to take place on 25 September as the 17th round of the championship, was initially suspended from the calendar in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, before being ultimately cancelled.


2021 FIA Formula One World Championship Race Calendar
1 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 20 March
2 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah 27 March
3 Australian Grand Prix Australia Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 10 April
4 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Italy Imola Circuit, Imola 24 April
5 Miami Grand Prix United States Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida[e] 8 May
6 Spanish Grand Prix Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 22 May
7 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monaco 29 May
8 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 12 June
9 Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal 19 June
10 British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 3 July
11 Austrian Grand Prix Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 10 July
12 French Grand Prix France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 24 July
13 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 31 July
14 Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 28 August
15 Dutch Grand Prix Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 4 September
16 Italian Grand Prix Italy Monza Circuit, Monza 11 September
17 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 2 October
18 Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 9 October
19 United States Grand Prix United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 23 October
20 Mexico City Grand Prix Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 30 October
21 São Paulo Grand Prix Brazil Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 13 November
22 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 20 November


Team Changes

- Honda announced that they would not supply power units beyond 2021. The company had provided power units to Scuderia AlphaTauri (previously called Scuderia Toro Rosso) since 2018 and to Red Bull Racing since 2019. Red Bull Racing will take over Honda's engine programme and manage it in-house setting up a new division called Red Bull Powertrains. The decision was made after lobbying the other nine teams to negotiate an engine development freeze until 2025. Red Bull Racing acknowledged that they would have left the championship if the engine development freeze had not been agreed to as they could not develop a brand new engine and both Red Bull Racing and Renault were unwilling to resume their former partnership.


Driver Changes

IN
Alex Albon - Williams
Guanyu Zhou - Alfa Romeo
Kevin Magnussen - Haas


MOVED
Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes to Alfa Romeo
George Russell - Williams to Mercedes

OUT
Kimi Räikkönen - Alfa Romeo [retired]
Antonio Giovinazzi - Alfa Romeo [to Formula E]
Nikita Mazepin [who cares!]



Race direction

Michael Masi, who had served as race director since the death of Charlie Whiting in 2019, was removed from the role of race director after an inquiry into the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As part of a restructuring of race control, Masi was replaced by former DTM race director Niels Wittich and World Endurance Championship race director Eduardo Freitas. The pair will assume the role on an alternating basis. Herbie Blash, Whiting's former deputy, was appointed as permanent senior advisor to the race director.

The FIA will also introduce a new virtual race control system, much like the video assistant referee in football, as well as a ban on team communications that lobby race officials. Radio between teams and FIA officials will also no longer be broadcast on television to protect race officials. Unlapping procedures are to be reassessed by the Formula One Sporting Advisory Committee and presented prior to the start of the season.


Technical Regulation Changes

- The 2022 World Championship sees an overhaul of the technical regulations.that were planned for introduction in 2021but delayed due to the pandemic. Drivers were consulted on developing the new technical regulations, which were deliberately written by the FIA Working Group to be restrictive so as to prevent teams from developing radical designs that limited the ability of drivers to overtake.


Aerodynamics and bodywork

- The technical regulations will reintroduce the use of ground effects for the first time since venturi tunnels under cars were banned in 1983. This will coincide with a simplification of the bodywork, making the underside of the car the primary source of aerodynamic grip. This aims to reduce the turbulent air in the wake of the cars to allow drivers to follow each other more closely whilst still maintaining a similar level of downforce compared to previous years. Further changes to the aerodynamics are aimed at limiting the teams' ability to control airflow around the front wheels and further reduce the cars' aerodynamic wake. This includes the elimination of bargeboards. The front wing and endplates will be simplified, reducing the number and complexity of aerodynamic elements. The front wing must also directly connect to the nosecone, unlike pre-2022 designs where the wing could be connected to the nose via supports to create a space under the monocoque, thereby encouraging airflow under the car by way of the wing's larger surface area and the nose's increased height. The rear wings will be wider and mounted higher than in previous years, with additional restrictions in place to limit the constructors' ability to use a car's exhaust gases to generate downforce. Bodywork will be required to be coated in rubber to reduce the risk of components breaking off cars to minimise the risk of local yellow flags, safety cars, and stoppages. Figures released by the Working Group revealed that where a 2019-specification car following another car had just 55% of its normal levels of downforce available, a 2022-specification car following another car would have up to 86% of its normal levels of downforce.

- Teams will be further restricted in the number of aerodynamic upgrades they can introduce to the car, both over the course of a race weekend and over the course of the championship. These rules were introduced to further cut the costs of competing.

- In 2021 the championship introduced a sliding scale system to regulate aerodynamic testing. Under this system, the least successful teams in the previous year's World Constructors' Championship standings would be given additional time for aerodynamic testing. Conversely, the most successful teams would be given less time to complete testing. The system was trialled in 2021 with the results used to create a more formal, structured and steeper model for the 2022 championship.

Power units

- Discussions over the 2022 engine regulations began in 2017 and were finalised in May 2018. The proposed regulations involved removing the motor generator unit–heat (MGU-H) to simplify the technology used in the engine whilst raising the maximum rev limit by 3,000 rpm. Further proposals dubbed "plug-and-play" would see engine suppliers bound by the regulations to make individual engine components universally compatible, allowing teams to source their components from multiple suppliers. The proposals were designed to simplify the engine technology whilst making the sport more attractive to new entrants. However, as no new power unit suppliers committed themselves to entering the sport in 2022, the existing suppliers proposed to retain the existing power unit formula in a bid to reduce overall development costs.

- The quota system of power unit components would continue in 2022, with teams given a limited number of individual components that can be used before incurring a penalty. The exhaust system would be added to the list of components, with teams allowed to use a maximum of six throughout the championship.

Standardised components

- The sport intends to introduce a series of standardised components from 2022, with the regulations calling for the standard components to be in place until 2024. These standardised components include the gearbox and fuel system. Some aerodynamic components—such as the tray that sits at the front of the car floor—will also be standardised so as to restrict teams' ability to develop the area and gain a competitive advantage. Individual parts will now be classified as a way of clarifying the rules surrounding them:

"Listed parts" refers to the parts of the car that teams are required to design by themselves.
"Standard parts" is the name given to the parts of the car that all teams must use, including wheel rims and equipment used in pit stops.
"Transferable parts" are parts that a team can develop and sell on to another team, such as the gearbox and the clutch.
"Prescribed parts" are parts that teams are required to develop according to a prescriptive set of regulations. Prescribed parts include wheel arches and wheel aerodynamics.
"Open-source parts" may be developed collectively by teams and sold on to customers. Steering wheels and the DRS mechanism are listed as open-source parts.

The system of categorising parts was introduced to allow for design freedom as the overhaul to the aerodynamic regulations was highly prescriptive.

Tyres

- The championship will move from 13 inches (33 cm) to 18 inches (46 cm) wheels. The 18-inch wheels were introduced into the Formula 2 Championship in 2020, to test changes in tyre behaviour. Tyre warmers will become a standardised piece of equipment, with all teams required to use the same product with a view to eventually phasing them out altogether by 2024. BBS will supply the rims to all teams from 2022 as part of a four-year deal.


Sporting Regulation Changes

Sprint points system and events

- Having been first trialled under the name "sprint qualifying" in 2021, the format returns with the name changed to "sprint". The weekend format will be unchanged from 2021 and will be run at the Emilia Romagna, Austrian and São Paulo Grands Prix with points now awarded to the top eight finishers rather than the top three finishers as was the case in 2021. Unlike the previous season, the driver who sets the fastest time in qualifying will be credited as the official polesitter, with the winner of the sprint continuing to have the right to start the Grand Prix from the first place grid spot.

Points system for shortened races

- Following the controversy surrounding the awarding of points at the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix, the criteria needed for points to be awarded for uncompleted events was altered. The requirement, pending approval by the World Motor Sport Council, was changed so that:

No points will be awarded unless a minimum of two laps had been completed under green flag conditions.
If more than two laps are completed, but less than 25% of the scheduled race distance, points will be awarded on a 6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top 5.
If 25%–50% of the scheduled race distance is completed, points will be awarded on a 13–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the top 9.
If 50%–75% of the scheduled race distance is completed, points will be awarded on a 19–14–12–9–8–6–5–3–2–1 basis to the top 10.
If more than 75% of the scheduled race distance is completed, full points will be awarded.


Safety car procedure

- In light of the controversy surrounding the safety car at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the procedures for the safety car restart have been changed. Rather than waiting until the lap after the last car has unlapped itself from the leader, the safety car will now be withdrawn one lap after the instruction that lapped cars may unlap themselves has been given.

Starting tyre choice

- The rule that had been in place since 2014, requiring drivers that advance to the third segment of qualifying to start the race on the tyres they used to set their fastest time in the second segment of qualifying, has been scrapped. All drivers will now have free choice of starting tyre for the Grand Prix on Sunday at all events.




2022 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

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Bahrain International Circuit
Lap data
Lap data
Lap length 5.412km (3.363 miles)
Race laps 57
Race distance 308.238km (191.53 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’31.447 (Pedro de la Rosa, 2005)
Fastest lap 1’27.866 (Charles Leclerc, 2019, qualifying three)
Maximum speed 329.6kph (204.804 mph)
Distance from grid to turn one 336.49m
Full throttle 72%
Longest flat-out section 1,205m
Downforce level Medium
Gear changes per lap 56
Fuel use per lap 1.7kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.054s
Pit lane time loss 18.9s

UK Times
Friday 18th March 2022
Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 12.00
Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 15.00
Saturday 19th March 2022
Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 12.00
Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying: 15.00
Sunday 20th March 2022
Bahrain Grand Prix: 15.00

Previous Winners
2010 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari Sakhir Endurance Circuit
2011 Cancelled
2012 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault Sakhir Grand Prix Circuit
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2015 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2016 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2017 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2018 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2019 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2020 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2021 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes


Videos

Buemi 2010
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMsNrkS0eDE


2022 cars onboard
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb6NzlmvSfM
 
Not seen the race yet, only a spoiler. Looking forward to any Horner interview after C4's highlights show!!!
 
Good IndyCar race today too, with Penske mirroring the Ferrari achievemen, ie a 1-2 finish. Penske’s 600th win.
 
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