Not enough to just fire the guy I guess. Class organization

I’m just going to mention this because it’s funny, but you know…Kimi raced NASCAR…

Ha! I guess that’s possible. But, it’s more probable that he just takes a year sabbatical

The FIA sanctions the WEC too, so I don’t know how that would work out under this particular circumstance.

Why should any of them? The FIA is treating grown men, who are also millionaires, like children.

You should read up on super license

I actually held an FIA license, though not a Super license for a hand full of years. Let it lapse.

Do you have a source for that?

Logic. You don’t spend money on a hundred million dollar car so a rookie can put it into a wall without the ability to make hundreds of millions more in return.

Except for 40% more HP…

You’d be amazed what little difference that makes. Used to know a guy that raced a Formula Ford and a CanAm car on a race weekend. He switched between them like there was no difference

You clearly do as evidence by your responses

I find this tedious.

I don’t follow drivers much, I’m more of a team kind of guy. But, I half way believe him. Max is a quirky guy with his father’s temper and this is not the first time he has expressed a “Fuck F1” attitude. I note that the rest of the drivers have set a secret meeting to see what they can do to support him. Get out the popcorn, because I don’t see a way out of a confrontation between the FIA and the drivers.

First of all, if you want to drive a current F1 car you’ll have to have an active Super License, the FIA approval for time running on the chassis, and most important a constructor that’s willing to let you put time on the chassis. After all, these cars represent several 100s of million dollars are are manufactured for the WCC, nothing else. These rookies will not be driving the current iteration of a F1 car. At best, they would drive the car from last season. But, the difference between an F2 car and last year’s iteration of a F1 car is not that great, except perhaps the braking. Hell, I really don’t care if they run them, I’m just calling it what it is - a gimmick

They get a Super license through F2.

I haven’t seen a problem with the rookies who have started in F1, have you? Bearman, Colapinto, have all done pretty well in full F1 races without further F1 car experience. And let’s not forget all those guys on the grid that came in to the sport without any big F1 car experience and have done just fine.

Well let’s examine what currently happens. They have the F3 series and the F2 series where they can get experience. Same guys, if they’re good enough, are on F1 simulators all the time and get F1 tests. Should a seat open up in the 20 available, they get consideration, at the tender age of 18 or younger.

Now the plan is to put them in some shitbox occasionally to do the same thing. Like F1 Academy, this is really a plan to add to the entertainment package for marketing purposes. It’s a gimmick. You want to give them more experience? Add to the F2 schedule.

Oh look, another gimmick

Radio to Norris: “Mate, the sticky up bits are the wall. Wall is bad”

I expected this to happen, but not to the WDC.

Perfectly permissable pit behavior. Gotta look out for each other. It’s a dangerous place.

I always thought Danny Rick was a very tricky driver. Sorry to see him go,

It’s literally the first thing in the article. You have a problem? Take it up with the publication.

And somewhere Logan Sargent pops open a new can of Pringles, sighs, and mutters “shit”.

Everyone must give way to Checo.

Retirement loot

LeClerc is the François Cevert of our day, though not as good looking and more entertaining.