Join Grace and me as we discuss this weeks Formula 1 news on the TPF Podcast #597. We discuss George Russell, Stoffel, loving Lewis, W Series, finding reasons to still love F1 and much more.
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FIA’s report on Grosjean’s fiery crash
The FIA have completed their investigation into the fiery crash of Romain Grosjean at the Bahrain GP. Like all efforts taken by the FIA,...F1 NewsPirelli extends F1 deal to 2024
The FIA and Formula 1 have proposed, and Pirelli has agreed, a one-year extension to the existing exclusive tyre supply contract to reflect the...F1 NewsAlonso fit for testing
In the good news category, Alpine F1 launched their car today and while Fernando Alonso was not present for the launch, CEO Laurent Rossi...F1 NewsCOVID, missing podcasts and Bahrain Vaccines
If you follow my social media then you’ll know that I tested positive for COVID-19 and as such, I didn’t have enough petrol in...F1 NewsFerrari’s Binotto to skip races in 2021
Last year, Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto missed the Turkish and British Grands Prix preferring to test out a sort of remote team boss concept....
- Editorial
- Editorial
Haas F1’s Russian flag color livery
There isn’t a single part of me that believes running an F1 team is not complicated or difficult to raise money to support the...EditorialF1 needs to fix the Red Bull situation
If I had to sum it, it might go like this: Honda announces they are through with F1 but have agreed...EditorialF1’s biofuel debate could move out to 2025
Biofuels. That’s the wave of the future unless you recently read the Wall Street journal article about Japan announcing they would be gunning for...EditorialNikita’s video troubles
I have no idea who Nikita Mazepin really is beyond being a Formula 2 driver with a very wealthy father and the newest driver...EditorialThe KingsBridge BCP TPF Fantasy League winners
What a season it's been! our FantasyGP.com game has really grown in 2020 and thanks to the game being managed by our dear friends...
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Race Report: Perez takes first F1 win at Sakhir GP
The Sakhir Grand Prix was already starting with an oddity in that Lewis Hamilton contracting COVID-19 meant that George Russell would be starting in...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton wins in Bahrain after Grosjean’s horrific crash
The Bahrain Grand Prix was a long, 3-hour race but not for the right reasons. The horrific accident on the opening lap involving Romain...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton takes 7th title with champion’s win at Turkish GP
The only thing that could make a freshly resurfaced track more slippery is water and the race started on a very damp track which...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton win gives Mercedes 7th title at Emilia Romagna GP
Delivering Mercedes a pole position, Valtteri Bottas was setting the table for Mercedes to achieve their record-breaking 7th consecutive world championship. That’s exactly what...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton breaks all-time win record in Portuguese GP
The Algarve circuit was the 73rd different track to feature on the Formula calendar but it was also the scene of the Lewis Hamilton’s...
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Darren Turner | The Parc Fermé Downshift Podcast
If you are a regular listener, you'll know that Paul Charsley works for the Heart of Racing team in IMSA racing the immaculate Aston...Other RacingHeart Of Racing and Charsley Return To Daytona
The Heart of Racing team returns to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTD Championship for 2021 with their #23 Aston Martin Vantage GT3. After a...GP 2&3Spike launches US F4 season
It is a big weekend for our friend Spike Kohlbecker who will begin his first F4 races in the US at Mid-Ohio. The weekend starts...EditorialWhen Sim Racing damages your real racing
Like all other racing series, Nascar has engaged in eSports as well calling their effort, eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. They held an event...IndycarIndy 500 postponed
As with many races around the world, the Indy 500 will be postponed from its traditional slot over Memorial Day weekend in May to... - Indycar
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FIA’s report on Grosjean’s fiery crash
The FIA have completed their investigation into the fiery crash of Romain Grosjean at the Bahrain GP. Like all efforts taken by the FIA,...F1 NewsPirelli extends F1 deal to 2024
The FIA and Formula 1 have proposed, and Pirelli has agreed, a one-year extension to the existing exclusive tyre supply contract to reflect the...F1 NewsAlonso fit for testing
In the good news category, Alpine F1 launched their car today and while Fernando Alonso was not present for the launch, CEO Laurent Rossi...F1 NewsCOVID, missing podcasts and Bahrain Vaccines
If you follow my social media then you’ll know that I tested positive for COVID-19 and as such, I didn’t have enough petrol in...F1 NewsFerrari’s Binotto to skip races in 2021
Last year, Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto missed the Turkish and British Grands Prix preferring to test out a sort of remote team boss concept....
- Editorial
- Editorial
Haas F1’s Russian flag color livery
There isn’t a single part of me that believes running an F1 team is not complicated or difficult to raise money to support the...EditorialF1 needs to fix the Red Bull situation
If I had to sum it, it might go like this: Honda announces they are through with F1 but have agreed...EditorialF1’s biofuel debate could move out to 2025
Biofuels. That’s the wave of the future unless you recently read the Wall Street journal article about Japan announcing they would be gunning for...EditorialNikita’s video troubles
I have no idea who Nikita Mazepin really is beyond being a Formula 2 driver with a very wealthy father and the newest driver...EditorialThe KingsBridge BCP TPF Fantasy League winners
What a season it's been! our FantasyGP.com game has really grown in 2020 and thanks to the game being managed by our dear friends...
- Podcast
- Race Report
- F1 News
Race Report: Perez takes first F1 win at Sakhir GP
The Sakhir Grand Prix was already starting with an oddity in that Lewis Hamilton contracting COVID-19 meant that George Russell would be starting in...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton wins in Bahrain after Grosjean’s horrific crash
The Bahrain Grand Prix was a long, 3-hour race but not for the right reasons. The horrific accident on the opening lap involving Romain...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton takes 7th title with champion’s win at Turkish GP
The only thing that could make a freshly resurfaced track more slippery is water and the race started on a very damp track which...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton win gives Mercedes 7th title at Emilia Romagna GP
Delivering Mercedes a pole position, Valtteri Bottas was setting the table for Mercedes to achieve their record-breaking 7th consecutive world championship. That’s exactly what...F1 NewsRace Report: Hamilton breaks all-time win record in Portuguese GP
The Algarve circuit was the 73rd different track to feature on the Formula calendar but it was also the scene of the Lewis Hamilton’s...
- Other Racing
- F1 News
Darren Turner | The Parc Fermé Downshift Podcast
If you are a regular listener, you'll know that Paul Charsley works for the Heart of Racing team in IMSA racing the immaculate Aston...Other RacingHeart Of Racing and Charsley Return To Daytona
The Heart of Racing team returns to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar GTD Championship for 2021 with their #23 Aston Martin Vantage GT3. After a...GP 2&3Spike launches US F4 season
It is a big weekend for our friend Spike Kohlbecker who will begin his first F4 races in the US at Mid-Ohio. The weekend starts...EditorialWhen Sim Racing damages your real racing
Like all other racing series, Nascar has engaged in eSports as well calling their effort, eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. They held an event...IndycarIndy 500 postponed
As with many races around the world, the Indy 500 will be postponed from its traditional slot over Memorial Day weekend in May to... - Indycar
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I am excited for Williams this coming year! I wonder if restrictions on wind tunnel testing and sim testing affected their ability to understand the problem. I know restrictions cut costs but they also make it so if you screw up at the beginning you are hosed for the year. In addition, Sirotkin the Legend saved the Singapore grand prix, but they don’t show enough midfield battles. I don’t want to see the frontrunner saving tires for twenty laps!
Let’s hope Williams have solved their chassis issue and data and field a competitive car to take the battle to Force India and the best of the rest.
“Embedded into F1, getting a deeper relationship with the sport…” nice idea, will never work. On your phone you can get more information about anything- any sport, any film, any TV – get more video (instant gratification IS the new medium). I think F1 can only succeed if it’s a free for all. That’s what it was in the ’60s – take off the controls, take off the thick-as-a-telephone-book technical bible controls, find a way to bring excitement back to the sport. It doesn’t matter if Mercedes is winning every race, it does matter that no one can innovate to… Read more »
Regarding W-Series, my questions is: I understand these are spec-F3 cars, but what tracks will they run? If they run the same tracks as guys, at similar times of year, then performance comparisons are possible. (which i hope is the case) If women can show they can lap as fast (or faster) than the guys then I have to believe opportunities will exist. If they run different tracks and make it hard to compare, then I think this will become yet another excuse. Your thoughts?
I haven’t read what tracks they will race on or if the FIA are sanctioning the series. The cars, from what I have read, are like the F3 spec but a little slower. Still, I think you can derive race craft and speed contextually even if they are slightly slower.
I can answer these questions. The BRSCC (British Racing and Sportscar Club) will be the organising body and it is not an FIA sanctioned series. The series has been approved by the FIA as an international series at the recent WMSC meeting as is normal process so I wouldn’t read too much into it. It will be as a result included in the FIA International Sporting Calendar. In terms of the calendar, it was also confirmed that the series will be on the DTM support package and race at 6 of its 9 events specifically Hockenheim, Zolder, Norisring, Assen and… Read more »
Two things. 1: on my question about replacing Hartley, I appreciate that STR would be reluctant to have Ocon with his Merc ties, however, they didn’t seem to have an issue having DK back despite his Ferrari ties? 2: Keeping the young ones interested. I’m torn on this one, on the one hand I find that I’m more immersed in F1 now than ever, thanks to all the social media, podcasts, online articles, extensive TV broadcast of the weekend etc. that we it comes to the actual race, it sometimes is a bit of a ‘let down’. On the other… Read more »
Loved your discussion of the cable cutting mess. I tried the same thing, but my “Waterloo” was the commercials; I am an expert on skipping those with a TiVo remote and alas, that is impossible for most Internet streams and very awful to attempt with the ones that do allow for some FR/FF remote control action. Meanwhile, as I added up the costs for an Internet-centric range of networks and shows I was saving less then $20 per month. I had less flexibility, more wonkishness, and the commercials. So I crawled my silly ass back with just a few minor… Read more »