F1 2020

[JoeW]

I mean are there other teams that change lineups mid season like RBR/Alpha? Teams that are intertwined like that.

[Rare White Ape]

Ferrari and Sauber have had a long relationship stretching back to the 90s, but I can’t remember an inter-team swap in the middle of the season like RBR and TR last year.

[Crazed_Insanity]

RB was nice to swap drivers I guess, usually if things go badly enough, drivers could just get fired, right?

[Rare White Ape]

There's a list as long as my arm (depending on font size) of drivers being sacked mid-year for one reason or another.

Here's a good list of mid-season swaps.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/f...id-season.html

[Crazed_Insanity]

I totally don’t remember any of that..., only by after reading the stories which helped me vaguely remember them...

I also completely forgotten there used to be a BAR driver called Zonta, who Mika Salo subbed for a while. I do still remember that Mika, but I seriously have forgotten about Zonta...

My memory really sucks..., and of course it doesn’t help if you’re not that memorable!

Thanks for that special trip down the vague memory lane!

[Godson]

So like, hulk has more points than Haas Does collectively, in only one race.

He is also only 2 points less than GRO total from last year.

Gene needs to fucking do something, because the team is a disapointment considering how strong they were in the start of their life

[Crazed_Insanity]

Haas used to be the copycat Ferrari team and did quite well when Ferrari was doing relatively well. Now that Ferrari got their rug pulled out from under them, I think both Haas and Alfa are suffering.

Surely Haas is realizing his investment is not making sense. Therefore they have no official drivers lined up for next year.

[FaultyMario]

I feel, you know like in my gut feel, that the proposed ban on engine Q modes is slap on the face of long term F1 fans.

I mean, with the restrictive formula now in place, it's the only time we fans get to see balls-o-steel moments from the creme of the crop. I truly enjoy watching George Russell drag his Williams to places where it truly doesn't belong. The one-two punch from Ham in Q3? the eyes-closed, "Valhalla I Am Coming", laps from Bottas?

You want to take that away from us, Jean Todt, you, of all the people? Fuckin traitor!

[FaultyMario]

It's a spit on John Barnard's face, a disrespect to Heini Mader and countless other engineers.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Drivers could still go balls out with a Q mode mindset, if qualifying engines are banned to save cost, I thought the next logical step is to just not have a special mode just for that.

Although i do wonder is this really enforceable? Could Mercedes simply rename it to a ludicrous speed mode and be able to comply with this new regulation?