F1 2024

[sam_9n]

The internet is gold sometimes

 

[renman8957]

Part of me isn't surprised, wind down his career at Ferrari, not to say he wouldn't be giving it everything he's got. I'm more surprised about the timing, before the 2024 season has even begun, a whole year with a team he's leaving. As for Merc, I'd say it would be Alonso or new blood. Sainz to Audi. We'll see how it all plays out

 

[DC.]

 

[Jbridges522]

Sure kicks of 2024 well, hopefully continues in the same vain lot of drivers / teams under P

 

[DC.]

Whole thing needed a shake with so many tied to ‘multi-year deals’.

Just didn’t expect an earthquake rather than a shake

 

[gpaevo]

 

[DC.]

From Carlos:

 

[Q.S Gav]

Would have been easy for him to end his career at Mercedes. Must not be happy with their progress behind the scenes.

Fair play for testing himself somewhere different. Ferrari comes with a different level of pressure / crazy fans.

Le Clerc will be sweating, as Lewis won’t be coming to be Nr 2. It’ll be an interesting partnership and fight for Nr 1 and will be a big shift in power, as Le Clerc was getting all the VIP treatment.

 

[Jbridges522]

It just feels weird, lh fans generally hate ferrari and ferrari fans genrally hate lh

 

[DC.]

I know

 

[Jbridges522]

The question is will all you lh fan boys be layering up in red

 

[DC.]

Ferrari’s share price jumped 10% ($7B) today

 

[salster]

he must be getting a good pension from Ferrari, can,t really blame him for one last big money move.

 

[cauld1]

It just feels weird, lh fans generally hate ferrari and ferrari fans genrally hate lh

Not sure on either of those tbh.

 

[big_pete]

Wonder will Bono go with him?

 

[carmad.]

i wonder how he will deal with the ****ty pit calls

and how they treated vettel when he disobeyed team orders / spoke out off turn

remember the mattia and leclerk picture in the pits after a bad call by the team

Wonder will Bono go with him?

if his engineers go that could be the buffer he needs

 

[cauld1]

Fred in charge now which is a bit different in fairness.

Mercedes strategy has been poor enough for a good while. I'm not actually convinced it wasn't flattered by a really good car in the past too tbh.

 

[Gavlar]

 

[carmad.]

Fred in charge now which is a bit different in fairness.

Mercedes strategy has been poor enough for a good while. I'm not actually convinced it wasn't flattered by a really good car in the past too tbh.

was fred incharge off hamilton in his junior years ??

 

[Gambit]

In a weird way I think it's maybe him thinking he can have a legacy of bringing a team back to the top, similar to Schumacher at Mercedes, end of his era but remembered for starting a new era for a team.

Italian fashion houses will now be creaming themselves

 

[cauld1]

was fred incharge off hamilton in his junior years ??

Yep, was indeed a link there. He was in charge at ART where Hamilton raced in and won F3 and GP2

 

[svensktoppen]

I can't say I understand it but it certainly makes things interesting.

Then I didn't understand the move to Mercedes either at the time but that worked out well, lol, so what do I know

Surely this is a play for the new rules. New leadership at Ferrari as well, Fred and Lewis go back a very long way.

Next question is who will go with him. When he left McLaren he took pretty much his entire side of the garage with him. That should deal with any strategy issues, etc.

Toto is obviously tied up at Mercedes. He owns the team for starters. He's not going anywhere other than possibly retirement.

It blows 2024 out of the water. Congratulations again RB

Can't see anyone other than Alonso replacing Lewis. That's surely a given.

 

[stevyg]

Good news, one of my favorite drivers joining my favorite team. He probably won’t win a championship but I don’t care. Now to buy everything Ferrari with #44 on it. Get in. Paddock passes for Monza ‘26 here I come.

 

[svensktoppen]

Step 1: Finish 2024 as "best of the rest" behind RB
Step 2: Beat LeClerk in 2025
Step 3: Start 2026 and new rules as Ferrari #1

Meanwhile, Alonso gets another championship at Mercedes in 2025 on the back of the dev work by Lewis over the last couple of years

The politics in the Merc garage this season should be...interesting...

 

[pablo]

George is likely counting his lucky stars.