Official Formula One and General Motorsport Thread for 2024!

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[Robbo-92]

Oh dear

twitter.com/f1/status/1749731195917672710

[Victor Mildew]

Oh for strawberry float sake

[Robbo-92]

Genuinely not sure how many more new, generic street tracks I can stomach before just watching F1 at the tracks I actually enjoy. Can't actually make out if this track is coming onto the calendar this year in place of Circuit de Catalunya or not either? Just seems odd they'd give a made up time (assuming it's based on the 2023 cars?) if its not going to be raced at till the new regulations are in place.

Rapidly approaching 1/3 of the calendar as street tracks now This will only increase before Liberty sell up as well.

[Rawrgna]

Another souless and boring street circuit cant wait until they replace silverstone with a race around London.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I’m not sure I get the reasoning behind this. Barcelona is a decent track, it’s a good location, in a city that is glamorous

[Robbo-92]

Seemingly so few race series can avoid street tracks, even the last endurance race on the 2024 GT World Challenge calendar is round Jeddah

[Robbo-92]

Skipped through this earlier, good session although I did enjoy seeing the drivers struggle on cold tyres, can’t wait for the day F1 have phased them back out.

The Madrid track is on the calendar from 2026, unless they massively outbid Barcelona for 2025, which I can see happening sadly.

[Rawrgna]

twitter.com/decalspotters/status/1750127902325186670

competing with Kick stake Sauber for worst name for a f1 team.

[Robbo-92]

Visa Cash App RB….

Don’t think it’s a worse name than the new Alfa Romeo team to be honest.

[LewisD]

I keep mistakenly reading it as "Visa Cash Grab RB" which is actually pretty accurate

[floydfreak]

[Vermilion]

Should have just returned to using Toro Rosso.

[floydfreak]

F1 going down the route of silly long team names like in the BTCC

Team Shredded Wheat Racing with DUO
Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown
Team allaboutproperty.com
Team Eurotech Racing with John Guest Speedfit
sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Motorsport
Team Air Cool
Dynojet
Team HARD.
Wheel Heaven
Crabbie's Racing
The Clever Baggers with BTC Racing

[Vermilion]

Team HARD.

I get that they wanted to be seen as tough guys, but isn't this taking things a bit far?

[Victor Mildew]

I keep mistakenly reading it as "Visa Cash Grab RB" which is actually pretty accurate

Surely they must realise that people are going to call it cash grab

[Robbo-92]

https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/japanese-gp-f1-street-race-osaka-suzuka/

Absolutely just F off, like seriously. Liberty would lap yet another street track up as well so if Suzuka only gets a couple of years extension on its contract I’ll be worried.

Edit, also seen that Leclerc has signed an extension with Ferrari, rumoured to be till the end of 2026 which is sensible I guess, he's not going to get in elsewhere before the new regs and this way he can see how everyone starts the new rules. I can't help but wonder if he has a bit of Stockholm syndrome with Ferrari though

WRC gets underway this weekend too.

[floydfreak]

And here comes the Buckaroo billy Mcdonalds 24 hr app Ford Focus into turn 1 followed by Visa Cash App sponsored by Team.Hard powered by Castrol GTX Vauxhall Corsa Team