2024 F1 Thread

[docjames]

Heinz-Harold Frenzen has been active on X (twitter) - he was close friends with Roland and like many thought very highly of Ayrton. Related his guilt regarding strongly campaigning for Roland to get an F1 seat.

He lost a friend and an idol in 24hrs. Worth reading some of his posts for some context on that time.

 

[DejaBrew]

Newey free to join rival teams in 2025

Interesting excerpts -:

…it is understood that he will no longer play an active role in technical developments at the team and will not be involved in meetings on future car progress.

While Newey originally had a contract that ran until the end of 2025, and had a further non-compete clause that could have sidelined him for another 12 months, his legal representatives have agreed with Red Bull to an earlier parting of ways.

Red Bull has announced that Newey’s contract will end in the first quarter of next year, with it understood that from March he will in theory be free to join a rival outfit.

It is understood that Newey has ruled out any interest in going to Aston Martin, but Ferrari does remain an option – with it suggested that team principal Fred Vasseur met privately with the famed F1 designer on Tuesday to try to move things forward.

 

[MARTINE]

Newey free to join rival teams in 2025

Interesting excerpts -:

In my medicolegal career we specialized in the art of reading between the lines. It is what’s not written that is interesting here….