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[Espresso]

Wittich is sacked…what’s brewing?
Guess he was the last one to be informed….
but Wittich informed the press he didn’t quit!
So someone on top is pulling the reigns for absolute control…

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... cM2mw2pXEv

[Luscion]

[Luscion]

Wittich is sacked…what’s brewing?
Guess he was the last one to be informed….
but Wittich informed the press he didn’t quit!
So someone on top is pulling the reigns for absolute control…

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/arti ... cM2mw2pXEv

https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/for ... f-gruende/

As our colleagues at Motorsport-Magazin.com found out, Wittich did not leave voluntarily, but was harshly dismissed. The 52-year-old Hessian was reportedly on his way to an FIA meeting in Geneva when he was informed that he was out of a job.

The most likely reason for Wittich's dismissal is disagreements with the drivers in the drivers' briefings. The tall FIA official was very meticulous when it came to issues such as jewelry and fireproof underwear, for example, and did not allow any discussions. His predecessors were much more sociable here. Behind closed doors, some drivers accused Wittich of behaving like a teacher. They felt they were being treated like little children.

It was precisely this behavior that was recently criticized by the drivers' union (GPDA) in an open letter. However, the accusations were directed less at the race director and more directly at FIA President Mohammed bin Sulayem. It is quite possible that the boss of the world governing body has now found an easy pawn in Wittich to appease the drivers and take himself out of the firing line.

[Luscion]

[organic]

Says he was fired by Ben Sulayem

[cplchanb]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-c ... /10672816/

for better or for worse the monaco GP is back for another 6 years

[gshevlin]

"Like riding a bicycle in your living room" Nelson Piquet
"Like trying to sail a power boat in a duck pond" Gerhard Berger

[Big Tea]

"show me the money" Liberty

[Dunlay]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-c ... /10672816/

for better or for worse the monaco GP is back for another 6 years

So, we have to endure this s*** show for quite a long time.

[Odyssey]

In Breaking news, Damon Hill quits as Sky F1 pundit after 13 years.

In a statement Hill the 1996 world champion said."I would like to thank the team at Sky for 13 wondeful years, but the time has come to take up a new challenge."
It is rumoured that Hill will be joining his ex colleague Jonny Herbert as an FIA F1 full time steward.

In further breaking news, Max Verstapen has been handed a rolling 10 place grid penalty valid through the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
In a statement the FIA stewards said: " Michael, sorry, Max has been driving us Brits off the track for several years so it's time he got his just deserts."

[basti313]

I was reading the first two sentences and just though "is he going to be a steward?"

You killed it with Jonny

[ispano6]

What if they replaced Wittich with Hill? The sudden timing seems to align in terms of a replacement, though there would probably be the British bias issue. I prefer Herbert over Hill for Race Director if that was the candidate short list.

[lio007]

What if they replaced Wittich with Hill? The sudden timing seems to align in terms of a replacement, though there would probably be the British bias issue. I prefer Herbert over Hill for Race Director if that was the candidate short list.

With zero experience, hard to imagine.

[FW17]

https://x.com/HillF1/status/1857371385988878678
Damon Hill wants this news to be in the same league as Greg Maffei, Dan Fallows and Niels Wittich

[ispano6]

What if they replaced Wittich with Hill? The sudden timing seems to align in terms of a replacement, though there would probably be the British bias issue. I prefer Herbert over Hill for Race Director if that was the candidate short list.

With zero experience, hard to imagine.

Yeah I read there is an interim and next year we will see an actual replacement or a multi-person arrangement.
With all the AWS integration there shouldn't really be a need for 'race control' or humans doing the 'decisioning'.

They probably need more digitally connected marshals or sensors across the track that can indicate a flag state or condition and relay that instantly to the vehicles and pitwalls. An LLM can consume both the regulations and the conditions to make the determinations. Problem is, an LLM might end the show and not have a concept of "let em race" until it's too risky...