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At a team event at the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, where the Italian car manufacturer celebrated their return to Formula One, the Sauber F1 team have announced their driver line-up for 2018. From behind a repainted Sauber in Alfa Romeo colours, Marcus Ericsson and Charles Leclerc were present to confirm their racing seats in 2018.
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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13133 ... safety-car
"Let me give you an example, but it is not the only one: we have spoken about an unmanned safety car," Budkowski told Autosport.
"It would promote a technology about which there is a bit of scepticism and, instead, it could be shown that it works.
"The safety car driver would no longer be essential, because it would leave the controls to the computer.
bahahaha, all that autonomous driving bullcrap. soon free driving will be banned! what's the point...! What is next? autonomous driving motorcycles... hahaha also in the pipeline, give it a rest! shoot me, or get me a horse!"Autonomous driving will have a very strong impact on safety and we know how the FIA and [president] Jean Todt are engaged in the Action for Road Safety campaign."
SOURCE: www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/20 ... -2018.htmlFerrari have announced that Kimi Raikkonen is to remain with the team for another year, and will race for them until the end of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship.
It will be Raikkonen’s fifth consecutive season with the Italian squad, whom he rejoined for their 2014 campaign, having previously raced for them between 2007 and 2009, winning the world title in his first year with the Scuderia.
It means the Finn’s driver partnership with Sebastian Vettel will continue for a fourth season, assuming Vettel also stays on with Ferrari for 2018 – something considered highly likely, especially in light of Raikkonen being retained.
The pair have formed a strong bond at Maranello, and though it is Vettel currently leading the drivers’ championship, Raikkonen has also been very much on form of late, finishing on the podium at the last two rounds.
Despite his recent upswing in performance, however, Raikkonen has not won for Ferrari during his current stint with the team, his last victory in red coming at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.
In total, nine of his 20 F1 career victories have been with Ferrari. He won another nine with McLaren early in his career, and two with Lotus in 2012-13.
Raikkonen's 122 starts for the Prancing Horse, meanwhile, place him third on the team's all-time list, behind only Michael Schumacher (179) and Felipe Massa (139).
He doesn't want to get a Ricardo type spanking again so will only sign one year extensions with his favourite number two driver incase a stronger team mate comes in the future lol
Comparing Kimi to Max is ridiculous. Kimi has just been bog slow while with Max it's the complete opposite. Just go look at the qualifying head to heads. Any argument to keep Kimi is total nonsense now, he's clearly passed it.jonas_linder wrote: ↑22 Aug 2017, 15:01I think you are paying too large attention to the rumors that VET required RAI to sign a new contract. It is easy to say that RAI is 5th in the standings and totally ignore what has happened so far in the season. Sure, Kimi has underperformed at some races but there are also other circumstances. Based on the same reasoning, I guess Max should be sent back to TR (both of them have scored 57% of their team-mates scores)? Considering that a F1 team basically is a non-profit (i.e. they will use all the money they get) organization it makes total sense from a commercial perspective to re-hire one of the most-liked drivers on the grid who also happens to be their last WC.
I'll take verstaphen in a Ferrari over this fake team harmony nonsense. This is f1 not friends.Zynerji wrote: ↑22 Aug 2017, 15:42Team harmony is priceless, and having 2 drivers with a shared development vision (that are also good friends off track) is most likely why Ferrari have resurged.
Why is anyone bothered by this? If I was Ferrari, I wouldn't change what is currently working either...
? At least he had some competition.