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No F1 this weekend as the teams start their mandatory two week summer shutdown break

But for the factories, these two weeks will be the busiest time of year

Let me tell you about the unsung heroes behind the scenes of F1 and how important this period is for the teams... pic.twitter.com/om904Sd3mb

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

The shutdown period mandates that all F1 personnel are to down tools and spend two weeks off from the factory every summer, but there are two groups of staff that are excluded from this rule:

Facilities and IT

But what does that mean for them? pic.twitter.com/5Z8Ef2rSrT

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

For Facilities, this is the only time of year that power and infrastructure can be interrupted as the F1 factory is a 24/7 operation.

Various safety tests will occur for legal and insurance purposes as well as generator/backup failover testing. pic.twitter.com/VDBqySDKYl

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

F1 is constantly evolving and the demand for the latest and greatest manufacturing methods means the Machine Shop areas will be busy removing and installing various CNC machines.

The sheer size of some of them will mean specialist teams and cranes will be involved in the works pic.twitter.com/oXV4HqXBNj

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

What about IT?

Well, they will be busy with the data center and CFD clusters, as again this is the only time they will be allowed to turn things off.

Projects that would usually take weeks to implement have to be completed in days. pic.twitter.com/I8e1zc7Ad1

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

Entire HPC environments that run the CFD environment will be removed and new ones installed in their place as well as any other infrastructure upgrades and maintenance.

And hopefully, it still works when you turn it back on \uD83D\uDE05 pic.twitter.com/kvBantkzBQ

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

So yeah, the summer shutdown is a quiet period for us looking into the world of F1.

But behind the scenes, it's the busiest some of the staff will be all year and the works they complete in this period can benefit the teams for years to come. pic.twitter.com/fC0kX5tFZx

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

So for those who are working in the background, I salute you

I've been there, enjoying the 14 hour days when something doesn't turn on again like it should \uD83D\uDE05

Good luck! \uD83D\uDE01

Dan - EngineMode11  (@EngineMode11) August 6, 2023

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I could see Ocon or Gasly as possibilities to Ferrari.  They both have moments of brilliance (and stupidity) but there's only so much they can do in sub-par cars.

Checo is also a likely candidate if he gets dropped from RB but despite his bad string of races, he IS #2 in the driver's championship and earning the team a lot of points in the constructors' so I think the "he's going to get cut" stories are a little overblown.  Hopefully he's able to finish out the season strong.

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Toto fractured his elbow.

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/.amp/news/f1-news-toto-wolff-injured-during-formula-one-summer-break-lm22

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Toto fractured his elbow.

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/.amp/news/f1-news-toto-wolff-injured-during-formula-one-summer-break-lm22

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Toto fractured his elbow.

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/.amp/news/f1-news-toto-wolff-injured-during-formula-one-summer-break-lm22

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Toto fractured his elbow.

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/f1briefings/.amp/news/f1-news-toto-wolff-injured-during-formula-one-summer-break-lm22

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IDK maybe he’s a very loyal individual and is hoping to hold on through the 26 rule changes. There will be a mix up but to what extent? In the meantime he gets to suffer and have his efforts wasted.

Alternate theory: current market for the top three teams won’t change much and everything will carry on as is.

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Thoughts on $350 GA (3day) ticket for COTA this year? Worth it as a first in-person F1 race? Just came up as Costco member deal. Debating it.

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Thoughts on $350 GA (3day) ticket for COTA this year? Worth it as a first in-person F1 race? Just came up as Costco member deal. Debating it.

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Thoughts on $350 GA (3day) ticket for COTA this year? Worth it as a first in-person F1 race? Just came up as Costco member deal. Debating it.

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Thoughts on $350 GA (3day) ticket for COTA this year? Worth it as a first in-person F1 race? Just came up as Costco member deal. Debating it.

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A while back I mentioned that the pit lane rumor was that Aston fell afoul of some regs (via Autosport).

In their mid season review podcast, they mentioned that it was concerning front wing flex. Once that was changed, the downstream aero was affected and the car didn’t work as originally designed.

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A while back I mentioned that the pit lane rumor was that Aston fell afoul of some regs (via Autosport).

In their mid season review podcast, they mentioned that it was concerning front wing flex. Once that was changed, the downstream aero was affected and the car didn’t work as originally designed.

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Hmm…

?? | Red Bull is surprised that other teams have still not figured out why their DRS advantage is so big.

"The crazy thing is that people are talking about it two years after we introduced it," Wache told Motorsport.

"We had hundreds of tests by the FIA to see if we had used a… pic.twitter.com/0UwzNq8vfl

Fastest Pitstop  (@FastestPitStop) August 10, 2023

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\uD83D\uDEA8 | BREAKING: Ferrari's livery at Monza will be a tribute to the team's 24 Hours of Le Mans victory this year.

[@GiulyDuchessa] pic.twitter.com/jbZh87u5YI

— formularacers (@formularacers_) August 11, 2023

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This would have been wild

\uD83D\uDEA8 | Ferrari president John Elkann personally contacted Lewis Hamilton to offer him a Ferrari contract.

But Lewis Hamilton politely declined 'No, thanks'.

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur is rumoured to have approached Hamilton as well.#F1 pic.twitter.com/5bHuVVvR44

Fastest Pitstop  (@FastestPitStop) August 12, 2023

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Enzo Ferrari died 35 years ago today.

Let's remember the glory days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_o8EKijL2g

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Enzo Ferrari died 35 years ago today.

Let's remember the glory days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_o8EKijL2g

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoHEWwhhif8

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That was a load of cheese.

I wonder if they used Checo for the video to quiet some of the "Red Bull is going to replace Perez" talk or if they asked Max and he said "fuck that".

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa have started legal action against Formula One bosses and the governing FIA seeking substantial damages resulting from an alleged "conspiracy" that denied him the 2008 championship.

A formal eight-page Letter Before Claim, seen by Reuters, was sent to Formula One chief executive Stefano Domenicali and Paris-based FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem on Aug. 15.

Such a letter is a required formal legal notice before court proceedings.

London-based Enyo Law said Brazilian Massa, now 42, had been "the victim of a conspiracy committed by individuals at the highest level of F1 together with the FIA and Formula One Management".

It said Massa had lost out on tens of millions of euros in lost earnings and bonuses as a result of another driver's deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix that was allegedly covered up before becoming a scandal in 2009.

The crash cost Massa vital points in a season where he ultimately lost out by a single point to McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, the first of the Briton's record-equalling seven.

"Simply put, Mr Massa is the rightful 2008 Driver's Champion, and F1 and FIA deliberately ignored the misconduct that cheated him out of that title," said the letter.

"Mr Massa is unable to fully quantify his losses at this stage but estimates that they are likely to exceed tens of millions of Euros.

"This amount does not cover the serious moral and reputational losses suffered by Mr Massa."

Massa sought legal advice after former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone was quoted in March as saying he and former FIA president Max Mosley knew in 2008 that then-Renault driver Nelson Piquet's crash was deliberate but had not acted.

An FIA spokesperson said the governing body acknowledged receipt of "correspondence" from Massa's representatives, and added: "The matter is under review and we will not be providing comment at this stage."

There was no immediate response from Formula One, which is on an August shutdown. Domenicali was previously Massa's team boss at Ferrari.

Ecclestone, 92, told Reuters by telephone from Switzerland he could not remember saying the key quotes attributed to him.

"I don't remember any of this, to be honest," said the Briton, who was replaced as F1 supremo in 2017 after U.S.-based Liberty Media took over as commercial rights holders.

"I don't remember giving the interview for sure."

He said neither Massa nor the Brazilian's lawyers had approached him to ask what he might have said.

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Massa was leading the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix from pole position when fellow Brazilian Piquet crashed into the wall on lap 14 of 61.

The crash triggered the safety car and benefited Piquet's Spanish team mate Fernando Alonso, who won the race. Massa failed to score after a bungled pitstop.

Piquet revealed in 2009 that he had been told to crash by Renault team bosses, who were subsequently banned.

In this year's interview with www.f1-insider.com Ecclestone was quoted as saying he still felt sorry for Massa: "He was cheated out of the title he deserved, while Hamilton had all the luck in the world and won his first championship."

Massa told Reuters in May that he wanted justice.

"If the most important people from Formula One and the FIA knew in 2008 and didn’t do anything, you think that was fair? It’s not fair," he said.

The lawyers' letter warned that, without a satisfactory response, Massa intended to "pursue legal action in order to seek compensation for the harm he has suffered."

He also wanted "recognition that, but for those unlawful acts, he would have been awarded the 2008 Championship."

The lawyers said that, in the absence of a substantive reply within 14 days, they expected to be instructed "to commence legal proceedings in the English courts without further notice to you".

Massa did not win again after 2008, with the Brazilian suffering a near-fatal head injury at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. He retired in 2017.

Mosley, who worked closely with Ecclestone, died in 2021 while FIA race director Charlie Whiting, another key figure, died in 2019.

Reporting by Rory Carroll and Alan Baldwin; Editing by Ken Ferris and Ed Osmond

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It's not about Timo Glock in Brazil, it's about Crashgate.