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And yes, I do know this is Williams’ suit for next year.16-02-2022 08:14
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Is that George in the last picture? Looks like a Mercedes outfit…16-02-2022 08:11
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Clearly, it is nonsense " Marko also dismissed this rumor as nonsense. F1 insider Marko also dismissed this rumor as nonsense: "I don't know where this nonsense comes from. It is complete nonsense. "20-01-2022 12:11
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Does not really confirm anything, other than the postponement of the engine (2022 instead of 2021) was brought foreward (back to 2021). In the same article they state to continue to develop the engine: "This bodes well for Red Bull and AlphaTauri this season and there is more good news for the duo next season, with Honda promising to continue to develop the unit this year, ready for introduction next season – when the engine formula will be frozen until the end of 2024 – even though they won’t be in the sport any more."30-12-2021 10:45
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How’s Valtteri getting away with it? He almost ended Kimi’s career a week early..04-12-2021 22:41
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Shouldn’t be that hard though, a DNF should result in 5 grid penalties after 4th engine (first always being 10) and if no DNF applied then just being 10 for the 5th, 15 for the 6/7, then to the back. Personally I would say that the DNF has to take place on the tarmac, otherwise tactical DNF’s can be an issue/strategy (it is already).03-12-2021 08:30
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They didn’t do that with Red Bull, that was Renault…03-12-2021 08:19
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Yeez what a title GPBlog, you should be ashamed of yourself…02-12-2021 19:52
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I am not agreeing nor disagreeing with you. I simply do not know. But if you have any proof on this or even an article suggesting this was the case, please do share. Yet, they have probably complained about it. Anyway, I am not sure if the rules on grid penalties have changed since 2014. I know they used to have 4 engines changes without penalties and now 3, but that should never have been a suggestion from RBR or Honda, because it would have haunted them up to 2019. Before the hybrid era teams could use 8 engines without penalties for a whole season. But then again, Mercedes was not the most reliable before the hybrid area. So at that time it would not have made any sense to propose this as RBR (after just winning 4 titles, having better reliability). Even if RBR had something to do with lesser penalties it was due to engine failure. To me it does not make any sense that you get punished twice. Once for a DNF and then again next race because of the engine changes. If this is the case then yeah, I do think that this team should not be penalised as much. Moreover, RBR often changed so many parts they would start at the back of the grid, rather than only the ICE as Merc is doing to get more power, because the other parts are still fine. Even the ICE is fine, they just change it for power and they can just use different previous ICE's without penalties if they want, like now in Saudi Arabia. Nowhere am I stating that it is illegal to do this, it just does not make sense that you can change as often as you like for the benefit of power rather than reliability. The budget cap does not help as engines are not included and Williams would have serious monetary problems if they would need as many engines as Mercedes. On the other hand you might only have 10 cars racing at the end of the season if the funds are gone and all engines broken. Yes, RBR wanted to get rid of the party modes. That is a rule that RBR brought up. I would have agreed with you on that (also on this if you have proof).I am not sure what to think of that rule change. But I think it leveled out the playing field a bit, so that's better for us fans I would say.01-12-2021 14:30
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Not sure what rule you are talking about, do you mean the grid penalty because of an engine change? They sure had quite some reliability issues with Renault as they were changing a lot of engines. And so did Honda with McLaren. As that is true, they did it because of a necessity not out of luxury to get more power. Also Alpine (Renault) does not really face reliability issues anymore. Actually the only team without reliability issues in the past is having trouble here because they want to run it at maximum capacity. Yet never has an engine failed this season for Lewis (Bottas only last race, supposedly).30-11-2021 12:17