In the round-up: Toto Wolff says that Mercedes would need to restructure their multiple motorsport concerns to accommodate an F1 budget cap:
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What they say
I think as an organisation we would need to adapt but we have several motor racing platforms and engineering projects and once it is clear what the cost cap will be we will need to look at our structure and say ok how can we best price that up.
Quotes: Dieter Rencken
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Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
It's #LeMans24 pole for our #7 crew of @Mikeconway26, @kamui_kobayashi & @pechito37!! 👏👏
The #8 car of @Sebastien_buemi, @kazuki_info & @alo_oficial finishes just 0.411s behind in second to make it a third Le Mans #Toyota front-row lockout in three years! 🇫🇷 @FIAWEC pic.twitter.com/ylFf2IMnfv
— TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WEC (@Toyota_Hybrid) June 13, 2019
Hoping to finally publish a social media analysis article later today.
Here's one of the interesting statistics, across FB, Twitter and Instagram:
– @LewisHamilton has a cumulative 21.2 million followers
– the next *nine* @F1 drivers have a cumulative 21.48 million followers— Motorsport Broadcasting (@f1broadcasting) June 13, 2019
Just twice has the pole sitter been decided in QP2 at #LeMans24 in the @FIAWEC era.
The first was @FredMako1's GTE Pro time in 2012 – a 3:55.393.@kamui_kobayashi set the most recent, demolishing the lap record at La Sarthe with a legendary 3:14.791, or a 252 kmh average speed! https://t.co/bZ1PXGiDbn
— WEC DATA (@WECDATA) June 13, 2019
This weekend will be tough/challenging/interesting/problably crazy! What do you think? #WRC #RallyItaliaSardegna #HMSGOfficial #GameOn #TN #NG pic.twitter.com/k9IrmV88L9
— Thierry Neuville (@thierryneuville) June 13, 2019
🇬🇧 You were expecting to see a tramway on these rails but here is our hydrogen-powered racing car! 💦
🇫🇷 Vous vous attendiez à voir un tramway sur ces rails, mais voici notre voiture propulsée à l’hydrogène ! 💦@GreenGTOfficiel @24hoursoflemans #MISSIONH24 #LeMans24 pic.twitter.com/Kva3vKzrvZ
— Mission H24 (@MissionH24) June 10, 2019
"Hmm, excuse me sir I want to go first." 🤭#LMC | #ROADTOLEMANS pic.twitter.com/qRjGIVU1v4
— Le Mans Cup (@LeMansCup) June 13, 2019
It was a dramatic #LeMans24 qualifying session last night, particularly for our #7 #TS050 HYBRID. Despite the damage, our team did a great job to get the car back out again. 💪👏
View the incident from a different angle, and savour the fantastic teamwork that followed. @FIAWEC pic.twitter.com/OwLTfMkmEc
— TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WEC (@Toyota_Hybrid) June 13, 2019
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
The F1 grid contesting the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours (Crash.net)
"21 former Formula 1 drivers line up on the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours grid boasting a collective 1,219 Grand Prix starts and 36 victories"
Pierre Gasly: 'I want to feel I can drive the RB15 the way I want to' (Paddock Magazine)
"Well… it’s more the way you work with the team, trying to develop it from his feedback, and see the way he behaves with the team. You can see how some things are being done automatically as he’s been working with the same people for more years than I have. But it’s not like I can go and ask him straightforward questions – he won’t give me any tips, but you always have positive things to learn from him."
What could Euroformula’s 2020 car mean for the future of F3? (FormulaScout)
"Dallara has introduced a new single-seater car which could be racing in Europe and Japan next year. It’s not called Formula 3, but it may well be the final product of its legacy."
Vergne: LMP2 100 times more attractive to drivers than LMP1 (Crash.net)
"'Maybe not at Toyota, because the chance of winning Le Mans, you take it, even if you don’t have any competition, everybody would take it. But then in the other LMP1 teams, coming here knowing that you have nothing to fight for, it’s very hard. I discuss a lot with Andre (Lotterer, who races for Rebellion Racing). I cannot talk for him, but I know what he feels."
Formula E: Twin-MGU Designs Set to Be Outlawed (Eracing 365)
"The use of twin-MGU powertrains is expected to be outlawed in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship beginning next season, following recent controversy surrounding the technology."
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Comment of the day
Stephen Crowson argues that F1’s financial imbalance is against fans as well as teams:
I too agree with Otmar Szafnauer. From the outside it seems so easy to equalise payments. If teams can scrape up more money from somewhere or find some “free” factory facilities then good for them. Teams employ very good accountants, and they’d know how to use that money wisely. If a team wants to employ more people on lower pay, then that’s their business.
Currently approximately 70% of the TV rights payout is handed out more or less equitably. About 34% being an equal payment (Column One payments) and 34% being performance based (Column Two payments).
However there’s another 30% handed out in bonuses. Looking at the results from last season there seems to be about a $30M gap between teams with a bonus (excluding Williams) and those without. So, for example, Haas and Renault were given $70M and $73M respectively, while 6th in the WCC McLaren got $100M (with Mercedes, Ferrari, and Red Bull Racing getting more than that).
We can all see that money buys performance, so the question becomes should F1’s TV rights payouts stay more or less as it is or be changed? I think the current bonus system has made F1 less credible as a racing series than it could be. We wouldn’t consider a cycle race credible if some of the competitors were allowed to use electric cycles or motor bikes and others rode mountain bikes, but that’s basically what’s happening. Yes, there will be a decline in performance by Mercedes, Ferrari, and Red Bull, but that decline should be accompanied by an increase in performance by the teams without a bonus.
Consider Podiums and Pole Positions: Last season only one driver from a team without a bonus stood on the Podium at the end of a race. No one from a team without a bonus got Pole Position. I was going to say the same thing happened in 2017, but Lance Stroll got third place at Azerbaijan (Williams get a small bonus). The story is much the same for 2016. 2015 was a better year, but still no one from a team without a bonus took Pole Position.
Ultimately we, the fans, are loosing because of the bonus payments.
Happy birthday!
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Phylyp (@phylyp)
14th June 2019, 0:05
@mashiat – are these your fellow sibling triplets, or just the voices in your head? ;)
Happy birthday anyway, mate (and the voices in your head go “happy birthday tooo youuuuu!“).
Mashiat (@mashiat)
14th June 2019, 3:59
@phylyp I’ll just tell myself it’s because I’m valued three times as much as everyone else on this site. Joking aside though, thank you for your wishes.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
14th June 2019, 4:23
@mashiat – LOL, nice comeback :-)
Foggy
14th June 2019, 5:03
Happy Birthday ….. have a good one.
Mashiat (@mashiat)
14th June 2019, 7:45
Thank you.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
14th June 2019, 0:10
This sounds like the beginning of a cat-and-mouse game between those framing the budget cap rules and the teams who try to find loopholes. Reminiscent of the ongoing activities for the technical regulations.
Does this mean that alongside the WCC and WDC, we’ll get a WAC (World Accountancy Championship) for the team that found and exploited the most loopholes (or would it be the team who snitched the most)?
Pironi the Provocateur (@pironitheprovocateur)
14th June 2019, 0:30
I bet we’ll get something like: “Soooo the budget cap was agreed to be at 220m a year, plus the higher managment, drivers, top 76 engineers and the cleaning ladies’ salaries won’t be included.” And down at the page, font -4: “And the engine development as well.”
JC
14th June 2019, 9:33
Or suddenly they’re hiring “cleaners” with engineering degrees….
@HoHum (@hohum)
14th June 2019, 0:41
On this day ! Confirms my comment re “boring F1” posted in yesterday’s roundup comments, hard to believe Jim Clark had 3 drivers ahead of him though.
Jeffrey Powell
14th June 2019, 8:27
I must have missed this yesterday ,did Jim start a race on a different circuit.
@HoHum (@hohum)
14th June 2019, 0:44
COTD. Just more damage inflicted on F1 by Bernie’s greed and “divide and conquer” tactics.
Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
14th June 2019, 4:58
@hazelsouthwell Thank you for selecting my comment as comment of the day.
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
14th June 2019, 6:29
Many thanks for the birthday wishes !
Mashiat (@mashiat)
14th June 2019, 7:46
@tifoso1989 Happy Birthday.
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
14th June 2019, 19:28
@mashiat
Many thanks, the most akward thing about this is that we share the same birthday as Donald Trump !
Phylyp (@phylyp)
15th June 2019, 0:02
@tifoso1989 – happy birthday, mate. If your birthday is the only thing you share with him, I’d say it’s a good thing ;-)
lye
15th June 2019, 21:34
Brilliant