Newey commits to £30m-a-year Aston Martin deal

So far this week his side quests have included:

• Being pulled on stage at a Riva Yacht conference, had no idea what was going on and had to say a speech in causal clothes while everyone was dressed in suits

• Getting into a minor accident with supposedly the Riva Yacht CEO in the passenger seat

• Weather reporter

• Karting in the Jules Bianchi karting marathon with 2 separate teams (a Pro team and a team of his friends)

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso is dissatisfied with the team's continued slide down the Formula 1 pecking order, which has seen it become embroiled in a midfield fight with the likes of Williams, Haas and RB.

Ferrari recently made an attempt to dislodge Gianpiero Lambiase from Red Bull, saying no to an offer to become Lewis Hamilton's engineer.

Toto Wolff has said McLaren is "between a rock and a hard place" when it comes to enacting team orders on Oscar Piastri to aid Lando Norris' drivers' title aspirations.

Mattia Binotto has revealed that he will serve as Sauber’s interim Team Principal in Formula 1 until Jonathan Wheatley takes up the permanent position next summer.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has admitted that he sees “some logic” behind the external calls to start prioritising Lando Norris’ Formula 1 championship chances in 2024.

Ferrari has unveiled its refreshed technical structure in the wake of losing tech director Enrico Cardile to Aston Martin

I have been toying around with F1 data and python plots, and got some average gap graphics in gif form, starting at Bahrain and up to Italy.

• Team Averages (only Q1): https://imgur.com/a/f4nBIO6
• Driver Q1 averages: https://imgur.com/a/kkJABGV
• Driver Q2 averages: https://imgur.com/a/VLhdOta
• Driver Q3 averages: https://imgur.com/a/ZFsGCzy

They are gifs, so check your wi-fi upon entering because there are many on each page, obviously.

Would have posted a few examples here, but apparently Lemmy is not keen on it. Hope imgur's servers do not crap out on me.

Examples:

• McL's averages: https://i.imgur.com/1nWQ1GT.gif
• Intra-team qualy battles: https://i.imgur.com/ayVxwJI.gif

Hitech seems to be arguing that the FIA has no authority to accept/reject entries based on commercial factors, but rather only based on safety and regulation factors.

Graphic by TheRace

Main points of the article:

Pirelli ran two tests of the 2025 tyres, one in Monza with Red Bull's junior team, one in Fiorano with Ferrari. It was wet in Monza and Lawson had some PU trouble in the VCARB01, while Fiorano was artificially wet for Bearman in the Ferrari.

Next up, Aston Martin will be the first to test the 2026 tyres at Barcelona after the Baku GP and then Mercedes at Magny-Cours with the 2025 tyres (1-2 October).

The irony of Fiorano being artificially wet and it was just raining in Monza is pretty great, yes.

Also, great practice for Bearman if he will indeed be in Baku in place of Magnussen.

Lando Norris has insisted that he is not "running out of time" to overhaul his substantial points deficit to Max

Intrigue over McLaren and Mercedes front wings has risen from onboard footage at Monza

End of the video is the revelation which driver won this years Grill the Grid competition

Lewis Hamilton bemoaned Mercedes becoming “slower” relative to the competition across Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix weekend as he came home in a distant fifth.

Fernando Alonso said it is not the job of “one man” to turn Aston Martin’s Formula 1 fortunes around, amid continued speculation linking his team to Adrian Newey.

Source: https://x.com/F1/status/1830947602084376980

The future of Adrian Newey has been the source of speculation for months. All is due to become clear.

Karun Chandhok looks at the move from Oscar Piastri on the opening lap which cost Lando Norris his P1 position at the start of the Italian Grand Prix.

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