Its just money. Singapore street circuit was paying Liberty $60million at the peak (they have brought that down at the last renewal two years ago). I think Liberty see Asia as a huge market that they can expand. Europe have several races, so losing a few is a manageable risk if the potential benefits are seen to be large enough. The American public weren't really interested in F1 until the last few years. Then Texas '10, Mexico '15, Miami '22, & Las Vegas '23 GPs were created. Now every F1 race is watched by millions of newcomer American fans and the revenue is up -without the European audience reducing. Liberty want to do that with Asia too. This is what F1 claim...
I don’t doubt that but I’d be interested to know where Portugal are getting their funding that the Netherlands can’t manage.
Well maybe Portugal filled a gap, whilst the Liberty scalpers find serious cash rich race locations who will take up the slot soon. I think its only Holland & the UK that don't have government subsidies of one form or another to underwrite their F1 races.
Nice touch from Casey https://www.crash.net/f1/news/10882...r-f1-and-motogp-champions-helped-lando-norris
The answer is absolutely nothing. He’d reached the end of his 2.5km allocation and handed over to his team mate for his 2.5km. Pathetic. https://www.crash.net/f1/news/10886...on-stop-track-during-ferraris-sf-26-shakedown
There’s an hour or so of live testing from Bahrain from 3pm on sky over the next three days if anyones really bored
Am I missing something or have Ferrari built a car that’s quicker on medium tyres than it is on the softs ?
Always a circus after a major rule and powerplant changes. Merc looking good, Verstappen will be in the mix despite starting from the back. Audi in 10th with a brand new engine - impressive. Stroll and his Dad very pissed off but not as much as Alonso. Australian GP Qualifying Timesheet 1) George Russell Mercedes 1:18.518 2) Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.293 3) Isack Hadjar Red Bull +0.785 4) Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.809 5) Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.862 6) Lando Norris McLaren +0.957 7) Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.960 8) Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +1.476 9) Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls +2.729 10) Gabriel Bortoleto Audi no time set in Q3 11) Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:20.303 12) Oliver Bearman Haas 1:20.311 13) Esteban Ocon Haas 1:20.491 14) Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:20.501 15) Alex Albon Williams 1:20.941 16) Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:21.270 Knocked out in Q1 17) Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:22.969 18) Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:22.605 19) Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:23.244 20) Max Verstappen Red Bull no time set 21) Carlos Sainz Williams no time set 22) Lance Stroll Aston Martin no time set
