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I would love Poland to have F1 GP status and with a rising star emerging, then 16 YO Kacper Sztuka was in F4 two years ago being the youngest driver to compete in that class and like Max Verstappen started at around the age of 4 in karts and has impressed hugely with his talent. His dad Lukasz is a famous rally driver and Kacper's decision was not a fully conscious one at first, his role model is Finland's Kimi Raikonnen and to a slightly lesser extent Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc.. Here https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/17271...ns-for-f1.html At this moment at the age of 18 he is in the FIA F3 championship with the Dutch AP Motorsports team, being the 2023 Italian F4 Champion and the winner in the inaugoral edition of the Formula Winter Series. Kacper was a former member of the Red Bull Junior team... Last edited by M5Rick; 08-14-2024 at 07:26 AM.. |
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However, I understand your thinking, as that is also the thinking of liberty media (and the owners before that), and it's killing the sport. I don't know if you realise that. Why are there so many races in the middle east? yes, because of money. All races that the real enthousiast fans dont want. And all those street circuits? Money. The hunt for more money is destroying the sport. Quote:
I'd rather see an extra GP on the south american continent. (maybe Argentinia?) Talk about underpresented looking at it's size!
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Here is Kacper Sztuka.
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Liberty is denying entry of a US motorsports team that would be worthy of competing... one that has 7 Indy car manufacturer championships in the past 12 years (Chevy is under the same ownership as Cadillac, so no different than the Renault/alpine). Drivers are european because there is no roadmap in the US for drivers to get to F1. The carting scene here doesn't exist, so someone has to move to Europe to become a part of it. Even if someone is super successful in Indy car, the points given out to obtain an F1 super license are pathetic - enter Pato O'Ward - dropped by RB junior team in 2019 because he wasn't given enough points from his time in Indy to race in F1, fast forward a few years and now a reserve driver, but missed some prime years to develop quicker. And Alex Palou - similar issues. For a sport that dubs itself as the "pinnacle" of racing, the gate keeping is pretty staggering. I do not consider these drivers as the best in the world, I consider them the best drivers who got into this specific pipeline. No question in my mind that there is more talent out there that just can't get through the gate. And I enjoy it for what it is, but I'm also excited to see the sport grow beyond it's historic European borders into a true international sport. Last edited by dfox; 08-14-2024 at 11:31 AM.. |
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No matter what happens, I don't see Rus beating Ham for the rest of the year - Rus is a good driver no doubt, but without favorable strategy and advantageous circumstances, he can't beat Ham. (no one can)
I'll have Ham top three, I don't care about the rest. Also, Norris is ridiculously overrated. If Sainz was in his car, he would be challenging VER. Norris is just a tier below Sainz/Russel and nowhere near the top level which is HAM, VET (we miss you!)........................Lec.................. ................Max |
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He cowardly (or foolishly) doesn't blame the media and the politicians.
Every motorsport event here is being ranted by press and "good" people a lot.
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The most sure way to get into F1 is to buy a team. Is that the ideal system. No I don't think so, but if you let more teams competing, you also have to do something about qualifying and the starting grid, as I think entering more cars in the race would overcrowd the track. That can hinder the race at the top, and make things dangerous, especially at streettracks. Quote:
And racing series as IMSA, Nascar and Formula regional americas also give superlicense points. And americans are free to enter racing cups in europe, or japan etc. But indeed, pretty much all F1 drivers have their background in karting. But this is not a superlicense aspect, it just yields the best drivers. The US just doesn't produce good enough drivers I think. I also like to see that differently, as the US has a large motorsports fanbase, but US drivers in F1 are rarely succesful, despite having lots of experience. I'd love to see more succesful US teams and drivers in F1, because only then I think the US can 'earn' more F1 races, because I think the location of F1 races should also, to a certain extend, be based on historical events and the succes of local teams and drivers. And in that regard it's just strange that the US is lagging, despite having quite a large motorsports scene. Look at countries like brazil. Almost just as big as the USA, also a lot of inhabitants, but look at how many succesful F1 drivers it has delivered. US could take a lesson there. Therefore I think that south america far more deserves an extra F1 race than the USA. I'd also like to see an F1 race in Finland. Yes, again europe, but look at how extremely succesful the Fins are in F1 and in motorsport in general. Australia also 'only' has 1GP, despite having had greater success in F1 than the US, and is also comparable in size.
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All the F1 races in the middle east are testimoney to that. Lots of money, but also a lot of races that nobody wants. Although they are now investing in some really epic tracks (that new saudi race track). In that regard, the Miami GP is the ultimate disappointment. That track is just ugly and cheesy.
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To my knowledge, all of the FIA karting events take place in Europe, which as we all acknowledge, is the primary pipeline for F1 racing. In the US, the primary racing pipeline like this is stock car racing - leading towards Nascar, a much different racing series. A few people have crossed borders from Nascar to open wheel racing, Juan Pablo Montoya and Mario Andretti probably being the most notable that I can find from a quick google search. There's just not much pipeline unless a family is willing to uproot itself to Europe. |
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Also, I rate F2 a higher level than indycar in general. F2 functions much more as a feeder class for F1 to seek out those (young drivers) who are truely talented. Indycar sometimes has drivers that push their retirement... There are 2 americans currently in F2 BTW Quote:
That also means that a lot of (most?) US drivers won't be good enough for F1, as they miss the skill young karters get here in europe. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a few US drivers competing in F1 at a very high level, but the last 4 decades, the few that made it to F1 pretty much have been a disappointment through and through. This is often not the case with F1 drivers that venture off in US racing classes (or other classes like le mans etc). So for a 4th race in the US, my opinion is that that should be earned, for example getting a US driver or US team to win the WDC/WCC. Otherwise, an extra race should be granted to Brazil or another country in South america. I'd love to see Andretti enter F1 with his team. But somehow he plays his cards not right. I mean, Audi got there by buying into Sauber. Can't Andretti buy Haas? Haas is a joke of a team anyways. Or maybe Renault?
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Soccer and F1 are the only things that Europe still has that America hasn't dominated at, and it's only because we don't care.
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Apparently some do.
Funny how an individual thinks he can speak for 320 million people. Do you think that fits the american stereotype?
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Obviously I like formula 1 or I wouldn't be here. But if Americans cared, we would be Formula 1's biggest market and dominate it like we do anything else we enjoy. Football, baseball, basketball, Warfare, Colonialization, exploitation - U-S-A U-S-A
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