Team drivers did an excellent job in Sonoma and fulfilled the dreams of Nadal and Madsen, capturing the two pole positions with Hugh Plumb (race 1) and Brett Sandberg (race 2) and scoring another podium finish for the team with Plumb in race 1 on Saturday and another win with Sandberg in race 2 on Sunday.
Not exact matches
You need to be clear that you're trying to help get things
done more efficiently, and that you want to put your
team in the
driver's seat.
And don't forget that at the level of racing where we compete, our
team is often the first time where young
drivers get an opportunity to race in front of the big
teams on the big tracks.
Work with your
teams to enable them to identify what their core
drivers are, maximising their alignment between
doing and being: activity and core passion.
«I don't believe he's the right
driver for the
team, to develop the car and show the results and everything.
The Red Bull
team principal is wondering why Lewis Hamilton doesn't rate Daniel Ricciardo as one of the best
drivers in F1
Force India can only hope that increased competition from other
teams will mean that other cars keep can keep the
drivers apart so the
team doesn't have to.
The idea was that the fastest
drivers and
teams would have to
do more overtaking and push harder throughout the race to beat the cars that didn't have to pit (remember that pit stops weren't as common at the time), making it more exciting to watch.
Ricciardo doesn't strike us as the sort of
driver to be indecisive or leave his own
team second - guessing, and he opted out of answering any questions about his future in the press conference.
The Ferrari
driver didn't have an entirely smooth session though as he accidentally paid a visit to his old
team Red Bull Racing when returning to the pits after a run.
But just because Sirotkin is bringing the big bucks to the
team (which was clearly a factor) it doesn't mean that he's not a talented
driver.
It would probably be a massive long shot as
teams no longer seem to want to look to IndyCar for
drivers, even though someone like Newgarden would probably be able to come in and
do a mega job.
«I think when you are looking and trying to compare
drivers, within one
team during a test session, while you don't actually know yourself the programme that the engineers are running and if you don't take into account the weather conditions right there and then when they are
doing their [fastest] lap, I think it's very difficult to sit there and to say: «Have Williams potentially made the wrong decision because the reserve
driver has set the fastest lap?»
Claire WIlliams says that Robert Kubica's pace in the pre-season tests doesn't prove that the
team has made a mistake with its
driver choice
Haas boss Guenther Steiner says that although he'd like to have an American
driver in his
team, he doesn't think there's anyone out there who's currently good enough
Millions of fans look to NASCAR
drivers for the proper way to conduct themselves on the road, and if NASCAR and the race
teams don't take a DUI charge seriously by issuing a severe penalty, it sends the message that drunk driving is somehow not that bad.
Huggins is obviously one reason WVU has thrived post-departure, but I absolutely think regional appropriateness is the biggest
driver of which
teams have
done ok.
First practice is a funny session in Formula 1, track conditions are green and it's not the optimal time to go out and
do running, but
teams and
drivers are keen to get the laps in.
F1
teams and
drivers have another week of testing ahead and will be hoping that bad weather doesn't cause another week of stuttered running.
This one is particularly annoying because everyone has work to
do, so whether it's a
driver or
team member, it's just stating the obvious.
The joke of a
team that was Andrea Moda didn't appear to like its
driver, Perry McCarthy.
What would've made these videos a lot better, though, is if the
drivers did the quiz with their
team - mate sitting next to them.
«STR is unique, facing the challenges of being spread over two countries and fulfilling the roles of both a
team in its own right and an important part of the Red Bull
driver programme: they are challenges that the
team takes in its stride and, whilst
doing so, continues to grow and improve year on year.
Due to the clash between this year's Le Mans and the European Grand Prix, F1 fans, journalists,
drivers and
team personnel didn't get to watch the conclusion to one of the greatest Le Mans races ever.
Even though the WEC asked IMSA to look at moving its own race, unsurprisingly they've refused to
do so, leaving several
drivers and
teams with some difficult choices to make.
Perhaps being one of the
drivers to miss out after Sauber signed four
drivers to drive for the
team in 2015 gave him the «seat - sharing» experience necessary to
do well in sportscars.
That what as a
team we want to
do and as a
driver I want to
do.
In F1,
drivers and
teams usually lay down a few plans for the opening part of the race in advance, but Alonso has said that just can't be
done in IndyCar.
Raikkonen is the only
driver from the current top three
teams that didn't win a race in 2017, where he usually found himself in battles with the Red Bull
drivers more often than fighting Hamilton and Vettel for victories.
Shortly after that however it was also ruled that
teams need to make sure the
driver numbers and names are displayed prominently on the sides of the car, and where
did most
teams decide to put them?
Partly with the learning I
did as a
driver, and learning we
did as a
team.
Seeing
teams posting videos from the track is a good step forward but a lot more can be
done in the future to provide fans not at the track with extra content and information, delving deeper into the tests,
teams and
drivers.
Mercedes
driver Lewis Hamilton says he doesn't want Formula 1
team - mates to share data, feeling it isn't fair.
«I don't think they saw that coming, but at the end of the day it's the right result for the
team and for the
Drivers» Championship.
Sauber is the final
team to showcase what they've
done with the rule changes, going for larger numbers on the nose and the
driver name abbreviations at the top of the shark fin.
The French
driver left his Force India
team with a lot of work to
do ahead of Monaco Grand Prix qualifying...
Williams racer Lance Stroll didn't get his first test as a fully - fledged F1
driver off to the best start when he brought the
team's running to an early end following a spin through the Turn 9 gravel trap.
The Haas
driver has in the past said he'd like to
do a Nascar race (unsurprising, give that Haas also have a Nascar
team), but like many others would never skip a Grand Prix to
do so and even went so far as to question Alonso's commitment:
He was routinely denied access to the
team bus by
drivers who didn't believe he was a player.
The only potential stumbling block is that Toyota has said that it doesn't want to run three cars at Le Mans next year, which would mean that Alonso would have to replace one of the
team's regular
drivers.
It's tricky to find a balance in motorsport when it comes to
team radio — you don't want
drivers being coached, but you also want to hear their funny and organic responses.
Think of it the other way around - whenever a
driver gets hit with a drive - through for causing an accident or something, it doesn't just cost the
driver, it costs the
team as well.
When the
drivers are out on the track
doing their thing,
teams will have to rely on the good old pit board to communicate with them.
Well he's not worth 150 k a week like HE thinks he is My dad is
doing radiotherapy and one of his
drivers has a 17 year old son in the youth
team and word round the campfire is that Theo has last his bottle cos of the injuries he's suffered and that's why he asking for more dough cos he worried he ain't got as long a career as he thought he may have, understandable if true to a point but also explains why he fluffs his lines in front of goal a lot more than he hits the target I don't dislike him or OG particularly BUT they are not the guys to lead the line and neither for that matter is Welbeck
While it's refreshing to see a
driver being open and honest, openly blaming your
team mate on live TV isn't the coolest thing to
do.
In the past Marchionne has said that he wouldn't enter Formula E until
teams are given more freedom to develop the cars and that he didn't like how
drivers have to swap cars in the middle of the race.
This will all be
done alongside full campaigns in junior categories, in which each
driver will seek to justify their positions with these F1
teams.
Some are wondering why Bottas didn't line Vettel up for Turn 4, but it all culminates as an example of the huge pressure and scrutiny the
drivers in the top
teams must endure.
What sets the GPVWC apart from other sim racing series is that each race
team doesn't just have
drivers but also a full
team management responsible for car development, sponsors,
team finances, race strategies and more!
The
Team Penske
driver acknowledges he handled the situation with Kenseth poorly, now understanding that if he doesn't
do something egregiously wrong it's best to reach out in an act of goodwill.