0:08 - Women Have to Show They Are Equal
0:54 - 2020 Could Be a Classic
1:39 - Hamilton & Schumacher Dominated Because of Their Cars
2:14 - Fast Feed

Women Have to Show They Are Equal

Following a comment made by Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto stating that women should be in the FDA, 2019 F3 driver Sophia Floersch has spoken out heavily against the sentiment of his statement and said the following:

“What a discussion… Is this the spirit of modern people? As long as we are just marketing stuff in racing nothing will change. We have to show that we are equal. Proof of concept. Like Michele Mouton.”

And former F1 champion Damon Hill seemed to agree responding with the following:

“So providing places for women merely to level out the gender balance is not really helping, because places should be won on ability, not gender? Is that what you are saying Sophia? I tend to agree with you if your are saying that.”


2020 Could Be a Classic

Red Bull boss Christian Horner is excited for the prospect of a competitive season in 2020 and believes that it could be a season to remember.

“We’ve got continuity across all aspects of next year with drivers, with regulations, with engine supply, engine regulation, so unless somebody pulls a rabbit out of a hat, then I think we’re set for a really exciting year next year between, Mercedes, Ferrari, ourselves. And it could be a real classic season.”

"The changes between the 2019 and 2020 F1 seasons are very minimal that the performance levels of teams at the end of last year will more or less be replicated, even with a new car. You can’t gauge what others are doing. But hopefully, theoretically, the Melbourne [‘20] car will be an upgrade of the Abu Dhabi [‘19] car.”


Hamilton & Schumacher Dominated Because of Their Cars

2-time champion Fernando Alonso was recently asked about both Hamilton and Schumacher and while he believes that Lewis can win his 7th he thinks that Schumacher was more involved in the team side of things.

“Hamilton can win his seventh. But each have their own character. Both of them dominated because of their cars, which allowed them to do what they wanted outside of Formula 1.”

“Michael had more discipline and preparation. He was more into the team dynamics. Lewis has a different character and lifestyle that would not be right if he had a normal car. His bosses would not be happy.”


Fast Feed

- Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has revealed the difference in the way both Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly handled their demotions saying:
"Kvyat was completely devastated, Gasly just flourished”
- Former F1 driver turned pundit Martin Brundle gave his thoughts about the structure at Williams saying: “I would ask Claire to move upstairs into a more presidential role and get in somebody like Andreas Seidl and give them full autonomy. F1 success is all about tomorrow, not yesterday”
- Racing Point driver Lance Stroll said it’s “great” to learn from Perez as a teammate but conceded that ”at this level, you have got to kind of be your own artist on the track"
- Williams driver George Russell is confident in his teams “really strong” rate of improvement stating: “I can tell you now that if everybody else doesn’t improve at all, we’ll be well and truly in that fight”
- F1 managing director Ross Brawn has just announced that W Series will be a support to the Grand Prix in Mexico City and Austin
- The CEO of the Vietnam Grand Prix is hoping to try and “stabilise hotel prices” in the area in order to help fans
- Williams deputy boss Claire Williams is delighted that her team passed the FIA crash tests on their first attempt whereas last year they failed the first 6 calling it a “good milestone”
- Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has admitted the reason his team didn’t win more races: “The reason for not winning more was we were not reliable enough, because of some drivers’ mistakes, because of some strategy mistakes. If there is anything we have learned this season is that to win, we need to be perfect in all the areas.”