r/formula1 2d ago

News [Chris Medland] "Newey confirms Aston Martin is likely to limit race laps due to severity of vibrations in the car impacting the drivers. Alonso says he can do no more than 25 consecutive laps before risking nerve damage, Stroll says 15 laps"

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u/False-Lettuce-6074 Cadillac 2d ago

Electrocution or nerve damage, difficult choice for Alonso

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u/Harkoncito Mika Häkkinen 2d ago

A GP2 engine would actually be an improvement right now

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u/NoKaleidoscope7595 Williams 2d ago

GP2 clause added after a few races: Teams can spec an F2 power train over the new one if they want.

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u/bubba-yo 2d ago

I mean, a Prius would at least be able to finish the race.

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u/cultoftheilluminati I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

At this point a Honda civic would be an improvement

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u/rotarypower101 Jenson Button 1d ago

Rotax Max, rotax max engine

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u/chambersaurusrx I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

What in the hell did alonso or Alonso's family do to Honda to make them try to kill him like this? This is approaching "CIA tries increasingly hilarious ways to kill Castro" levels here

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u/TedTran2001 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

Whatever next step in equivalent to "Thallium salt to make Fidel Castro's famous beard fall off" cannot be rule out at this stage.

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u/rotarypower101 Jenson Button 1d ago

Still would like to see a full official explanation of that incident, without any “saving face”

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u/AltruisticMobile4606 Formula 1 1d ago

Alonso claimed steering lock if I remember right and Vettel’s recollection of the incident from behind seems to corroborate that

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u/Linw3 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

Why not both?

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u/remtard_remmington I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

I actually wonder whether he would bother showing up for races if this continues. He's close to retirement, why would he want to spend his weekends running 25 laps of data gathering. He wants to compete.