Comments on: No Silverstone shakedown a strategic choice for Williams - Vowles | RaceFans Round-up https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/ Formula 1, IndyCar, WEC, Formula E and more independent motorsport coverage Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:51:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tristan https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970211 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:51:05 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970211 In reply to Boomerang.

Might help if you bothered to read the article. But I'm sure you know better than a professional racing driver that obviously done a but of research into these things in the course of her career.

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By: Boomerang https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970203 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:19:17 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970203 In reply to Jere.

"some studies even suggest that women can cope better with g-forces than men can.” I've heard that too! I always regarded The Sun as a reliable source of scientific data not as good as Cochrane but close enough.

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By: Bullfrog https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970189 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:43:03 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970189 If Lewis went back to Stevenage to make his peace with that postman, Roscoe would probably bite him.

Great to see hard-hitting investigative journalism's alive and well at the Sun.

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By: Alan Dove https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970168 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:47 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970168 While the FIA are patting themselves on the back the FIA KZ European Championship has had to cancel the first round after issues with securing tyre supply. An absolute joke of a situation and once again suggests the FIA are no longer suitable custodians of elite level karting.

From the FIA.

CIK-FIA President Akbar Ebrahim said: “This revised European Championship calendar for the KZ categories is the culmination of several months of negotiations, following an exceptional situation on the tyre supply that the CIK-FIA has dealt with. It is never ideal to have to change a programme and we understand the inconvenience this can cause to teams, drivers and organisers who had prepared for an earlier start to the season. We regret this inconvenience, but it was vital to ensure that the championships were maintained.”

“The maintenance of the competitions was made possible thanks to the agreement reached with Anderson CSK and Dunlop for the supply of tyres. The KZ categories are incredibly important to the FIA and their success can be measured by the enthusiasm they generate among drivers whose numbers are growing year on year. 2023 produced some great races and I am certain that the level of competition and spectacle will be even higher in 2024.”

Alessandro Manetti said "I think this situation is not good for karting!! For me, a situation like this is unacceptable!!!!"

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By: MacLeod https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970163 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:38:19 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970163 In reply to Tristan.

I think it's a money saving thing…

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By: Jere https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970152 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 06:06:26 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970152 I found both The Sun & Japan Racing Insider articles interesting, especially the latter, for which generally, I don't feel exceptions should necessarily be made & additionally, I'm skeptical about the part "some studies even suggest that women can cope better with g-forces than men can."

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By: Tristan https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970150 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:31:07 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970150

save that filming day for later in the year where we either need footage or we need some other questions to be answered.

The filming day serves its purpose for necessary footage. However, the option to delay it for answering other questions seems unnecessary. If most teams require a shakedown for testing readiness, it should be explicitly outlined in the rules. It's counterproductive for the FIA to have rules that are routinely disregarded, except by a who then openly acknowledge the option to disregard them further down the line.

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By: Coventry Climax https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970143 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 01:00:24 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970143 In reply to SjaakFoo.

Probably doesn't apply as long as she wears FiA Alpha Tauri Official Clothing exclusively.
And pays 100.000 fold for it with Saudian money.

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By: SjaakFoo https://www.racefans.net/2024/02/20/racefans-round-up-20-02-7/#comment-4970142 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:40:12 +0000 https://www.racefans.net/?p=526136#comment-4970142

All drivers must be women and 25 years of age or younger, and 16 years of age or older when entering their first race event of the season. Additionally, all drivers may only compete in two seasons of the series.

So much for that rule, I suppose.

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