2025 Aston Martin | Aramco F1 Team

[Macklaren]

That my friend is the work of Liberty media, who consider F1 to be nothing more than an entertainment and money generating sit com, not an epic sport rich in history, tragedy, and glory. No track, no tradition, no location is sacred in F1 anymore, and it is going to worsen because Liberty has no shame.

While what you say is true, it was 10x worse back in the days of Bernie and Max Mosley, except all behind the scenes

[diffuser]

That my friend is the work of Liberty media, who consider F1 to be nothing more than an entertainment and money generating sit com, not an epic sport rich in history, tragedy, and glory. No track, no tradition, no location is sacred in F1 anymore, and it is going to worsen because Liberty has no shame.

While what you say is true, it was 10x worse back in the days of Bernie and Max Mosley, except all behind the scenes

Don't forget, few teams could compete financially for engineers with the big 4 before the CAP. So there wasn't as much of this going on. Now, the big 4 have been hemroging engineers since a couple of years before the CAP. It's expected for teams to protect their edge by limiting access to their turf.

[zoroastar]

i believe that the rules also allow a team to recoup hours not used in the following quarter if all the time isnt used too though. im not able to post it atm

I didn’t read of such a rule, but everybody can read the sporting regulations. It’s no mystery.

I highly doubt though, would even rule it out, that AMR didn’t use any wind tunnel time in 2025 so far, in the first ATR…

https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files ... -12-16.pdf

Page 66 under "2. Restricted Wind Tunnel Testing (RWTT)"

The FIA will consider, at its absolute discretion, earlier or temporary nominations if a wind
tunnel already nominated by a team Competitor suffers a long term failure or for the purpose
of evaluating alternative wind tunnels. If a different facility is to be used or if the existing facility
is changed or upgraded, other than for routine maintenance or replacement, then a new
declaration must be submitted to the FIA within one month of the change or at the time of
submission of a testing period report whichever is earlier.

thanks you did the work for me. i thought that was for situations just like aston are in right now, while bringing in the new WT. i assume they would have had it approved in advance. and the FIA really dont have a solid reason to deny the request