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this news is valid and reportedly the red bull team has resolved this and this technical error will not be repeated in the saudi GP later. btw, in the Saudi GP training session, Leclerc was in the first position and Verstappen was in the second position, the competition between the two of them was very fierce.

I think in this track the Pole is going to Redbull considering the past performance of last race here plus the top speed is key factor here and Redbull is somewhat better than Ferrari or at least it looked like that in the first race.

What I am happy about is the confirmation of Ferrari as it is a sure thing now that we are going to see a great F1 Championship this year with intense battles fought each race,Ferrari is strong but not as strong as to win every race with good race gaps so the show is guaranteed up until now,if Mercedes and McLaren (unfortunately doing really bad) join the party the F1 Championship will only get even more beautiful and intense.

Today's training had an extraordinary event - bombing.
Huti are fighting with Saudi Arabia, and one of their rockets hit Aramco factory, 15-20km from the track.

https://twitter.com/WorldNewsIL/status/1507369303020118016
https://twitter.com/motorsportswiat/status/1507378143392374793

Another bombing took place during the 2nd session

https://twitter.com/cesarsaancheez_/status/1507422765275566081

Unofficial information are that F1 allowed teams to make the decision if they want to race in that conditions, but drivers are not allowed to talk about it.

No, the tech guy of Skyport.it said that he also said what was said from RBR is a BS to cover the human miscalculation, he looked at the telemetry and noticed the not normal fuel saving from RBR.


Free practice 2



Source: https://sport.sky.it/formula-1/2022/03/25/formula-1-gp-arabia-saudita-diretta-prove-libere-jeddah

Red Bull said that?  I think what they said was there was a lack in fuel pressure in both of their cars caused by some technical problem.  But both cars had the right amount of fuel in them.  A team running out of fuel in a race means they should get at least a penalty for the next race and a fine.

Vettel is still a no show.  Maybe too embarassed to feel better and drive a worse car than they had last year.  

Edit:  Is that pic accurate?  It says Verstappen used the soft.  I watched FP1 live and it said he had the hard on for his fastest lap.

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I read if Michelin refused if their tyres had problems and were the cause of Marquez's fall. I am now waiting for a statement from Honda, what is the problem? or on human problems? I dont know.
Of course, Marquez will make the American series a little boring for Marquez fans. But it's a healing process, Marquez is still young so I think the twist for two or three series doesn't matter because someone's life is more important than anything that happens in the race. But I hope he recovers soon so that he can come back and not lose many points.

 The problem with Red Bull is that they are still "working" with Honda, but not really working either. This is not a topic that I am very well versed in, so take this with a grain of salt and do your own research. But from what I understood, they are not providing anything new, and just left the factory to Red Bull to work on. It's still their engine, but Red Bull is now working on it themselves, Honda gave them that right. This way Red Bull would own the honda f1 engine factory that they use. I could be wrong, the details are a bit fuzzy, but as far as I know, it's not really improving and the mistakes could continue if this is the case.

Source: https://sport.sky.it/formula-1/2022/03/25/formula-1-gp-arabia-saudita-diretta-prove-libere-jeddah

1st hour down with always LEC-Ver at stop.

During the free practice, Sky was talking about the problem of the past week of Redbull, according to them RBR did the math wrong and went out of fuel on both cars.

^  Yeah...  Come to think about it Red Bull could always find a fix since they have an excellent team and rebound from last weekend's terrible showing.  But getting absolutely zero points is a huge loss imho.  It's like cutting off a limb almost esp if Ferrari is consistent for the whole season.

From a betting perspective, I'd take Verstappen for the rebound but would I bet it?  Nope.  Lol.  Not until the reliability issues are fixed... 

Anyway FP1 in 30 mins guys.

I'm still not sure which is the better car, RB or Ferrari, but they're obviously close. It's quite difficult to evaluate. I'd say Leclerc and Verstappen are pretty evenly matched as to who is the better driver, with Sainz behind them, and Perez behind Sainz... which is how it was playing out in the race.

If it stays that way, it could come down to which team has better in-season development, for which I'd maybe favour RB over Ferrari.

Not sure how much of an issue the first race retirement will be over a 23 race season, but yeah it's certainly not a help.

It would be a shame if Marc Marquez could not perform at the COTA Austin circuit in Texas, because at this circuit Marc is very strong, he has experienced six wins in a row from 2013 to 2018 and even last year 2021 when Marc's performance was still under his best performance because of the injury he was still able to win the Race at the COTA circuit.

Marquez's participation in Argentina and Austin later is unfortunately threatened. The reason is, the eight-time world champion had a terrible accident in the Mandalika MotoGP warm-up session on Sunday (20/3/2022) morning. He suffered a concussion, and his diplopia, aka double vision, recurred.

Bradl said he would be ready if called upon to replace him, and left all decisions to Honda. "I was wondering about this in Lombok once I saw Marc fly in the air due to a highside in the warm-up session. But Honda will give an official statement about this opportunity at some point," he said.
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Given that there are two races that will take place in America and are very close and there is no long pause after the Race in Argentina on April 3 and then continued with the Austin Race in Texas on April 10, it is possible that Marquez will absent in order to cure his concussion and diplopia injury.

Seems like it won't be needed. It was just one part of the engine that had a problem and they fixed it, or that is what is said right now. If they once again face such a big problem then they would have to fix it and get it better of course, but that doesn't mean that we should be expecting them to change the whole engine for the time being. For now, they will start normally, with the hopes that the problem is fixed, and they will fight to win the race.

We all know that they are great at street races and Ferrari seems to be the ones to beat this year (has been long enough) and I believe that they will probably have a great race against each other. I am hopeful about HAAS as well, that will be interesting to watch.

The Jeddah circuit entered the calendar last year. This circuit attracted attention with its high-speed design. But it was said by the race drivers that there were problems with visibility and safety. Changes have been made to the racetrack this year. On the second and third circuit the left-hand barriers were retracted. Likewise the circuit fourteen and twenty-first barriers have been withdrawn. At the exit of circuit twenty-seven the circuit width was twelve meters. I hope the SA GP will be exciting and high-speed.

At these levels 50 million is not a bad number but also not really impossible to get neither. This is the latest champion of the world right now, and if he wants to use that in another team he could have. Imagine a scenario where Ferrari got Max AND Charles on the same team, very young racers that could achieve so many championships for Ferrari for so many years.

Of course he wouldn't leave right after a championship, I get that, but the idea that 50 million is unique to RBR is a bit of a wrong statement. This guy could have been paid 50 million even by Haas, because he would bring in that much money and would be profitable for the team anyway.

Jakarta - BMKG opened its voice regarding rain handler Rara Istiani Wulandari who was in the spotlight at the Mandalika MotoGP event. BMKG said that the rain handler is a local wisdom that is difficult to prove scientifically.

"Actually, if you look at the rain handler, it is a local wisdom owned by the community. Scientifically it is difficult to explain," BMKG Deputy for Meteorology Guswanto told reporters at the parliament complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday (21/3/2022).

Guswanto said BMKG has its own predictions regarding weather forecasts. Previously, the BMKG had predicted that there would be light to heavy rain in Mandalika on March 17-20, 2022.

"But the BMKG itself actually has (forecasts) of its own. If we look at the phenomenon yesterday since 3 days ago on 17, 18, 19, the BMKG has predicted that in Mandalika it will rain with light to heavy intensity. Then on the 20th it is estimated also heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, why do you think that? Because at that time there was a tropical cyclone 93F whose impact gave the potential for the growth of rain clouds in Mandalika," he said.

Although there was a moment when the rain stopped while the rain handler was working, Guwanto said it was a coincidence. He said the rain had stopped because of the duration of the rain that had already ended.

"And the proof is that from the start the handler has been working, but it hasn't stopped either. This means that actually yesterday the time it stopped was not because of the rain handler, because the time duration had already ended. At around 16.15 it was finished, all that remains is to do a race if you look at the national forecasts for the impact analysis that we have from BMKG," he said.

^{Source: detik news & gpzone.id}

In the two races that have been held this season, I was also impressed with the Suzuki factory even though I didn't get to the podium and won, but the two Suzuki factory riders managed to collect the same number of points and this is really amazing.
And this season, Suzuki also has to be careful because at certain circuits it can steal everyone's attention by winning the race.

TBH they could probably take enough engine change penalties to start at the back of the grid, then during the race overtake everyone else to end up P3 and P4 behind the Ferraris... such is the RB and Ferrari pace advantage at the moment. But I'm hoping the gap will close over time, as it's often biggest at the start of new regs, I remember the ludicrous Merc advantage at the start of the last era, that was then slowly reduced.

Personally, I will not immediately blame Ban or Michelin in this case because Pol Espargaro, who is also Marquez's tandem, did not experience the same thing at Mandalika last week even though he fought hard to finish during the race.

Now for the Race which will take place in Argentina it will be very exciting and interesting to look forward to because there is often fierce competition during the Race and on a record, Marquez himself is quite good even though he also often falls there when there is Dani Pedrosa as his tandem in repsol Honda, but for this year it looks like it will be difficult to guess who will win again there because there are many good riders on the MotoGP grid for this year, although Marquez still has the potential to win if there are no physical problems.

The Malaysian Grand Prix will continue to be held at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) for the next three seasons, following the renewal of the agreement with Dorna Sports. Source

After being plagued by pandemic problems for the last two years in Malaysia, now they are starting to come back again by making a new deal for the world Grand Prix event.
And this is really great because the Sepang circuit is a very good circuit in Asia and very often offers exciting competition on the track.