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Distraction from actual issues
I think it depends on what the said beginner is after. If they just want something that works then sure archlinux isn't the best option, but if they want learn more about linux then there's nothing wrong with installing arch. When I was new to linux, I found the beginners install guide on the archwiki to be very helpful and learnt a fair bit about how things work. I think you then have a good overview of how your system works and therefore have a better idea of what needs fixing when things break.
How does that compare to last year?
Volume control seems to work fine for me.
Last year's flu vaccine, at least in the UK, didn't have egg in it.
If only
Liam Lawson has made quite the impression as a super-sub for Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri, the New Zealander scoring points once and finishing just outside in 11th twice in just four Grands Prix. So why was he overlooked for a race seat by the Italian team for 2024, and what might the future hold for him?
Jumping into a team midway through a Formula 1 campaign is no easy feat, especially if you’re a rookie. But despite his F1 experience being limited to just a few tests and three appearances in first practice sessions last year, Lawson has excelled. The 21-year-old has proved it is possible to hit the ground running and demonstrate your talent in a short window. He has impressed the team by seamlessly settling in and quickly finding performance, both over one lap and across a race distance.
It’s perhaps no surprise considering he’s shown real talent in junior formula. He’s won at least one race in every season he’s competed in internationally and is currently second in Super Formula, Japan’s highly competitive single-seater series, with one race to go.
But it’s one thing to be fast in other series, quite another to turn that speed on in Formula 1 – as former Formula E and Formula 2 champion Nyck de Vries proved this year, with the Dutchman parting ways with AlphaTauri after just 10 races, having made a stellar points-scoring debut in a one-off appearance for Williams last year in Monza.
Lawson has been quick across four very different racetracks in F1 – one of which (Singapore) he has never driven before in any racing category – and in a car that was among the slowest in the midfield. That’s a very good sample and a near blueprint of what is expected from a super-sub keen to make an impression. With two seats at AlphaTauri up for grabs next year, many felt Lawson had done enough to secure a full-time gig – but Red Bull senior management saw it differently and opted for experience by retaining Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda.
This is not the end for Lawson, though, but rather the beginning. He has seriously impressed his bosses at Red Bull and AlphaTauri and successfully repaid their faith and investment in him – and that puts him in a strong position in the short term.
Red Bull will continue to heavily invest in him through his role as reserve driver for next season. That will mean embedding him in both Red Bull and AlphaTauri at all races next year, ensuring he continues to build relationships with mechanics and engineers and is fully plugged into debriefs and internal conversations.
Back at base, he will become even more familiar with Red Bull’s simulator, with race drivers for both Red Bull teams relying heavily on his efforts and feedback to aid them zero in on the ideal set-up for a race weekend – while also enhancing his own knowledge of the tracks and how the team operates and develops. He has now completed too many Grands Prix to be eligible to fulfil the two Red Bull teams’ respective obligations of running a young driver in at least two FP1 sessions during a season – however he will likely get runs in the car during Pirelli tyre testing and it’s possible they’ll help keep his eye in with some old-spec F1 runs, too.
Oscar Piastri has proved a year on the sidelines is no bad thing. He spent last year on the Alpine bench before making his F1 debut with McLaren this year, the Australian making a name for himself with a string of brilliant performances, including a maiden podium last time out in Japan.
And there’s a chance Lawson won’t even have to wait until 2025 to get his shot, with Red Bull having shown they aren’t afraid of a mid-season driver change when they removed De Vries and replaced him with Ricciardo before the summer break.
Sergio Perez is under pressure at Red Bull, having scored only a little over half the number of points his team mate Max Verstappen has mustered, the Mexican trailing by 177 points despite having what is comfortably the best car in the field. Sources suggest Ricciardo would be Red Bull’s favoured driver to replace Perez if required either mid-season or at the end of 2024 campaign, with Lawson being drafted in to replace the Australian at AlphaTauri.
With this is mind, Red Bull are keen to keep hold of Lawson. It is possible they could loan him out for a year, should Williams want him to replace Logan Sargeant. The two teams have collaborated before, with Alex Albon joining the British outfit, having been under contract at Red Bull as reserve.
However, any such deal for Lawson would almost certainly only be for a year, with Red Bull understood to be very keen to have Lawson racing one of their four cars in 2025 – and that is likely to be unappealing to Williams.
This means Lawson’s short-term future is reasonably clear. Continue to deliver as a sub for Ricciardo until the Australian returns – there’s a good chance Lawson will race in Qatar next weekend with Ricciardo’s return more likely to be Austin at the earliest – and then throw everything into his duties as a reserve.
Then he bides his time. Because it looks set to be a case of when, not if, he gets a full-time seat. And at 21 – as the current youngest racer on the grid – time is certainly on his side.
If you're on telegram, this is a good channel: https://t.me/allthingsf1
Found this
Think the 2.3m figure I saw was for this year.
Saw a post somewhere totalling the damage for each driver, Stroll was near the top of the list with $2.3m.
Barely readable, but it says:
Unfortunately, Gimli, son of Gloin, your axe suffered a catastrophic failure whilst trying to destroy the one ring and it's for that reason I have to ask you to please leave the council.
Zlib still works as well
I remember being pretty hyped for this phone before they partnered with solana.
They need to bring back the drive through and stop and go penalties.
As first reported earlier this month, the FIA has been taking a close look at flexible wings over the first half of this season as it believes teams have been pushing the boundaries in terms of what is allowed.
It is understood that several teams, including Aston Martin, were advised to make changes to their front wing designs around the time of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a bid to ensure that they did not fall foul of any rule breaches.
But as part of a ramped up effort to stop any attempt at getting around the regulations, the FIA has now issued a formal technical directive outlining what it believes are unacceptable designs with regards to flexible bodywork.
In TD018, a copy of which has been seen by Motorsport.com and was sent to teams ahead of the Dutch GP weekend, the FIA states that it believes outfits are exploiting “regions of purposely design localised compliance” plus “relative motion between adjacent components” to deliver a significant boost to aerodynamic performance.
It states that any design that operates like this is in breach of Article 3.2.2 of F1’s Technical Regulations, which states that all components that influence a car’s aerodynamic performance must be “rigidly secured and immobile with respect to their frame of reference defined in Article 3.3.
Furthermore, these components must produce a uniform, solid, hard, continuous, impervious surface under all circumstances.”
The FIA has been prompted into action because it believes that teams are exploiting sophisticated systems that rotate and flex front and rear wing elements in ways that cannot be detected through the regular load tests.
It has made it clear that any “assembly designs that exploit localised compliance or degrees of freedom are not permitted.”
The FIA has duly outlined four key design elements that it considers to be in breach of the technical rules, but suggests there may be other ideas at play that could be illegal as well.
They are:
- Wing elements that can translate vertically, longitudinally or laterally relative to the bodywork that they are fixed to.
- Wing elements that can rotate relative to the bodywork that they are fixed to, such as rotating around one fixing.
- Designs that utilise elastomeric fillets, compliant sections of wing profile or thin flexible laminate at a junction that can either distort, deflect out of plane or twist to permit localised deflection relative to the bodywork the component is attached to.
- Designs that utilise ‘soft’ trailing edges to wing elements to prevent ‘localised cracking’ as the result of component assembly deflection.
The only exemptions that will be allowed are in the area of floor assembly, bib bodywork and the opening of a small lateral gap to help the sealing of front wing flaps.
Whereas in the past, teams’ flexi wing antics were often responded to by the FIA increasing the load tests that take place in the garage, the realisation that teams may be using clever trickery to make the wings flex in ways that cannot be checked when the car is stationary has prompted a change of approach.
From now on, teams must submit the assembly drawings and cross sections that show the fixation of the front wing elements to the nose, as well as the rear wing elements to the endplates, rear impact structure and pylons.
Furthermore, teams have to supply similar images that show the fixation of the rear wing pylons to the rear impact structure.
These designs will allow the FIA to better understand how the wing components have been designed and if any team has created its parts in a way to flex and deliver an aerodynamic advantage.
Because of the potential work needed by teams to ensure full compliance with the regulations, the FIA has delayed the adoption of its new stance until the Singapore Grand Prix next month - which means competitors can continue with their current designs through to the end of this weekend's Monza race.
Teams have been asked to submit all the necessary drawings that show their wing designs by 8 September.
If a team gets so many reprimands in a season, does anything happen?
The 2023 campaign is Hulkenberg’s first for Haas after he spent the three preceding seasons acting as a reserve driver for the Racing Point/Aston Martin team, while Magnussen is Haas’s longest-serving driver.
The pair currently sit 14th and 18th in the 2023 drivers’ standings, with Haas eighth in the constructors’ championship on 11 points, after the first half of its campaign was dominated by in-race tyre wear problems that restricted its points-scoring chances despite usually showing good promise in qualifying.
“I think it’s safe to say that we’ve had an extremely solid driver pairing this season in F1 and ultimately there was no reason to look to change that moving forward,” said Haas team principal, Gunther Steiner.
“Kevin is obviously a very well-known quantity to us, and I’m delighted he’ll return for what will be his seventh season in Haas colours.
“With 113 starts [Romain Grosjean is next up on 96] for our team alone, we know where his strengths lie and his knowledge and experience of our organisation pairs very well with that too.
“On the other side of the garage, Nico’s simply slotted in without fuss or fanfare and proved himself to be a valuable member of the team.
“He’s approaching 200 starts in Formula 1 and we’re very happy to be the beneficiary of that experience behind the wheel.
“We’ve had to tackle our issues this season with regards to the VF-23, we don’t hide from that, but we’ve been extremely fortunate to have had two drivers whose feedback is invaluable in assisting our engineering objectives.
“Kevin and Nico gelled well right from the get-go and together they’ve both scored points, and in particular, Nico has excelled in qualifying – getting into Q3 on six occasions.
“[Both] are clearly enjoying their time in the sport, they both have mature heads on their shoulders, and they fundamentally understand what it is we’re asking of them.
“In turn, now it’s down to us as a team to look ahead to 2024 and ensure we have a car that’s capable of scoring points consistently.”
The announcement of Haas retaining its current driver pairing was revealed ahead of the media day for this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
In its official statement, Haas did not reveal any information on the length of either driver’s contract situation – bar stating Hulkenberg and Magnussen have been signed “into next season’s record-breaking 24-race calendar” with “continuity at the heart of its driver line-up”.
In 2023, Magnussen was nearing the end of the “multi-year” deal he signed to replace Nikita Mazepin at Haas on the eve of last season after he’d been dropped by the team along with then team-mate Grosjean after the end of 2020.
Hulkenberg’s 2023 deal was not given such a designation, but was understood to have an option covering 2024, which suggests both he and Magnussen will need further discussions to continue at Haas beyond next year.
“I’m obviously very happy to see my relationship with Haas extended once again,” said Magnussen.
“My return in 2022 had been unexpected but was filled with numerous highlights, and although this season hasn’t gone quite as we’d hoped, we’ve still managed to get into the points and shown potential in the package we have.
“There’s plenty of racing remaining in 2023 and we’ve got a lot of work to do to continue to understand the VF-23 – that learning can be applied into the 2024 car.
“My thanks, as always, go to [team owner] Gene Haas and Guenther Steiner for giving me the opportunity to keep racing in the sport I love.”
Hulkenberg, who is set to hit 200 F1 races at the upcoming Mexican GP, said: “It’s nice to get things sorted early for next season to just keep the focus on racing and improving performance.
“I enjoy being part of the team and share Gene and Guenther's passion for it.
“We're competing in a very tight midfield and I’m looking forward to building on what we’ve done together so far and taking that forward into 2024.”
Less of a housing issue, more of a cost of living issue.