43: The Quick List: Our 50 Fastest Grand Prix Drivers
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The latest Flat Chat podcast from GP Racing magazine analyses a chaotic scene: half of the grid is swapping managers while F1\\u2019s stakeholders argue over how much it\\u2019s worth.
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\\nGP Racing columnists Mark Gallagher and Matt Kew join editor Stuart Codling to discuss the latest developments in F1, from FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulyayem vs Stefano Domenicali to the (James) Vowles movement at Williams and much, much more.
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\\nIt\\u2019s remarkable that Alpine\\u2019s Otmar Szafnauer, who has been in post for a year, is now the fifth longest-serving team principal in F1. Some have likened the sweeping changes at the top of several teams to a football-style rent-a-manager culture. F1 teams were once run by the individuals whose names were above the door but now, with more corporate involvement, team principals are seemingly now disposable assets answering to higher masters. Our panel asks if this gives managers the time required to effect change \\u2013 and examines the prospects of former Mercedes strategist James Vowles importing some of that team\\u2019s winning culture to the struggling Williams organisation.
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\\nIs $200million now too cheap a buy-in for aspiring new entrants? And is F1 worth the widely mooted figure of $20billion? These two questions are interlinked and the source of the apparent rancour between the FIA and the commercial rights holder, exposed and exacerbated by the FIA\\u2019s president freely expressing his thoughts on social media. F1\\u2019s legal department responded with a stiffly worded letter saying commercial matters are not within the FIA\\u2019s bailiwick \\u2013 but how accurate is that, given the governing body\\u2019s role in policing the budget cap which is so vital to F1\\u2019s commercial ecosystem?
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\\nSpeed is the theme of this month\\u2019s issue of GP Racing, which courts controversy by assembling an international panel of experts \\u2013 from journalists to engineers and team managers \\u2013 to vote on the 50 fastest grand prix drivers in world championship history. While the identity of number one may not provoke too much anger, the list\\u2019s reach also includes many drivers whose sheer speed over a lap wasn\\u2019t reflected in race wins and championship trophies.
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\\nRefocusing the frame of reference on last season, this month\\u2019s GP Racing also ranks the drivers on the 2022 grid scientifically in speed order and examines the significance of the fastest pitstops of the year. The findings may come as a surprise.
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\\nGP Racing columnists Mark Gallagher and Matt Kew join editor Stuart Codling to discuss the latest developments in F1, from FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulyayem vs Stefano Domenicali to the (James) Vowles movement at Williams and much, much more.
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\\nIt\\u2019s remarkable that Alpine\\u2019s Otmar Szafnauer, who has been in post for a year, is now the fifth longest-serving team principal in F1. Some have likened the sweeping changes at the top of several teams to a football-style rent-a-manager culture. F1 teams were once run by the individuals whose names were above the door but now, with more corporate involvement, team principals are seemingly now disposable assets answering to higher masters. Our panel asks if this gives managers the time required to effect change \\u2013 and examines the prospects of former Mercedes strategist James Vowles importing some of that team\\u2019s winning culture to the struggling Williams organisation.
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\\nIs $200million now too cheap a buy-in for aspiring new entrants? And is F1 worth the widely mooted figure of $20billion? These two questions are interlinked and the source of the apparent rancour between the FIA and the commercial rights holder, exposed and exacerbated by the FIA\\u2019s president freely expressing his thoughts on social media. F1\\u2019s legal department responded with a stiffly worded letter saying commercial matters are not within the FIA\\u2019s bailiwick \\u2013 but how accurate is that, given the governing body\\u2019s role in policing the budget cap which is so vital to F1\\u2019s commercial ecosystem?
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\\nSpeed is the theme of this month\\u2019s issue of GP Racing, which courts controversy by assembling an international panel of experts \\u2013 from journalists to engineers and team managers \\u2013 to vote on the 50 fastest grand prix drivers in world championship history. While the identity of number one may not provoke too much anger, the list\\u2019s reach also includes many drivers whose sheer speed over a lap wasn\\u2019t reflected in race wins and championship trophies.
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\\nRefocusing the frame of reference on last season, this month\\u2019s GP Racing also ranks the drivers on the 2022 grid scientifically in speed order and examines the significance of the fastest pitstops of the year. The findings may come as a surprise.