In the round-up: The FIA is offering a new hotline for the reporting of ethical violations, anti-doping violations and matters relating to sporting integrity.
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New FIA ethics and compliance hotline operational (FIA)
"Our zero-tolerance approach toward misconduct lead us to implement the FIA Ethics and Compliance Hotline."
Renault won't choose Ricciardo replacement until 2020 season has started (Autosport)
"The priorities of where we want to put our money is an indication that I want to have before I rush any decision."
Charlotte 600 highlights (NASCAR via YouTube)
Johnson disqualified from Charlotte 600 (Racer)
"There are parts in the past that have been designed to fail or break. Certainly not suggesting that’s the case here, but that’s what’s gotten us to this hardline of this is a post-race number, and there is a fair tolerance from pre-race numbers to post."
Behind the scenes with RTL F1 reporter Kai Ebel (Motorsport Broadcasting)
"He also had the idea of introducing live interviews during the race from the pit lane, arguing that it could break the monotony of more boring races. RTL first introduced this at a weekend which still leaves a mark on Ebel. Over the course of his long career, Ebel has been present at some of the most important junctures of F1’s history, and none more so than Imola 1994."
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What should come after the current V6 hybrid turbo engine formula?
I hope the new engine formula will allow for lighter and shorter cars. No idea what will be mandated, but if the workings can be packaged into smaller confines and with less weight, I would be happy.
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DB-C90 (@dbradock)
26th May 2020, 3:13
Be interesting to know the motivation behind the new FIA ethics hotline.
Could it possibly have been set up because it suspected that a certain engine provider was cheating but couldn’t find any proof?
Jeorge
26th May 2020, 6:53
Not really
“The FIA is offering a new hotline for the reporting of ethical violations, anti-doping violations and matters relating to sporting integrity.”
It’s literally written there
Oh sorry you were joking
ColdFly (@)
26th May 2020, 8:04
Read your own comment again Jeorge
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
26th May 2020, 7:22
I didn’t know the fia was religious.
ColdFly (@)
26th May 2020, 7:34
It seems more like a half hearted attempt to comply with EU regulations than a sincere ‘hotline’. The reporting tool is web based only, in just 3 languages (not in Italian), no anonymous follow up route, and fairly high hurdled.
There are much better solutions around if you want to be serious about enabling whistle blowing.
Alianora La Canta (@alianora-la-canta)
27th May 2020, 0:03
@dbradock The FIA has set up hotlines twice in the past (the earliest as far back as 2003). I wonder what happened to the last one…
Jon Bee
26th May 2020, 7:27
FIA Hotline – “web-based … reporting mechanism” “full confidentiality”.
Best of luck to those who believe their accusations will be safe from prying eyes & loose lips.
Alianora La Canta (@alianora-la-canta)
27th May 2020, 0:09
@Jon Bee Seems I need to send the FIA a copy of a decent book on cybersecurity. Because web-based reporting mechanisms don’t offer full confidentiality (although at least the site has a properly-configured HTTPS certificate, which is more than I’d dared hope for initially).
I would also like to know how it came to be that the FIA thought it necessary to clarify, “This is not an emergency service. Please contact the relevant authorities (e.g. the police) in case of immediate danger!” at the bottom of the page. Because anyone attempting to use it as an emergency service wouldn’t be scrolling far enough to see it…
Jere (@jerejj)
26th May 2020, 8:21
I agree with the COTD, although there are also other measures to reduce the overall weight. It isn’t only about the PU.
GeeMac (@geemac)
26th May 2020, 12:01
NASCAR strategies just baffle me sometimes…why pit from the lead with so few laps to go when none of the other front runners do the same. Keselowski won the race on 45 lap old tyres…there was clearly no need to top.
Corey (@dragon86)
26th May 2020, 12:52
@geemac The leader is usually a sitting duck in times like these. Most teams strategies at this point is just do the opposite of what the leader does. If he pits, they stay out. If he stays out, they pit. You couldn’t beat him when all the conditions were the same, so mix it up and see what happens. Even then, which strategy works best is dependent on the number of cars that stay out.
GeeMac (@geemac)
26th May 2020, 14:11
I agree with that as a general point, but Keselowski stayed out and still managed to fend off the pack on old tyres, while Chase Elliot finished 3rd (on the road) behind 2 cars that hadn’t. Given how few laps there were left to run staying out and keeping track position must have been the right call.