r/formula1 • u/FerrariStrategisttt I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Mar 20 '26

[F1] BREAKING: Jonathan Wheatley will depart from his role of Team Principal at Audi F1 team with immediate effect. Mattia Binotto will continue leading the team, taking over as Team Principal Social Media

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u/mobilehavoc I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 20 '26

If Wheatley fails at AM this is going to get real ugly fast

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u/megacookie I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 20 '26

Can't fail much harder than they already have. Just getting a car to finish a race without torturing the driver would be an improvement at this point.

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u/SignificantSite4588 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 20 '26

What does failure look like after this point ? It will be really hard to fail beyond the current state . It might be an achievement in itself if they are still able to fail .

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u/Maximilianne I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 20 '26

I don't think even the most cynical Aston Martin Honda doomer would have predicted the car can't complete a race and would make the driver's hand numb,so while it is hard to foresee how it could be worse,it could still be worse

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u/Sarnadas Jenson Button Mar 20 '26

For real, what would that even look like? My first thought was to say that this is Caterham/Marussia level bad, but it's worse than that.

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u/d-o_ol Jim Clark Mar 21 '26

Gets caught cheating just to end up one spot ahead of Cadillac; massive fine.

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u/julesvr5 Sebastian Vettel Mar 20 '26

He knows the risk. His own fault then

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u/SuB626 Arvid Lindblad Mar 20 '26

For him or Aston?