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2023 mid-season review

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  Hi, this week I'm talking about 2023 season so far The season so far has been interesting. Drivers' Standings: 21. Daniel Ricciardo #3 Daniel Ricciardo is back and he is racing for Alpha Tauri after replacing Nyck De Vries. 20. Nyck De Vries #21 Nyck De Vries got fired after 10 races for Alpha Tauri. 19. Logan Sargeant #2 Logan Sargeant is doing good in the Williams. 18. Kevin Magnussen #20 Kevin Magnussen has 2 points this season so far. 17. Yuki Tsunoda #22 Yuki Tsunoda has 2 points so far this season. 16. Guanyu Zhou #24 Guanyu Zhou has 4 points so far this season. 15. Valtteri Bottas #77 Valtteri Bottas has 5 points so far this season. 14. Nico Hulkenberg #27 Nico Hulkenberg has 9 points so far this season. 13. Alex Albon #23 Alex Albon has 11 points so far this season. 12. Pierre Gasly #10 Pierre Gasly has 16 points so far this season. 11. Oscar Piastri #81 Oscar Piastri has 27 points so far this season. 10. Esteban Ocon #31 Esteban Ocon has 31 points and 1 podium so far...

FISA-FOCA war

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  Hi, this week I'm introducing the FISA-FOCA war The FISA–FOCA war was a political battle contested throughout the early 1980s by two now defunct representative organizations in Formula One motor racing, the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) and the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA). The battle boiled during the late 1970s and early 1980s and came to a head when the racing teams affiliated with FOCA, an equivalent to a racing team union, boycotted the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix. Introduction The battle for control of Formula One was contested between the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA), at the time an autonomous subcommittee of the FIA, and the Formula One Constructors' Association The principals in the matter were Jean-Marie Balestre, then FISA president, Bernie Ecclestone, then the leader of FOCA and owner of the Brabham Formula One team, and Max Mosley, later president of the FIA, but then legal advisor to both Ecclestone...