Massi has to go, and someone with actual balls must step in. I nominate Roy Keane.
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McLaren or Ferrari I consider big teams as well
Hope Ferrari and McLaren are competitive. Would love to see Sainz and/or Norris in a proper title fight.
Also hope Russell can provide some real competition to Hamilton. If he does it'd be great to see him involved in the title hunt as well.
Also hope Russell can provide some real competition to Hamilton. If he does it'd be great to see him involved in the title hunt as well.
I posted the same thing in the other thread before seeing this one. I imagine other drivers will stamp it out otherwise he has free passes every race.
Basically this... Would be awesome if Sainz/LeClers/Norris/Ricciardo could be more structurally involved in competition for podium places together with Red Bull and Mercedes. Also very curious if Russel can outperform Lewis occasionally..
Maybe the desperation to capture his first title had a lot to do with it.
Let's see. It's also going to be difficult for any other driver to hold ground when he does it because it's likely a DNF. The alternative is they all start dive bombing.
I'm hoping we'll get one of the smaller teams finding a loophole in the regulations to make everyone else play catch-up like Brawn did in 2009 with the diffuser. That car had a tiny budget and was a midfield contender by the end of the season as other teams caught up, I would love to see that sort of story again.
They couldn't even fit the Mercedes engine in the car pre-season and had to move the gearbox to accommodate it due to the car being a redesigned Honda
They couldn't even fit the Mercedes engine in the car pre-season and had to move the gearbox to accommodate it due to the car being a redesigned Honda
Aye... I think just that we're offered several engines but the merc required less redesign than some of the othersI'm hoping we'll get one of the smaller teams finding a loophole in the regulations to make everyone else play catch-up like Brawn did in 2009 with the diffuser. That car had a tiny budget and was a midfield contender by the end of the season as other teams caught up, I would love to see that sort of story again.
They couldn't even fit the Mercedes engine in the car pre-season and had to move the gearbox to accommodate it due to the car being a redesigned Honda
Well - next year is the year we've been waiting for. 2014 was that year before, and we were treated to a whitewash, although it was refreshing at first to see Hamilton get a car to match the talent.
Let's hope for closer-following cars, a bunched pack, and not too much fecking about with the format (sprint qualifying is back though for feck sake).
Let's hope for closer-following cars, a bunched pack, and not too much fecking about with the format (sprint qualifying is back though for feck sake).
I’m a mclaren / Williams fan firstly so hope they get a decent season. Not sure how mclaren are set for the changes but Norris and ricciardo are a good pairing and both very likeable so they hopefully challenge at the top.
Overall though, I think After today’s race I’ll be rooting for Hamilton to win the drivers championship and break the record and looks like marcs are set well for it.
Bring on the liveries, haven’t seen any yet.
Overall though, I think After today’s race I’ll be rooting for Hamilton to win the drivers championship and break the record and looks like marcs are set well for it.
Bring on the liveries, haven’t seen any yet.
I hope Ferrari can do something next year, United were the last one of my team's to win a major trophy.
So who can tell me whát the exact changes are which are implemented next season, and explain briefly whý these rules should result in a more equal playing field...?
I think we’ll see a mix up. This season could be so similar to the 2008 season. Both Ferrari and McLaren developed the car right until the last round. This hindered them massively for 2009 which saw many aerodynamic regulation changes. I wouldn’t be surprised if both Merc and Red Bull were to experience a similar drop off for 2022.I'm hoping we'll get one of the smaller teams finding a loophole in the regulations to make everyone else play catch-up like Brawn did in 2009 with the diffuser. That car had a tiny budget and was a midfield contender by the end of the season as other teams caught up, I would love to see that sort of story again.
They couldn't even fit the Mercedes engine in the car pre-season and had to move the gearbox to accommodate it due to the car being a redesigned Honda
One thing to note however, is that new regs usually spread the field out again. I hope it’s fairly competitive next year and not just a one horse race (unless that horse was Alpine, would love to see Alonso get another WDC).
First season I'm going to watch from the start. What are the chance Ferrari can compete with Merc or RB?
That chap google is pretty knowledgable sometimes
Im too lazy to pick one of the many articles
Im the type of guy who asks his girlfriend where my wallet/jeans/phone is without having looked for it to begin with..
Hoping for 3-4 cars matching eachother.
TBF I would like to see McLaren build a good car cuz I really like Norris as a driver and ofcourse Daniel is also very likeable.
TBF I would like to see McLaren build a good car cuz I really like Norris as a driver and ofcourse Daniel is also very likeable.
Forget this season was so long we're in middle of December already so new car unveils aren't too far away. Testing starts on 23rd Feb.
michael masi will conduct the entire stewardship of any race from a chaise lounge. team principals will be allowed to approach him with votive offerings to help swing race standings in their favour. they must not, and i repeat, not, make eye contact with him at any time. the great and all powerful masi will then decide whom has brought the most suitable gift before going with their suggestion of how the final race classification shall look.
So basically comparable to how football assigns big tournaments to countries?
Will struggle to figure out who I'm rooting for next season - I was desperately hoping Mclaren would have a competitive car so that Norris would have a car to match his talent, and that Ferrari would be back at the top where they belong, but I'm gonna find it hard not to root for Hamilton and Mercedes after the robbery today.
To be honest, as long as Masi and his scatterbrained approach are gone, I'll consider that the ultimate win.
To be honest, as long as Masi and his scatterbrained approach are gone, I'll consider that the ultimate win.
Think I'll take a break from this shower of shite. Let's see if internal combustion engines are still a thing when I come back.
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The engines are basically the exact same as now (well at start of season) and won’t be developed or changed until 2025 at least. They haven’t agreed on the future yet post 2025 but most of the talk has been about switching to sustainable fuel with these hybrid engines - they will already be using a percentage of this type of fuel by then (as per the current rules).
Same. I was invested in the battle for 3rd place with McLaren for a while but eventually ended up being totally consumed by championship fight. Would be nice to go back to supporting them properly at the top end of things.
My body is ready
Hopefully we don’t have to see toto acting up to the camera’s for every incident next year
Rather that than hearing from Horner.
I honestly think we've seen the last of Lewis so Max will win by about 150 points. He's been banging on about retiring for ages and now its obvious the FIA want a change of face.
Toto may go too. Its a good time to end the cycle now.
Toto may go too. Its a good time to end the cycle now.
There both pricks, but you can tell toto wants to be on the Netflix series with his visual antics the last few races
We've not seen the last of Lewis.
But Russell's qualifying pace might make next season his last in F1, if he can carry it through to the races.
Its a good time for him to stop and try other things as he wants. There's no point finishing 2nd next year to Max for whatever reason.
To give Lewis his credit I don't think he's the sort of guy who'll back down even if the odds were stacked against him, and they're not of course. Merc will be on top next year as well most likely. But he's no Rosberg, he won't scuttle away with his tail between his legs.
Russell coming in and out performing him on pace would be what does for him, because he wont stomach losing to another team mate.
Maybe he would be up for a fight if he was younger, but he's old now. I think he's already thinking about life after F1. There's no better time than now tbh.
Leave the shitshow behind and start a new adventure.
Edit: Hes defo thinking about it
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/17017420/lewis-hamilton-hints-f1-season-retirement/amp/
He might just enjoy racing and the sportsmen in him would want chance to beat Max another time..
Im quite sure we havent seen the last of Lewis as a very tight title contender (at least)
Nah hes in a different phase of life now. I think events of today will surely cause him to think whether its worth risking his life week in, week out for this sort of shit.
It will be a tough one.
Dont you think events events of today would make him want to bounce back and show everyone what he's got at least one more time.. He was bloody brilliant today..
He was. But he still lost to something crazy. At his age, why would you risk life and limb only for a race director to determine your fate? For the money? Does he need more? For the glory? He's 7 time World Champion. He's done it all.
If you are in Hamilton's shoes tonight, you would feel that race was 100 percent rigged. Its a gremlin that will be hard to erase from his head.
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Because he loves the sport.. Same reason Vettel, Alonso and Kimi (til today) are still in it, even in in significant cars..