I think it's more likely that the AT strategists realised the consequences of Yuki stopping in the pitlane on RB/AT in the heat of the moment, or were made aware, and told him to keep going and stop on track, rather than something more 'planned'.
this isn’t a good look for red bull either way but there is a certain poetic justice to then having a shadow cast over a season where they have absolutely dominated both on and off the track.
Horner couldn’t care less if Mercedes’ win a race this season. He had the championship wrapped up before the summer break.
Even if Max dnf'ed he would be in no trouble for the WDC. I can't see how anyone from RB would request it from AT, the shitstorm would be far more damaging than any lost points. This looks like AT incompetence.
You think Horner wouldn't be upset at Lewis winning Max's home race in front of an army of orange? think you're being pretty naive.
Certainly looks bizarre… and worth looking in to. Although sincerely doubt RB would risk a championship they already have wrapped up for one race win they could have still won anyway.
If you think DTS is a good or accurate representation of anyone, then i would be hesitant to chuck accusations of naivety around at other people.
DTS of course being famously representative of the relationships in F1.
A personal interview with Horner talking about Mercedes is more than enough evidence. I totally think Horner is MORE than capable of doing anything necessary to stop Hamilton+Mercedes win that race.
You can disagree while sipping on your red bull all you like, it's my opinion and I stand by that. F1 is hardly a fair game sport at the best of times.
Take the tin hat off mate.
There's a whole meme series of team principles being evil puppet masters behind the scenes for good reason, it's good fun.
aye, which are a red bull team. taking a broken car out of the pit lane and putting it on the track shows the actual regard for driver and people safety at that institution and any crap they spout otherwise is just that.
Yeah... because there's never been cheating in F1 before.
They are owned by RB but not managed by them. If turns out they gave a direct order to their manager during the race, then they deserve anything that's gonna hit them.
F1 Twitter has been absolutely garbage for a few years now, you can see the edges of it in this thread.
I don't think there has been a grand conspiracy, but he doesn't seem like the type who would be content to lose a race after the title has been won, let alone a race while the championship is still ongoing. I doubt he will see the title as being 'wrapped up', these guys aren't built that way.
Of people on Twitter? Agreed.
mmmm I can see this getting bigger.
I dont think he would be that bothered about it, Mercedes are not a threat to Max this season and a few times he has said he wants the competition from them.
Obviously he wouldn’t be content to lose a race ever… and he likely wouldn’t have lost this race regardless anyway. Simulations showed max would have had 8 laps to try get past the Mercs.
the gap was at 12 seconds with the pit stop taking 18 seconds actually. Max would have come out behind Russell if he’d have pitted just before the VSC. The more likely strategy was Max would have pitted for hards and caught both mercs before the end, probably would have taken the lead with 5 laps to go
would prefer to see a ban on sister teams to be honest.
Well alpha tauti could become andretti racing soon. Colton Herta moving there maybe step one. The FIA does seem to have waived its own superlicence process to get Herta a F1 licence. Its about time a america driver was on the grid.
Some Lewis fans are just fecking idiots, fair play on Lewis for making the post, but FFS he should not be having to make it, I fail to see why abusing her twitter is an any way acceptable.
Agree. And radio from the team to the driver. And team orders. And eventually DRS and tracks which require DRS to pass, after cars have reduced in size and run purely on biofuels.
Agree, but a small percentage of all fans are idiots.
Dont tar us all Merc and Lewis fans with the same brush, not all are idiots.
