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Shame they didnt have the balls to do that in abu dhabi in 2021.Alonso is back in third, FIA have reversed the decision.
The FIA couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery.
Shame they didnt have the balls to do that in abu dhabi in 2021.Alonso is back in third, FIA have reversed the decision.
The FIA couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery.
Sargent position seems to be as bad as alonso’s as well as the car behind one of the Ferrari’sI see several drivers bad positioned:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrnMg0DWYAA7dSc?format=jpg&name=large
Several have stated that they cannot see these grids and its by pure luck that they postiom their car correctly.
Could it be because of bigger tyres?
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Shame they didnt have the balls to do that in abu dhabi in 2021.
The stats would never tell the whole story for me, for example Hamilton is the best driver if you go by stats, but do I think he's the best of all time? No. Jim Clark is in my opinion, he was a pure genius behind the wheel of any race car.Whatever the stats lean to.
Jesus let it go alreadyShame they didnt have the balls to do that in abu dhabi in 2021.
His father is the same guy without the talent. Let's just say tree and apple.Max Verstappen the racing car driver is well on his way to become one of the greats in the history of the sport. Phenomenal pilot.
The person I really have no time for. Every time I see him and he opens his mouth, I cringe a bit.
The reasoning is that a jack is allowed to touch the car. It was understood that only front jack is allowed because it is used to guide the car but nowhere in the rules it is explicitly stated that only front jack is an exception so they ruled that both jacks are exception and reversed their decision.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrnWacoWcAEbEtr.jpg
the reasoning is basically: we got it wrong in the past, so its only fair if we do now too?
I was kind of drunk when I made my OP on this topic. I had seen something that motivated the question but I can't remember it at the moment.The stats would never tell the whole story for me, for example Hamilton is the best driver if you go by stats, but do I think he's the best of all time? No. Jim Clark is in my opinion, he was a pure genius behind the wheel of any race car.
I've given up in believing anything that Ferrari says to be honest. Just avoids the inevitable disappointment.It's funny how you just need to read the comments on here and the internet to see Checo lying about the fastest lap situation worked. Disappointing that he feels the need to do that when the radios clearly show he was never told not to go for it or that Max or any other driver wouldn't go for it.
Fastest lap was fair game. Checo was told he was free to push and Max bet him to it fair and square.
It's racing and they raced. That's exactly what we want to happen.
At the end of the day Checo should be happy he had a great race and showed really good pace and that he nearly got close to maximum points in a weekend after Max's reliability cost him majorly. Without that it would have very likely been a different story of course.
In other news feck me Ferrari was slow. Crazy how slow considering they where adamant this track would be better for them than Bahrain.
TBF I didn't believe they'd actually be close to Red Bull like they where saying but feck me coming behind both Mercs is fairly fecking poor considering Ferrari actually have quali pace.I've given up in believing anything that Ferrari says to be honest. Just avoids the inevitable disappointment.
Yeah gonna have to agree on this, but part of it surely has to be because the guy is essentially being allowed to do whatever he wants.Max Verstappen the racing car driver is well on his way to become one of the greats in the history of the sport. Phenomenal pilot.
The person I really have no time for. Every time I see him and he opens his mouth, I cringe a bit.
Max done nothing this weekend to elicit these responses though.Yeah gonna have to agree on this, but part of it surely has to be because the guy is essentially being allowed to do whatever he wants.
After the way in which that stupid 2021 ending happened with people basically desperate to justify him deserving it anyway, then Red Bull last season and this just absolutely worshipping the ground he walks on despite his constant whinging and moaning in the car, he's bound to have a high opinion of himself. And that opinion definitely shows.
It wasn't an analysis of this specific race. I responded to and quoted somebody else making a general opinion on Verstappen. I agreed and elaborated.Max done nothing this weekend to elicit these responses though.
When the car broke in quali he took it well. Didn't give our or lose his shit and was all smiles in the paddock.
After the race he congratulated the team and Checo and had a laugh with Checo etc.
So what did he do wrong? Take fastest lap? That was fair game, Checo was told he was free to push.
They had a fair fight for it and that's racing.
Also even if Max reacted badly to his quali issue as he sometimes does that's completely normal. Hell just go listen to Hamilton in 2016 when he had reliability issues. People get emotional it's really not that deep.
The biggest story of this weekend in terms of peoples attitudes is actually why Checo lied about the fastest lap situation. I like Checo but that was a bit sly on his part especially when the radio is there for everyone to see. He probably regrets it.
But again even that is really not a big deal. Probably just trying to put pressure on.
Absolutely.Shame they didnt have the balls to do that in abu dhabi in 2021.
Spot on.Yeah it's easy to be calm when your car is so much faster it may as well be a different division, but we saw Max's real self during his numerous meltdowns before he was handed his first championship by Masi.
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It is almost impossible to compare drivers across the years of F1.The stats would never tell the whole story for me, for example Hamilton is the best driver if you go by stats, but do I think he's the best of all time? No. Jim Clark is in my opinion, he was a pure genius behind the wheel of any race car.
There's definitely a bit of slyness with Checo that nobody really expects. Like Horner said both of them went for the fastest lap in the final lap, Checo was just too slow and gave up half way through. No good reason for him to pretend he was told not to try and improve it.The biggest story of this weekend in terms of peoples attitudes is actually why Checo lied about the fastest lap situation. I like Checo but that was a bit sly on his part especially when the radio is there for everyone to see. He probably regrets it.
They need to really, they did the same in the final year of the previous rules to clip Mercedes' wings, which made things much closer and more interesting than one team disappearing off into the distance.Mark Hughes from Autosport, thinks FIA will change tech rules for next season to stop the current RB car and its domination (unless rivals can close the gap, almost impossible in seaaon where the gap is over a second). Not good for the sport and the whole reason the rules were changed to stop years of domination by one team.
Good on redbull for making such a fast car but it’s ridiculous to watch, no fun what so ever, before the race even started I knew max would breeze through the pack, and he did at ease.Mark Hughes from Autosport, thinks FIA will change tech rules for next season to stop the current RB car and its domination (unless rivals can close the gap, almost impossible in seaaon where the gap is over a second). Not good for the sport and the whole reason the rules were changed to stop years of domination by one team.
Wasn't it reported that he left the track angry on Saturday and skipped the team debrief? Rosberg mentioned it and called it weak.Max done nothing this weekend to elicit these responses though.
When the car broke in quali he took it well. Didn't give our or lose his shit and was all smiles in the paddock.
After the race he congratulated the team and Checo and had a laugh with Checo etc.
So what did he do wrong? Take fastest lap? That was fair game, Checo was told he was free to push.
They had a fair fight for it and that's racing.
Also even if Max reacted badly to his quali issue as he sometimes does that's completely normal. Hell just go listen to Hamilton in 2016 when he had reliability issues. People get emotional it's really not that deep.
The biggest story of this weekend in terms of peoples attitudes is actually why Checo lied about the fastest lap situation. I like Checo but that was a bit sly on his part especially when the radio is there for everyone to see. He probably regrets it.
But again even that is really not a big deal. Probably just trying to put pressure on.
Half of the problem was the final DRS zone. Most overtakes in the race were foregone conclusions, Saudi is probably the most DRS-boosted track on the calendar which of course also serves RB.Good on redbull for making such a fast car but it’s ridiculous to watch, no fun what so ever, before the race even started I knew max would breeze through the pack, and he did at ease.
when he over took Lewis even the commentator said it looked like f1 v f2 and they usually try to big up the competitiveness. He didn’t even have to try and overtake anyone, it just happened and other drivers knew it wasn’t even worth putting up a fight.
Rosberg did say he didn't go to the meeting. We have no idea why.Wasn't it reported that he left the track angry on Saturday and skipped the team debrief? Rosberg mentioned it and called it weak.
Not trying to pick but he did reportedly lose his shit over something very minor at this stage of the season.
In my opinion definitely the former. Like somebody else said the only real interesting thing was Verstappen tearing through the pack, but we all knew that was going to happen anyway really.Missed the race, was it another snooze fest or worth watching the highlights?
Agreed. It's funny because usually fast cars at the back makes things more interesting but in this case it probably would have been more interesting to have Max and Checo start next to one another as this was the first race maybe ever Checo had similar pace.In my opinion definitely the former. Like somebody else said the only real interesting thing was Verstappen tearing through the pack, but we all knew that was going to happen anyway really.
I thought the first two thirds of the race were interesting.Missed the race, was it another snooze fest or worth watching the highlights?
I can find mention of him leaving early Saturday and missing team debrief from Singapore last year but google is failing to find me anything from this weekend.Wasn't it reported that he left the track angry on Saturday and skipped the team debrief? Rosberg mentioned it and called it weak.
Not trying to pick but he did reportedly lose his shit over something very minor at this stage of the season.
Yeah I would tend to agree. I don't think there was an obviously better driver from the era who didn't win a wdc, he's probably bottom of the pile but someone has to be.Rosberg is an excellent driver worthy of having a WDC to his name.
I'll take Rosberg over Raikkonen or ButtonYeah I would tend to agree. I don't think there was an obviously better driver from the era who didn't win a wdc, he's probably bottom of the pile but someone has to be.
The fact he has as many wdc's as mansell is a travesty though.