Alonso lost his points after a successful appeal from Haas about his unsafe car, when he lost his right mirror. They also protested Perez's Red Bull, but as the endplate fell off and the rest of the wing was structurally sound, they ruled it wasn't unsafe.
Good Race, Lewis a bit desperate at the end trying to get Max a penalty. i am no exactly a Max fan but screams desperation. A shame, but hopefully Lewis still doesn't blank the season, although Max and Redbull look far too quick still.
The fact the engine freeze came in when Honda made a big step forward in their engine surpassing both the Mercedes’ and Ferrari power units have really been an overlooked factor in regards to how important it has been to red bull abd his the other teams can’t bridge that gap.
The fact the engine freeze came in when Honda made a big step forward in their engine surpassing both the Mercedes’ and Ferrari power units have really been an overlooked factor in regards to how important it has been to red bull abd his the other teams can’t bridge that gap.
I thought the widely agreed sentiments is that the step forward they took merely put them back on even footing with the rest. The Red Bull's strength is from not having to deal with porpoising early on, thus being able to work on the aerodynamics straight away, and having great straight line speed with minimal downforce loss (a sign their Venturi Tunnels and ground effects are working very efficiently, something I'm sure is attributed to Newey and the gang).
FWIW, Mercedes seemed to have taken a wrong turn going down the no sidepods route, and have been scrabbling ever since to work around that, and Ferrari have the best 1 lap car in the field, but can't keep it on the road long enough to actually be a threat.
Hopefully next season Ferrari pull a strategic genius out of their arse and Mercedes refine their design/chuck it in the sea and start again, and we have a proper 3 way battle at the top again
Sounds like Mercedes worked out their problems early on, but found it impossible to bridge the gap with their Upgrades because Red Bull | Ferrari were able to make upgrades themselves, so for the most part has kept those two on the front footing.
Just makes you wonder if the FIA can do anything right at the moment, should never have gone that far given the length of time it took Haas to submit the appeal - Although I've equally read that Haas were told it wasn't a problem submitting after the 30min deadline, so the amount of wrong information given to teams is a joke if so.
I'm fine with that punishment. The car development time loss is a huge penalty that even with the greatest technical mind in the history of the sport , I think that puts Mercedes and Ferrari right back in play.
What interests me having now read the whole thing and same with Aston's breach, seems to be a lot of it surrounding tax . Is this a misunderstanding of the UK tax system or is this some initial cap vaguries?
Not so sure... Given Ross Brawn's original comments - But then the FIA were never gonna have the balls to do that - Just hope its enough of a deterrent to stop other teams from doing it in the future
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don’t think he can complain with that decision!
Its becoming a regular occurrence
GO LEWIS GOOOO
FWIW, Mercedes seemed to have taken a wrong turn going down the no sidepods route, and have been scrabbling ever since to work around that, and Ferrari have the best 1 lap car in the field, but can't keep it on the road long enough to actually be a threat.
Hopefully next season Ferrari pull a strategic genius out of their arse and Mercedes refine their design/chuck it in the sea and start again, and we have a proper 3 way battle at the top again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/63430407
What interests me having now read the whole thing and same with Aston's breach, seems to be a lot of it surrounding tax . Is this a misunderstanding of the UK tax system or is this some initial cap vaguries?