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  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Never ever heard such an awful rendition of the US National Anthem.
  • Never ever heard such an awful rendition of the US National Anthem.
    Classic America... F1 try having a tribute to Dieter Mateschitz and they throw out some rock music over the tanoy
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,257
    Not Russell crashing into someone again.... 🙄
  • Yeah…. So Russell.

    don’t think he can complain with that decision!

    Its becoming a regular occurrence 
  • Bit like last year.. Russell's performances drop the further we get into the season
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,257
    And a 5 second penalty, hardly a penalty compared to being punted out the race, right?
  • sam3110 said:
    And a 5 second penalty, hardly a penalty compared to being punted out the race, right?
    Won't be his fault tho, it never is! 
  • On another note, why hasnt Perez been called in to replace his front wing? - Haas have been forced to pit Magnussen in recent races for the same issue
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,257
    On another note, why hasnt Perez been called in to replace his front wing? - Haas have been forced to pit Magnussen in recent races for the same issue
    It fell off didn't it? Magnussen's always end up half on half off and flapping about. 
  • Cmon Lewis... Lets get Verstappen with these drivability issues
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    edited October 2022
    OH WOW... that pit stop for Max!!

    GO LEWIS GOOOO
  • Haha here come the Verstappen radio messages
  • Lewis got a problem? Just shit the bed 
  • Lewis aint gonna hold on is he - Hoping that Verstappen's fight with Leclerc cooked his mediums, but looks like it only killed the Ferrari's tyres
  • Fuck off with your bitching now Verstappen!!
  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,698
    Well that was fun!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Great race 
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,167
    That Vettel tussle at the end was the best bit
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,257
    CafcWest said:
    That Vettel tussle at the end was the best bit
    Like they said, announced his retirement and is now driving like a man possessed
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,030
    I wish Seb wasn't retiring. He's still good fun to watch 
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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,257
    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.
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,410
    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. 
  • LTKapal
    LTKapal Posts: 1,312
    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.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,257
    LTKapal said:
    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.
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,167
    edited October 2022
    Right decision (for a change).  Alonso keeps the points: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/63420895
  • CafcWest said:
    Right decision (for a change).  Alonso keeps the points: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/63420895
    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.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,030
    edited October 2022
    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