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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    Really is ridiculous and you just know that Russell is the sort of person who'll see it as a bitter sweet moment, but in a small way makes up for missing out on a podium in Sakhir.

    Also great for Williams, was going to be difficult for Alfa Romeo to haul back seven points, but now they've got to try and make up 16.5 which'll be extremely difficult.

    Just a shame as would have loved to have seen how he'd have coped in between Verstappen / Hamilton.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    Yup thats the result... Race is over
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Really is ridiculous and you just know that Russell is the sort of person who'll see it as a bitter sweet moment, but in a small way makes up for missing out on a podium in Sakhir.

    Also great for Williams, was going to be difficult for Alfa Romeo to haul back seven points, but now they've got to try and make up 16.5 which'll be extremely difficult.

    Just a shame as would have loved to have seen how he'd have coped in between Verstappen / Hamilton.
    Okay maybe not... :D - To be honest, it was great seeing him milk the podium in a way - Its not been a great few years for Williams and who knows when they'll get their next one... Did make me laugh when he started to celebrate ahead of getting his trophy, only for it to have been the Constructors Trophy to Red Bull

  • Scratchingvalleycat
    Scratchingvalleycat Posts: 759
    edited August 2021
    Sad thing is that they didn't cancel the race because they needed to declare a race result so that the fans didn't get their money back. Happy that George's qualifying was rewarded but only reason to be satisfied with the farce.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,602
    Could you imagine the complaining and whinging that Christian Horner would have done if it had been Lewis winning and his little brat only 3rd.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,280
    Best result Russell could have hoped for, if the race was run in better he would have finished with less points and no trophy, maybe picking up an 8th or 9th again if he was lucky. 
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,179
    Latifi in the points too. Great result for Williams but an unsatisfying sham of a “spectacle” for the fans. 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,602
    Scratchingvalleycat said:
    Sad thing is that they didn't cancel the race because they needed to declare a race result so that the fans didn't get their money back. Happy that George's qualifying was rewarded but only reason to be satisfied with the farce.
    I’d imagine they’ll refund fans. There’ll be a big backlash if they don’t. F1 could do without the bad publicity 
  • Scratchingvalleycat
    Scratchingvalleycat Posts: 759
    DaveMehmet said:
    Scratchingvalleycat said:
    Sad thing is that they didn't cancel the race because they needed to declare a race result so that the fans didn't get their money back. Happy that George's qualifying was rewarded but only reason to be satisfied with the farce.
    I’d imagine they’ll refund fans. There’ll be a big backlash if they don’t. F1 could do without the bad publicity 
    It is down to the Belgian organisers of the event, who have incurred all the costs, not f1. Now what do we know about Belgian paymasters?
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    It was still a better race than Monaco ….
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,785
    As an outsider looking in, can anyone explain to me how they decided that? A bit of like deciding a football match by who scored the most goals in warm ups..?
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,774
    Callumcafc said:
    As an outsider looking in, can anyone explain to me how they decided that? A bit of like deciding a football match by who scored the most goals in warm ups..?
    Pretty much except for the fact that qualifying is all of the drivers giving 100+% to decide who starts where in the race.
    Still think, though, that two laps behind a safety car, where overtaking is not allowed, is a terrible way to decide the distribution of points, even if it is only half points (12.5 for 1st, instead of 25, down to 0.5 for 10th, instead of 1point).
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited August 2021
    superclive98 said:
    Callumcafc said:
    As an outsider looking in, can anyone explain to me how they decided that? A bit of like deciding a football match by who scored the most goals in warm ups..?
    Pretty much except for the fact that qualifying is all of the drivers giving 100+% to decide who starts where in the race.
    Still think, though, that two laps behind a safety car, where overtaking is not allowed, is a terrible way to decide the distribution of points, even if it is only half points (12.5 for 1st, instead of 25, down to 0.5 for 10th, instead of 1point).
    If they switch to the "new" mini race (racette!) qualifying format, it would make this sort of thing more acceptable, as at least they would have actually raced at some time over the weekend.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    I think the rules seem wrong. Maybe they are there for financial, contractual reasons but there was no race yesterday so there shouldn't be any points. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,874
    Ridiculous rule, 2 laps behind the safety car is nowhere near enough for a race to be awarded any points, surely the threshold should be at least quarter distance
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    edited August 2021
    Lewis really didnt have a good day yesterday going by his Radio message

    You'll have to click on it to hear
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,280
    killerandflash said:
    Ridiculous rule, 2 laps behind the safety car is nowhere near enough for a race to be awarded any points, surely the threshold should be at least quarter distance
    Didn't even stick to their own rules, it's 2 laps minimum, and a red flag means the classification is taken from the lap before the red flag is shown, so should have been classified from the end of the first lap, which means 2 laps minimum wasn't met and no points are awarded.

    FIA come out and say "well Max crossed the line 3 times so it counts"
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,483
    superclive98 said:
    Callumcafc said:
    As an outsider looking in, can anyone explain to me how they decided that? A bit of like deciding a football match by who scored the most goals in warm ups..?
    Pretty much except for the fact that qualifying is all of the drivers giving 100+% to decide who starts where in the race.
    Still think, though, that two laps behind a safety car, where overtaking is not allowed, is a terrible way to decide the distribution of points, even if it is only half points (12.5 for 1st, instead of 25, down to 0.5 for 10th, instead of 1point).
    Problem with that was qualifying wasn’t completed either!
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,052
    Kimi announces his retirement. Paves the way for Bottas to Alfa and George to Mercedes
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    MarcusH26 said:
    Kimi announces his retirement. Paves the way for Bottas to Alfa and George to Mercedes
    Yup this was the announcement that was needed to start the entire domino effect with the driver market for next year.
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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,052
    Might get an announcement this weekend, or Alfa are holding it for Monza 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    MarcusH26 said:
    Might get an announcement this weekend, or Alfa are holding it for Monza 
    Mercedes wouldnt steal Red Bull / Max Verstappen's thunder @ the Dutch Grand Prix would they...? ;)
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,052
    ForeverAddickted said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Might get an announcement this weekend, or Alfa are holding it for Monza 
    Mercedes wouldnt steal Red Bull / Max Verstappen's thunder @ the Dutch Grand Prix would they...? ;)

    Announcing George would ruin Christians weekend entirely , so yes I fully expect it. 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,602
    ForeverAddickted said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Might get an announcement this weekend, or Alfa are holding it for Monza 
    Mercedes wouldnt steal Red Bull / Max Verstappen's thunder @ the Dutch Grand Prix would they...? ;)

  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,280
    Bottas at Alfa
    George to Mercedes
    De Vries also to Alfa apparently, which would surprise me as Alfa have the ties with Ferrari and that would be 2 Mercedes "family" drivers.
    Albon to Williams
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    sam3110 said:
    Bottas at Alfa
    George to Mercedes
    De Vries also to Alfa apparently, which would surprise me as Alfa have the ties with Ferrari and that would be 2 Mercedes "family" drivers.
    Albon to Williams
    Ferrari dont have the same relationship with Alfa anymore on the Grid so the latter dont have to accept their Academy Drivers if they dont want to anymore - de Vries to Alfa would make a lot of sense...

    https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-reports-alfa-romeo-looking-to-ditch-ferrari-f1-engines-for-mercedes-in-bombshell-update/
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,827
    Hamilton doesn’t like quick team mates , don’t forget 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,052
    edited September 2021
    Kimi tests positive for Covid, Kubica drafted in . 

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,436
    Shame for Kimi what with it being his last year
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,052
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Shame for Kimi what with it being his last year
    Especially in the middle of a triple header. This obviously puts him out of Monza too. 

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