The 2021 F1 Season.

[Curtis]

Max is an exceptional driver IMO.
I do wish he would grow up a bit and earn the respect of us all.
Bit tricky when his team boss behaves in the same way.

 

[flutteringwow]

 

[kendo]

I for one would love to see Kendo Nagasaki in a Williams take on Big Daddy in the Torra Rosso around Spa.

Well I'm up for it but I've only got a Focus 1.8. Shirley that would do?

 

[StephenB]

heres a thought......

how satisfying would it be for George to beat Max next year in the championship ?

it doesn't matter how many championships Lewis wins he will always have his fans and haters regardless

LH has done more than enough as a driver and as a human being in my book to rate as one of the greats of the sport

 

[StephenB]

another little nugget of info

New and Used Cars | Jersey, Channel Islands | Derek Warwick Honda

half joking obviously, but I recal a few years back a stewards decision not going LH way and Mr Warwick was a steward on that one as wel, anyone able to remind me or am I just dreaming ?

 

[SteveS1]

heres a thought......

how satisfying would it be for George to beat Max next year in the championship ?

it doesn't matter how many championships Lewis wins he will always have his fans and haters regardless

LH has done more than enough as a driver and as a human being in my book to rate as one of the greats of the sport

The drivers are all superb and deserve better. The bigger issue is that the FIA has demonstrated that it will step in and contrive a result where it feels the TV, sponsors, want something more exciting than what is actually happening. Unless something pretty substantial is done, it's WWF time and file under 'entertainment'.

That to me is a far bigger issue that the 'who' element. You can be sure that there would have been an explosion of outrage, possibly bigger even than we have seen had the challenger been on the wrong end of this nonsense and fewer people would have been silent or making excuses for it.

 

[narabdela]

heres a thought......

how satisfying would it be for George to beat Lewis next year in the championship ?





(apologies to StephenB)

 

[StephenB]

The drivers are all superb and deserve better. The bigger issue is that the FIA has demonstrated that it will step in and contrive a result where it feels the TV, sponsors, want something more exciting than what is actually happening. Unless something pretty substantial is done, it's WWF time and file under 'entertainment'.

That to me is a far bigger issue that the 'who' element. You can be sure that there would have been an explosion of outrage, possibly bigger even than we have seen had the challenger been on the wrong end of this nonsense and fewer people would have been silent or making excuses for it.

or maybe Masi is simply a "twat" who got it completely wrong and was lucky enough to be saved by the Mob for now

 

[StephenB]

heres a thought......

how satisfying would it be for George to beat Lewis next year in the championship ?





(apologies to StephenB)

no apology necessary as long as Max is beaten

 

[SteveS1]

or maybe Masi is simply a "twat" who got it completely wrong and was lucky enough to be saved by the Mob for now

I don't disagree with the premise.

But in this instance he got it right and was then overruled.

 

[Tony Lockhart]

I don't disagree with the premise. But he got it right and was then overruled.

By?

 

[SteveS1]

By?

I don't know who authorised Horner's complaint, but Masi called it right initially. Horner then contacted him to tell him to change it, which is what he then did.

 

[canonman]

another little nugget of info

New and Used Cars | Jersey, Channel Islands | Derek Warwick Honda

Followed by another.

Myself and a couple of mates were taken to Brands Hatch for the GP in his helicopter. Think is was 1984.
It wasn't a freebie, we paid for the trip to avoid the traffic.

 

[Tony Lockhart]

I don't know who authorised Horner's complaint, but Masi called it right initially. Horner then contacted him to tell him to change it, which is what he then did.

Oh ok. I thought you meant someone from higher up in the FIA had told him to change it.

 

[SteveS1]

Oh ok. I thought you meant someone from higher up in the FIA had told him to change it.

No idea who else is in touch with him. We just heard his decision then Horner, then his 'revised' decision followed by Toto contacting him to say "this isn't right".

 

[Tony Lockhart]

No idea who else is in touch with him. We just heard his decision then Horner, then his 'revised' decision followed by Toto contacting him to say "this isn't right".

Yep. I was watching

 

[matthewr]

Sir Lewis of Hamilton has been successfully knighted today despite the FIA's attempts to switch Max in at the last moment.

Yes I am doing the obvious joke everyone is doing today, it's been a long week, ok?

 

[Tony Lockhart]

No idea who else is in touch with him. We just heard his decision then Horner, then his 'revised' decision followed by Toto contacting him to say "this isn't right".

All Masi had to do was red flag the race as soon as Latifi stuffed the Williams into the wall. Lewis and Max would have restarted on very similar tyres and raced hard for a few laps.

 

[SteveS1]

All Masi had to do was red flag the race as soon as Latifi stuffed the Williams into the wall. Lewis and Max would have restarted on very similar tyres and raced hard for a few laps.

Absolutely. It would have been rough on Hamilton to lose the time, but that's understood and bad luck.

 

[kenniGT]

This commentary nails last race situation.
Red flag would be the best option as all would have the same tyres, but Masi was too slow to react.
So both Redbull, and Mercedes teams, acted based on known SC rules.
For Redbull there was a chance that all lapped cars will pass SC before last lap.
For Mercedes there was calculation there will be not enough time as rulebook says, SC needs to go in following lap - not the same lap as cars overtaking SC.

What they both did not predict, that mr Masi will abandon those rules (rules he underlined himself in previous races) to create TV spectate and at the same time, unfair racing.