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The topic of him being fired is also interesting, seen it discussed in the media, as one would expect. However, if he was sacked, would that be the FIA admitting he did wrong? If Mercedes appealed the result, how could the FIA defend themselves if they actually sacked Masi? That action alone would be an admission he acted in the wrong way.

Yes, although I expect it would be presented as him resigning from the role, or being moved to something different.
 
I did see a quick interview with good-ole Bernie the other day, with his thoughts on the ending. Jeez, what a <Big Ben>

I think Bernie is very much a supporter of manufacturing races to make them more "exciting", regardless of safety or sporting implications. Did he not once suggest it would be a good idea to artificially put water on the racetracks to make racing more exciting. If there was a job interview to take over the position of God, I'm pretty sure Bernie would be the first to get his application in :)
 
I think Bernie is very much a supporter of manufacturing races to make them more "exciting", regardless of safety or sporting implications. Did he not once suggest it would be a good idea to artificially put water on the racetracks to make racing more exciting. If there was a job interview to take over the position of God, I'm pretty sure Bernie would be the first to get his application in :)

Haha, yes! He'd been watching too many Road Runner cartoons.
 
Putting the rights and wrongs and stuff to one side for a minute...... it is melting my brain that for a few minutes during that safety car MM knew he’d have to make a decision and that whatever he decided would basically decide which driver won the championship. I would not want to have been making that decision. Although, i’d probably have just stuck with the rules.... ;)
I agree re 'having to make that decision', but the bold bit would likely be affected by how much emphasis the 'we want it to be decided by racing' approach was stressed by teams in the pre-race meeting. It would appear that he had significant 'flexibility' wrt interpreting the rules too!
 
For all I know, that screenshot could have been produced by some guy in his pants on his computer.
IF the screen shot is genuine, it surprises me that the timestamps are only accurate to the minute. F1 is a sport that operates to thousandths of a second. At the very least you'd expect the timestamps to include seconds. If it is genuine, then the fact that the timestamps are not very precise probably means that the exact order of the messages isn't a true reflection of the sequence of events and therefore isn't important.
 
Imagine if you're playing in the final of your club SCRATCH match-play championship.
You're 3 up with 4 to play but a lightning storm hits.
You have to take shelter for your own safety and it's late and getting dark.
After your opponent complains, the Captain comes out and tells you the storm has mostly passed but because of the dark, you have to move to the 18th and just play a one hole decider. He tells you you are now all square and you have to give your opponent a shot up the last.
Not a perfect comparison but not far off
That is an even worse analogy than the Gary Lineker one.
 
ust seen the Sky interview with Verstappen

Spoke with a lot of maturity about it all , with a lot of respect for Hamilton and also Hamiltons father.

Was a good interview

Also seems they are going to stop the team principals speaking to Race Control during the race
 
ust seen the Sky interview with Verstappen

Spoke with a lot of maturity about it all , with a lot of respect for Hamilton and also Hamiltons father.

Was a good interview

Also seems they are going to stop the team principals speaking to Race Control during the race

If he'd rightly lost he'd be singing a different tune. He'll be a slightly better Vettal. Second best to Lewis and when he retires someone else will step up.
 
If he'd rightly lost he'd be singing a different tune. He'll be a slightly better Vettal. Second best to Lewis and when he retires someone else will step up.
I agree. Easy to say the right things and come across positively when you have won. He wasn't like that during the season and if things don't go his way next year there will be toys out of the box and he will be moaning to his team to get on the radio and get it changed. What happened to best driver wins?
 
ust seen the Sky interview with Verstappen

Spoke with a lot of maturity about it all , with a lot of respect for Hamilton and also Hamiltons father.

Was a good interview

Also seems they are going to stop the team principals speaking to Race Control during the race
Not sure what else you'd expect? It was Lewis, and Lewis' dad that congratulated Max after having the world title ripped from Lewis' grasp. They showed remarkable maturity and respect. So, it would be bizarre if Max started slagging anybody off after being gifted the title.
 
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