Foxholer
Blackballed
Oops...
I meant to include that option too - then forgot completely about it! It would have been MY 'preferred' option!
F1 2021
- Thread starter SaintHacker
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I meant to include that option too - then forgot completely about it! It would have been MY 'preferred' option!
Swango1980
Well-known member
I didn't see it, but just seen the breaking news that it now has to be redrawn due to an "Admin Error". Perhaps Masi was in charge after all. However, if he was, no redraw necessary. He'd just defend the error by saying he can do as he pleases, so bog off.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Well yes…because I came on the thread earlier when the race was on to say that I was watching the race, something I hadn’t done for a very long time. So please…your admonition was rather unnecessary…but hey…it’s SiLH. Water off a ducks back.Yet you still feel the need to come on a thread about it and comment??
Jimaroid
Journeyman Pro
Just a thought that if I were a major sponsor or bookmaker with any integrity I'd be seriously questioning the ongoing relationship we have with F1 today.
ExRabbit
Club Champion
How can a self proclaimed "massive" fan stop watching altogether for 20 years???
That doesn't make sense...
I thought I explained why in my comment.
Swango1980
Well-known member
It'll be interesting what discussions are going on behind many closed doors. What will Mercedes be thinking, and their direct sponsors? It would even be interesting what Red Bull and their sponsors are discussing. Sure, they'll be delighted to win, but no one would be happy to win that way privately? As always, they will come out and defend decisions that go their way (like any team) to the public. But, Max's world championship win comes at a cost, the exact same cost that would have been Lewis' price to pay had roles been exactly reversed. On paper Max is World Champion, and his fans will celebrate that. However, to the wider audience, the FIA have turned F1 into an embarrassment.
Foxholer
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Many thanks for introducing that word to me! Always fiddled about with 'dubious' including (always rejected) thoughts about 'dubiousness' in the past. Nearly geographically appropriate too!
dewsweeper
Tour Rookie
Sad sort of reply
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
Why? It’s generated more exposure that they would ever have imagined.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Always feels strange watching F1 when you see a leader build up a nice lead for a safety car to inevitably come out and bunch up the field. Seems a waste of effort.
Also having lapped cars in the way of the leaders seems silly too as they have to move out of the way anyway.
Also having lapped cars in the way of the leaders seems silly too as they have to move out of the way anyway.
Tashyboy
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Nail on head ?
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Yep - I expect the owners and sponsers will be loving it , right now it’s the biggest talking point in sport
Tashyboy
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It does but in the same sense, in this instance Hamilton overtook them during th course of the race. The Person behind must feel like Moses when the Red Sea parted. If the lapped cars had not moved out of the way Hamilton would of been 600 yds down the track before Verstappen went round the last corner With the lapped cars in front.
Rooter
Money List Winner
Was away this weekend, what did i miss?
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Deleted member 30522
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The view from behind, this is epic https://www.givemesport.com/1801330...do-had-the-best-view-of-last-lap-in-abu-dhabi
bobmac
Major Champion
Lewis was cruising to win the World Championship with a 12 second lead with 6 laps to go. Verstappen was second but with 5 lapped cars between him and Lewis.
There was a crash (Latifi), safety car came out.
The FIA director broke the rules by removing the lapped cars in Max's way and allowed Max to catch Lewis up. They were wrongly given one lap to race for the championship. Lewis on old hard tyres, Max on fresh soft tyres.
Lewis had no defence and Max overtook him.
Max wins and is champion because he was in the right place on the right tyres when the race director did not follow the rules.
Swango1980
Well-known member
Good summary. Just to add, however, as this was all "entertaining", then it was perfectly acceptable for the Race Director to break all the guidelines. His defence was "the Race Director has the final call on safety car matters, and overrides any other written regulations".
I'm looking forward to next season. The Race Director also has the final call for the starting procedure, despite all the regulations there are for that. So, now Red Bull know they can play his strings, expect all cars (except Red Bull) to go out for the parade lap before starting the race, whilst both Red Bull cars are already on Lap 10. Or, maybe he will allow a handicapped race start, where slower cars start the race early, all aimed at getting an exciting finish to the race. After all, excitement is ALL that matters. Sporting integrity means nothing.
Foxholer
Blackballed
Re the bold bit...
IYO!
Not according to the Stewards during the Appeal by Mercedes, instead applying an 'overriding' one.
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/...nored-to-go-racing-at-the-end-of-abu-dhabi-gp
pompeybandit
Newbie
I'm not a massive fan of F1 but been thinking of how they could of ended this a better way. Perhaps they should make all the cars have enough fuel for an extra 3 laps on top of the normal amount needed for a race. This way if a safety car is deployed near the end of the original distance they all have enough fuel to extend the racing past originally planned one. If it looks like the safety car is needed for longer bring the cars into the pits until track is clear with no changes allowed.
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