The F1 thread

TimmyO

Red Bull PR Director be like “ok, tie Helmut up and shut him in a dark room til Tuesday”

Fretwired

Great for McLaren, Ricciardo and Norris. Good to see them back. Norris is aggressive but clean - great racing. And the McLarens were ahead of Max and Lewis on the track before Max and Lewis crashed.

Another Max red mist moment ... Horner looked worried in his interview.

stickyfiddle

Fretwired said:

Great for McLaren, Ricciardo and Norris. Good to see them back. Norris is aggressive but clean - great racing. And the McLarens were ahead of Max and Lewis on the track before Max and Lewis crashed.

Another Max red mist moment ... Horner looked worried in his interview.

Yep. The fact that Horner and Max have both been so quiet in the interviews speaks volumes imo

Fretwired

stickyfiddle said:

Fretwired said:

Great for McLaren, Ricciardo and Norris. Good to see them back. Norris is aggressive but clean - great racing. And the McLarens were ahead of Max and Lewis on the track before Max and Lewis crashed.

Another Max red mist moment ... Horner looked worried in his interview.

Yep. The fact that Horner and Max have both been so quiet in the interviews speaks volumes imo

I agree. Max should have tucked up behind Lewis and got a slipstream down the straight. His tyres and brakes were up to temp while Lewis had only just come out of the pits. Max would have overtaken Lewis. An error of judgement by Max IMHO.

danishbacon

What’s with Max’s tyre spinning up after landing on top of Lewis?

sinbaadi

Max expects to be left room and yields none.  He had nowhere near enough overlap to be entitled to space around the outside of the first part, and drove off the road rather than giving it up.  It was then inevitable that the sausage kerb would bounce him across the road and into Lewis' car.

He and RBR literally seem to think that they have some divine right to beat Mercedes/Lewis and everyone should just stand aside so that they can do that or else they'll be really upset with you!

Fretwired

The press and social media are going nuts .. the Daily Fail frontpage

TimmyO

danishbacon said:

What’s with Max’s tyre spinning up after landing on top of Lewis?

Max gunning it to try and drive off of the Merc. Luckily the other side didn’t spin (broken diff probably) 

Fretwired

Ouch .. Max's wheel hits Ham's head .. saved by the Halo ...

Fretwired

Max blamed - three place grid drop and two points on his licence.

fretmeister

3 place grid drop for Max.

TimmyO

Helmut trying to escape his restraints as we speak… 

thumpingrug

I called it a racing incident, but who am I to argue with the stewards.  They clearly could see things I couldn't.

fretmeister

The decision is here…

https://twitter.com/croftyf1/status/1437096081934925828?s=21

Fretwired

thumpingrug said:

I called it a racing incident, but who am I to argue with the stewards.  They clearly could see things I couldn't.

You can't argue with that - seems fair and accurate to me. No wonder Horner and Verstappen were sombre in their respective interviews on Sky F1.

stickyfiddle

I think this and silverstone were max’s fault but both racing incidents. At least the stewards are trying to be consistent with blame and penalties.

Max fans will no doubt be foaming at the unfairness of 3 places vs 10 seconds for a race Ham won anyway

Fretwired

stickyfiddle said:

I think this and silverstone were max’s fault but both racing incidents. At least the stewards are trying to be consistent with blame and penalties.

Max fans will no doubt be foaming at the unfairness of 3 places vs 10 seconds for a race Ham won anyway

Verstappen fans will no doubt take to social media moaning about Hamilton. Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher think what Max did was deliberate - he'd either get through or crash with Lewis. The red mist descended. Maybe Max has a major weakness - a rush of blood to the head which impairs his judgement.

fretmeister

stickyfiddle said:

I think this and silverstone were max’s fault but both racing incidents. At least the stewards are trying to be consistent with blame and penalties.

Max fans will no doubt be foaming at the unfairness of 3 places vs 10 seconds for a race Ham won anyway

Crofty said 3 places was viewed as the same as 10 seconds. Time penalty Couldn’t be imposed in the race this time so this is the alternative.

stickyfiddle

fretmeister said:

stickyfiddle said:

I think this and silverstone were max’s fault but both racing incidents. At least the stewards are trying to be consistent with blame and penalties.

Max fans will no doubt be foaming at the unfairness of 3 places vs 10 seconds for a race Ham won anyway

Crofty said 3 places was viewed as the same as 10 seconds. Time penalty Couldn’t be imposed in the race this time so this is the alternative.

Of course. *I* understand that. I just don’t think the Maxolytes will!

dazzajl

The move was a little optimistic, as best. And Lewis could have given him another couple of tyre widths. That’s all small beans really. What upset me was that Max could park his car on Lewis’ head and not even glance to check he was okay as he flounced off. I know Lewis can be every bit as much the arrogant pouty prick as Max but I’d still make sure I hadn’t injured him.