Auto Racing Thread

[Salodin]

Eh don't forget it's also part of the cost cap reigning in. If they didn't cap engines and give penalities than some teams might be tempted to just use a new engine every other race.

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[Salodin]

Lol

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[Krandor]

Well that was a hell of a start

[Vil]

That's basically the start I was expecting. Hell of a move by Max.

[Nitsuki]

3 wide start and Max is driving like a man possessed.

LET’S GO CHECO! GET ON HAM’S ASS!

[Nitsuki]

RIP merc’s chances at double points

[Nitsuki]

I hope Bottas locks up on purpose to get back at merc for making him a tool.

[Salodin]

Aside from lap 1, the race was kinda meh. Still always nice to see the crowd pop when a hometown boy gets podium tho. THE CHILLS

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[synistar]

Guanyu Zhou will be in the 2nd Alfa seat becoming the first Chinese F1 driver. And with that, the field of 20 is set for 2022.

[Demosthenes]

RIP Gio

[synistar]

Drama coming out of Interlagos after qualifying. Hamilton's car may have a technical infringement in regards to the rear wing/DRS.

[Krandor]

According to a blurry video on reddit and the Max stans there this is an open and shut case and Ham's qualifying would be disqualified

[synistar]

Max is meeting the stewards tomorrow likely for breaking parc ferme when he touched Hamilton's car after quali. The plot thickens.

[Krandor]

It's a bullshit excuse but.... that'll prolly work.

Max fucked up when he touched the car and Mercedes is absolutely correct to try to say he somehow affected the car doing that

Even if they're not trying to divert the issue, it's still absolutely within their right to take advantage of Max making a mistake and touching another car.

[Vil]

What an absolute clown show. I can't wait til next season when Ferrari nails the regs and leaves these morons in the midfield.

[Nitsuki]

In the video, Max looks like he barely touched the car but holy shit Max why the fuck would you do that??? You muppet!

Also wtf is Merc doing so stupidly desperate to win that they resort to this??

[Gryffes]

In the video, Max looks like he barely touched the car but holy shit Max why the fuck would you do that??? You muppet!

Also wtf is Merc doing so stupidly desperate to win that they resort to this??

Has decades of professional sports cheats somehow passed you by?

[Krandor]

I mean not even decades, look at Ferrari just 2 years ago

[synistar]

Max fined €50,000 for touching the car.

Stewards deemed that "no direct harm was caused" by Max Verstappen's actions but issued a fine as it is a breach of regulations. Says it "has potential for serious consequences" and has warned teams/drivers of future conduct.

Which in the long term, the bigger consequence is the indirect reprimand of Inspector Seb.

[synistar]

Hamilton disqualified from this qualifying results. Will begin the sprint race from the rear. And whatever his result is from the sprint he will be taking a 5 place grid penalty for a new ICE.

In other news, the first three hours of the Petit Le Mans is starting right now on NBC - the last 7 hours will be on NBCSN though.