Auto Racing Thread

[Krandor]

Toto could murder Masi with his bare hands in broad daylight right now and everyone would probably just let him get away with it.

[Salodin]

Toto could murder Masi with his bare hands in broad daylight right now and everyone would probably just let him get away with it.

Toto: "Hello Michael, I know what you did last winter"

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[synistar]

And when we thought it was all over....

Verstappen summoned by the stewards for overtaking while under the safety car.

[Salodin]

And when we thought it was all over....

Verstappen summoned by the stewards for overtaking while under the safety car.

He came real close to passing Lewis under safety, but Lewis plays games like that under safety all the time.

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[Nitsuki]

He came real close to passing Lewis under safety, but Lewis plays games like that under safety all the time.

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It’s very admirable how Lewis’s experience allows him to play super dirty in the smartest way possible. Not breaking the rules but allowing others to break the rules in his favor.

[Salodin]

If this wasn't the last race then people would just be going "well this is payback for ___". Poor stewardship is poor stewardship, I'm not even mad at RBR for gambling and coming out ahead cause of it. These refs really do be sucking lol

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[Nitsuki]

Toto could murder Masi with his bare hands in broad daylight right now and everyone would probably just let him get away with it.

Lowkey murder Prince Latifi too

[Salodin]

https://twitter.com/cgivans11/status...cZrHaCx8g&s=19

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[Krandor]

Max passing for a brief second under safety car is a nothing burger, but it's still totally within Mercedes right to protest it and any other team would do the same given the implications.

[Krandor]

OR OR

Since the safety car didn't come in on the following lap like the rules state, maybe that means for that final lap that Lewis was the safety car and thus Max was never allowed to pass him

[Salodin]

What are they gonna do, give the championship back to Lewis after the fact? Lol, they're just digging at the FIA and stewards over a shit race and season.

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[Nitsuki]

Sooooo i don’t recall but did Mick do any contact with Latifi? “For my father”

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[Krandor]

What are they gonna do, give the championship back to Lewis after the fact? Lol, they're just digging at the FIA and stewards over a shit race and season.

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They could absolutely do that, and that's probably what Mercedes is arguing and is likely going to take this to court over.

Since the safety car restart wasn't handled within the rules reset to the positions before the SC came out.

[Gryffes]

They could absolutely do that, and that's probably what Mercedes is arguing and is likely going to take this to court over.

Since the safety car restart wasn't handled within the rules reset to the positions before the SC came out.

The race rules state that after lapped cars have been let through the race starts on the NEXT lap ie the race should've finished under safety car if the rules were followed.

Also there is no space in the regs to "only allow the cars through that were in front of verstappen and not others".

tldr race director made shit up on the spot and this will go through the lawyers.

[synistar]

I have to laugh that the first one on Max's radio was Albon - https://twitter.com/formula2insider/...63674794688513

I hope Williams makes good strides at nailing the new regulations. Albon is a god at doing the back end work for car setups.

[Krandor]

Safety Car overtake protest got dismissed, should have some update on the other... thing in 15-20 apparently

Edit : both dismissed, but Mercedes is now deliberating taking it to court, which I imagine they will.

[Mayareira]

If this was a soccer game it would definitely have to be repeated, no questions asked (human errors are ok but rule errors are not tolerated, ie 2 yellow cards without a red or allowing a goal from an indirect freekick). Referees have to abide to the rulebook at all times.

But FIA Race Director apparently has overriding authority..not sure what it means but FIA might’ve given the director some powers that’ll give him the chance to keep things exciting, and perhaps for safety reasons if something is missed or in gray area in the rulebook.

From FIA’s perspective Masi did his job well, underdog won, Hamilton’s record is delayed, season/race not finished with safety car, Netflix is happy, fans are mostly satisfied with the late race drama.…so they’ll likely stand by the decisions made.

In soccer issues like these are mostly getting resolved at CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) so that’s probably where Mercedes will seek justice. They mostly focus on the resolution of financial disputes though, I don’t expect a favorable outcome for Mercedes.

[Salodin]

https://twitter.com/formularacers_/s...Vy0jzSSuQ&s=19

Was nice while it lasted

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[Demosthenes]

https://twitter.com/formularacers_/s...Vy0jzSSuQ&s=19

Was nice while it lasted

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Shouldn't ever have been a thing. Race director should be the one that calls principals.

[synistar]

I forgot but Baku was not the first instance of Masi on a call with a team broadcasted. It was Toto complaining about Mazepin asking about blue flags.

This should have never been a thing.