[Misc] F1 2021

[St Leonards Seagull]

He was king maker and he chose to give it to Red Bull.

That’s him done in F1 though.

I’m sure Red Bull could find some work for him, he’s done very well for them in the end.


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[Hugo Rune]

THat race ending was up there with Schumacher taking out Hill in 1994. It will leave a bad taste, forever. I've never had any time for MS, nor will I ever for MV

Like you (probably), I still get angry when I see the clip of Schumacher taking out Hill with his broken car. This one will stick for the rest of my days.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Wonder if Max will walk off the podium now as there's no champagne?

 

[Munkfish]

That quite frankly was a shambles, Masi made a ruling re the lapped cars & then changed his mind last second - how is that fair? A terrible advert for the sport imo with lots of eyes on it today, I think the take home message for casual viewers will be that the winner is determined by rules & not by on track skill

Certainly didn’t change my mind on the sport. Awful.

Was exciting when Perez was holding up Hamilton doing his bit for the team. Thought that was great. That ending tough won’t see me returning anytime soon. Won’t watch it for another 2/3 years when I got nothing else to do on a Sunday.

 

[zefarelly]

Hmm, for those of us that lost interest a while ago but thought we'd better give this one a go, given the endless hype about the 'greatest ever sporting rivalry' blah de blah.

That was a terrible advert

I'm out.
Again.
For another 15 years.


Shite 'sport'

I watched Bathurst last weekend, proper car racing. I'll go back to my historics, there's less cheating and better driving!!!

 

[Bold Seagull]

Lewis has now lost 3 titles he was by far the best driver. His rookie season when he punctured late in the race, v Rosberg when his engine gave up twice, and now this one, arguably the most painful defeat of all.

He doesn’t storm off the podium, he congratulated his rivals. Critics take note, not many could have handled that finish.

He is absolutely the GOAT.

 

[sjamesb3466]

Well done Lewis, shaking hands with Horner and Max on podium. That's class especially given the circumstances.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Shock horror, rich elite sport, in last minute dubious rule changes, shock….

Crooked pointless sport, none of it is on a level playing field….

So boring.

 

[Seagull58]

I feel quite sick after that. Masi was so obviously got at by Red Bull and broke the rules to let Mad Max win. If it is really as clear as that then Mercedes should absolutely go to court.

 

[highflyer]

I watched Bathurst last weekend, proper car racing. I'll go back to my historics, there's less cheating and better driving!!!

Also, I assume, not being used to sportswash a succession of dodgy middle eastern regimes and attended by several hundred of the world's most expensive super yachts?

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

U ok hun x

I am fine thanks as I don't care very much, l am into the bikes.
I wanted Hamilton to win because he is British ( in most people's eyes) and he would have become the best driver of all time, anyone that is British should have wanted the same.
I am more concerned about someone who quite rightly wants the rules changed and we are trying to adhere to them, only to post ridiculous things intent on winding up the fans at such a tense moment for them, especially the way it ended.
Seems you want it both ways.
At the end of the day Hamilton has 7 wins, millions in the bank and wallowing in luxury, I don't feel that sorry for him.
But F1, as usual, has totally let themselves down yet again.

 

[jimhigham]

F1 might not

But depends how far Mercedes and Hamilton take it

Courts won’t give a c**p about overturning a result

True. True. But how long would that take to shake down? I’m no legal expert but I imagine they’d be well into next season before there would be any resolution.

Hope Mercedes dust themselves down and put out a stormer of a car for Hamilton and Russell to race with next season.

 

[A1X]

It really should be this simple. If lapped cars can overtake, ALL the lapped cars should be allowed to overtake. Anything else makes it not a level playing field.

 

[Titanic]

That was more like WWE than motor racing.

Not sure I'll bother watching again.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Just as Verstappen crossed the line, back in England in the EPL, Maddison takes a dive and gets Leicester the penalty that sees us provisionally out of the top 10. VAR should have overturned it.

Why do people off the pitch or race track have such huge affect over results? Pisses me off.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

To be fair to Red Bull they should have had this season sown up ages ago, it was only Max’s crashes etc which scuppered that. Merc put on a great fightback the last 4 races, and now in the end it is decided in a strange way via Latifi and the decisions of the stewards / Masi.

Glad Max didn’t take out Lewis in a crash to win it anyway.

On to next season now, we hit the reset button with the new 2022 car designs so we have no idea who will be fastest / who will be competing for wins next season. Ideally Merc with Lewis and George at the front, and Red Bull somewhere back in the midfield [emoji1787]

 

[Seasider78]

It really should be this simple. If lapped cars can overtake, ALL the lapped cars should be allowed to overtake. Anything else makes it not a level playing field.

That is the rule apparently this is doing the rounds on Twitter

 

[hart's shirt]

Sporting drama at its highest on terrestrial television.

First the Cricket World Cup, then Raducanu in the US Open, now this.

Channel 4 have done very well from working with Sky.

 

[blockhseagull]

It really should be this simple. If lapped cars can overtake, ALL the lapped cars should be allowed to overtake. Anything else makes it not a level playing field.

Which is why I can see this not being dropped by Mercedes.

Opportunity to discredit the FIA and make a power grab to have more control within the sport and decision making process.

Mercedes have nothing to lose by dragging this out …. Worst case scenario is it overshadows Max winning which I’m sure they will give sweet FA about.

 

[jimhigham]

Lewis has now lost 3 titles he was by far the best driver. His rookie season when he punctured late in the race, v Rosberg when his engine gave up twice, and now this one, arguably the most painful defeat of all.

He doesn’t storm off the podium, he congratulated his rivals. Critics take note, not many could have handled that finish.

He is absolutely the GOAT.

It’s remarkable, isn’t it? He has seven titles but he could so easily have more but for tiny twists of fate. I really hope he’s able to get that 8th title to break the record but if it never happens, his legacy is assured.