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Itās funny, in one of the earlier seasons of DTS, Toto took a shot at Hornerās frequent protests and said his team doesnāt operate that way. They ādo all the talking on the trackā was the verbiage IIRC.
He learned to protest real quick as soon as his drivers werenāt constantly finishing 1-2 with a 20 second gap to 3rd.
Mercedesā protesting that the FIA allowed actual racing to happen is compete bullshit and Iāve lost respect for Toto for not seeing the hypocrisy. Itās your fault Lewis went in to that last lap battle with old ass tires, own it.
He learned to protest real quick as soon as his drivers werenāt constantly finishing 1-2 with a 20 second gap to 3rd.
Mercedesā protesting that the FIA allowed actual racing to happen is compete bullshit and Iāve lost respect for Toto for not seeing the hypocrisy. Itās your fault Lewis went in to that last lap battle with old ass tires, own it.
As much as I hate Lewis, they need to start listening to him more. He requested tires a few times this race or asked about coming in. He was told to stay out.
They have made the right tire calls quite a few times this season that worked out big time for them (notably last race) today they missed the mark
It was the correct call if there were no yellow flags.
They have made the right tire calls quite a few times this season that worked out big time for them (notably last race) today they missed the mark
It was the correct call if there were no yellow flags.
This guy has some talent lol
That is great
And hooooooooly fuck. What an end to a season. Once again you could not have written this shit. Even with 10 laps to go Horner sounded like he'd given in to defeat. But christ. I don't think I took one breath during that final lap. Absolutely amazing. Definitely controversial, but I did not wanna see that race end under a safety car. Merc kept it conservative, Red Bull took every chance they got, threw absolutely everything they had on it, and it ended up going their way.
I do kinda agree w/ button's viewpoint of team principles whining to the race director constantly throughout all the races this year. That needs to stop. The teams are there to race, the race director is there to make sure the cars can race and do so SAFELY. He has a job to do and doesnt need Karen's constantly in his ear, especially during situations where there are workers on the track w/ cars going around.
Button is such a fantastic representation of an F1 driver and the voice of reason and logic.
When Vettel retires, Button and him should co-run F1. Bring in Alonso to make it a democratic vote.
All would be recent F1 drivers, currently active in racing in some form, and all are former world champions.
When Vettel retires, Button and him should co-run F1. Bring in Alonso to make it a democratic vote.
All would be recent F1 drivers, currently active in racing in some form, and all are former world champions.
When they were talking about red flags this weekend and teams being allowed to change their tires and how that shouldnt be allowed, Button immediately brought up what the ORIGINAL intent of that regulation was, which I don't think any of the commentators have ever even considered
which is that originally that was put into place because, if there's a red flag in a race, its probably because there was a crash, so that probably means theres debris on the track, which probably means that some or most of the drivers have driven over it, possibly compromising their tires, so they're allowed to change them for the sake of safety, so that they don't send cars back out on unsafe tires, which could potentially cause another crash and another red flag. That's why it needs to exist. Now, is that how it's being used today? HELL NO. It's definitely being abused, so while I don't think they should take it away, I do like (I think it was Karun's) compromise where the teams should only be allowed to change for a LIKE compound, so that it doesn't count towards their pit stop, so that if a team hasnt yet made their first stop, they won't get a free 24 second advantage awarded to them and they WILL have to stop again instead.
And then you have people like Rosberg saying that if you go off track they should cut your engine.
Yes, cuz that would be totally fine when they pull back onto track much slower than the car approaching them at 200mph not realizing the car in front of has just been off track and is moving at about half the speed they are. Christ I wish Rosberg would just GO AWAY. You got your championship trophy and then you took your toys and ran home. Stay there please.
this seems like an intelligent rule change. Only exception would be in case of rain
True. If the race is red flagged because rain breaks out and someones binned it on their slicks, then yeah. In that scenario I think every team would want to switch on to rain tires so at least when the race restarts everyone would be on equal ground. And if rain were the cause of the red flag then pit stop requirements would be out the window anyways
97 more days till next seasonā¦
formula 1 cars on dubs, canāt wait!
formula 1 cars on dubs, canāt wait!
Yeah, it'll be a short off-season. Before you know it they'll be showcasing the 2022 cars with them nice 18" wheels (finally getting rid of the 13's).
No more conversing with race control for next season either which i totally agree with. Stfu wolff and horner
This popped up in my YouTube feed. Need to watch the whole thing but it seems like the best breakdown of how an F1 car works that Iāve ever seen.
This is an awesome video, that steering wheel is craaazy. Mad respect for the drivers for being able to manage all that while driving on the limit.
Otmar Szafnauer left Aston Martin:
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Guess you could say, he "strolled" away
Aston Martin announces exit of F1 team principal Szafnauer
Guess you could say, he "strolled" away
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