Google is pushing content from Sportrush.com or a similar named site which is generally pro-Hamilton/Mercedes and they were running with Rosberg returning for a season. Bottas is a non starter though, after the way they ended last year.
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Google is pushing content from Sportrush.com or a similar named site which is generally pro-Hamilton/Mercedes and they were running with Rosberg returning for a season. Bottas is a non starter though, after the way they ended last year.
Nico Rosberg back for a season... though perhaps he would be waaay of the pace after so long out
Id like to see Lando given a go but I dont think its realistic merc have two inexperienced drivers in their line up?
Vettel might be available given Aston are also a customer team of merc?
Probably they just bring Bottas back though
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59951382
Its been mentioned above, and I said the same in the 2021 thread, that if the FIA didn't have their feet held to the fire by the courts, they would bury this. This is the reason why I wanted Merc to continue with the protest. The FIA is one of the least accountable and transparent bodies out there.
Its been mentioned above, and I said the same in the 2021 thread, that if the FIA didn't have their feet held to the fire by the courts, they would bury this. This is the reason why I wanted Merc to continue with the protest. The FIA is one of the least accountable and transparent bodies out there.
I can readily see why Hamilton is not confirming that he will race next season.
He is perfectly right to feel completely disillusioned in the FIA. He is putting them under pressure to conclude their investigation into the shambles that robbed him of an 8th WC.
And if the outcome is not satisfactory, then there is a real likelihood that he will walk away.
And if that happens, F1 will be the loser.
He is perfectly right to feel completely disillusioned in the FIA. He is putting them under pressure to conclude their investigation into the shambles that robbed him of an 8th WC.
And if the outcome is not satisfactory, then there is a real likelihood that he will walk away.
And if that happens, F1 will be the loser.
I have no doubt he'll race, but don't be silly.
If only.
All he and Mercedes want is for the FIA to do what they said they were going to do.
What is wrong with that.
Silly post. Well done.
As a minimum Masi has to be fired. He broke the rules. FIA need to ensure that such a sporting travesty cant be allowed to happen again. It damages the integrity of the sport. I do hope Lewis comes back for a run at number 8 again.
Cant imagine how tough it must be for him, that if the rules were implemented correctly at the end of saftey car period he would have been 8 times world champion. Thats really gotta hurt.
IF lewis didn't come back, Mercedes would probably look for an experienced pair of hands. Getting Bottas back would be difficult, getting lando in would be impossible. Pretty sure Alonso would offer to drive for free to get into the Mercedes. He'd be the closest to hamilton for skill and experience and his ability challenge max every race.
Cant imagine how tough it must be for him, that if the rules were implemented correctly at the end of saftey car period he would have been 8 times world champion. Thats really gotta hurt.
IF lewis didn't come back, Mercedes would probably look for an experienced pair of hands. Getting Bottas back would be difficult, getting lando in would be impossible. Pretty sure Alonso would offer to drive for free to get into the Mercedes. He'd be the closest to hamilton for skill and experience and his ability challenge max every race.
I don’t get it with everyone saying, they should get Lando, first he’s a mclaren driver, unlike Russell who is a merc driver from the youth program, secondly mclaren aren’t Williams they actually have money.
Oh, i would love for another Alonso's WDC. His skill is still there despite his age.
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So would i. Triple world champion would be a good end to his career.
Short and sweet post there.
Good post.
Those are the insightful posts I come back to this thread for.
Hamilton is going nowhere. He's purely posturing to make sure the FIA is pressured into never making the same mistake again.
No doubt Masi will end up being the fall guy as there's lots of pressure on him now anyway.
No doubt Masi will end up being the fall guy as there's lots of pressure on him now anyway.
Can't be the fall guy when you're guilty. There's far more wrong with FIA. But firing him should have been the first thing to correct their ways. Let him officiate "Car racing".
Contender for post of the year.
He definitely deserves the sack. Whether he had the final call on it though? personally I think he's just a puppet for the execs. No doubt in my mind they decided for a showpiece finish, rather than follow the rules like they looked like doing at the start.
I think they'll end up changing the rulebook to appease everybody and demote Masi into the broom cupboard.
When his name came up a few years back, Wolff made it clear he wouldn't be considered due to his "history with Mercedes" - so doubt they'd consider him now even if he was eager.
Masi is being fired? About time.
I hope they remove the direct link to race control as well.
I don't, I love hearing them bitch and moan they should penalise it if it's excessive, or give them a 3 challenge per race rule or something. Or the race director should grow some balls and say back to the principle 'you realise I'm not the right person to be asking about stewarding decisions, right? I mean, you know that - right?'
So it seems Peter Bayer will be in control, but Masi will still be involved to some degree. Sounds like a demotion with less influence than 2021, definitely a good thing.
Masi can be anywhere but race control. He can have a job clearing the rubbish at the end of the race, if I had a say about it.
I might be able to stomach following another season closely if Masi is gone, but quite frankly I still think it's probably waste of time and that watching the C4 1-hr highlights will do.
I might be able to stomach following another season closely if Masi is gone, but quite frankly I still think it's probably waste of time and that watching the C4 1-hr highlights will do.
To me this comm doesn't make sense, it's like the football coaches being able to talk to the ref on his handsfree throughout the entire game.
It's been clear all season that Masi cannot handle the pressure. He's essentially a referee that blows the whistle whenever the crowd shout and scream.
Either Mercedes asked for him to be removed or the FIA realised he's made a monumental feck up and damaged the sports reputation.
It'll be nice to get some clarity, but I hope we never have to hear his voice again.
Either Mercedes asked for him to be removed or the FIA realised he's made a monumental feck up and damaged the sports reputation.
It'll be nice to get some clarity, but I hope we never have to hear his voice again.
The thing with racing is it's a lot more cooperative sport than ballgames etc. You can't have a good race without a good opponent that respects you, and vice versa. And (as seen often enough this season) the rules aren't as clear cut and applicable all the time. People argue over handball in football despite that theoretically being a straight forward rule.
Which is why scum moves like brake checking are so frowned upon by the community, and why there was so much furor about drivers not being punished for very very obvious rule breaking.
But F1 has to fight it's way back to becoming a proper sport now anyway. Never seen a football match called "played" on the basis that the referee walked out and blew the whistle twice.
Mercedes wouldn't take him even if he paid for his seat.
I think you'd be suprised. If lewis did retire who else on the grid can challenge max regularly and is a former wdc? The list is short: Alonso.
Toto doesn't like Alonso. That's all the reason you need for him not getting the seat there.
Same here.
Even I still struggle to comprehend what was going through Masi head at the end of that last so called race.
So I can fully understand what the Mercedes team and Lewis Hamilton in particular must be feeling.
Words cannot describe how I felt then and still do now. But injustice is a good one.
The onus is now fully on the FIA to sort this situation out well before the start of what should have been an exciting new season.
And if it does not do so and if Hamilton decides he has had enough, there will be a big black cloud hanging over not just 2022, but 2021 as well.
The new leaked FIA org chart does make it look like Masi is gone. But officially he wint be sacked until after the abu dhabi enquory has reported back.
The only way I see Lewis racing next year is if Masi is gone or the FIA at least promise to make big changes. I don't see him racing in F1 beyond that though, it sounds like he's done with the sport and he has plenty of interests outside of it.
It's not, because Masi isn't really the referee that's the stewards. If anything, it'd be like football implementing a person that the teams complain to specifically to stop players crowding the referee, or the managers storming the field at half time and chewing the referee's ear off - and it'd be fun to listen to.