F1 2022 Season

I dunno about that. Given the agreement with the teams about not ending under SC and the pressure Toto and Horner were putting him under, I think anyone would have buckled some way or the other in Masi's position.

Maybe less controversially in terms of red flagging and restarting the race, or maybe even been more efficient/wreckless and got the incident cleared in time to pass all the lapped cars.
Keep hearing about this "agreement with the teams about not ending under SC", could you publish what the teams agreed? It gets thrown around without any actual details. I'm sure no-one said "in the event of a SC we all agree to throw out the rules". If you don't have details, you're speculating.
 
Because it would be cool to discuss the new season and yes it was a dumb decision and I get Hamilton and his fans are mad, but meh, it's not like Verstappen is completely undeserving anyway. Even if it made his fans in my country even more annoying.
Actually, as well as Max raced at times there is an argument that his poor racing standards in general already put his position under scrutiny and I find that position hard to argue with. The farce of Spa (not his fault in fairness), brake checking in Saudi and a general approach to racing verging on wreckless already left a sour taste in the mouth of many fans. Abu Dhabi was just a final nail in the coffin. I don't mind saying it: I don't think Max is a deserving champion.
 
Actually, as well as Max raced at times there is an argument that his poor racing standards in general already put his position under scrutiny and I find that position hard to argue with. The farce of Spa (not his fault in fairness), brake checking in Saudi and a general approach to racing verging on wreckless already left a sour taste in the mouth of many fans. Abu Dhabi was just a final nail in the coffin. I don't mind saying it: I don't think Max is a deserving champion.
If Spa is not his fault why mention it in support of your "argument" then :lol:
I presume you have no issue with Lewises' multiple antics against Albon for example and those do not put a dent on his deservedness of a WC?
 
Assuming RBR, Merc and Ferrari are similar to each other this year, it's going to be fascinating to see how the drivers handle Max early on in the season. Will they let him divebomb into corners and take their position or will they start closing the door to put him in his place? Or perhaps they'll start trying comparable moves? If the stewards don't start cracking down it's going to be another rough season.
 
Keep hearing about this "agreement with the teams about not ending under SC", could you publish what the teams agreed? It gets thrown around without any actual details. I'm sure no-one said "in the event of a SC we all agree to throw out the rules". If you don't have details, you're speculating.
There's no such agreement, he's talking out of his ass as usual.
 
Assuming RBR, Merc and Ferrari are similar to each other this year, it's going to be fascinating to see how the drivers handle Max early on in the season. Will they let him divebomb into corners and take their position or will they start closing the door to put him in his place? Or perhaps they'll start trying comparable moves? If the stewards don't start cracking down it's going to be another rough season.
They'll put on a show of being stricter for a few races before forgetting anything happened until someone gets hurt. That's the FIA way of doing things.
 
Actually, as well as Max raced at times there is an argument that his poor racing standards in general already put his position under scrutiny and I find that position hard to argue with. The farce of Spa (not his fault in fairness), brake checking in Saudi and a general approach to racing verging on wreckless already left a sour taste in the mouth of many fans. Abu Dhabi was just a final nail in the coffin. I don't mind saying it: I don't think Max is a deserving champion.
Agreed. Under a competent race director Max woukdnt have got away with half of his shit last season. The weaving, Running other drivers off the track when being overtaken etc. But the brake check was the final straw.
 
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Still Ferrari as best looking for me. Might be one of the finest cars I've ever seen.

Really high quality this year overall. Williams looks dodgy though.
 
If Spa is not his fault why mention it in support of your "argument" then :lol:
I presume you have no issue with Lewises' multiple antics against Albon for example and those do not put a dent on his deservedness of a WC?
Because I was talking in the overall context about the feeling of last season. If Max won every race under those circumstances it would contribute to my sense of him not being deserving, so even a single instance still contributes.

Also, Lewis has had 2 instances with Albon and notably appologized for one of them. Max has not once admitted fault for anything that I can remember.

Hope that clarified things for you.
 
:lol: :lol:

It's a beautiful car... but Aston and Ferrari are the best looking for me. Can't say any car so far is ugly .
Definitely those two are the head turners. Which, tbf you can expect from almost anything branded Ferrari. But the aston is a very pleasant surprise.
 
Agreed. Ubder a competent race director Max woukdnt have got away with half of his shit last season. The weaving, Running other drivers off the track when being overtaken etc. But the brake check was the final straw.

That is why in my opinion, he is not deserving of the title WC.
And under normal circumstances, he would not be.
Totally tainted.
 
Jesus people are still banging on about last season?!
I'll be banging on about it everytime it's relevant. Coming up with the conclusions now, the FIA have made it certain that that will be the talking point for the non insta generation who don't care about press fotos of cars that will never race the way they are presented.

The FIA are making sure the first race weekend will be nothing but talk about last season either by now saying they are going to publish some sort of review on that weekend.

Again, I don't understand this need for certain people to control what other people talk about? Don't like it? Don't chime in.

That is why in my opinion, he is not deserving of the title WC.
And under normal circumstances, he would not be.
Totally tainted.
Completely agree.
 
I'll be banging on about it everytime it's relevant. Coming up with the conclusions now, the FIA have made it certain that that will be the talking point for the non insta generation who don't care about press fotos of cars that will never race the way they are presented.

The FIA are making sure the first race weekend will be nothing but talk about last season either by now saying they are going to publish some sort of review on that weekend.

Again, I don't understand this need for certain people to control what other people talk about? Don't like it? Don't chime in.


Completely agree.
Because they're Max fans, they know we're right and people talking about it means the farce doesn't get forgotten.
 
Because they're Max fans, they know we're right and people talking about it means the farce doesn't get forgotten.
It's as if everytime Calciopoli is mentioned in the football forum all the Italian posters show up en masse and tell everyone to shut up about it because it wasn't this season.

It's such odd behaviour.
 
I'll be banging on about it everytime it's relevant. Coming up with the conclusions now, the FIA have made it certain that that will be the talking point for the non insta generation who don't care about press fotos of cars that will never race the way they are presented.

The FIA are making sure the first race weekend will be nothing but talk about last season either by now saying they are going to publish some sort of review on that weekend.

Again, I don't understand this need for certain people to control what other people talk about? Don't like it? Don't chime in.


Completely agree.
:lol:

It's because it makes the thread really boring. Getting to the point where I'll have to start muting folk, because instead of discussing race sessions it will all be walls of text on the ethics of Masi.

No-one is bringing anything new to the table. Every post is the same. It's boring and making the thread boring. A real shame as the thread has always been a laugh year on year.

Maybe the solution is a dedicated thread for all this stuff?
 
:lol:

It's because it makes the thread really boring. Getting to the point where I'll have to start muting folk, because instead of discussing race sessions it will all be walls of text on the ethics of Masi.

No-one is bringing anything new to the table. Every post is the same. It's boring and making the thread boring. A real shame as the thread has always been a laugh year on year.

Maybe the solution is a dedicated thread for all this stuff?
There's literally no racing going on. Other than discussions about integrity we have Instagram posts and people's feelings about the looks of cars who can't tell a dummy from a race car. Great discusssion.
 
There's literally no racing going on. Other than discussions about integrity we have Instagram posts and people's feelings about the looks of cars who can't tell a dummy from a race car. Great discusssion.
Ouch
 
There's literally no racing going on. Other than discussions about integrity we have Instagram posts and people's feelings about the looks of cars who can't tell a dummy from a race car. Great discusssion.
You mean discussions on the cars and their designs?
 
I'll be banging on about it everytime it's relevant. Coming up with the conclusions now, the FIA have made it certain that that will be the talking point for the non insta generation who don't care about press fotos of cars that will never race the way they are presented.

The FIA are making sure the first race weekend will be nothing but talk about last season either by now saying they are going to publish some sort of review on that weekend.

Again, I don't understand this need for certain people to control what other people talk about? Don't like it? Don't chime in.


Completely agree.
Because they're Max fans, they know we're right and people talking about it means the farce doesn't get forgotten.

:lol: Max is a prick but I do enjoy how salty he’s made some people.