Maybe the drivers are thinking about the people like pit teams who have to be there but aren't going to get a job or would lose it if they naffed off.
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What I find hilarious about this is Horner is speaking of not being bullied by terrorism because of a missle coming from Yemen, while he is sitting in Saudi Arabia.
The absolute irony of this.
I have no idea what “they wouldn’t have much to discuss on their own” means. If it was just 2 drivers “kicking up a stink” and not wanting to drive at a track near missile attacks they’d just let them not drive and carry on without them. It’s quite clearly more than 2 drivers.
Russell is the GDPA director (alongside Vettel). Should be some news shortly then.
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I hope its not race.
If Russell is going alone surely he’s speaking for all of them meaning they’ve taken a decision together? I think that last tweet has 47 followers or something so could be fake.
Yeah, they must've made up their minds one way or the other.
Removed the second tweet. Think you're right.
It's clearly off otherwise it would have never got to this stage.
I don't blame them for feeling unsafe, but sort of ironic that they went there in the first place - this could have happened at any point.
I don't blame them for feeling unsafe, but sort of ironic that they went there in the first place - this could have happened at any point.
Who does everyone think the drivers are who are against?
Hamilton is a given but I don’t know other than that.
I can imagine Russell being against but if his new boss wants the race to go ahead he’s in a difficult place having just joined, he doesn’t have the clout his teammate has.
Hamilton is a given but I don’t know other than that.
I can imagine Russell being against but if his new boss wants the race to go ahead he’s in a difficult place having just joined, he doesn’t have the clout his teammate has.
Toto vs Horner turn 1Maybe the team principles are taking the place of the drivers?
Over/under 50% chance there will be a red flag because a missle will be intercepted over the track?
Nah that's a VSC
Well what a colossal waste of time all that was.
Completely disappointing and pathetic but sports, football and F1 alike, sold its soul ages ago. Sportswashing is the goal, and that goal is fulfilled.
Sad. I will not be watching this Grand Prix.
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Then the Saudis need to procure the Israeli system on the quiet. The alternative, a cheaper one -- give free subscriptions to all those rabble-rousers who shot the missiles.I naively thought we were about to see a momentous coming together in sport. Alas, no. Gasly has said all drivers were unanimous in agreeing to race.
With all the sports washing and their financial injection, you would have expected sports TV subscriptions to actually go down instead of constantly increasing.
I bet they think the halo will save them from missiles too.
So disheartening. Although it couldn't have been unanimous otherwise what were they deliberating over for 4 hours?
well playedBBC are saying a significant amount have safety concerns. Medland is saying extra information was given at the end. No idea what that was.
They probably spent the previous 3hrs 55mins debating the Abu Dhabi 2021 race. It was all sparked off by Lewis wearing a white t-shirt with an * (asterisk) printed on it.
Lets race... in the wise words of Michael Masi.
Either that or they ordered pizza and decided to watch DTS together and rip into it. Sounds like a fun night actually.
I suspect their way of guaranteeing safety in the race will be a full scale attack on Yemen 30 mins before race starts.
Can't bomb if you're hiding. The world really is a fecked up place lately.
Can't bomb if you're hiding. The world really is a fecked up place lately.
I think a bunch of Ukrainians with stingers will do the same for less..
This or wave the red flag in front of the missile.
Stop, stop, we have to retire the missile.
"Part of this information involved the possible consequences of not racing, such as how easily teams and drivers would be able to leave the country if the race did not happen." From the BBC. So basically it was race or you can't leave Saudi Arabia.
Yeah, in the same breath he says that F1 shouldn't be drawn into things like this and also calls it terrorism (while it's really a 'regular' strategic Houthi counterattack). Nice bit of irony. That's what you get from cozying up to the Saudis.
I hate this sport sometimes.