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  • SomervilleAddick
    SomervilleAddick Posts: 3,577
    Sometimes, punishments don’t fit the crime. 
    Mazepin is in dead last, a full minute behind the driver ahead of him, and gets a 5 second penalty. What is the fecking point of that? Ludicrous.

    Unrelated point, but he’s just not good enough. I don’t care how much money he brings in, his presence makes the sport poorer. Get rid of him.
    Trouble is what sort of punishment would be fitting for Mazepin that would be consistent for the other drivers as well.

    Both a time or grid penalty would be pointless for this bloke

    Maybe it should be points off the Super License, blue flags are such a basic rule, you shouldnt need reminding
    Definitely should be points against his license. You’d think it would be automatic. 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,603
    100 poles for Lewis now. Not the greatest last lap today but what an achievement.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,448
    100 poles for Lewis now. Not the greatest last lap today but what an achievement.
    Got away with the wobble at the end of the last chicane
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,733
    When you have a driver like Hamilton, Bottas is the perfect number two. He is decent enough to help you win the constructors but won't take too many points off your number one.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,941
    Nico Rosberg made a really good point - saying “now they are in a title fight, Max Verstappen will realise just how good Lewis Hamilton is”.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,815
    Bottas is a pretty decent driver but Hamilton is amongst the best ever and in post 2014 turbo era miles ahead of anyone else. A truly great driver. 
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,800
    Another penalty point for Mazepin. Obstructing Norris who was on a flying lap.
    Slightly more understandable error than last week, but still a bit brainless.

    At this rate, Haas won’t have the difficult job of explaining to daddy why his precious boy gets dropped because he may well pick up enough penalty points to be kicked out anyway.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,815
    He’s proper shit. I reckon my dog could driver better. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,483
    He’s proper shit. I reckon my dog could driver better. 
    My dog “does” drive better!
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,075
    How many penalty points does he need to be suspended 

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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,057
    How many penalty points does he need to be suspended 
    12 in a year 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    been watching Formula E on the telly .. those cars really shift and it's eerie just hearing a strange kind of whistling instead of an internal combustion roar as they streak along .. The Official Home of Formula E | FIA Formula E
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,775
    been watching Formula E on the telly .. those cars really shift and it's eerie just hearing a strange kind of whistling instead of an internal combustion roar as they streak along .. The Official Home of Formula E | FIA Formula E
    They only look like they are really shifting. About 20 seconds a lap slower than F1 at Monaco.
    No sound and no atmosphere. As much as I like motor racing it's not for me. 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,603
    Wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t too long before F1 becomes electric. Will be a few years yet but it’s always been at the forefront of car technology and a lot of developments in motorsport as a whole, filter down and benefit the passenger car industry.
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,775
    Wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t too long before F1 becomes electric. Will be a few years yet but it’s always been at the forefront of car technology and a lot of developments in motorsport as a whole, filter down and benefit the passenger car industry.
    Its popularity and therefore, its commercial pull will fall massively if it does.
    It will only go totally electric when the manufacturers have to move that way. 
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    2030 McLaren

    Ref 29 1978 Crompton Milk Float
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    Wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t too long before F1 becomes electric. Will be a few years yet but it’s always been at the forefront of car technology and a lot of developments in motorsport as a whole, filter down and benefit the passenger car industry.
    Its popularity and therefore, its commercial pull will fall massively if it does.
    It will only go totally electric when the manufacturers have to move that way. 
    It's inevitable that F1 will go electric sooner rather than later, I'd say by the end of this decade. Governments with green agendas forcing petrol/diesel off public roads will not allow F1 to continue using carbon fuel. And racing cars getting 7 miles per gallon from carbon fuel powered engines just will not be acceptable to a public forced to drive expensive electric cars
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    Wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t too long before F1 becomes electric. Will be a few years yet but it’s always been at the forefront of car technology and a lot of developments in motorsport as a whole, filter down and benefit the passenger car industry.
    Its popularity and therefore, its commercial pull will fall massively if it does.
    It will only go totally electric when the manufacturers have to move that way. 

    They will have to move pretty quickly then - there's no going back from electric and F1, as others have said, is the technical development zone for what soon appears in road cars.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,603
    Another penalty point for Mazepin. Obstructing Norris who was on a flying lap.
    Slightly more understandable error than last week, but still a bit brainless.

    At this rate, Haas won’t have the difficult job of explaining to daddy why his precious boy gets dropped because he may well pick up enough penalty points to be kicked out anyway.
    And now the useless prick hold Lewis up by not moving over under a blue flag.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,448
    Hamilton is showing why he's so good again today

    Came out 5secs behind Verstappen after his pit stop and is making mincemeat of it

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  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,179
    Merc surely banking on this being a two stopper? Perhaps didn't want to go ahead so they can be aggressive with a second stop later on? Otherwise I can't understand why they let Red Bull off the hook with that slow stop.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,603
    Bottas not doing himself any favours with the boss there. Already been told to let Hamilton through.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,603
    Bottas not doing himself any favours with the boss there. Already been told to let Hamilton through.
    And then comes in for a pit stop anyway??
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,800
    Bottas not doing himself any favours with the boss there. Already been told to let Hamilton through.
    And then comes in for a pit stop anyway??
    Brainless from Bottas. What point is he trying to make? All he did was demonstrate that he was wrong to hold him up. That might cost the team the race.
    Idiotic.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,448
    Cmon Russell, get past Alonso!!!!!
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,603
    Get in Lewis
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,179
    Merc surely banking on this being a two stopper? Perhaps didn't want to go ahead so they can be aggressive with a second stop later on? Otherwise I can't understand why they let Red Bull off the hook with that slow stop.
    One of these days, you lot on here will realise I know what I'm on about!
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,448
    Cmon Russell, get past Alonso!!!!!
    Noooo, tyres gave up on him :(
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,603
    Apart from Max getting the jump on him at the start, another faultless drive from Lewis. Fucking legend.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,800
    That fucking driver of the day vote does my head in. Hamilton could drive in reverse, blindfolded, from the back of the grid to win the race and he still wouldn’t get the votes. 
    So many people seem to just hate him and it makes no sense to me.