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Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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Hope everyone had a #blessed morning.
Hahaha. That was a challenging read for noon, on a Sunday. And I’ve been up for 6.5 hours lolThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age."
-H.P. Lovecraft
Merc's protest thrown out.
Nice work FIA.
Im no Lewis fan, but I gotta agree with you there. He was pretty decent considering he lost it all on the last lap. Same with his dad, class act for sure.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
End of the day Merc tire strategy cost them, they bet against a second safety car and it went against them. If Lewis had fresh-ish tires he could have defended against Max for a lap easily, everything else is second to that IMO.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There you have it. Max is WDC!The Stewards consider that the protest is admissible.
Having considered the various statements made by the parties the Stewards determine the following: That Article 15.3 allows the Race Director to control the use of the safety car, which in our determination includes its deployment and withdrawal.
That although Article 48.12 may not have been applied fully, in relation to the safety car returning to the pits at the end of the following lap, Article 48.13 overrides that and once the message “Safety Car in this lap” has been displayed, it is mandatory to withdraw the safety car at the end of that lap.
That notwithstanding Mercedes’ request that the Stewards remediate the matter by amending the classification to reflect the positions at the end of the penultimate lap, this is a step that the Stewards believe is effectively shortening the race retrospectively, and hence not appropriate.
Accordingly, the Protest is dismissed. The Protest Deposit is not refunded.
How did Merc Tire strategy cost them to loose the race? Give up track position to come and get fresh tires ? - Max and RBR would have done the opposite of what Merc and Lewis will do.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Merc didn't loose this on the Tire Strategy , they were robbed of this because someone decided to enforce only half of the rule. Clearly Massi flipped flopped on the decision. If he had enforced the rule properly we won't be here.
Lol it had nothing to do with that. It was all about how he was in first place and they wanted to keep track position in case it ended during a SC. They went conservative and knew it was a risk. Lando was in that exact position a few races back. Its always hard to be in 1st cause you are screwed either way.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yah but then Hami would have been behind Max with a "fresh" set of softs and a faster car for the restart, while Max would have been on 20 lap hards. I get why they didn't pit him though, they were worried the race would finish behind the safety car.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Merc could have pit and Max would have stayed out to take track position. If both lewis and ham both pit, then they are both on fresh tires in 1-2 position. Had lewis pit, he would have been on fresh tires behind max who was on used hards. But that was a huge gamble that the race would restart, but all possibilities.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
End of the day Merc were a bit too conservative on their strats and RB went all in in a move of desperation. And it paid off for them.
You said what I said, I just was as literal as you.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Exactly. He will never forget that and nor will anyone else. He should not have won today and everyone saw that. As I’ve said before luck is a huge part of this sport and today basically fate decided that Max was gonna win. Not much can be done about that. I hope Lewis can make it 8 next year, though no one knows what will happen.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
She’s more a coug really. She’s got more money than the whole Verstappen family, not to mention having a 3x WDC father.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Originally posted by SEANBANERJEE
I have gone above and beyond what I should rightfully have to do to protect my good name
They gambled that the race would not restart. The race restarted. Latifi car was clear off the track for a lap before that. Had FIA let all the lapped cars go by, they still would have started the race. They wanted anything to finish under green flag conditions.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I don't know how you come to that conclusion, that is where we differ.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Exactly . No one expected the race to restart after the SC. If Massi didn't want to finish the race behind the SC he should have red flagged the race. He was more than happy to press that button freely in the past.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote