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Yuki and Gasley summoned to the stewards about that incident. I don't have the same opinion as the commentators that it was just one of those things, so we'll see what happens.
 
William Teller said:
Max is such a sore loser.
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Lando and Lewis are worse especially Lewis black literally leaves the trophy every time if it's not P1

Coccxys said:
Yuki and Gasley summoned to the stewards about that incident. I don't have the same opinion as the commentators that it was just one of those things, so we'll see what happens.
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What's the point of this lol Gasly is more at fault but I would just say racing incident
 
SchizoSpartan76 said:
What's the point of this lol Gasly is more at fault but I would just say racing incident
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Because the sport has rules and the input of the drivers is required to decide of either broke those rules. If one driver caused it yes they wrecked their race but they also wrecked someone else's race so there should be a penalty beyond just getting a DNF themselves.

As expected in a post above, Max got 5 rather than 10 due to mitigation, in this case it being turn 1 of lap 1.

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No further on Yuki vs Gasly, they both said it was a standard lap 1 incident and stewards essentially went "sure, if you guys say so". I still think one driver was primarily at fault but also that's the shit that happened on lap 1, so if it were any other lap I'd have expected a penalty for one of them.
 
Liam Lawson is yet to finish above Hadjar this year unless you count Aussie where Hadjar fucked up but they both dnf’d
 
Lawson is a pretty good driver (2nd in superformula isn't something that just happens) but was never convincingly better than Yuki when they were team mates. The problem is he got the usual media tongue bathing that anglosphere drivers get which meant people were expecting him to kill it at red bull. Now he is showing his average ability and the media spin has gone people are realising he's not all that.

When we look at Yuki's performances let's not forget he's managed to get a red bull into Q3, something Lawson never managed and Perez didn't manage for a lot of last season's races. I don't know why Yuki has always had such a media image of his ability. He murdered DeVries (after DTS did an entire episode saying Yuki was cooked), put the final nail in the coffin of Ricciardo's career, and did a better job than Lawson at VCARB and now RBR.
 
IMO RB was quite fortunate with that lap 1 turn 1 penalty. Leaving Max in the lead ended up being quite the advantage with all the dirty air these cars now generate. As far as who was at fault (if theres any fault to give) we all know Max would have done the very same to Pastry in that position.
Solid day for the Williams, disappointing for Haas. Hambone needs a boot up his ass after what LeClerc did today.
 
VorpalAnvil- said:
IMO RB was quite fortunate with that lap 1 turn 1 penalty. Leaving Max in the lead ended up being quite the advantage with all the dirty air these cars now generate. As far as who was at fault (if theres any fault to give) we all know Max would have done the very same to Pastry in that position.
Solid day for the Williams, disappointing for Haas. Hambone needs a boot up his ass after what LeClerc did today.
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Hambone is unironcally dead mentally
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I think with hambone both sides know what it is, marketing. Ferrari get hambone's sponsors, to slap his name and likeness on stuff, hambone gets the kudos of being a Ferrari driver and no doubt gets some benefits from it (besides the huge pay package).

He's fast enough to get them some points and that all they want him for. They would be insane to do anything that would push Leclerc out, who would they replace him with if they suddenly went all in on (a close to retirement and washed) lewlew?
 
Coccxys said:
I think with hambone both sides know what it is, marketing. Ferrari get hambone's sponsors, to slap his name and likeness on stuff, hambone gets the kudos of being a Ferrari driver and no doubt gets some benefits from it (besides the huge pay package).

He's fast enough to get them some points and that all they want him for. They would be insane to do anything that would push Leclerc out, who would they replace him with if they suddenly went all in on (a close to retirement and washed) lewlew?
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I dont doubt that you're 100% correct, but why in hell does the screwderia of all teams need a marketing push? I would presume they are the most valuable team on the grid if not a close 2nd, and even non car/racing people know of them. They could go out of business tomorrow and still rake in a pile of shekels for decades in t shirt and merch sales. It seems to me looking from the outside that the boys from Maranello have some serious issues at the top of their management structure.
 
Coccxys said:
I think with hambone both sides know what it is, marketing. Ferrari get hambone's sponsors, to slap his name and likeness on stuff, hambone gets the kudos of being a Ferrari driver and no doubt gets some benefits from it (besides the huge pay package).
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VorpalAnvil- said:
I dont doubt that you're 100% correct, but why in hell does the screwderia of all teams need a marketing push? I would presume they are the most valuable team on the grid if not a close 2nd, and even non car/racing people know of them. They could go out of business tomorrow and still rake in a pile of shekels for decades in t shirt and merch sales. It seems to me looking from the outside that the boys from Maranello have some serious issues at the top of their management structure.
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Ferrari is known by everyone. Even people in dirt poor African countries who've never seen a car in real life know what a Ferrari is. No one who isn't a fan of Formula 1 knows who Lewis Hamilton is. Paying him $100 million is a complete waste of money.
 
quaawaa said:
Ferrari is known by everyone. Even people in dirt poor African countries who've never seen a car in real life know what a Ferrari is. No one who isn't a fan of Formula 1 knows who Lewis Hamilton is. Paying him $100 million is a complete waste of money.
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