Formula 1 Discussion - And favourite driver?

[737 MAX Stan Account]

tbqh that's the one thing about Hambone that shits me the most. His expectation that everyone else will just build the perfect car and all he needs to do is to rock up to the track and keep winning races. I find that disrespectful to his team and the sport in general.

Whilst George might be pushing Mercedes to make a better car, I'd like to think it's because he's putting in the hard yards, paying attention to how the car drives and then providing meaningful feedback to the engineers after testing every tweak. If George is earning the respect of the engineers by taking a keen interest, of course they're going to pay more attention to George and build a car that allows him to play to his strengths.

idk if both cars receive identical tweaks based on George's feedback, but if Mercedes' cars are slowly morphing into a tool that suits George at the expense of Hambone, then Hambone has no-one else to blame but himself. If he's serious about continuing on in F1, a bit less hob-nobbing with gangsta rappers and a bit more time spent in the pit garage would be a good start.

Also remember that Russel paid his dues in a shitty Williams car for a while, something Ham never had to do.

 

[Full Race Replay]

Hamilton never humbled himself like Schumacher did by going to Ferrari in 1996. The fact that Schumacher managed to win three races that year in a shit car was incredible. Hamilton meanwhile landed at McLaren at the top and expected to be world class for the rest of his career.

yep whatever you call it, silver platter, rolling out the red carpet, Lewis got the easy way through, in his rookie season Mcclaren would have won the constructors championship except they got disqualified because of spygate, and he or Alonso probably should have won the drivers, but fortunately Kimi got his WDC because they fought amongst themselves too much. Then after floundering around at mcclaren Lewis signs with Merc right after they get their own hybrid prototypes made the new regulations in 2014.

And it's ironic to see lewis try to shoehorn himself into being the people's champion whenever he wins when he got the most stereotypical spoiled kid treatment in F1.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Haas too explored it and said they found they could make a really fast car but the set up would be knife edge stuff so they went for something easier to set up and develop.

It would be just like Merc (and Hamilton) to come to the same conclusion but assume they'd be able to get it right on the sweet spot every race.

It also explains the absolute nowhere in Saudi followed by reasonably pacey in Australia, it's such a fine balance that I think their standing compared to the rest of the pack is going to change race to race.

Basically it wasn't a "great idea much wow", more a "we looked at that and decided it wasn't worth the gamble".

Can't blame Merc for going high risk - high reward, maybe they do find that sweet spot and start to challenge Leclerc and Verstappen, the thing is, while they need to make their setup work, everyone else is slowly settling into theirs and starts to finetune. That's a massive advantage over Mercedes. Also, if Mercedes has to do the virgin walk back to the drawing board and start with a classic sidepod-design, that advantage by other teams is even greater.

 

[Balr0g]

Just saw this. Looks like the Aston Martin is really a shit box of a car

I think Merc made the mistake of bringing a basically new car to the Bahrain test. Which meant they had to start from scratch again while other teams had a solid basis. Of course teams like Mclaren had other problems as they discovered that their brake system went hot despite being fine weeks earlier. The question will be if they revert back to their original concept or if they beleibe that they can make the "mini sidepod" car work. For now it's good enough for points but on normal days seems to be way of from the top. The main issue I see is the budget cap: if you can only spend a certain amount of money on upgrade parts you better pray that your upgrade works or you arte basically fucked. That was once Force India's forte making the most points with the least amount of money spend but now they lost this edge due to having - ironically - enough money

 

[Coccxys]

Hamilton never humbled himself like Schumacher did by going to Ferrari in 1996. The fact that Schumacher managed to win three races that year in a shit car was incredible. Hamilton meanwhile landed at McLaren at the top and expected to be world class for the rest of his career.

Then Schumacher came back from retirement into mercedes, layed the groundwork for that team similar to how he did at ferrari then Hambone came in when he retired again. There is no way Schumacher didn't have a huge impact on the development of the car towards 2014.

Don't forget Toto is a business man who only came in to take over what someone else had built too

In 2009, Wolff bought a share of the Williams Formula One Team and joined the board of directors. In 2012, he was named executive director of Williams F1.

In January 2013, Wolff left Williams F1 to become an executive director of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team. In addition to joining the team as managing partner, he also acquired 30% of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd,

Wolff took over the coordination of all Mercedes-Benz motorsport activities, a responsibility previously held by Norbert Haug.

He's only known the Hambone years of champagne and glory. He bought a team on the up, got directly involved and took the glory. It explains his meltdown last year at being challenged. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to this, if he rises to the challenge or melts down.

 

[Balr0g]

He's only known the Hambone years of champagne and glory. He bought a team on the up, got directly involved and took the glory. It explains his meltdown last year at being challenged. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to this, if he rises to the challenge or melts down.

The question will be if he manages to plug the holes the engineer exodus has created. Mercedes lost sveral bigger ups in the engine and aero departments. Engines are not as important as the only adjustments (officially) that can be made until the last freeze are reliability issues. More interestingly will be how Hamilton will react. Can he adjust to the reality that winning at this point will take enourmous amount of luck as Red Bull and Ferrari are the bar that usually holds P1-P4 (see Jeddah). At the moment he seems to take it hard or maybe he just "suffers in silence". Now he needs to do some basic groundwork like developing the car / setup

 

[Coccxys]

Hamilton's merc contract is up this season. If they aren't challenging the ferrari by mid-season it may be old hammy boy goes team shopping to see what he can get. Just have to hope Ferrari aren't dumb enough to offer him Seinz's seat (also out of contract come end of the season).

 

[LiveFromNS]

Good grief, Carlos just had a rotten run of luck this weekend. Hopefully his luck changes before his home grand prix next month.

Carlos is at the point now where he has to finish ahead of Charles the next couple of races, if not win them outright to get back in the game fast. If Charles finishes ahead of him next race, its going to be hard for him, and for Ferrari to not put everything behind Charles.

Just caught this while catching up on weekend news. Guess he won't be driving much longer. Look at the statement at the end attributed to him. Multiple use of the name of the bad place.

FIA INVESTIGATING ‘UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT’ OF RUSSIAN KARTING DRIVER​

Motorsport’s governing body the FIA says it has “launched an immediate investigation into the unacceptable conduct” of Artem Severiukhin, a Russian karting driver competing under an Italian license.

Severiukhin, a native of Verkhnyaya Pyshma in the Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia, claimed victory in the opening round of the 2022 FIA-sanctioned European Karting Championship in Portimao, Portugal.

The racer was then broadcast thumping his chest twice and throwing his right arm forward on the podium in a gesture that carried an obvious resemblance to the so-called Roman salute – a gesture adopted by the Nazi movement.

Severiukhin’s gesture, which he followed with laughter, has now caught the eye of a variety of international media outlets – and the tone of the FIA statement suggests it is quite likely to carry serious repercussions.

“The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile confirms that it has launched an immediate investigation into the unacceptable conduct of Mr Artem Severiukhin that occurred during the podium ceremony [of the Portimao race],” an FIA statement read.
“The FIA will communicate shortly on the further steps that will be taken in this case.”

The Ward Racing team that helped Severiukhin to the Portimao win said it will “proceed with terminating” the contract of the Russian racer.

The team, in a lengthy statement, said it is “deeply in shame of the pilot’s behaviour, which it condemns in the strongest possible terms”.

“Warc Racing would like to apologize to those who were hurt or distressed by the occurrence. It has long been and will remain a priority for Ward Racing to work for a more diverse, inclusive, and respectful racing climate.”

The Russian Automobile Federation is also said to be looking into the incident, as per state broadcaster Match TV.

Severiukhin raced under a Russian license in the past but competed in the Portimao European Championship round under an Italian flag – rather than as a neutral athlete.
Russian and Belarussian license holders are banned from racing under the flags of the aforementioned two countries due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine in FIA-sanctioned events, but have the option of competing as ‘neutral’, provided they agree to a list of demands and stipulations made by the governing body.

In her channel on the social media messaging service Telegram, RAF press officer Maria Melnikova relayed a statement attributed to Severiukhin.

It read: “I would like to address everyone. About yesterday’s situation on the podium. I won a round of the European championship and was very glad and happy. I am from Russia. I was thanking the team and my family from Russia. If anyone saw a bad gesture in my actions, that is not the case. I was just being thankful. I am Russian, I am from Russia and for my country.”

 

[Full Race Replay]

I would like to address everyone. About yesterday’s situation on the podium. I won a round of the European championship and was very glad and happy. I am from Russia. I was thanking the team and my family from Russia. If anyone saw a bad gesture in my actions, that is not the case. I was just being thankful. I am Russian, I am from Russia and for my country.”

Probably wasn’t the best thing to say when you dropped your Russian license and race under an Italian flag (or whatever other country he chose) to scoot around a ban on Russian drivers.

 

[LiveFromNS]

Lewis is trending on Twitter, at least for me. I think to do with the not wearing jewelry deal. He said his earrings are "welded on" by the way! LOL It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If they do nothing, I'd like to see another driver show up with jewelry and say hey he is allowed. Also, when you think about it, they talk about saving every gram of weight when it comes to F1 cars. So, why do Merc let him carry excess weight? HAHA

Oh, and while I had quick look for 10 seconds at the trend tweets, saw this. For your amusement:

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Just saw this. Looks like the Aston Martin is really a shit box of a car

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UgjhF3JmfkM
I think Merc made the mistake of bringing a basically new car to the Bahrain test. Which meant they had to start from scratch again while other teams had a solid basis. Of course teams like Mclaren had other problems as they discovered that their brake system went hot despite being fine weeks earlier. The question will be if they revert back to their original concept or if they beleibe that they can make the "mini sidepod" car work. For now it's good enough for points but on normal days seems to be way of from the top. The main issue I see is the budget cap: if you can only spend a certain amount of money on upgrade parts you better pray that your upgrade works or you arte basically fucked. That was once Force India's forte making the most points with the least amount of money spend but now they lost this edge due to having - ironically - enough money

It's Aston Martin's attempt at autonomous driving. Seriously though, if this is what the steering wheel does even at high speeds, how in the fuck is anyone expected to keep that thing on track?

Hamilton's merc contract is up this season. If they aren't challenging the ferrari by mid-season it may be old hammy boy goes team shopping to see what he can get. Just have to hope Ferrari aren't dumb enough to offer him Seinz's seat (also out of contract come end of the season).

I thought he'd have a 2 year contract, ie: including next year.

But it is possible that he has some clause that allows him to leave early if the car isn't competetive enough. Wouldn't that be a riot? Hamilton continues to perform badly while Russel has a few humble successes, Hamlahamlestier throws a hissyfit, leaves the team and gets replaced next season by another driver that challenges Russel and the whole team just implodes.

Warc Racing would like to apologize to those who were hurt or distressed by the occurrence.

jfc
Stop treating grown-up people like fucking toddlers. They are old enough to drink, fuck and drive a car, they are jolly-fucking-well old enough that people can expect them to get their fee-fees under control, even if they have to endure seeing a gesture that they dislike.

Lewis is trending on Twitter, at least for me. I think to do with the not wearing jewelry deal. He said his earrings are "welded on" by the way! LOL It will be interesting to see how this plays out. If they do nothing, I'd like to see another driver show up with jewelry and say hey he is allowed. Also, when you think about it, they talk about saving every gram of weight when it comes to F1 cars. So, why do Merc let him carry excess weight? HAHA

Damn, someone should parody the shit out of this and show up in a Mr. T cosplay. Blackface and all.

 

[New Fag]

FIA INVESTIGATING ‘UNACCEPTABLE CONDUCT’ OF RUSSIAN KARTING DRIVE

For once an actual nazi salute, still looks like an edgyboi being an edgyboi.

The Ward Racing team that helped Severiukhin to the Portimao win said it will “proceed with terminating” the contract of the Russian racer.

And he's gone. The fecking ejit. Would like to hear the opinion of the Ukrainian families they've been carry round with them.

Hopefully he wasn't a big talent and hopefully he's rich enough to fund a private entry just to fuck with people.

He said his earrings are "welded on" by the way! LOL It will be interesting to see how this plays out

You can get 'permanent' piercings but why would you?

Oh, and while I had quick look for 10 seconds at the trend tweets, saw this. For your amusement:

For a Lewis, Messi and Barca guy, I'm disappointed about the lack of tard cum.

However they are now my mortal enemy.

 

[Balr0g]

Hamilton's merc contract is up this season. If they aren't challenging the ferrari by mid-season it may be old hammy boy goes team shopping to see what he can get. Just have to hope Ferrari aren't dumb enough to offer him Seinz's seat (also out of contract come end of the season).

Where would Hamilton go anyway should he not renew his contract? Ferrari won't hire him. He is too expensive and should Leclerc win the title they don't want to bring conflict into the team. Red Bull is the same they have their number 1 Verstappen and then a great support driver. I doubt even Mclaren would hire him given the fact that Norris seems to be the future for their team. If this season ends modestly he should retire and let another generation try their hand on Schumacher's record

 

[LiveFromNS]

This just came across my Twitter feed too.

Italy seizes properties belonging to Russian racer Mazepin-police sources​

Reuters

ROME, April 11 (Reuters) - Italy has seized properties worth some 105 million euros ($114.45 million) owned by Russian former Formula One driver Nikita Dmitrievich Mazepin and his oligarch father, two police sources told Reuters on Monday.
The operation targeted a villa - known as Rocky Ram - located in the north of the island of Sardinia. It is part of broader efforts aimed at penalising wealthy Russians linked to President Vladimir Putin after the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine by Moscow. read more

There was no immediate comment from Mazepin's PR manager.
Mazepin - who was fired in March by U.S.-owned F1 team Haas - has been included in an EU sanctions list along with his father, Dmitry, who the European Union's official journal described as a member of president Vladimir Putin's closest circle. read more
Over the last weeks, Italian police have sequestered villas and yachts worth over 900 million euros from wealthy Russians who were placed on a European Union sanctions lists following the Ukraine conflict.

The most valuable asset seized so far is a superyacht owned by billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, worth around 530 million euros, which was impounded in the northern port of Trieste. ($1 = 0.9174 euros)

 

[Weeb Slinger]

Lewis is trending on Twitter, at least for me. I think to do with the not wearing jewelry deal. He said his earrings are "welded on" by the way!

A number of drivers wear rings. However, these can be removed.

If Hamilton suffered an accident and required an emergency MRI scan, then his ridiculous welded-on earrings would be the cause of significant delay.

 

[Fareal]

That's going to be the true indication of the rest of the season for me. Its the first European race on a very traditional style track that a large proportion of the season is made up of. We have seen some wide variation in car performance across the 3 races so far but who goes best at Imola will have a good half of the season to build up results and points.

As for the no/tiny sidepods well when asked about it Newey said he considered it early on but decided it wasn't a viable way to produce reliable performance. If Newey is saying that about your aero package it's time for a change.

Late, but: Adrian Newey is probably the single most influential person in the last 30 or so years of modern Formula 1. Yes, changes and new rule sets keep coming, and new blood comes into the game, but if Adrian fucking Newey doesn’t think he can make the aerodynamics work, they won’t work.

 

[LetterlandMafia]

So how is Reddit interpreting Lewis’ drop in form?

 

[Fareal]

Re Lewis:

I think he’s a spoiled whining brat who treated Ron Dennis like shit, and thinks that he has a divine right to the best car despite being a very poor developmental driver in every team he’s been at. He is very quick to blame his engineers and mechanics, which is something I detest in a driver, and it’s always someone else’s fault when he doesn’t win. He projects the air of being somehow hard done by, despite being a fucking millionaire racing driver who has had the benefit of considerable support in his early career and almost always the best car during his F1 tenure. He flounces and sulks. I think he is an awesome talent behind the wheel. I just don’t like the bloke. And I know I’m not alone.

 

[LiveFromNS]

Yeah, that is the whole thing with Lewis. I think the fact he had the potential of (and nearly) winning the title his first year kind of set him on his path of being a pompous goofball and a poseur. I mean what other young driver(s) in the first year of F1 had a chance to the win title that went down to the final race of the year? Jacques Villeneuve (LOL), which way he also turned out makes you wonder...but Jacques was an IndyCar and 500 champion when he started F1 in 1996. Plus he came from privilege unlike Lewis. Anyone able to think of another rookie coming in that was in with a chance to win the title? There may be the odd one in 60s or 70s but I cant run the history all through my head to determine if there was at the moment because stoned.

So, did he attain glory or stardom too soon? In his first couple of years, he kind of looked like a fresh-faced, mild mannered and mentally sound boy. I just made this for illustrative purposes:

HAHA, it reminds me of one of the lines in Geno's opening to Chris vids, "What made him this way?"

Also, if he was white, we'd all still say/feel the same about him even without the Floyd/BLM aspect which is only a small part of Lewis anyway.

I know everyone goes their route in life, but he just seems to have taken a weird one. Like in 5-10 years, will the young gen drivers who will be WDCs start acting weird and doing goofy shit? I suppose they could, but somehow doubt they will be as large as a clown as Lewis has become.

One other thing I'd love to hear from the fellow countrymen of Sir Lew. I know there are a few regulars from UK posting here. When Lewis arrived on scene and for his first few years, how did you feel about him? Where you like holy shit, we got a new Brit multiple champion who is going to make Her Majesty proud? I mean Button was getting there, but Lewis got a title before him so I presume Lewis was the big shit in 2007 and 2008 when it came to UK drivers and at that point he must have been seen as the guy who was going to bring glory home to you many times. I mean before Lewis won, you had Hill in 96, Mansell 92 and then who? Stewart and Hunt in the 70s would have been the last one before Mansell right?

Anyway, would be interested in how some of you viewed Hamilton in his early career, before he became a retard.
EDIT-HAHAHA in the freak picture, he carries a man-purse like the Gunt fellow!

 

[Coccxys]

Well at least Wolf has gotten over last seas... just kidding he's still seething.



Oh right so you took him out to dinner before the Abu Dhabi GP but it totally wasn't an attempt to influence him, noo it was an opportunity to "give him feedback". Gee I wonder what the FIA could be talking about when they say he was being pressured...

Also ofcourse Toto takes the opportunity whilst whinging to criticise the new direct because he's making Hamilton follow the rules of the sport.

Also how bullshit is that excuse "I can't remove them because they're fixed in place". That's nice Hamilton, I'm sure there's an angle grinder somewhere in that garage, bet that'd get them out. Stop crying you petulant child.

The race directors and FIA can't cuck on this one, give in to one whinge about why he shouldn't have to follow the rules and he'll just bitch and moan. Just flat out ban anyone not abiding by the safety rules from going onto the track at Imola, bet they'd come out damn fast then.

I love this statement


Like he doesn't realise the immense level of privilege he lives in that he gets to go "bah boss I'm going to express myself". How many people in the world can't wear jewelry at work for many, many reasons? I can't have piercings for work for saftey reasons, I'm cool with it. I work with a bunch of guus that have to be completely clean shaven, again for safety reasons.

How would hambone feel about a driver deciding they no longer want to wear a helmet? Or a deciding actually they don't want the halo? Those are cramping their style dontya know?

That's what life is lewboy, like fine it it were "for the optics of the sport" I'd be right there with you about self expression but it's a safety rule. And once again one that has been in place since before you even joined the sport.