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by Siao7
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 220
Views: 4271

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

Well, we recently learnt that the FIA president himself intervened in order to get an Aston Martin penalty overturned. Beyond this, I notice a tendency to be very lenient with those who are in a wdc/wcc fight - like the Vettel and the Verstappen example show IMO. We also had quick flags for Haas be...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:15 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Silly Season 2025
Replies: 469
Views: 20207

Re: Silly Season 2025

Brundle rightly believes that Alonso's antic on Russell which caused damage to his Mercedes car & put him at risk as well, has burnt a bridge he was trying to make to Mercedes for the 2nd seat. Surely not another bridge burnt. Can't burn a bridge any worse than 2021 as a whole, much less the finale...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The Official Carlos Sainz Jr. Thread
Replies: 204
Views: 35557

Re: The Official Carlos Sainz Jr. Thread

OK so you agree he's probably declined then. So why are you arguing against people saying exactly that? I would argue about the level of decline based on just 3 races, let's face it if Hamilton was beating Russell we wouldn't be having this conversation. :) I mean, that's a pretty obvious statement...
by Siao7
Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 253
Views: 4552

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

He just wants to be in a wining car which includes trying to make a silk purse out of cow's ear, other drivers are perhaps more accepting, a driver that leaves Mercedes the 4th/5th fastest car and goes to Ferrari the 2nd fastest car. Lewis has never been one to put a inferior car on his back and ta...
by Siao7
Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?
Replies: 31
Views: 912

Re: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBY1TWp4Oo Given that this from F3 today as just given a 3 place grid penalty I doubt we will be seeing any race bans anytime soon. I missed this. Who got the penalty, the guy weaving or the guy that pushed him in the wall? Both being terrible acts... Dunne (the guy...
by Siao7
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 220
Views: 4271

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread

Missed that Alonso got a penalty til now. Very confused. Is the art of slowing down in a corner to reduce the car behind’s momentum dead? Or is it just stewards bashing Alonso for the sake of it again? Slowing down your rival is one thing, but Alonso behaved in an unpredictable and dangerous manner...
by Siao7
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?
Replies: 315
Views: 16138

Re: So... who replaces Lewis at Mercedes?

Sainz just upped his claim on the best seat available for 2025 with today's win in Australia. Not sure if that will be Merc, Aston Martin, or a long shot at RBR. RB should hire him. Evidently, he is the one who brings the win home if Verstappen can't. :thumbup: Verstappen / Sainz at Red Bull would ...
by Siao7
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?
Replies: 31
Views: 912

Re: How many times (if any) do you think race ban should have occured since Spa 2012?

mikeyg123 wrote:
Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:45 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBY1TWp4Oo

Given that this from F3 today as just given a 3 place grid penalty I doubt we will be seeing any race bans anytime soon.
I missed this. Who got the penalty, the guy weaving or the guy that pushed him in the wall?

Both being terrible acts...
by Siao7
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:30 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Driver(s) of the day - 2024 Australian Grand Prix
Replies: 19
Views: 538

Re: Driver(s) of the day - 2024 Australian Grand Prix

RB are what the team formerly known as Alpha Tauri are now called. Making the abbreviation of Red Bull to RB confusing. But I do think it was obvious about which team I was talking, wasn't it? Bitching about abbreviations doesn't carry a strong point, IMO. It was. TBF I don't think Hogweed was bitc...
by Siao7
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 253
Views: 4552

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Paolo_Lasardi wrote:
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:25 pm
Johnson wrote:
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:08 pm
Imagine Albon totalling the second chassis too..
:lol:

That would be a nice story!
Whilst I don't wish Albon bad luck, it would have been poetic. Same corner too if possible please!
by Siao7
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 253
Views: 4552

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Siao7 & t2jd1967>You're talking about what feels right, and whos fault it is, but those arguments don't have any value in this situation. Formula 1 is big business, and just like it's the managements job to make unpleasant decisions about their employees in any other business, it is also the Willia...
by Siao7
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 253
Views: 4552

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Williams don’t have a spare chassis following Albon’s big shunt in practice. From the tweet below looks like they’ll be using Sargeant’s car for Albon for the rest of the weekend. https://x.com/phortonf1/status/1771095697401446462?s=46&t=ogYVTvP780Kb_NbBode63w Not sure how I feel about that. That's...
by Siao7
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 253
Views: 4552

Re: 2024 Australian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Williams don’t have a spare chassis following Albon’s big shunt in practice. From the tweet below looks like they’ll be using Sargeant’s car for Albon for the rest of the weekend. https://x.com/phortonf1/status/1771095697401446462?s=46&t=ogYVTvP780Kb_NbBode63w Not sure how I feel about that. That's...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 308
Views: 7485

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

But the "gaming of the system" only started after Magnussen received the second penalty and his race was ruined. Only then he was asked to help his teammate scoring points - and the duel with Tsunoda began ... They met each other more than once during the race. Edit: and Magnussen actually did not ...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26591

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

I think there's a pretty clear argument for Red Bull bringing the sport into disrepute if they're actually engaging in a coverup. It's drawn international attention at this point, and it's getting people that don't normally care about F1 to suddenly notice it in a bad light. Well, it wasn't RB that...
by Siao7
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26591

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

It could certainly be argued that it's tenuous but my understanding is that any FIA involvement would be predicated on broad disrepute provisions within the International Sporting Code: The FIA, however, has the ISC at its disposal which may force the matter. There are specific articles relating to...
by Siao7
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
Topic: 2024 Pick 10 Competition
Replies: 112
Views: 4748

Re: 2024 Pick 10 Competition

Australian GP:

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Leclerc
4. Sainz
5. Norris
6. Alonso
7. Hamilton
8. Russell
9. Piastri
10. Stroll
by Siao7
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:02 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26591

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

Here is my take Why has it gone to the fia now. Its nothing to do with them. This is not a sporting matter. Its a workplace matter and has been dealt with by red bull racing internally. If she wanted to take it further. Then you take it to a employment tribunal. Not the governing body of the sport....
by Siao7
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...
by Siao7
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

I see Senna getting a bit ridiculed for dirty driving, when you compare with the likes of Schumacher and Verstappen he looks somewhat saintly apart from that one incident that was pay back for the year before. Your remark has me wondering what your definition of saintly would be, but let's not star...
by Siao7
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 308
Views: 7485

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

Well, it eliminates the human factor. No system or person is infallible and having both in place will lead to protests. Imagine the sensor indicating movement, but not visible on the camera, people would start to claim a faulty sensor. The FIA just can't win in this situation, I am fine with how it...
by Siao7
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)
Replies: 336
Views: 30447

Re: The 100 Greatest of All Time (Update)

Prost: annihilated by Senna on raw pace, I don’t even consider him a GOAT contender. On raw pace? At the races? Nothing further from the truth. Go watch the races, or ask Jo Ramirez (Mclaren Team Coordinator, a legend within Mclaren btw) which on more than one interview has declared that "the days ...
by Siao7
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Replies: 1495
Views: 161765

Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread

UnlikeUday wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:09 pm
Saw this somewhere else. It will take them a bit to implement their expertise I guess, but a good move for Ferrari if it all works out
by Siao7
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:24 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: New Member introduction thread
Replies: 943
Views: 766527

Re: New Member introduction thread

t2jd1967 wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:30 am
Siao7 wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:41 am
Frank Lee wrote:
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:01 am
Hello everyone, new on here.
Just registered.
Long time follower of F1.
Welcome to the madness!
You're sure it is not a madhouse? :D

@Frank welcome on board!
That too! :lol:
by Siao7
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: New Member introduction thread
Replies: 943
Views: 766527

Re: New Member introduction thread

Frank Lee wrote:
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:01 am
Hello everyone, new on here.
Just registered.
Long time follower of F1.
Welcome to the madness!
by Siao7
Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 308
Views: 7485

Re: 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Thread

I think I heard someone saying this is Lewis' worst start to the season since he entered the sport Controversial opinion, but perhaps as Lewis is leaving the team this year they are putting all their effort into George now, same as they did for Nico in 2016. They put all their efforts into Nico in ...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your favourite seasoning opening race (since 2000)
Replies: 17
Views: 1829

Re: Your favourite seasoning opening race (since 2000)

It was until the FiA clamped down on the Michellin tyres at the behest of Ferrari and Montoya getting that ridiculous penalty in the 2003 United States Grand Prix. What happened with the FIA clamping down on Michelin tyres? Michellin had created tyres that would deform quite a lot under a sideways ...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26591

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

More big happenings occurring on this it seems some 19 page article with a load of detail, including naming the lady involved and apparently Horner is suing the webiste/company involved Which article mate? Just seen references to it on Google news feed, not read that 19 paper though, I think it's n...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Christian Horner Allegations Thread
Replies: 433
Views: 26591

Re: Christian Horner Allegations Thread

FormulaFun wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:10 pm
More big happenings occurring on this it seems some 19 page article with a load of detail, including naming the lady involved and apparently Horner is suing the webiste/company involved
Which article mate?
by Siao7
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Your favourite seasoning opening race (since 2000)
Replies: 17
Views: 1829

Re: Your favourite seasoning opening race (since 2000)

A good list here, including some I didn't miss :thumbup: 2003 was before my time watching but it's on my list of races to watch at some point. 2008 & 2009 would be my picks. A sign of how the sport has changed is how few cars break down nowadays, but loads breaking down seemed to be a hallmark of t...
by Siao7
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
Topic: 2024 Pick 10 Competition
Replies: 112
Views: 4748

Re: 2024 Pick 10 Competition

Saudi GP:

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Leclerc
4. Sainz
5. Norris
6. Hamilton
7. Russell
8. Alonso
9. Piastri
10. Stroll
by Siao7
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
Replies: 2029
Views: 136967

Re: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.

this puts 2021 AD into a new perspective FIA president being investigated for interfering with race result https://www.planetf1.com/news/fia-president-mohammed-ben-sulayem-investgiated-race-result Well he did slam the 2008 Renault F1 car in the wall in the same manner that Piquet did. So it's obvio...
by Siao7
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
Replies: 22
Views: 2110

Re: Hamilton Vs Teammates

DOLOMITE wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:49 am
Siao7 wrote:
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:06 am
Every time I see a post from Dolo and his avatar, I think he is angry with me for some reason...
Fixed!
Aaaww, thank you! :-D 💖
by Siao7
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton Vs Teammates
Replies: 22
Views: 2110

Re: Hamilton Vs Teammates

Every time I see a post from Dolo and his avatar, I think he is angry with me for some reason...
by Siao7
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: What is more interesting?
Replies: 62
Views: 3269

Re: What is more interesting?

I answered two driver fighting for the WDC, but basically the poll doesn't make sense. It's like asking if you want to see someone compete, or if you would rather have the winner declared in advance. The answer is quite obvious. What I want is a season like 2012, when the first seven races was won ...
by Siao7
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 181
Views: 8648

Re: 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Now we’ve seen quali sims in this session, I’m prediting this top six for qualifying: 1. Leclerc 2. Sainz 3. Verstappen 4. Russell 5. Norris 6. Hamilton Perez's poor qualy form will affect him even more this season as other cars seem closer. Verstappen will be able to make the most of his RB20 to s...
by Siao7
Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Max vs Teammates
Replies: 58
Views: 4147

Re: Max vs Teammates

Genuine question, is Max slower during the first 4-6 races of the season or is Perez quicker in this period? I have always thought that Ferrari looked so strong at the start of 2022 (first 4 races) was in part to Max not being his usual self and once he had the big gap to Perez Ferrari never domina...
by Siao7
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Games
Topic: 2024 Pick 10 Competition
Replies: 112
Views: 4748

Re: 2024 Pick 10 Competition

Bahrain GP:

1. Verstappen
2. Leclerc
3. Sainz
4. Perez
5. Norris
6. Hamilton
7. Russell
8. Norris
9. Piastri
10. Ricciardo
by Siao7
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
Replies: 2029
Views: 136967

Re: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.

Then, why did Masi/F1 do this ? For sure a finish behind SC would have had a bigger backlash. What happened was just the lesser of the two evils... Do you remember the last time the title was decided behind the SC? Most people need reminding of it, that’s how uneventful and none controversial it wa...
by Siao7
Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.
Replies: 2029
Views: 136967

Re: Michael Masi. 1 Year on.

Tomato, tomato... Nope... There would have been nothing questionable if Lewis wins behind the SC about fairness as you put it. Rules are clear, all cars must be unlapped, how could you complain that why the RD didnt remove just the cars between Lewis and Max for the sake of fairness, then dont wait...