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by Option or Prime
Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 86
Views: 5314

Re: 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Weird, one race in and engine grid penalties. Seems to me driver are getting decreasing opportunities to affect the results in F1, results now determined by regulations, penalties and changing specifications. I'm losing interest now am I alone in this. What is the activity on this form now compared ...
by Option or Prime
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:32 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do some on this board have a max verstappen problem.

Everyone else? Red Bull themselves have been here before in a really tight championship battle so with far higher stakes. Verstappen made himself look like a total prat (without us knowing any mitigating background factors). That doesn't mean he's a problem for Red Bull. Certainly not any more of a...
by Option or Prime
Wed Dec 07, 2022 5:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do some on this board have a max verstappen problem.

It's hardly unusual. Many drivers have "rebelled" against team orders. True, hence the tantrum comment but not to the extent that it impacts a team mate so badly, those two points could have given Perez and Red bull a 1,2 in the WDC instead he showed contempt on a personal matter of principle. Red ...
by Option or Prime
Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do some on this board have a max verstappen problem.

Yeah, there's a lot of Minority Report level crap going on here. Seems to me like some on this board have real Max Verstappen problem, not Red Bull. Doesn't that tell you something then? Red Bull have no control over Verstappen as indicted by his rebellion, that seems to be an overt problem. There ...
by Option or Prime
Wed Dec 07, 2022 1:36 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do some on this board have a max verstappen problem.

Good Lord, how did you infer that from what I said. Whether he considered himself that or not, till he won the WDC he was just another WDC hopeful on the grid. My inference is the only way the logic of your post works. Yeah, there's a lot of Minority Report level crap going on here. Seems to me lik...
by Option or Prime
Wed Dec 07, 2022 1:17 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do some on this board have a max verstappen problem.

Good Lord, how did you infer that from what I said. Whether he considered himself that or not, till he won the WDC he was just another WDC hopeful on the grid. My inference is the only way the logic of your post works. Yeah, there's a lot of Minority Report level crap going on here. Seems to me lik...
by Option or Prime
Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:09 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.

But this is all a very different discussion than what started this tangent ( Is Max still in the top 3 fastest drivers? I think that's unequivocally 'yes'. ). I repeat, I'm not disputing this Ok, then this tangent is settled, despite you asking that very question which started this tangent. the iss...
by Option or Prime
Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.

But this is all a very different discussion than what started this tangent (Is Max still in the top 3 fastest drivers? I think that's unequivocally 'yes'.). I repeat, I'm not disputing this, the issue is whether RB have a problem with MV. Clearly you agree: I agree Max gets much more aggressive whe...
by Option or Prime
Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:14 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.

I for one cannot believe you are asking this question at the end of a season where Verstappen has broken pretty much every record there is to break. Do you actually think anyone else on the grid is close to Max currently? I think Charles has him on one-lap pace and Lewis/Alonso will run him close b...
by Option or Prime
Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:33 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.

The question I would ask is is MV still in the top 3 fastest drivers, Russell now looks like a winner, Norris too, Leclerc on his day not to mention Hamilton. Red Bull are not shy about shuffling drivers around! I for one cannot believe you are asking this question at the end of a season where Vers...
by Option or Prime
Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:44 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.

The question I would ask is is MV still in the top 3 fastest drivers, Russell now looks like a winner, Norris too, Leclerc on his day not to mention Hamilton. Red Bull are not shy about shuffling drivers around! I for one cannot believe you are asking this question at the end of a season where Vers...
by Option or Prime
Mon Nov 14, 2022 5:37 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton/Verstappen Brazil 22
Replies: 736
Views: 29706

Re: Hamilton/Verstappen Brazil 22

a collection of Max "quotes" from the web. Can't tell which are translation into English “To be honest, I went around the outside, and I immediately felt he was not going to leave space. I just went for it, he didn’t leave me space, so I knew we were going to get together. “It cost him the race win...
by Option or Prime
Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.

"are we clear on that?" Unbelievable arrogance. You're an employee Max. He won't be getting any favours from Perez next year that's for sure. True colours well and truly revealed. Max the better driver, but Sergio the better person, no question.. Things like this massively damage the brand of Red B...
by Option or Prime
Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:57 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.
Replies: 391
Views: 30482

Re: Do red bull have a max verstappen problem.

Clearly Verstappen has dominated this season with the Red Bull as the best car on race day. The fact that he ignored his radio instruction is meaningless when the season is over for himself. The issue is though that his ego has taken over and any loyalty to the Red Bull team, his team mate and perha...
by Option or Prime
Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:36 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

I was interested in a previous comment, not sure of the author sorry. that this forum was at odds with Reddit, in my general reading it seems that most of the followers of F1 be they ardent or casual feel Horner is playing the victim and that the applied sanction is inadequate. The word "cheat" crop...
by Option or Prime
Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:42 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

The article that states 'FIA fines rarely exceed six figures' is both correct and also more insightful than one might hope. This has nothing to do with Red Bull, and everything to do with the status quo. I don't believe that any of the big teams would have received a substantial penalty if they had...
by Option or Prime
Fri Oct 28, 2022 2:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Pretty weak response, why bother staying under if teams can significantly breach the cap to put them ahead in that critical development year that puts them in front for forthcoming years. No incentive to stay within the cap whatsoever. It was also a negotiated and delayed penalty, the FIA have lost ...
by Option or Prime
Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:29 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Asphalt_World wrote:
Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:27 pm
To read a headline that states that Red Bull and FIA have agreed on a punishment is beyond belief.
Its like robbing a bank then saying to the police, you can have half if you let us go free! Utterly ridiculous.
by Option or Prime
Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:26 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

As someone who doesn't take F1 seriously anymore, all I can say is whatever the outcome of this farce (that will just be ahead of the next one by a handful of weeks, if not days), it will just stengthen the very low opinion I developed year after year. This, is the problem, credibility is rapidly d...
by Option or Prime
Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:34 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Utterly unbelievable, From Andrew Benson's Twitter. The FIA has made an offer to Red Bull for the terms of an "accepted breach agreement" for them breaching the cost cap. Details, as with all issues on this matter, are confidential for now. Now Red Bull have to decide whether to accept or go before ...
by Option or Prime
Tue Oct 18, 2022 9:23 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

If a crime is committed then the general practice is that there is a procedure to establish guilt and then if proven a range of sentences from min to max depending on the severity and/or mitigating circumstances. Remember that McLaren were fined 100 million dollars and stripped of their points in th...
by Option or Prime
Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:30 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Cheat: act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage. Not sure that cheating can be sidelined quite as simply as that, Oct 1st RB were saying that comments by Mercedes and Ferrari were 'unacceptable'. Did they not know they were over at that time? I agree that the wording as highlighted...
by Option or Prime
Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:12 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Cheat: act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage. Not sure that cheating can be sidelined quite as simply as that, Oct 1st RB were saying that comments by Mercedes and Ferrari were 'unacceptable'. Did they not know they were over at that time? I agree that the wording as highlighted...
by Option or Prime
Wed Oct 12, 2022 4:21 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Cheat: act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage. Not sure that cheating can be sidelined quite as simply as that, Oct 1st RB were saying that comments by Mercedes and Ferrari were 'unacceptable'. Did they not know they were over at that time? I agree that the wording as highlighted ...
by Option or Prime
Fri Oct 07, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

There are some thoughts that the delay is to that the points deduction, if RB have infringed is high enough to be significant but low enough so as not to affect the result. Incredibly disappointing, my feeling is that any points penalty should be imposed at the start of next season but why bother i...
by Option or Prime
Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

There are some thoughts that the delay is to that the points deduction, if RB have infringed is high enough to be significant but low enough so as not to affect the result. Incredibly disappointing, my feeling is that any points penalty should be imposed at the start of next season but why bother if...
by Option or Prime
Wed Oct 05, 2022 6:13 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Budget Cap Breach Rumours
Replies: 1040
Views: 45674

Re: Budget Cap Breach Rumours

Not sure about the parsnips but it looks somewhat rigged to me, how can 5 days make a difference to the amount spent? Perhaps addition follows a different formula dependant on the season.
FIA's credibility is eroding steadily along with any confidence that the sport is fair competition.
by Option or Prime
Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:44 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Hamilton vs Verstappen
Replies: 682
Views: 50915

Re: Hamilton vs Verstappen

They are the same as they were a year ago! You don't just get a talent pill from the doctors.

What has changed is the cars, Mercedes have not picked up he new specs as well as RB have. The drivers are the same.
by Option or Prime
Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:34 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread
Replies: 87
Views: 6224

Re: 2022 Belgian Grand Prix Free Practice & Qualifying Thread

Do the ride height changes come into effect at this race?
by Option or Prime
Thu Jul 28, 2022 3:45 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: BREAKING NEWS..... Vettel to retire.
Replies: 39
Views: 2411

Re: BREAKING NEWS..... Vettel to retire.

He should become Ferrari's race strategist, at least he would understand when to pit for tyres!
by Option or Prime
Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:52 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Is Leclerc dropping the ball?
Replies: 103
Views: 6034

Re: Is Leclerc dropping the ball?

I also get the impression that Sainz might be closing the gap on Leclerc. I'm reluctant to criticise too much as the leadership from the pit has been a disaster, the total lack of effective race strategy means Leclerc might have that extra thought as a burden in the car and makes it harder to concen...
by Option or Prime
Sun Jul 24, 2022 4:48 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 French Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 242
Views: 11018

Re: 2022 French Grand Prix Race Thread

So if Mercedes are getting podiums despite being unable to fathom out what is happening with the car does that mean with ride hide changes there might be a further improvement at the Belgian Grand Prix, on 26-28 August? They were supposed to be quick here though, their race pace in practice was up ...
by Option or Prime
Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:22 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: 2022 French Grand Prix Race Thread
Replies: 242
Views: 11018

Re: 2022 French Grand Prix Race Thread

So if Mercedes are getting podiums despite being unable to fathom out what is happening with the car does that mean with ride hide changes there might be a further improvement at the Belgian Grand Prix, on 26-28 August?
by Option or Prime
Mon Jul 18, 2022 8:05 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Replies: 1490
Views: 160781

Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread

Permission to ask a stupid question?

What actually is the reason that the cars close up under a safety car and why are pit stops allowed?

Can the race not be restarted with the same tyres and race positions (approximately) as when the race was stopped?
by Option or Prime
Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:27 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: What can be done to eliminate porpoising
Replies: 186
Views: 17248

Re: What can be done to eliminate porpoising

Which brings us back to the topic of active suspensions, doesn't it? While it's a matter of what technologies the FIA would like teams to focus on, it would seem like active suspension would be an interesting one. Again, racing is supposed to prompt advances in technological achievement, isn't it? ...
by Option or Prime
Sun Jul 17, 2022 11:11 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: What can be done to eliminate porpoising
Replies: 186
Views: 17248

Re: What can be done to eliminate porpoising

Isn't the point that the original spec was ill thought out. Previously when around effect was introduced it was done so in conjunction with active suspension. What was introduced this time was only half of the system with the expectation that the teams would figure out a solution. I would be very in...
by Option or Prime
Fri Jul 15, 2022 5:22 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: What can be done to eliminate porpoising
Replies: 186
Views: 17248

Re: What can be done to eliminate porpoising

1547852376203091968 So what are the chances of that ever happening I wonder? Will that not be resisted by certain teams as it erodes their advantage. Effectively these new regs need to be replaced by new regs as the current regs are scarcely fit for purpose. You couldn't make it up! Well it seems I...
by Option or Prime
Fri Jul 15, 2022 9:11 am
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: What can be done to eliminate porpoising
Replies: 186
Views: 17248

Re: What can be done to eliminate porpoising

JN23 wrote:
Fri Jul 15, 2022 7:59 am
So what are the chances of that ever happening I wonder? Will that not be resisted by certain teams as it erodes their advantage.

Effectively these new regs need to be replaced by new regs as the current regs are scarcely fit for purpose. You couldn't make it up!
by Option or Prime
Mon Jul 11, 2022 6:11 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread
Replies: 1490
Views: 160781

Re: F1 Gossip/Rumour/Inside news Thread

Bernie Ecclestone to be charged over alleged fraud.
It will be OK though, I'm sure Vladimir Putin will help him out though!

Ecclestone has apparently hidden assets held overseas believed to be worth in excess of £400m.
by Option or Prime
Sun Jul 10, 2022 3:43 pm
Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
Topic: Flexi-floor controversy
Replies: 160
Views: 15474

Re: Flexi-floor controversy

EPROM wrote:
Sun Jul 10, 2022 12:14 pm
tootsie323 wrote:
Sun Jul 10, 2022 8:26 am
There's a string of words I wouldn't have expected to be put together - a plank deveopment arms race...
Was Max involved in this?
More to the point was it constant?