F1 Season 2021

[domalino]

I’ve paid more income tax than Lewis…….great British driver

Hamilton has been confirmed to be in the UK's top 5,000 tax payers, so congratulations on your success.

I didn't realise we had billionaires amongst us on Bluemoon.

 

[blueinsa]

The key to the steward's enquiry is something Toto said - Max was slowing down and speeding up and slowing down again.

Lewis said the same, he was slowing, then jammed the brakes on and moved across.

RB can't spin that telemetry. If you're letting someone through, you slow down once, until they're past, you don't slow, speed up, slow.

In F1 there is no need whatsoever to hit the brakes to allow anyone to pass such are the closing speeds and differentials between cars accelerating or not.

He has hit the brakes and moves to the left and it should cost him.

 

[meltonblue]

I’ve paid more income tax than Lewis…….great British driver

I highly doubt that.

 

[waspish]

For what max did he should start back of the grid next week

 

[MillionMilesAway]

His onboard cam, I don’t think he had as much room to just go past as the commentators were suggesting. Need to see it again, but Verstappen didn’t look much off the racing line at all to me. If you couple that with him not knowing he had been told to give the place up, then I’m not surprised Hamiltons first instincts were to slow down too.

I thought it was odd that only Verstappen mentioned the racing line, and that he was off it (in his opinion). No commentators, pundits or Mercedes mentioned it.

I'd agree that from behind there doesn't look much of a gap - more than a car, but not much more for about 50-100m.

 

[ultimateharold]

I highly doubt that.

Such a daft argument ain't it. Man's got enought money to live where he likes, and pays plenty of tax regardless.

 

[platty7]

His onboard cam, I don’t think he had as much room to just go past as the commentators were suggesting. Need to see it again, but Verstappen didn’t look much off the racing line at all to me. If you couple that with him not knowing he had been told to give the place up, then I’m not surprised Hamiltons first instincts were to slow down too.

looked like he was moving around a little aswell

 

[andyhinch]

The key to the steward's enquiry is something Toto said - Max was slowing down and speeding up and slowing down again.

Lewis said the same, he was slowing, then jammed the brakes on and moved across.

RB can't spin that telemetry. If you're letting someone through, you slow down once, until they're past, you don't slow, speed up, slow.

And you move to the side of the track

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Years ago it was more fun as cars failed. The leader could be 30 seconds ahead and he would have a gearbox failure or something. When does a car ever fail now?

What has happened this season to make Mercedes more competitive as they were rubbish until about 5 races ago.

 

[meltonblue]

Did sound from that conversation between Masi and Mercedes that the stewards screwed up their communications too.