F1 Season 2021

[OB1]

The appeal will fail, it will be interesting to see if they go all the way to CAS

I've been saying at home that the only way this gets changed is at CAS.

 

[cookster]

Not the same though, is it? False equivvalence.

Could burn Steve Woodward in the amount of Straw Men constructed in this thread, lol.

Exhibit A

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He was ahead not alongside.

He was ahead. It was in the stewards decision on the matter.

 

[Metal Biker]

It's got nothing to do with Lewis not winning its the fact as a sporting event nobbling the guy who is clearly going to win either with or without the safety car is farcical. It got nothing to do with Max.Masi had a decision to make in a short time and instead of following the rules he decided to make it more exciting off his own back.

I've already been saying exactly that. The FIA have gone through their own rulebook, determined that "any does not mean all", that Masi was correct in pulling in the SC when he did and gave everyone one exciting lap of racing in their season closer.

I'm sharing what the FIA have stated. They aren't my own thoughts or opinions. I'm just curious to know if people are upset about rules being broken or that someone benefitted from a situation and another didn't. I'm stating the position that the FIA have taken so people know what it is.

 

[01cravend]

Mercedes need to get this man on the phone

 

[cleavers]

I've been saying at home that the only way this gets changed is at CAS.

I said earlier, Mercedes should accept the result and take the FIA to CAS, they'll win, no consolation for Hamilton, but it should produce a new governing body, rules that can't be "adapted", and better racing all round.

 

[cookster]

I've already been saying exactly that. The FIA have gone through their own rulebook, determined that "any does not mean all", that Masi was correct in pulling in the SC when he did and gave everyone one exciting lap of racing in their season closer.

I'm sharing what the FIA have stated. They aren't my own thoughts or opinions. I'm just curious to know if people are upset about rules being broken or that someone benefitted from a situation and another didn't. I'm stating the position that the FIA have taken so people know what it is.

Whatever is said it wasn't a decision made with sporting integrity.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Mercedes need to get this man on the phone

“I believe, quite comfortably, if the process is going to be judged on facts then unquestionably we will prevail,” he said. “If it’s not about facts and it’s about other things, then it is a different conversation.
“But I strongly hope that these regulatory bodies will ultimately make the decision based on facts.
“Now having said that, just going back on this wave that we are dealing with, I think, listen, I’ll be philosophical about this, the reality is we have dealt with this before with UEFA. This is not the first time we have dealt with it.
“We are going through the appropriate steps and we’re confident in our position, very comfortable in our position. I’m not concerned about that because facts will prevail.”

Swap UEFA for FIA.

 

[ShedDweller]

I think it is a competence issue but it has resulted in a horribly contrived result that made a mockery of the first 50 odd laps of that race.

Justice has not been served in any way shape or from.

If Max had been the faster driver on the day, I'd have been a bit disappointed that Lewis was not champion again but it would have been fair enough. Today Hamilton was smashing it.

I have seen some injustices in sport but I think this one tops anything that has gone before.

Spot on...

You could argue that Mercedes had got the tactics spot on, they built a stragegy that had worked, MV had the tyre advantage for a while but by the time the shit went down his advantage had waned and LH was keeping him pretty much at arms length even on his old tyres.

The sport has lost all credibility.

 

[hilts]

I've already been saying exactly that. The FIA have gone through their own rulebook, determined that "any does not mean all", that Masi was correct in pulling in the SC when he did and gave everyone one exciting lap of racing in their season closer.

I'm sharing what the FIA have stated. They aren't my own thoughts or opinions. I'm just curious to know if people are upset about rules being broken or that someone benefitted from a situation and another didn't. I'm stating the position that the FIA have taken so people know what it is.

I think most are upset that that they have invested time following a sport and then in the last minute they have been robbed because it isn't a sport at all.

If Max had won fairly then some posters would be upset like we were against Chelsea however they would accept the result.

I'm not an avid fan this was my second race and I think it's laughable. I have no view on either driver but Hamilton is a brit so if he won fair and square sorted but it wasn't particularly important. If I had invested a season on it I would be fuming.