Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2020

[Olympian1010 7,971]

2 hours ago, NearPup said:

So basically we can already give the title to Mercedes and cancel the season?

Could have done that 6 months ago too...

[Gianlu33 4,550]

I have no words for this, I can't even be angry... I am simply disgusted.

 

Aaand spoiler, the new car - that will debut at Hungary GP - will do the same shit

 

Thanks Binotto for this amazing season

[Vektor 3,326]

Mercedes has already won 2020 and 2021. The new rules can't come soon enough, it's ridiculous how one team is now winning F1 8 years in a row. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 hour ago, Gianlu33 said:

I have no words for this, I can't even be angry... I am simply disgusted.

 

Aaand spoiler, the new car - that will debut at Hungary GP - will do the same shit

 

Thanks Binotto for this amazing season

 

You mean Ferrari is back to where they're supposed to be after their blatant rule-breaking of last season? This is some good karma hitting them  

[heywoodu 15,135]

48 minutes ago, Vektor said:

Mercedes has already won 2020 and 2021. The new rules can't come soon enough, it's ridiculous how one team is now winning F1 8 years in a row. 

New rules make the gaps bigger, not smaller. Today was another excellent example: the field is getting closer and closer together, even though Mercedes itself is still a bit in front of the rest in qualifying pace.

[pdr4332 218]

My no1 question after seeing the Ferrari today: if this does not improve during the season, and the Mercedes seat does not materialize for Vettel from next year (as expected), can the resulting loss of motivation push Vettel to throw in the towel and retire after 2020?

 

NB. not anti-Vettel, just asking 

[Vektor 3,326]

6 hours ago, heywoodu said:

New rules make the gaps bigger, not smaller. Today was another excellent example: the field is getting closer and closer together, even though Mercedes itself is still a bit in front of the rest in qualifying pace.

New rules will at least give a chance the other big teams to change "status quo". We didn't have significant change for years, and the gap ain't getting smaller between Mercedes and the others, instead they seem to be even more dominant this year. 

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 hour ago, Vektor said:

New rules will at least give a chance the other big teams to change "status quo". We didn't have significant change for years, and the gap ain't getting smaller between Mercedes and the others, instead they seem to be even more dominant this year. 

It is nice to dream, yes  

[heywoodu 15,135]

6 hours ago, dharang said:

My no1 question after seeing the Ferrari today: if this does not improve during the season, and the Mercedes seat does not materialize for Vettel from next year (as expected), can the resulting loss of motivation push Vettel to throw in the towel and retire after 2020?

 

NB. not anti-Vettel, just asking 

Of course it can, but this was already a question before the qualifying. Ferrari hasn't been good since their cheating was discovered and stopped halfway through last year, that didn't change yet apparently. I don't think F1 would miss much with Vettel leaving, so we'll see  

[heywoodu 15,135]

"When the flag drops, the bullshit stops", can someone please drop the flag, for crying out loud?

 

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Lewis Hamilton has told his Formula One rivals that "silence is complicit" in racism after it emerged drivers are divided over whether to take a knee before Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.

https://news.sky.com/story/lewis-hamilton-warns-silence-is-complicit-in-racism-as-formula-one-drivers-split-over-taking-knee-12021486

 

Perfectly fine for him to do whatever he wants about this, but the same goes for others. Don't go and force others to take some sort of stand when they want to focus on their race. It's fine if they do, it's fine if they don't, but the choice should be theirs, without Hamilton screaming in their ears that they are vile racists if they don't kneel or something.

 

Everyone knows that 22 drivers taking a knee today is just as fake as possible, because they're basically forced into it instead of doing so out of their own will.