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[Rossell2]

What was it the other week when he said there was a rogue marshall?

 

[Dennisch]

Dutch tv is interviewing every Dutch celebrity they can find, and everyone is clearly just there to promote themselves. They are all being so pathetic...

The only one who was worth watching was Coronel, he broke down in tears and had to stop the interview.

 

[Terronium-12]

Now Horner likes the FIA.

But didn't the FIA have it out for them last weekend? And didn't Horner make a comment a F1 missing Whiting because of the FIA as ran by Masi?

I get that Horner, Toto, whomever has to go to bat for their drivers even in the most utterly hypocritical scenarios — why wouldn't they?

This is literally no different than saying "LOL, NO U."

 

[PaMu1337]

The only one who was worth watching was Coronel, he broke down in tears and had to stop the interview.

It's always a good day when Coronel stops talking

 

[Chrisuu]

It's always a good day when Coronel stops talking

Though I also like that i will not have to see Jack Plooi any more what a relief

 

[McLaren]

Sounds like a legitimate protest, but I don't see Ferrari going to bat for something that benefits Mercedes more than them.

 

[Dave A]

Looks like the rules were well and truly broken here. I have no love for Hamilton, but they either have to hand him the title or F1 loses all credibility. The rules are very clear and they were clearly broken.

The race had to end under the safety car based on the rules. It didn't. If it did Hamilton wins.

 

[Sum1s2pid]

Can't believe that I forgot about Tsunoda! Nice 4th, bro! 😅

 

[Dennisch]

It's always a good day when Coronel stops talking

Last week was awful. Shouting everything instead of having a reasonable discussion, but that is on me for watching Ziggo with their horrible pre and post race shows, Last week reminded me why I usually only tune in to just before the lights go out.

 

[Dave A]

So what do they do if they decide the end was unjust and unfair, what will the consequences of that be??

My opinion is that they can't take the race win from Max as it wasn't him who made the call so he doesn't deserve to lose the race win.

They can't void the race, they will consider what the result would have been of the correct rules were followed. That means they hand the win to Hamilton in all probability.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[Blitz24]

He has left F1 to go wander in the desert for awhile, searching for his next goal in life.

 

[O604]

Latifi wins!!!

Lifetime supply of RedBull.

Horner promises Latifi ‘lifetime supply of Red Bull’ after Verstappen's win

Christian Horner has promised Nicholas Latifi a special present after his crash in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix paved the way for Max Verstappen's dramatic win

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[pumaATTACK]

It doesn't really matter. As soon as they set up that last lap VER was basically guaranteed to pass, fresh softs Vs worn hards.

I mean true. Just surprised he didn’t fight that harder. Maybe knew max would just overtake off the track and wouldn’t give it back

 

[Dennisch]

He has left F1 to go wander in the desert for awhile, searching for his next goal in life.

He becomes the Sandman.

 

[Chrisuu]

Last week was awful. Shouting everything instead of having a reasonable discussion, but that is on me for watching Ziggo with their horrible pre and post race shows, Last week reminded me why I usually only tune in to just before the lights go out.

Honestly the reason I never subscribed to Ziggo after trying it. The whole team outside of Olaf was a bit of a Farce IMO. And even he has had his interesting moments.

 

[Sureboss]

Wait, some cars weren't allowed to unlap themselves? 🤣

 

[andrea]

French commentary:

 

[pumaATTACK]

Latifi wins!!!

Lifetime supply of RedBull.

Horner promises Latifi ‘lifetime supply of Red Bull’ after Verstappen's win

Christian Horner has promised Nicholas Latifi a special present after his crash in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix paved the way for Max Verstappen's dramatic win

www.mirror.co.uk

Kinda shocked they acknowledge

Looks like the rules were well and truly broken here. I have no love for Hamilton, but they either have to hand him the title or F1 loses all credibility. The rules are very clear and they were clearly broken.

The race had to end under the safety car based on the rules. It didn't. If it did Hamilton wins.

I just can’t see any reversal happening. Just really shameful they didn’t follow their own rules and instead interfered with the championship outcome.

 

[Famine]

It's always a good day when Coronel stops talking

Sadly they're identical twins, and once one stops the other starts.

While following and unfollowing Twitter accounts at seemingly infinite speed.

 

[Dennisch]

French commentary:

C'est incroyable!!!!!

 

[Terronium-12]

French commentary:

I have no idea what they're saying, but every time I hear French commentary it's always utterly exciting. And shouty.

Also, aren't you only supposed to move once while defending or am I remembering that rule wrong?

 

[PaMu1337]

Sadly they're identical twins, and once one stops the other starts.

While following and unfollowing Twitter accounts at seemingly infinite speed.

Tim is at least a little bit more subdued than Tom

 

[HenrySwanson]

Feel gutted a great season came down to this

 

[PorscheFan91]

I think it's unsporting from Mercedes personally. Whilst the race restart should have been different (red flagged and then a decent number of laps like Baku) they got away with the unfair advantage at turn one. They can't have it both ways really. Had the turn one controversy not happened I'd feel differently.

 

[McLaren]

We're equating Turn 1 with Masi literally changing up the rules as he goes in the final lap? These 2 incidents are not at all on equal grounds....

 

[Touring Mars]

Looks like the rules were well and truly broken here. I have no love for Hamilton, but they either have to hand him the title or F1 loses all credibility. The rules are very clear and they were clearly broken.

The race had to end under the safety car based on the rules. It didn't. If it did Hamilton wins.

But if they had stuck to convention and instructed lapped cars to pass in the first place, the result of the race would have been the same as what ended up happening. Though, it is not clear that the lapped cars could have all unlapped themselves in time to allow a racing lap to happen, given that the original decision (to not allow cars to pass) was presumably based on safety considerations.

It's tricky, because I think the race control were left with only unpalatable options and ultimately their decisions had to made very quickly and in light of what was happening with Latifi's car etc.

Mercedes are understandably furious with the decision to let only the cars between LH and MV to pass, effectively handing MV the Championship.

But Red Bull were equally furious at the earlier decision to not let any cars pass, which was an unconventional decision that left MV with a clear disadvantage that would have cost him the Championship.

My gut feeling is that both decisions were 'wrong', but that the second decision (that Mercedes are furious about) was ultimately taken in order to correct for the first, and the net result was that the Championship was decided on the track under green flag conditions.

 

[GroupB]

How about this for a potential way out for the FIA:

They decide not to change the results, but rather throw them out entirely because the race was compromised by Masi not following the rulebook. Max still wins the title based on tiebreak.

 

[Chrisuu]

Sadly they're identical twins, and once one stops the other starts.

While following and unfollowing Twitter accounts at seemingly infinite speed.

If only they could have used that infinite speed in their own racing careers...

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

In hindsight maybe they should have red flagged it. I bet a lot of fans would suddenly really like how you can change the tires though.

That sounds more fair in terms of letting them race. The other possibility is just keeping the lapped cars as is, but I think that's against the rules, but those weren't followed anyway.