Round-up: Norris slates Drive to Survive ‘nonsense’, Concorde signed and more

10 comments on “Round-up: Norris slates Drive to Survive ‘nonsense’, Concorde signed and more”

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   XM (@xmf1)
   17th March 2025, 5:41

   Good on Lando for pointing out the incorrect representation of Max in that cancerous show
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      S Arkazam
      17th March 2025, 8:11

      The BSky tweet seemed to be the misrepresentation, as I read it as both Max and Lando having a dig at George.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   17th March 2025, 6:32

   COTD is spot-on & that’ll probably continue to be the case.

   Unsurprisingly, Netflix effectively always ignores driver feedback or criticism.

   A question about recovery vehicles & or marshals on track during an SC period is pretty pointless since SC neutralization has been a thing in such situations ever since 2015.

   Anthony Hamilton not only consolidated Hadjar on the paddock pathway but also separately in his driver room.
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      Doh
      17th March 2025, 9:47

      I wonder if Max’s lack of errors is in part due to his driving style. Which is not to attack a corner on entry and be a late breaker but rather he’s somewhat early on the brakes and prioritises corner exit. Which I would think naturally give some room for error and allows for adjustments to be made if necessary.

      Couple that with SIM driving, in which there is no physical connection to an actual car, and you have a great recipe for success.
      Not having a physical connection with the car means you’re relying much more on other sense and information
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   MichaelN
   17th March 2025, 8:17

   Good for Norris to call these manipulative and deceptive tactics out. Maybe these producers are better working of working at something like Fox.

   It’s perhaps a bit early to call the deal made with Andretti the Concorde Agreement, as the part that is most contentious, namely the governance, hasn’t been worked out yet. The FIA seems keen to roll back some of what Todt agreed to last time around, and FOM will no doubt like to keep those powers now that they have gotten a taste of them.
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      Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
      17th March 2025, 12:03

      MichaelN,

      The FIA seems keen to roll back some of what Todt agreed to last time around, and FOM will no doubt like to keep those powers now that they have gotten a taste of them.

      Does anyone know if these clauses will carry over into the new Concorde agreement, or will the entire agreement need to be renegotiated from scratch ? If both parties refuse to compromise on a particular clause, what happens then ? Would they revert to the previous agreement as a fallback, or is a full rewrite inevitable ?
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   Matthijs (@matthijs)
   17th March 2025, 11:31

   Maybe it is time for the drivers to stop cooperating with Drive to Survive, forcing the series to innovate. The series proved its worth, but exceeded the expiration date. It is ‘revive to survive’ time!
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      tielemst
      17th March 2025, 14:47

      Worth? What would that be? Letting people believe that it’s a kind of WWE so the sport (income) can grow? These people will be bored to death and leave the sport quickly if they find out it’s an actual sport which can be dominated by a team for years and that the people in it are not each others worst enemies. So I’m afraid there will be more gimmicking and tweaking to keep the show going and the championship close. Look at the mini-DRS rule for China. McLaren are on top and could be running away with it. They benefit from it so instead of waiting till race 9 where things could be already very one-sided we hurry a rule because the three tenths they have in hand now qill be less from race 2. It’s not a coincidence that this rule is brought in already.
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   David B
   17th March 2025, 17:57

   Lando’s right. DTS is Americanised nonsense with fake drama, fake audio messages & commentary, fake engine sounds etc. I could only stomach the first season & it apparently only got worse after that.
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   UNeedAFinn2Win (@uneedafinn2win)
   17th March 2025, 18:09

   Are we positive Audi fully signed on to the 2026- 2031 Concorde agreement, in light of today’s news I’d expect some resistance from German autoworker unions.Or maybe we’ll see more Qatari funding news in the following days

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