Cynic

KMag also started 4th for Mclaren in his first F1 race in 2014, unless you’re reference his Haas career?

*slept with

Ah yes, like going to someone’s party after they slept and stole your ex. A disgrace not to attend.

It’ll be part of the agreement with Mercedes not to appeal and drag the FIA through the mud that they won’t have to attend the gala, I’d expect.

When Hamilton gave his post-race interview and was asked about next season, his “We’ll see” response felt like an indication he was done, and in the heat of the moment I don’t blame him.

However, I hope that […]

I’m guessing they’ll tone down the ICE output to compensate for the added electrical power and try and keep the entire PU at a similar overall output as they are now.

If Mercedes had pitted Lewis and the safety car rules had been followed, the race would have effectively finished under safety car except for the last couple of corners (had it come in at the proper […]

If I remember correctly, Hamilton ran the number 1 a couple of times in practice sessions in Abu Dhabi before switching to 44 for the races when he’d already wrapped up the title.

I think he had permission […]

Nah, they couldn’t.

Max did because he had the space behind him to keep track position, so had nothing to lose even if the race didn’t restart

At no point could Lewis have pitted under that safety car […]

Then as Keith has stated in his opinion, it should have been red-flagged rather than violating their own rules to make it happen.

@simon999 I think the case will hinge on whether, legally, the safety car should have come in at the end of the following lap, as per the regulations.

I don’t think Mercedes have asserted that the lapped cars […]

I don’t think the FIA are biased, but the stewards ruling sounded very much just like they were trying to cover the appalling race direction.

This will end up going to a legal court as the FIA aren’t going to […]

In the case of the second protest (safety car rules), it’s quite clear that if they’d been implemented properly that the race would have finished behind the safety car and the positions as they were before the […]

I think it’s a fair assessment; Lewis certainly wasn’t at his absolute best for parts of the season whereas Max has generally been a bit more consistent throughout, and despite all his antics over the past few […]

You haven’t seen the telemetry of both cars, and repeatedly saying that you have doesn’t make anyone believe that you have.

Max has been aggressive on track all season, and indeed his entire career. The whole ‘one defensive move’ and ‘no moving under braking’ rules came about after a couple of incidents he was involved in, and I […]

Great news! Now I’ll have another excuse to delay the putting up of Christmas lights a bit longer.

If the racing had been clean since Mexico I think there’s far more chance that a race-ending collision where Max was at fault would have been given the standard in-race penalties, but I suspect that he’d be met […]

All these warning signs, from driver feedback to very near misses, are starting to feel a bit ominous, yet they’re apparently going to be completely ignored in favour of the show.

It feels like F1 dug itself […]

So, going by recent timelines I guess we’ll find out if he’s penalised in about 24 hours. Perhaps they’ll even wait until the cars are on the grid this time… Imagine the scenes it’d create for DTS.