Formula 1 2022 Season

They have. It is cancelled.

Only after I expressed my disgust at their inaction :wink:

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Maybe the Haas team were worried in case Mazepin pulled into a different garage and claimed it a his.

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I take it they will have to pay any sponsorship money back.

Yes Marzipan is now out, along with Daddyā€™s sponsorship. :grinning:

No great loss, apart from the entertainment value of seeing him crash into people at the back of the fieldā€¦

There have always been pay-drivers at the smaller teams, of course, but Iā€™m glad to see Haas doing the right thing and divesting themselves of Russian money.

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Mercedes sidepods

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It was quite a good race to watch - the changes to the cars seems to have made it a much closer racing experience, hopefully the rest of the season will be as good.

The Independent: F1 boss Max Mosley ā€˜found with fatal gunshot wound after learning he had terminal cancerā€™.

Just reviving this threadā€¦ Iā€™ve watched every race and have rediscovered my love for Ferrari (I donā€™t like Red Bull so my enemyā€™s enemy and all thatā€¦).

Not sure if anyone saw the race in Japan but if so then this article on whether the sporting regulations were followed correctly (again!) is a mildly interesting read.

As I see it, the wording of the regulation is clunky and inconsistent but, ultimately, it would just delay the inevitable so Iā€™m not convinced itā€™s worth really pushing for the result to be overturned.

Iā€™ve stopped watching F1 now and havenā€™t done so for the whole of this season and tail end of the last.
Like you @Gareth I just cant stand Red Bull, the slimy Horner and the total w*nker Verstappen who Iā€™m almost certain will kill someone one day (if not himself first)ā€¦ A total hooligan :rage:

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I think heā€™s mostly the reason I donā€™t like RB. Itā€™s funny cause I think Adrian Newey is a genius as a designer, and Iā€™m constantly impressed with how efficiently their pit crew performā€¦ But Horner and the others wind me up with their whining to the race directors whenever something doesnā€™t go their way or they feel hard done by.

Thatā€™s one of the reasons I disliked Ferrari many years agoā€¦ But Iā€™ve warmed to them in recent years as my feelings towards RB have intensified.

Iā€™m unsure about Verstappen. Yes, heā€™s an aggressive driver. I think you have to be to drive at that level. Is he really any worse than, say, Hamilton was at his age though?

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I think youā€™d need to go some to make a bigger mess of F1 than the new regime has. From Ferrariā€™s secret punishment over ā€œfuel metering irregularitiesā€ in 2018, to the long list of Race Control faux pass after the loss of Charlie Whiting and culminating in the farcical implementation of the cost cap.

Itā€™s clearly now run as an entertainment business first and a sport second, but as long as I can watch the highlights on CH4 for free, Iā€™ll keep watching.

Is he any worse than Schumacher was? He was also an aggressive driver who didnā€™t mind pushing people off the tarmac or going after them in the pits.

I agree about the level of aggression being a necessary component in the sport but hooliganism is a totally different level. Verstappen is just demonic - I donā€™t recall that trait from Hamilton or Schumacherā€¦

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Iā€™ve never felt that Hamilton, despite being equally determined, has that ā€œIā€™ll beat you or put you into the armco!ā€ edge to him that Verstappen has and Schumacher used to have.

Unfortunately, I think Max has a little of his fatherā€™s notorious bad temper about him when he doesnā€™t get his own way, but I do believe heā€™s mellowed/grown up of late.

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