They have. It is cancelled.
Only after I expressed my disgust at their inaction
Maybe the Haas team were worried in case Mazepin pulled into a different garage and claimed it a his.
I take it they will have to pay any sponsorship money back.
Yes Marzipan is now out, along with Daddyās sponsorship.
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 Iām glad to see Haas doing the right thing and divesting themselves of Russian money.
Mercedes sidepods
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 āfound with fatal gunshot wound after learning he had terminal cancerā.
Just reviving this threadā¦ Iāve watched every race and have rediscovered my love for Ferrari (I donāt like Red Bull so my enemyās 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 Iām not convinced itās worth really pushing for the result to be overturned.
Iāve stopped watching F1 now and havenāt 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 Iām almost certain will kill someone one day (if not himself first)ā¦ A total hooligan
I think heās mostly the reason I donāt like RB. Itās funny cause I think Adrian Newey is a genius as a designer, and Iām 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 doesnāt go their way or they feel hard done by.
Thatās one of the reasons I disliked Ferrari many years agoā¦ But Iāve warmed to them in recent years as my feelings towards RB have intensified.
Iām unsure about Verstappen. Yes, heās 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?
I think youād need to go some to make a bigger mess of F1 than the new regime has. From Ferrariās secret punishment over āfuel 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.
Itās 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, Iāll keep watching.
Is he any worse than Schumacher was? He was also an aggressive driver who didnāt 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 donāt recall that trait from Hamilton or Schumacherā¦
Iāve never felt that Hamilton, despite being equally determined, has that āIāll 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 fatherās notorious bad temper about him when he doesnāt get his own way, but I do believe heās mellowed/grown up of late.