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Anton Chigurh

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  1. I’d say that is pretty false. There are tons of us who have followed him since McLaren.
  2. This is an excellent post and I fully agree with it. I also think they are in over their heads, but to be fair, they didn’t have much of a choice and so they are going for it, and from that point it is at least admirable. Long term they really need someone like Porsche/Volkswagen to step in (I’m sure you’d LOVE that, hahah). FWIW, the 2025 PU is essentially the current one without the MGU-H and some other tweaks to be optimized for natural aspiration. Another side note to some of the other discussion here, but since Mercedes returned as an engine manufacturer, they have always had class-leading mills. If not the best, right there at the top. They literally partnered with and eventually took over Ilmor, who was already a giant in the racing engine world at the time, and became even better. If you want a cool Ilmor-Mercedes engine story, read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_500I_engine?wprov=sfti1
  3. I think the FIA/Masi would get eviscerated in court. However, at this point I think that the only realistic outcome would be monetary damages.
  4. The lapped cars thing is an either/or decision. According to Lando, they get told to unlap about half the time on SC restarts (likely depending on how long the SC is). Also, lol. This is just last year. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/fia-race-director-masi-explains-norris-f1-eifel-gp-safety-car-decision-4978255/4978255/ Masi said that was the only reason for the length of the safety car. "That one was the fact that we had to, there's a requirement in the sporting regulations, to wave all lapped cars past," Masi said. "I think from that point, it was position 6 onwards that was still running. "So 10, 11 cars, that had to unlap themselves, and therefore the safety car period was a bit longer than what we would have normally expected."
  5. Just as we all predicted.
  6. Are you saying that a competent race director is going to OK cars to unlap while there is still personnel and heavy equipment on the track?
  7. But it looks like Baylor.
  8. No, cars unlap after the track is cleared.
  9. Well Masi is a huge dope, so it’s an open and shut case, Johnson!
  10. I think is the part that bothers me the most: The Race Director stated that the purpose of Article 48.12 was to remove those lapped cars that would “interfere” in the racing between the leaders. Masi knows here that Lewis has zero chance to hold off Max, and just basically admitted to having a huge effect on the results, and indirectly said that it was all for show and that the midfield doesn’t matter.
  11. Lol.
  12. This. This text sums up my thoughts in a nice coherent way.
  13. Hell, Sainz could have fought for P2 himself but he had two lapped cars in front of him. I think we have a long way to go here.
  14. Another possibility, is that apparently once cars are allowed to unlap, the SC is supposed to come in on the FOLLOWING lap. I admit I have not double checked that rule, though. If so, that obviously was also not followed.
  15. I think Masi might be in some deep shit for real though. Offseason is going to be a shit show.
  16. No, there wouldn’t have been enough time to do it the normal way and the race would have ended under SC. They made one decision, then changed it, but then changed on the fly once again, and started the race once only the cars in front of Max had gone, but not the rest. Obviously the title battle is most important, but it also fucks with other constructors fighting each other too, since they were fighting two different restarts essentially, because some cars started on the lead lap, and some didn’t. It’s a fuck.
  17. Yeah, if they wanted a one/two lap even battle, then Red Flag it, but holy fuck.
  18. They only let the cars in front of Max overtake the SC, what the actual fuck.
  19. It was confirmed by Mike Elliott a few days ago. Rumor was they were going to use it on the nose but it failed crash testing and they abandoned it. Stuff only counts against the budget cap once it’s homologated, so….they held off.
  20. Shit, Merc didn’t even spend development tokens this year. I think the top 3 will still be the top 3, but that Ferrari will be much closer, maybe ahead of Red Bull.
  21. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck boop.
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