DarloRich
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Idiotic, but he isn't wrong about Latifi though...................Turns out, he's still a rather unpleasant person. Will be interesting to see how long he stays in F2 without Williams backing
Idiotic, but he isn't wrong about Latifi though...................Turns out, he's still a rather unpleasant person. Will be interesting to see how long he stays in F2 without Williams backing
I’m sure that’s meant in jest, as we’ve known that since 2015!Turns out, he's still a rather unpleasant person. Will be interesting to see how long he stays in F2 without Williams backing
Latifi is hardly the worst pay driver that Williams have picked up. Nakajima and Sirotkin would have to be up there.Idiotic, but he isn't wrong about Latifi though...................
Latifi is hardly the worst pay driver that Williams have picked up. Nakajima and Sirotkin would have to be up there.
Agreed - however he also isn't fantastic. Such is the world of pay drivers. Look at Haas!
I’m sure that’s meant in jest, as we’ve known that since 2015!
Aston Martin have now been denied the right to appeal so Seb is disqualified. Shame but as @43172 mentioned upthread rules are rules.Scratch that, he's been given it back, pending the outcome of the protest lodged by Aston Martin.
The stewards from the race meeting were reconvened on Monday to assess Aston Martin's new evidence.
The team have accepted that only 0.3 litres of fuel remained in the car after the race, a point it contested at the time as it had not then discovered the leak.
Stewards accepted that the evidence of a leak somewhere in the fuel system satisfied the requirement for "new" evidence, which is one of four separate criteria a team must satisfy for a right of review of the decision to be granted.
However, stewards said that the article in the F1 rules relevant to the case "unequivocally call for a remaining amount of one litre [of fuel] and does not allow any exceptions under which circumstances or for what reasons" less was available.
Therefore, the reason for the lack of fuel was deemed "not relevant" to the disqualification, and the team's case was rejected.
Aston Martin have now been denied the right to appeal so Seb is disqualified. Shame but as @43172 mentioned upthread rules are rules.
Aston Martin denied right of review of Vettel's Hungarian GP disqualification
I thought maybe he would too, but seems like I was wrong.I was hoping that he'd perhaps turned over a new leaf, but between the Latifi-incident* and some of his F2 radio messages**, it would seem he's still the unpleasant type.
*which it turns out, was after he'd been dropped - they just didn't announce it until later
**though granted, TV directors do have 'stories' they like to push around certain drivers, and broadcast accordingly
Aston Martin have now decided to drop their appeal - hopefully they'll have better luck next time they find themselves upfrontI don't believe that they have been denied the right to appeal as they have lost the right of review which has been dismissed by the FIA - next process would be for Aston Martin to appeal which is separate from the right of review.
Aston Martin withdrew their appeal "on the basis that we believe doing so outweighs the benefits of being heard".
Which was pretty much a given once they figured out that there had been a fuel leak. "There was 1.4l in the car, we just couldn't get it out" is reasonable grounds to appeal, as it stands now there was next to zero chance it would have gone their way.Aston Martin have now decided to drop their appeal
I'd say so. Quite the shame it happened under these circumstances though. Shortest race in F1 history and first time half-points have been awarded since Malaysia 2009. Williams once again got double points, with Latifi's P9 meaning they score 10 points, again, meaning they now have 20 points. Who would've predicted that at the halfway point, Williams would have 20 points and be a solid 8th in the championship?Redemption for Russell after Sakhir 2020?
Alternate viewpoint: awarding no points would have invalidated all the hard work and money put in over the weekend to get the cars to the grid. Other than Russel being P2 can you honestly say that the breakdown of points is significantly different than what we would have expected from a normal race weekend?I can see no justification for awarding any points.
What a ridiculous pointless charade it was. Points should only be awarded for racing, not a farcical two lap dribble round the circuit behind the safety car with no overtaking allowed.
The race should have been abandoned, I can only imagine this was done to avoid refunding spectators. I can see no justification for awarding any points. A day of shame for F1.
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Points are awarded for winning races. Today there was no race, of any sort.Alternate viewpoint: awarding no points would have invalidated all the hard work and money put in over the weekend to get the cars to the grid. Other than Russel being P2 can you honestly say that the breakdown of points is significantly different than what we would have expected from a normal race weekend?
How would you fund a ”contingency day” for each race weekend? Let alone coordinate the volunteer marshals.They might want to consider race day Saturday and if weather is bad postpone till Sunday but that requires common sense agreements and money being involved I feel in the current covid world F1 is a bit irelevant and after Spa needs to have a long hard look at itself in the mirror
They might want to consider race day Saturday and if weather is bad postpone till Sunday but that requires common sense agreements and money being involved I feel in the current covid world F1 is a bit irelevant and after Spa needs to have a long hard look at itself in the mirror