Join Paul and me as we review the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. We cover each team and driver and discuss our views on the race…and porpoising.
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Great show as always team, From my POV: A WIN for the team that did Vettel’s hair transplant, his performances have been outstanding since he got the new hair. A FAIL for Mohammed Ben Sulayem, his statement “Niki Lauda and Alain Prost only cared about driving. Now, Vettel drives a rainbow bicycle, Lewis is passionate about human rights and Norris addresses mental health. Everybody has the right to think. To me, it is about deciding whether we should impose our beliefs on something over the sport all the time” is appalling. Just because he comes from the UAE with a… Read more »
I saw that headline on MBS speaking of Lewis and Seb. Just reading the headline and the sentence you mentioned, he sounded obtuse. So I went and read the entire interview. I think there is some real foot-in-mouth elements as you mention but there are some points he is trying to make and it seems there is some elements lost in translation.
Maybe there was a bit of lost in translation, but it doesn’t look good.
MBS comes from a country that is well known for it’s oil and human rights abuse, what does he want Seb and Lewis to be quiet about? LGBTQ+ issues and environmental policies. You can’t tell me there isn’t a correlation there.
Yeah, it was not a good look for sure. Not sure he thought about what he was discussing or if there something lost in what he was trying to say but either way, not a great topic for him.
I think can and should be a catalyst for change and applaud HAM and VET for speaking up on important issues. But there is also a ‘Time and Place’ clause that needs to be considered. Hamilton wearing the ‘Say her name’ shirt on the podium was very cringy. A step too far (which I know, they did address after the fact) ~X8
On the Merc narrative about getting the regs changed, there are also two other options:
You know how F1 is, if they allow a certain amount only, the engineers will find a way to exploit the hell out of that rule. :)
Very true, also let’s not forget ‘rules begets rules’.
In order to solve the bouncing, wouldn’t it be great if the FIA would come up with some sort of sensor and a threshold, that if the car oscillation is too big over a period of time the car would be illegal. A bit like with what the FIA did with the engines: you have a 100 kg of fuel, and here is the mandatory fuel flow meter. Get on with it! Sure, the devil would be in the detail with such a sensor, but you would not have to change the car design regs and I am certain the… Read more »