Austrian GP (Red Bull Ring) | July 8–10, 2022
in Formula 1 ·
cosmicmoose2 said:He won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway despite having a broken car.
One more lap and he would have lost.
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cosmicmoose2 said:He won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway despite having a broken car.
Sam Clark75 said:Yeah, another total scripted masterpiece—honestly thought I was seeing things, but nope! 😂
gentlecobra23 said:The only decent, moral call NASCAR could make here would be to disqualify Verstappen and slap Mercedes-Benz with a $10,000 fine. If anything else happens... I'll be genuinely shocked...
Jason Campbell70 said:Because the parts Vettel touched didn't end up being used as forensic evidence afterward.
Is that really so hard to grasp?
This time, after Verstappen's contact with Hamilton's rear wing, an inspection by the FIA delegate was conducted to check technical compliance.
In this instance, the issue is the contamination of the evidence by Max. That's strictly against the rules, and we can expect some kind of penalty—likely a fine or a formal warning.
Regarding Max contaminating the evidence, Mercedes will likely push to have the rear wing inspection results thrown out.
Does that make sense now?
stormybadger8 said:And what about the mechanics who had to push the car back into the garage?🙂
Stop talking nonsense.
Hamilton's penalty is crystal clear. I don't care how much people try to talk their way out of it, there's no saving him.
It’s a blatant violation. It doesn't even matter if Max was leaning on Lujo's side during qualifying, or kicked him after qualifying, or whatever...
Sebastian Vettel got penalized after Canada even though there was fuel in the car, but the pump failed and they couldn't drain it...
But hey, everything went strictly by the book. If you can't pump the fuel and secure that famous extra liter, you're guilty and that's that.
It's the same story with the DRS. If it's over 85 mm, you get penalized. Why? Doesn't matter.
As for Max's penalty, I don't see it being anything other than a fine or maybe a warning...
There's zero chance he gets a grid penalty, a disqualification, or anything else. It has nothing to do with his driving or his car.
At the end of the day, how would they punish a journalist, Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, or anyone else who isn't a driver for the same thing?
stormybadger8 said:And what about the mechanics who had to push the car back into the garage?🙂
Stop talking nonsense.
Hamilton's penalty is crystal clear. I don't care how much people try to talk their way out of it, there's no saving him.
It’s a blatant violation. It doesn't even matter if Max was leaning on Lujo's side during qualifying, or kicked him after qualifying, or whatever...
Sebastian Vettel got penalized after Canada even though there was fuel in the car, but the pump failed and they couldn't drain it...
But hey, everything went strictly by the book. If you can't pump the fuel and secure that famous extra liter, you're guilty and that's that.
It's the same story with the DRS. If it's over 85 mm, you get penalized. Why? Doesn't matter.
As for Max's penalty, I don't see it being anything other than a fine or maybe a warning...
There's zero chance he gets a grid penalty, a disqualification, or anything else. It has nothing to do with his driving or his car.
At the end of the day, how would they punish a journalist, Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, or anyone else who isn't a driver for the same thing?
cosmicridge5 said:It isn't a measure of intelligence, but a reflection of character.
To prevent us from once again conflating being an asshole with having high IQ, how can we not 🤣

Alex Barnes93 said:Like Lewis Hamilton in Germany back in 2019, right? Honestly, if you're gonna try and butcher my sentence and twist my words just to change the context, maybe check your vision first. You clearly aren't seeing the full picture here.
Alex Barnes93 said:If you put Max in the same car, he’d absolutely smoke Lewis. Like, total demolition. I don't care what anyone says—if you can't see that after today's race, you're just not paying attention. As for George, it's a little early to tell, but honestly? He'd probably pull off the same results. But Leclerc? Nah, man. He’s way too busy making reckless moves and playing bumper cars with everyone else on the track for the last two seasons.