F1: Monza

[Panther_99FS]

I'll let you guys decide.....

On a side note, when was the last time 3 drivers from 3 different teams were vying for a driver's championship where each driver had a realistic chance?

[huub vink]

Clearly the Brits still have the biggest influence in F1. Lewis is declared guilty for pushing Max from the track in Silverstone. Gets no real penalty and is allowed to gain 25 points. At Monza Max declared guilty for causing a collision and gets a grid penalty. A good chance for Red Bull to change the engine, which is of course is needed because there were two wrecked by crashes caused by Mercedes.

I'm sure any other driver from any other team than Lewis would have been accused of too aggressive defending.

So no 3 teams with a reasonable chance, just one from the start. They could have given the title to Mercedes and Lewis before the first race. It would have saved a lot of effort and and a lot of money.

Nice winner and a great drive by the McLarens.

Cheers,
Huub

[marijn]

Totally agree with you Huub!

The FIA is a shamelessly biassed organisation. If I was Red Bull I would retire both my teams immediately from F1. As soon as someone is getting to competetive for "their"designated winner you will suffer....
You can drive someone off at 200mph and get a 10 second penalty or you get a racing incident and immediately apply a grid penalty.... that says enough I guess.

But what else would we expect from a bunch of retired dinosaurs paid by Mercedes-Benz?

They are as corrupt as all those other "institutions" like the EUFA, FIFA and so on....

[Panther_99FS]

So I think in the bigger picture of things,....I think what's happening now in F1 is that like NASCAR, the cars are so "safe" that drivers are doing things they wouldn't have thought of 10-20 years ago...

Huub, for what it's worth, I don't think Max should have been penalized either - should have been chalked up as a 'racing incident'....

[huub vink]

I totally agree Ed, in my opinion it was a racing incident as well. Max took too much risk and Lewis didn't leave him any room and pushed Max against the high curbstones, due to which the tires touched, which made the Red Bull fly. Both wrong and both got their penalty by an early retirement. But I can remember some events where drivers did similar things in the past. So in my opinion it hasn't much to do with the improved safety of the cars.

And when he gets away with it every time like so far, I'm convinced Lewis will keep pushing Max from the track on every occasion he gets.

Later this week we certainly will hear the explanation the stewards will have invented by than.

Its like Mattia Binotti said last week: "when there are question about the engine of Ferrari, or when Mercedes says, front wings bend too much its front page news for weeks. When Red Bull asks questions about the engine of Mercedes it remains quiet". Or as he more diplomatically said: " there is a different attitude towards Mercedes.........."

Cheers,
Huub

BTW. A less controversial race in the MotoGP. A surprising winner again and different manufactures at the first 4 places. The leader in the championship only finished 8th. So the championships is again a bit more interesting as well.

[Roxane-21]

Clearly the Brits still have the biggest influence in F1. Lewis is declared guilty for pushing Max from the track in Silverstone. Gets no real penalty and is allowed to gain 25 points. At Monza Max declared guilty for causing a collision and gets a grid penalty.

The way they give penalties has been the same for ages :

- if the guilty driver is still running, he is given time penalty immediately (Hamilton at Silverstone, Vettel at Bahrain).

- if the guilty driver retires, he is given grid penalty for the next event (Verstappen at Monza, Bottas and Stroll at Budapest).

[huub vink]

Exactly! The rules are clearly not from this age anymore!

And from the stewards report: "While car 44 (Lewis) could have steered further from the kerb to avoid the incident" (Or as Lewis would say when it happened to him: "he pushed me from the track!")

You can't say two drivers did wrong and only penalise one.......

[wombat666]

'It was a racing incident' hardly excuses it.
Hamilton was already bleating 'He pushed me off' on the earlier lap (as he ALWAYS does!) and while they both were rather bone headed at the chicane Hamilton (multiple 'World Champion' etc etc) should have had enough sense to leave enough room for Verstappen.
After all, Hamilton regards himself as the 'GOAT'......
Of course the Effwun 'Head Shed' are going to rule in favor of MB, they simply can't afford for them to throw all their toys out of the pram and depart the series.
They should look at how DORNA operate.
Bloody muppets!
A word about the curbs: they have been there for some time, all the drivers know that, common sense (which seems uncommon) should prevail and the curbs treated with respect and caution.

[Motormouse]

Sorry, but Max knew the kerbs were there,
it's not as if they were magically put in place between
Qualifying and the Race. He was trying to bully his way , it might have worked if his name was Schumacher and in a Ferrari, frankly he's supposedly a professional driver.

Ttfn

Pete

[Roxane-21]

On a side note, when was the last time 3 drivers from 3 different teams were vying for a driver's championship where each driver had a realistic chance?

2010, maybe 2012 as well.