[M5Rick]

The whole thing about Checo staying or leaving at RBR is frankly making me feel sorry for them with all their money, oh it must be so painful at end of the day 'I won't be employed and I have so many millions..what will I do,make a beehive' ? I really couldn't care a flying F* about that second seat and if Checo remains I'll just snooze with a smile on me.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

The whole thing about Checo staying or leaving at RBR is frankly making me feel sorry for them with all their money, oh it must be so painful at end of the day 'I won't be employed and I have so many millions..what will I do,make a beehive' ? I really couldn't care a flying F* about that second seat and if Checo remains I'll just snooze with a smile on me.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Surprised Ben hasn't told her she has to do community service also

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

MAX's right hand man Marko has made it clear to him that some stewards have a death wish on him in that he already has 8 penalty points with 12 needed to be accumulated for a race ban. Biased brits Brundle and Croft who have already reached their sell by date continue to influence stewards in such a way as for stewards to be trigger happy giving MAX penalty points on top of time penalties with their poison pen journalism about him.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/helmut...ts-f1-race-ban

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

MAX's right hand man Marko has made it clear to him that some stewards have a death wish on him in that he already has 8 penalty points with 12 needed to be accumulated for a race ban. Biased brits Brundle and Croft who have already reached their sell by date continue to influence stewards in such a way as for stewards to be trigger happy giving MAX penalty points on top of time penalties with their poison pen journalism about him.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/helmut...ts-f1-race-ban

Yeah . I know my friend . The latest..
The KitKat man wants $18 Million to leave the Red Bull Team .

And the KitKat man has a warning for the Red Bull Team : "I have a whole continent behind me" (!)

Source is the Dutch article => https://gp33.nl/f1-nieuws/sergio-per...hter-mij-staan

[MoeTE87]

I bet if Checo performed decently, RB would have won the Constructor's Championship again. Dude wasn't getting any points for the last 2/3rds of the season and Max was doing all of the point scoring..it's amazing how RB finished 3rd and not much lower. For fuck's sake, they finished only 77 points off from McLaren! Crazy to think!

[G30M]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Surprised Ben hasn't told her she has to do community service also

Max called the stewards stupid idiots on radio after being given a 10s penalty for colliding with Oscar .. but no 'punishment' from that as far as i can see

[G30M]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

I bet if Checo performed decently, RB would have won the Constructor's Championship again. Dude wasn't getting any points for the last 2/3rds of the season and Max was doing all of the point scoring..it's amazing how RB finished 3rd and not much lower. For fuck's sake, they finished only 77 points off from McLaren! Crazy to think!

i bet if they didn't keep Danny Ric for so long, they would have found a fast driver who can fill the spot and help secure the constructors.

if they want Perez money, just swap him with the fast driver and put him in the Vcarb

but no, they chose to have 3 slow drivers

i think it's all because of the power struggle that saw Horner doing this to piss off the Dutch/Austrians

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by G30M

Max called the stewards stupid idiots on radio after being given a 10s penalty for colliding with Oscar .. but no 'punishment' from that as far as i can see

Because it wasn't swearing and the truth.

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

I bet if Checo performed decently, RB would have won the Constructor's Championship again. Dude wasn't getting any points for the last 2/3rds of the season and Max was doing all of the point scoring..it's amazing how RB finished 3rd and not much lower. For fuck's sake, they finished only 77 points off from McLaren! Crazy to think!

$$$$ and having the fastest car will do that.

RB is scummy for choosing Max over their staff. They chose not to partner Max with a decent teammate (to save his ego) and go after that sponsorship money. Now their staff missed out on their bonuses.

Checo is bad. Really bad.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Because it wasn't swearing and the truth.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

I bet if Checo performed decently, RB would have won the Constructor's Championship again. Dude wasn't getting any points for the last 2/3rds of the season and Max was doing all of the point scoring..it's amazing how RB finished 3rd and not much lower. For fuck's sake, they finished only 77 points off from McLaren! Crazy to think!

It's funny but MAX prefers it that way with him out of the equation as he feels sorry for any teammate in the number 2 seat that he continually mauls on the track

[dfox]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Shame about Checo, wasn't his fault in any way whatsoever getting mugged trying to keep out of trouble and torpedo Bottas was hitting not only him but Haas also later obviously upset he hasn't secured a drive not scoring a single point.

Does anyone know why he retired so early in the race? I think I read something about him having issues with shifting even before the contact with Bottas, so maybe a clutch/gearbox issue still lingering from Qatar?

Originally Posted by M5Rick

It's funny but MAX prefers it that way with him out of the equation as he feels sorry for any teammate in the number 2 seat that he continually mauls on the track

I dunno, Max is constantly coming in to defend Checo... Combined with the comments from the mechanics about Checo having a different car/setup, there's clearly a lot more going on in the background than what the media is pushing into our faces.

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/...t-01jekj9y2knf

"I do. I work with him every weekend, week in, week out. I find people have been very harsh on him. Of course, some weekends maybe could have been better, actually, but sometimes people have been very harsh on him because he's not an idiot. He's always been regarded as a great driver and it's been tough, but it's been tough for everyone in the team because sometimes it was just very difficult to drive [the car]."

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah . I know my friend . The latest..
The KitKat man wants $18 Million to leave the Red Bull Team .

And the KitKat man has a warning for the Red Bull Team : "I have a whole continent behind me" (!)

Source is the Dutch article => https://gp33.nl/f1-nieuws/sergio-per...hter-mij-staan

This isn't open cheque Ferrari or billion dollar Toto but as we know Milton Keynes is far from tequila land so a bit meaningless from the Mex man

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by dfox

Does anyone know why he retired so early in the race? I think I read something about him having issues with shifting even before the contact with Bottas, so maybe a clutch/gearbox issue still lingering from Qatar?


I dunno, Max is constantly coming in to defend Checo... Combined with the comments from the mechanics about Checo having a different car/setup, there's clearly a lot more going on in the background than what the media is pushing into our faces.

https://www.si.com/fannation/racing/...t-01jekj9y2knf

SP cannot live with a MAX set up, main problem is MAX loves sharp oversteer and Checo understeer (I think) so with all the other things that go with that we know why Checo is trapped in a barrel.

[dfox]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

SP cannot live with a MAX set up, main problem is MAX loves sharp oversteer and Checo understeer (I think) so with all the other things that go with that we know why Checo is trapped in a barrel.

Trying to figure out what happened to Checo's car - he is the only driver with no onboard video from the race on F1TV.

The retirement seemed suspect, and then there's no onboard video? Shenanigans

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by dfox

Trying to figure out what happened to Checo's car - he is the only driver with no onboard video from the race on F1TV. he final actor of the track

The retirement seemed suspect, and then there's no onboard video? Shenanigans

He got going after the hit and spin then parked up for some unknown reason in the latter part of the track causing a VSC. RBR not saying a lot, he may have just gave up with a still working car.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by G30M

Helmut Marko strikes again, he has been quoted as saying
"a “major meeting” will take place on Monday, Marko added: “All the facts will be discussed. At the end of that, a decision will be made.
“Both teams, the line-ups of both teams will be decided tomorrow [Monday].
“When it will be announced? I don’t think it will be Monday. Of course we will wait for the result [of the test] before we make an announcement of the decision.”
now let's see if what is says comes to fruition. by my reckoning 1 in every 5 things he says happens ...
https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-new...z-meeting-exit

By word of mouth: it's told to be fairly easy:

• Red Bull Racing is prepared to pay Perez $16 million: Perez leaves;
• Red Bull Racing ain't prepared to pay Perez $16 million: Perez refuses to leave - a deal is a deal - he's signed till the end of 2025

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Artemis

By word of mouth: it's told to be fairly easy:

• Red Bull Racing is prepared to pay Perez $16 million: Perez leaves;
• Red Bull Racing ain't prepared to pay Perez $16 million: Perez refuses to leave - a deal is a deal - he's signed till the end of 2025

$16 Million ?

Source is the Dutch article => https://www.gpfans.com/nl/f1-nieuws/...z-af-te-komen/

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

SP cannot live with a MAX set up, main problem is MAX loves sharp oversteer and Checo understeer (I think) so with all the other things that go with that we know why Checo is trapped in a barrel.

And not with his own setup either (!)

And his KitKats can't help him with that ..

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

$16 Million ?

Source is the Dutch article => https://www.gpfans.com/nl/f1-nieuws/...z-af-te-komen/

16 million, he should want to retire out of sheer embarrassment.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

16 million, he should want to retire out of sheer embarrassment.

According to the Dutch article , the KitKat man wants $50-75 Million (!)
Yeah. The Mexican is a true shame for motorsports..