F1 thread

British Racing Green ! Shades of Stirling Moss era.

Another fantastic third place for Alonso, then it wasn't, then it was - the ruling is an utter farce and needs updating! Thankfully, however, common sense prevailed and the Spaniard was finally given the third place he thoroughly deserved.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/65008849

In other news, that Red Bull looks invincible at the moment and I honestly don't see anyone stopping them from bagging another Drivers & Constructor's double. I hope I'm wrong, though, because it's not a good spectacle when one team and/or driver totally dominates.

Qualifying at Monza, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were under investigation for failing to follow the race director's instructions in Q1, for going too slowly on their preparation laps and failing to follow the race director's notes.

Then, as Sainz takes pole from Max with Leclerc third...

"No further action will be taken against Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc for failing to follow the race director's instructions in Q1."

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What a f***ing cop-out!

Unbelievable indeed, Eppers - remember that afternoon so clearly.

F1 really does need to overhaul its penalty system, because Max caused that collision and sent Lando to the DNF bin, whereas the Dutchman's 10-second penalty did nothing to affect him given the gap between him and the car behind.

Max ran wide and kept the lead, but should have given it straight back to Lando as he had clearly got past the Red Bull.

I think Max has been a real shot in the arm for F1 overall, but sometimes he crosses the line between what's acceptable racing and what isn't.

Unlucky, Lando, but Max's driving proves that you had the World Champion worried.

Piss-poor from the stewards, though, because having seen the gap Max had behind him, they should have given him a drive-through penalty for that.

Methinks they bottled it on Red Bull's own track.

'In the end it cost both of them' - Horner

Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner told Sky Sports: "It looked like there was enough space up there for Lando. He already had the violation with the four strikes on track limits, but it's one of those things. We will bounce back next weekend.

"You've got hard racers and I think that Lando was getting his elbows out, and there had been contact before with them, but in the end it cost both of them.

"I thought the penalty was harsh, that's racing sometimes."

I've always been of the opinion that Christian Horner is a massive tw##, but this just cements that opinion even more.

It seems to me that he should have added a personality transplant to that hair transplant and dental work he's had done.