It was legitimate in the sense that the FIA made a complete bollock of the whole season last year, Abu Dhabi was no different and just happened to be the decider.
They did by 10 million but got reduced as RB must have some dirt on FIA's top brass..
I don't know, he's had tongues firmly implanted up his behind since he first got into an F1 car (if not before). Don't forget the amount of times pundits and commentators kept saying he was "one of the best ever" when he was sitting pretty with a grand total of zero championships won before the end of 2021. Hilarious.
I don't blame RB for Abu Dhabi in particular but their whole team has such a negative impact on the sport and its public image. All the whining from Horner on the radio, all the **** stirring by Marko, and generally Max's aggressiveness like running people off the road, causing accidents, and starting fights in the cooldown room. There ain't much good to be said about the team as a whole in my opinion. There's a very big correlation between the rise of RB and the more negative aspects of the sport coming to the fore. But none of that is for this thread, well done Max on his first legitimate championship (until tomorrow
) It’s reckoned you get get a 0.5sec per lap with a $1m spend. That’s 30 seconds on some tracks.
I think it’s entirely fair to wait and see what happens. Even a £1m overspend for last year would have swung it, who knows what an overspend going into this year, with new regs, would have done.
Any spend on this year's car won't be documented in last year's reporting period though will it?
Well honestly who knows. I think it’s a given that these teams are always developing for the next year, it was a big talking point in 2021. And especially with the rule changes I wouldn’t be surprised if teams had whole departments dedicated to developing the 2022 car. That could easily explain why the RB is so much stronger than everyone else?
It depends if the reporting period is season based or simply calendar year based - I had understood it to be season based, so no crossover between seasons.
Oh dear, winner in no doubt, but what about other places?
It would mean the face finished prematurely, which I think might mean final positions should be taken the lap before ,(thinking back to that mad Brazil GP pileup years ago).
