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Seems like Quali will determine the race outcome. Not as if any overtaking is going to be happening on this track.
The only over-taking happening here is when someone smashes into a wall and everyone else passes them
Seems like Quali will determine the race outcome. Not as if any overtaking is going to be happening on this track.
The only over-taking happening here is when someone smashes into a wall and everyone else passes them
Or when Bottas is told to move out the way and let Hamilton pass
I don't want to derail this thread, however Kingspan are not innocent in the Grenfell disaster. Their original cladding specification for that used on Grenfell passed the required safety standard testing. The problem was that Kingspan changed the composition of the plastic foam boards, resulting in them being much more flammable, but they didn't resubmit them for compliance testing and continued to sell the sub-standard components under the guise of the original safety inspection.Did Kingspan actually do anything wrong? I will admit I'm not educated on it, but from the wiki it looks like the blame seems to lie with the contractors using materials they shouldn't and regulators for approving it. Kingspan seem to be no more involved than the manufacturers of the aircraft used in 9/11 were for that. As such I fail to see what the fuss is about.
So the Kingspan thing being discussed now.
Kingspan makes a product.
Product was used incorrectly by another company in construction.
Big fire.
It's all Kingspan's fault....
Eh?
No.
Kingspan knowingly faked the flammability testing, then later changed the formulation to make it more flammable but better insulating, whilst still using the certification for the old product. Product was certified for tall buildings when it wasn't suitable. Then tried PR spin and smearing others to get away with it.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...val-product-after-grenfell-blaze-inquiry-told
Eeek thats bad , not that this makes it any better, but we are racing this weekend in choppy choppy land, another in a long line of race venues in authoritarian poo holes, plus F1's numerous and dubious sponsors over the years.
Frankly it feels remarkably on point for F1, wouldnt be suprised if Red Bull have a Rohypnol sticker and Ferrari get the team going with a chorus of Do You Want to be in my Gang.
Nope not all, but now the Twitter outrage engine plus the Grauniad is on the case, it won't matter.I think we get it.
Do people think Lewis was literally the person who sat in the back office on the phone arranging a sponsorship deal with them for the love of god?
Just so you know, 95% of the Grenfell insulation was Celotex, they used 5% Kingspan when the Celotex temporarily ran out. Kingspan weren't told.
I'm not having a go at Lewis, just presenting some facts. I get that he's an employee and has to do as he's told. Doesn't mean he can't get asked a difficult question or two.
I bet half the people moaning don’t even know what Grenfell is. I honestly couldn’t care less.