Poll: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, Yas Island - Race 22

Rate the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix out of ten. If you want. I can’t be arsed.

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Was talking to someone at work earlier who said he saw something about Lewis potentially taking another new engine due to the performance gain and then moving him away from max at the point where he would mostly likely be able to put an excuse in for any collision.

Seemed far fetched to me, but would be interesting if they went down that route if they show a significant pace advantage in practise.
 
Kenai said:
He's moving to Monaco though, so soon enough the lynch mob that crucified Lewis for being a tax evader because he lives in Monaco will sadly shun Lando for the same thing.
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Meh, they all do it, beyond their career they tend to move elsewhere anyway. It's a business decision at the end of the day and we'd likely do the same.

Always wondered why Rosberg was classed as German given he was born in Monaco, but F1 does what it wants and it's a minor thing.

Lando has great potential, had a great 2020 but latter half or 2021 has been disappointing. He seems to be hyped for next year so maybe McLaren have hopes of being more competitive. I think he made the right decision to commit to them, they seem to have got it together now.
 
Dup said:
Always wondered why Rosberg was classed as German given he was born in Monaco, but F1 does what it wants and it's a minor thing.
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Actually he was born in Germany, he grew up in Monaco. Max was born and raised in Belgium. Albon was born and raised in London.

Drivers choose which nationality they represent from their reasonable options, usually based on which gets them the most sponsors.
 
SoliD said:
Was talking to someone at work earlier who said he saw something about Lewis potentially taking another new engine due to the performance gain and then moving him away from max at the point where he would mostly likely be able to put an excuse in for any collision.
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That was speculated earlier today on Sky Sports F1, that's exactly the slant they put on it so that will be where your colleague picked it up from. I can't see it happening.
 
Feek said:
That was speculated earlier today on Sky Sports F1, that's exactly the slant they put on it so that will be where your colleague picked it up from. I can't see it happening.
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Ah, I did wonder where he heard it. makes sense but then adds other dangers obviously.
 
Mr Jack said:
Kind of incredible that Max has managed to drive in a way that has led a magazine like Autosport to write an article like this one calling on Max not to drive into Lewis this weekend.
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That is bang on.

If your competitor has got you in a position where the only thing you can do to stay ahead is brake so late that you miss the corner entirely and go off track (and take them with you)...you've lost. Max should try actually being sportsmanlike and racing within the rules (and the track!).

It is not even as if he is using all the track/squeezing people off (which whilst still dodgy in some circumstances, opens up a bit more debate). No, instead he just brakes so late he just completely goes off the track himself! It is just cheating.
 
Mr Jack said:
Actually he was born in Germany, he grew up in Monaco. Max was born and raised in Belgium. Albon was born and raised in London.

Drivers choose which nationality they represent from their reasonable options, usually based on which gets them the most sponsors.
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No this is down to Max's parents, as his father is Dutch. I quote: "He decided to compete with a Dutch racing licence because he "feels more Dutch", spent more time with his father than with his mother owing to his karting activities, and was always surrounded by Dutch people while growing up in Maaseik, a Belgian town at the Dutch border.[9] Verstappen said in 2015: "I actually only lived in Belgium to sleep, but during the day I went to the Netherlands and had my friends there too. I was raised as a Dutch person and that's how I feel." He officially chose solely the Dutch nationality when he came of age."
I can't see why he shouldn't class himself as Dutch as all as he obviously has very strong connections to Holland.
 
Ted is such a clown. Why doesn't he just say whatever he's got to report rather than going into a whole monologue about how he was expecting Natalie to bring him in. The viewers don't care, they just want the info.
 
cuke2u said:
I can't see why he shouldn't class himself as Dutch as all as he obviously has very strong connections to Holland.
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I didn't say he shouldn't :confused:. I said that what Rosberg did was common among drivers; drivers don't have to choose the country they were born in, or the one they lived in as a child, as the one they represent and often change during their early careers (e.g. Rosberg started out racing under a Finnish flag, then switched to German later).
 
Mr Jack said:
We're going to have Piastri (Alpine), Lawson (RedBull), O'Ward (McLaren), and Aitken (Williams) testing in FP1. It'll be interesting to see how Piastri, in particular, performs on his first F1 outing.
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Looks like the source I got this from had misunderstood. Only Aitken is in FP1, the others are taking part in the young driver test after the race weekend. My bad.
 
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