Motorsport Off Topic Thread

[Blackvault]

As the @Blackvault above said, in a COD game there was a cut scene at a funeral and the prompt for the player said something like “press F to pay your respects”. Everyone thought that was funny and it turned into a thing, because ya know.. the internet

My mate, didn't make it up then!

 

[Ryan-3]

F (for Ferrari) to pay respects

Confused how any driver can admit anger, do a reckless thing and then that's it brushed under the rug.

 

[bayo000]

An alternative link https://www.skysports.com/f1/live-b...on-teams-driver-transfer-market-and-contracts

Make it soft 15 laps, medium 20, hard 25 and have to use all 3 compounds. Would be interesting to see how many strategies Ferrari would come up with

 

[UTmaniac]

Well that wasn't expected!

Felipe Massa can continue part of 'Crashgate' legal action, High Court judge rules

Felipe Massa can continue part of his legal action over the 'Crashgate' scandal at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, but has other elements of his case dismissed by the High Court.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Brun]

I don't understand the argument that the race result should've been annulled rather than Alonso simply disqualified. Obviously they're trying that angle because finishing 12th rather than 13th would have been completely irrelevant in terms of the championship.

Is there any precedence for throwing out an entire race result?

 

[Dr Jack]

Well that wasn't expected!

Looks about what I expected. I don't think he stands much chance of winning but this was the preliminary hearing so unlikely to be entirely thrown out.

 

[Scam]

I can’t quote from my phone but it sounds like he’s just in the running for damages - judge said there’s no way they can be expected to overturn the results of the championship. So, as we knew Massa will just come out of this as a bitter, sad man with no WDCs to his name…

 

[ci_newman]

When Hamilton finally retires, I wonder if he'll file similar damages claims for "you know when"?

He'll already be watching this case closely as it would have potentially stripped him of one of his WDC (which we now know won't happen) but if Massa is successful in his damages claim, Hamilton should equally be able to sue for damages too.

 

[Dup]

When Hamilton finally retires, I wonder if he'll file similar damages claims for "you know when"?

He'll already be watching this case closely as it would have potentially stripped him of one of his WDC (which we now know won't happen) but if Massa is successful in his damages claim, Hamilton should equally be able to sue for damages too.

Lewis has nothing to prove, and will be commercially relevant for the rest of is life if he wants it. Massa not as much, he's achieving nothing now and only won 11 races over his long career. Lewis would be may be more interested in the records being re-written, not the financial side IMO. I think he's mature enough to move on from all that.

If anything he should be suing Ferrari for this season damaging his records, or himself for not having the foresight to see how bad the move would be or the arrogance to say "I change him them".

 

[Mesai]

If anything he should be suing Ferrari for this season damaging his records, or himself for not having the foresight to see how bad the move would be or the arrogance to say "I change him them".

Could probably do a class action against Ferrari for general driver abuse.

 

[Brun]

I can’t quote from my phone but it sounds like he’s just in the running for damages - judge said there’s no way they can be expected to overturn the results of the championship. So, as we knew Massa will just come out of this as a bitter, sad man with no WDCs to his name…

Even if there's no possibility of him being declared 2008 champion, his damages claim is based entirely on the fact that he wasn't.

If the events in Singapore specifically cost Massa the points that would have made the difference in the final standings, he might have a case. They didn't because he only finished 13th, so his entire argument is that the race should have been completely voided and Hamilton subsequently have six fewer points. That just seems extreme when you'd expect the more likely outcome to have been Alonso's disqualification, which would actually have given Hamilton two more points.

 

[chrismscotland]

Mick Schumacher joining Indycar full time next season with RLL; will be nice to have another European to follow!

Mick Schumacher to race IndyCar in 2026

Former Formula 1 driver Mick Schumacher will race in the 2026 IndyCar Series with the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) team.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dr Jack]

Newey is going to be Team Principal at Aston Martin!

 

[Stumble Bum]

Adrian Newey is now the Aston Martin Team Principal. This seems like quite a strange one to me. I feel like this is a bad move.

Adrian Newey: Aston Martin name legendary designer as new F1 team principal from 2026 season replacing Andy Cowell

Aston Martin confirm 2026 leadership restructure with Adrian Newey to combine his existing managing technical partner role with team principal responsibilities; Andy Cowell, who joined in 2024 after great engine success at Mercedes, to take on newly-created chief strategy officer role

www.skysports.com

 

[Feek]

Adrian Newey is now the Aston Martin Team Principal

No he’s not.

He will be from next year. An easy mistake for those to make who have simple minds.

 

[koolpc]

It seems like an odd decision....

 

[pastymuncher]

I didn't see that coming, at least it locks Horner out!! Next year is the first Newey designed car isn't it?

 

[MissChief]

I didn't see that coming, at least it locks Horner out!! Next year is the first Newey designed car isn't it?

I'm unsure how much actual designing he does these days. He's probably head of the design department and runs his eyes over most of what they're cooking up, but in terms of actually getting his set square, ruler and pencil out, I'm not so sure he does much of that. I think he concentrates on particular parts like the rear suspension at Red Bull.

 

[iamtheoneneo]

Newey is going to be Team Principal at Aston Martin!

Aston Martin continue to be the clowns of F1. Nothing surprises anymore.

 

[Scam]

I didn't see that coming, at least it locks Horner out!!

That was my first reaction too