[tdott]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

The difference is that there is nothing strange about what Max wears or what he feeds his dog.
Max is a pretty normal person, just like rest of the F1 drivers lineup.
No one ever talks about what the (other) F1 drivers wear or feed their dogs.

Lewis on the other hand.....

Not that I personally really care (although I wouldn't want to be Lewis' dog ), but this is a forum, which means this is a place to discuss things.

What does any of that have to do with F1?

I just want to see racing, not here for the dog and pony show.

[MontyB1]

Originally Posted by tdott

It does make it clearer when a driver leaves the track and gains a "lasting advantage" in an over take or defense scenario.

If any driver now thinks they might just break a little later and run wide like ‘some’ have had a tendency to do even in the lead then it will be them that gets punished, seems clear to me and it might make some people change how they drive.

[irunalot]

Originally Posted by MontyB1

Back to talking about F1 and not amusing our 2 kids…..

It appears F1 have tweaked the rules in a way for me that I rejoice. Put simply the edge of the track is the edge of the track and if any part of your car isn’t in contact within the white line then it will be dreamed you have left the track without good reason, hello punishment. Don’t care who the driver is but that is golden for me and is the case in every other motorsport formula but for F1 it’s felts special. Well the new race Director have said it ends.

So if you fancy driving off the circuit to push your opponent wide you won’t get away with it anymore.

https://www.racefans.net/2022/03/17/...race-director/

I'm glad to see this, there should not be three paragraphs of rules concerning track limits as stated in the article.

[MontyB1]

Originally Posted by irunalot

I'm glad to see this, there should not be three paragraphs of rules concerning track limits as stated in the article.

Great isn’t it, who would have thought things could be so simple. Hope all the race director decisions improve things like this. I live in hope?

[F87source]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

The difference is that there is nothing strange about what Max wears or what he feeds his dog.
Max is a pretty normal person, just like rest of the F1 drivers lineup.
No one ever talks about what the (other) F1 drivers wear or feed their dogs.

Lewis on the other hand.....

Not that I personally really care (although I wouldn't want to be Lewis' dog ), but this is a forum, which means this is a place to discuss things.

First off that's the definition of living in someone's head rent free, regardless of what they're doing if they're able to trigger you enough and you cannot stop talking about it they're living in your head rent free. Notice how no one else talks about Lewis (the Lewis fans, fans of other drivers etc) despite what you guys define as his strange behaviour, only the max fans talk about him because he's the goat and that's threatening to Max's image of being the "best" driver.


Second strange is subjective, so just because you don't understand something doesn't give you the right to be judgemental. For instance art collectors love art but may not understand why car people like to modify cars and think that they are strange and vice versa. Most people in the fashion industry are wearing polarizing and "bleeding edge" fashion trends that may or may not trickle down later on. If you compare today's fashion with that of fashion from 100 years ago you'd say it's strange. So again strange is subjective.


No comment about what he feeds his dogs, probably not great because dogs are carnivorous however they can survive on a ant based diet if given the proper supplements to provide them with the compete nutritional values they require. So on a survival stand point it's ok, on an animal abuse stand point no comment as it's a contentious philosophical topic and may even bring in the question of pet ownership and if that's ethical. I'm not a pet owner so yeah I don't want to comment any further on this.

[M3WC]

Enough of this BS. Both sides just stfu.

[M3WC]

Lastest F1 upgrades from pitlane.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/b...hotos/9082914/

[Killed by Death]

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by tdott

What does any of that have to do with F1?

I just want to see racing, not here for the dog and pony show.

It has nothing to do with the race itself. Is that mandatory?
You dont have to read the things that are about the personal life of the drivers, nobody compels you to do so.
You have the choice yourself.
If you just want to see racing, then you're early. Deal with it.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by F87source

First off that's the definition of living in someone's head rent free, regardless of what they're doing

Yes I know and I don't dispute that.
I'm just saying that Hamilton is imho quite a different person in his personal life than most other drivers are.

I'm just not judgemental about discussing it or not. Everyone is free to discuss whatever they want.
I'm not here to tell someone what they can and can't discuss. We have mods for that.

I just don't get why some people here have the urge to tell what others can and can't talk about.
If a group goes on and on about a certain subject, and you want it to stop, there's a report button for that. That'll alert a moderator, who has the mandate to intervene or not at HIS discretion.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Yes I know and I don't dispute that.
I'm just saying that Hamilton is imho quite a different person in his personal life than most other drivers are.

I'm just not judgemental about discussing it or not. Everyone is free to discuss whatever they want.
I'm not here to tell someone what they can and can't discuss. We have mods for that.

I just don't get why some people here have the urge to tell what others can and can't talk about.
If a group goes on and on about a certain subject, and you want it to stop, there's a report button for that. That'll alert a moderator, who has the mandate to intervene or not at HIS discretion.

Yeah I agree, I'm not saying what you can or can't post but this initial reply was about who was living rent free in the minds of the users on here.

You also gotta remember Lewis due to his fame is under the microscope, every little thing he does is dissected down to the finest details unlike people like us, where if we do something "weird" no one will care because we are nobodies.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by F87source

but this initial reply was about who was living rent free in the minds of the users on here.

I think a lot of F1 drivers live rent free in a lot of the member's minds here.
Its an F1 topic with F1 fans.
And the most controversial drivers probably live rent free in most minds, being VER in the minds of the one group and HAM in the minds of the other group.
I think that's both pretty obvious and logical.

Originally Posted by F87source

You also gotta remember Lewis due to his fame is under the microscope, every little thing he does is dissected down to the finest details unlike people like us, where if we do something "weird" no one will care because we are nobodies.

I think that goes for a lot of F1 drivers.
VER is atm as famous as HAM.

None of the F1 drivers is "like us"

I don't see how this is important for the discussion about what can and can't be discussed.
People talk about other people, that's happening all through life.
If you, as male F1 driver, wear a dress to a party, there's going to be more talk about that then when you wear trousers. They talk about that because HAM does that and no other F1 driver does that. It's not because of the microscope, it's because it stands out.
If VER or NOR would do this, people would also talk about it.

Anyway, if you think that someone is talking about that and shouldn't, there's a report button, so that someone with the given mandate can decide about it.
Chipping into such a discussion will only make it longer, and attract more people participating (I'm here now too ). But I don't mind such discussions; if I want, I have the restraint to skip over them

[F87source]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

I think a lot of F1 drivers live rent free in a lot of the member's minds here.
Its an F1 topic with F1 fans.
And the most controversial drivers probably live rent free in most minds, being VER in the minds of the one group and HAM in the minds of the other group.
I think that's both pretty obvious and logical.



I think that goes for a lot of F1 drivers.
VER is atm as famous as HAM.

None of the F1 drivers is "like us"

I don't see how this is important for the discussion about what can and can't be discussed.
People talk about other people, that's happening all through life.
If you, as male F1 driver, wear a dress to a party, there's going to be more talk about that then when you wear trousers. They talk about that because HAM does that and no other F1 driver does that. It's not because of the microscope, it's because it stands out.
If VER or NOR would do this, people would also talk about it.

Anyway, if you think that someone is talking about that and shouldn't, there's a report button, so that someone with the given mandate can decide about it.
Chipping into such a discussion will only make it longer, and attract more people participating (I'm here now too ). But I don't mind such discussions; if I want, I have the restraint to skip over them

I don't care about discussion either lol, the only time I've reported anything on this forum were spamers or scammers in the marketplace.

But I doubt max is remotely as famous as Lewis, in racing yes. But overall no. Lewis is literally everywhere, he's in the fashion scene, he's made movies (cars iirc), and he's on a first name basis with alot of A- list celebs and athletes, whereas celebs would struggle to recognize max. So honestly Max is is no where close to the level of fame Lewis is, Lewis literally has more followers than all of the drivers combined and be has more followers than the F1 social media pages. This determines who the paparazzi follow more, and who gets put under the microscope more because the more famous you are the more likely someone will click on the article for a topic not related to what you do. For eg. Sergio Perez spotted eating ice cream, most people would be like who the heck is Sergio Perez vs. Lewis Hamilton spotted eating icecream. Same thing applies to max and Lewis, max is just not a house hold name outside of F1.

[GuidoK]

I'm sure that if Max went to a party in a dress, or when he would feed his dog vegan stuff, it would make the news too. Certainly the news among F1 fans and that's what's ventilated and discussed about here.

The majority of the stuff discussed here about HAM comes from stuff out of the paddock and from his own twitter account so not really stuff 'from under the microscope' imho.

The real difference between HAM and the other F1 drivers, is that the other F1 drivers act more like you and me. They don't go to parties in dresses, they don't feed their dogs vegan stuff. The big difference is not the microscope, it;s the behaviour
Not that I mind that (well, feeding a dog vegan food is a bit questionable, but I'm sure it's all vouched for by the best experts), but I'm not amaized that people start talking about such stuff. An F1 driver wearing jeans or a suit is just not as remarkable as wearing a dress.

[tdott]

Beavis and Butt-Head will like this one:
https://scuderiafans.com/mercedes-f1...-legal-by-fia/

"The matter it seems has come to an end. At least for the FIA. The mirrors of the Mercedes W13 have been confirmed legal.

The technical commission of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, after a long discussion in the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) confirmed the decision that had already been taken before the tests in Sakhir, when Mercedes showed the aerodynamic evolution of the new W13 to the CAD.

The technicians headed by Mike Elliott and James Allison took advantage because the rule on rear-view mirrors was poorly written, allowing the teams to interpret it in a more freely manner than was initially planned."

[F87source]

The FIA has deemed Mercs mirrors are legal and they're able to use it in Bahrain:

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/10636...s.html#comment




This is pretty much what was expected and explained via b sports analysis of legality...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Damn ... She's a blonde now !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Kimi Kimi Kimi ''a man after midnight
Won't somebody help ne chase the shadows awa...oh wait!

[///M Power-Belgium]

New 2022 F1 Opening Titles !

[tdott]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

It has nothing to do with the race itself. Is that mandatory?
You dont have to read the things that are about the personal life of the drivers, nobody compels you to do so.
You have the choice yourself.
If you just want to see racing, then you're early. Deal with it.

Yea which is why I said I am not here for the dog and pony show, I usually ignore their non-sense. But every once in a while gotta let them know and also support the larger group of people who agree with me about them.

The more they post, the more take make a fool of themselves, so they can do as they please.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by tdott

But every once in a while gotta let them know and also support the larger group of people who agree with me about them.

Well first of all you don't know which group is larger, but it also isn't important.
It's not the amount of people that decides things. It's the admin and the moderators. This is a forum, a private domain. Not a democracy.
If that group is so large, why not all press those report buttons?
Or maybe you have done so, and the mods thinks that it's just not worth their time. Or they simply disagree and think members should have the freedom.
As of now you're just chipping in the discussion you so hate. It can only snowball.

[Steeler]

Where can I find the Bahrain F1 race discussion thread?