I have to agree, there's not a lot between the two but it seems Russell is prepared to get stuck in a bit more and his experience in driving sh*tboxes seems to be paying off.
-
Join the MyBroadband community
South Africa’s biggest forum. Discuss, discover, and connect with thousands of members.
-
Question of the Day: Are you keeping your Prime subscription?
F1 2022
- Thread starter Hamster
- Start date
- Status
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
Hamilton has nothing to lose. He's throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.
I mean, if it works for the Ital... oh wait....
I mean, if it works for the Ital... oh wait....
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
sand_man
Honorary Master
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
Next race's news: Mercedes' Mysterious bouncing issue is sorted after a visit to the garage by Mick Schumacher.
Mick: I left my gum under Lewis' DRS flap. Sorry guys. Found it, all sorted.
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
Magnussen: F1 race control too easy to influence after Ocon radio call
Kevin Magnussen believes FIA race control is too easy to influence by drivers after being called in to repair a damaged front wing in the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.
Magnussen: F1 race control too easy to influence after Ocon radio call
www.autosport.com
Magnussen started fifth alongside team-mate Mick Schumacher after a standout qualifying session for Haas, but his hopes of a strong points finish evaporated after a brush with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap, which caused damage to his front wing.
Magnussen's right-hand side endplate was dangling off the side of the wing for several laps, which was spotted by the chasing Alpine driver Esteban Ocon.
While Haas reassured Magnussen that the damage had “very little effect”, Ocon was of a different opinion. When notified by the team, Ocon said on the radio: “Yeah I can see it's hanging on, it's going to fall. If he loses it, I'm going to hit it in the face.”
Knowing FIA race control would listen in, Ocon was clearly lobbying for Magnussen to get the black and orange flag and be sent to the pits for repairs, which duly happened as he was instructed to box at the end of lap 7.
Afterwards, Magnussen was annoyed at how he thought Ocon had been able to influence race control, saying the Frenchman even came up to him after the race to joke about how he helped get him out of the way.
“I was just talking to Ocon now and he was joking how he told the FIA that it was really bad,” Magnussen said. “If you know you can influence the FIA like that, you're going to do it, aren't you? Which he sort of did, and fair play.
“But you've got to let us drive with that ****, it's nothing. I just had a bit of contact, nothing serious. Scratched my front wing a little bit and then was told to pit.”
Magnussen, who had expressed his concern for race control's inconsistency last week in Baku, says his black and orange flag was another example of how it's hard for drivers and teams to figure out what the rules are.
“The car was fine,” he pointed out. “The front wing was safe, it was not broken off.
“Think back to Jeddah last year, Lewis Hamilton won the race with half a front wing, which I think is correct. Let us race if we can.
“It feels like suddenly very different. In Monaco they don't start us because it started drizzling, and then here I'm called in because I have a scratch on my front wing.”
Going off-strategy so early ruined Magnussen's race, as the team failed to make an ambitious one-stopper on hard tyres work, leaving the Dane to finish down in 17th.
“We tried to do the rest of the race on one set of hards, [which was] always going to be difficult,” he added.
“You're still trying to fight your way into the points, you never know what can happen, so you're pushing as hard as you can. Nothing came out of it today, but we'll try again next time.”
To complete Haas' Canadian nightmare, Schumacher retired from eighth early on with a suspected power unit issue, meaning the German's quest for his first career points continues.
Speedster
Honorary Master
#bringmasibackMagnussen: F1 race control too easy to influence after Ocon radio call
Kevin Magnussen believes FIA race control is too easy to influence by drivers after being called in to repair a damaged front wing in the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.
Magnussen: F1 race control too easy to influence after Ocon radio call
Magnussen started fifth alongside team-mate Mick Schumacher after a standout qualifying session for Haas, but his hopes of a strong points finish evaporated after a brush with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap, which caused damage to his front wing.
Magnussen's right-hand side endplate was dangling off the side of the wing for several laps, which was spotted by the chasing Alpine driver Esteban Ocon.
While Haas reassured Magnussen that the damage had “very little effect”, Ocon was of a different opinion. When notified by the team, Ocon said on the radio: “Yeah I can see it's hanging on, it's going to fall. If he loses it, I'm going to hit it in the face.”
Knowing FIA race control would listen in, Ocon was clearly lobbying for Magnussen to get the black and orange flag and be sent to the pits for repairs, which duly happened as he was instructed to box at the end of lap 7.
Afterwards, Magnussen was annoyed at how he thought Ocon had been able to influence race control, saying the Frenchman even came up to him after the race to joke about how he helped get him out of the way.
“I was just talking to Ocon now and he was joking how he told the FIA that it was really bad,” Magnussen said. “If you know you can influence the FIA like that, you're going to do it, aren't you? Which he sort of did, and fair play.
“But you've got to let us drive with that ****, it's nothing. I just had a bit of contact, nothing serious. Scratched my front wing a little bit and then was told to pit.”
Magnussen, who had expressed his concern for race control's inconsistency last week in Baku, says his black and orange flag was another example of how it's hard for drivers and teams to figure out what the rules are.
“The car was fine,” he pointed out. “The front wing was safe, it was not broken off.
“Think back to Jeddah last year, Lewis Hamilton won the race with half a front wing, which I think is correct. Let us race if we can.
“It feels like suddenly very different. In Monaco they don't start us because it started drizzling, and then here I'm called in because I have a scratch on my front wing.”
Going off-strategy so early ruined Magnussen's race, as the team failed to make an ambitious one-stopper on hard tyres work, leaving the Dane to finish down in 17th.
“We tried to do the rest of the race on one set of hards, [which was] always going to be difficult,” he added.
“You're still trying to fight your way into the points, you never know what can happen, so you're pushing as hard as you can. Nothing came out of it today, but we'll try again next time.”
To complete Haas' Canadian nightmare, Schumacher retired from eighth early on with a suspected power unit issue, meaning the German's quest for his first career points continues.
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
It's Charlie and no, bringing him back is going to be tricky.
Speedster
Honorary Master
Why Charlie? Michael got kicked out after some people threw a tantrum.
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
Charlie didn't take crap.
Speedster
Honorary Master
And Michael went motor racing. We like motor racing.
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
Michael was that guy who wasn't happy with the speed of his scalexteic slot and swapped the cars mid race.
Dave
Honorary Master
And messed about like an idiot when it rained too hard to have an actual race, he forgot how to do "motor racing" that day...
JerryMungo
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2008
- Messages
- 37,952
- Reaction score
- 6,566
Red Bull suspends F1 reserve driver Vips for using racial slur
Red Bull Racing has announced that Formula 2 driver Juri Vips has been suspended with immediate effect after using a racial slur.
Vips was heard using racist language during a live stream of a video game on Tuesday, prompting Red Bull to take immediate action.
The Formula 1 team issued a statement confirming he had been suspended from its team activities ahead of a full investigation.
www.autosport.com
Red Bull Racing has announced that Formula 2 driver Juri Vips has been suspended with immediate effect after using a racial slur.
Vips was heard using racist language during a live stream of a video game on Tuesday, prompting Red Bull to take immediate action.
The Formula 1 team issued a statement confirming he had been suspended from its team activities ahead of a full investigation.
Red Bull suspends F1 reserve driver Vips for using racial slur
www.autosport.com
Haha classic. Toto wanted to say something and then realised Merc had no special secrets to hide. Mick left because there was nothing to see...lol! /jks
That's how you ruin your career!Red Bull suspends F1 reserve driver Vips for using racial slur
Red Bull Racing has announced that Formula 2 driver Juri Vips has been suspended with immediate effect after using a racial slur.
Vips was heard using racist language during a live stream of a video game on Tuesday, prompting Red Bull to take immediate action.
The Formula 1 team issued a statement confirming he had been suspended from its team activities ahead of a full investigation.
Red Bull suspends F1 reserve driver Vips for using racial slur
Craig_
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2016
- Messages
- 30,940
- Reaction score
- 29,778
Magnussen: F1 race control too easy to influence after Ocon radio call
Kevin Magnussen believes FIA race control is too easy to influence by drivers after being called in to repair a damaged front wing in the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.
Magnussen: F1 race control too easy to influence after Ocon radio call
Magnussen started fifth alongside team-mate Mick Schumacher after a standout qualifying session for Haas, but his hopes of a strong points finish evaporated after a brush with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap, which caused damage to his front wing.
Magnussen's right-hand side endplate was dangling off the side of the wing for several laps, which was spotted by the chasing Alpine driver Esteban Ocon.
While Haas reassured Magnussen that the damage had “very little effect”, Ocon was of a different opinion. When notified by the team, Ocon said on the radio: “Yeah I can see it's hanging on, it's going to fall. If he loses it, I'm going to hit it in the face.”
Knowing FIA race control would listen in, Ocon was clearly lobbying for Magnussen to get the black and orange flag and be sent to the pits for repairs, which duly happened as he was instructed to box at the end of lap 7.
Afterwards, Magnussen was annoyed at how he thought Ocon had been able to influence race control, saying the Frenchman even came up to him after the race to joke about how he helped get him out of the way.
“I was just talking to Ocon now and he was joking how he told the FIA that it was really bad,” Magnussen said. “If you know you can influence the FIA like that, you're going to do it, aren't you? Which he sort of did, and fair play.
“But you've got to let us drive with that ****, it's nothing. I just had a bit of contact, nothing serious. Scratched my front wing a little bit and then was told to pit.”
Magnussen, who had expressed his concern for race control's inconsistency last week in Baku, says his black and orange flag was another example of how it's hard for drivers and teams to figure out what the rules are.
“The car was fine,” he pointed out. “The front wing was safe, it was not broken off.
“Think back to Jeddah last year, Lewis Hamilton won the race with half a front wing, which I think is correct. Let us race if we can.
“It feels like suddenly very different. In Monaco they don't start us because it started drizzling, and then here I'm called in because I have a scratch on my front wing.”
Going off-strategy so early ruined Magnussen's race, as the team failed to make an ambitious one-stopper on hard tyres work, leaving the Dane to finish down in 17th.
“We tried to do the rest of the race on one set of hards, [which was] always going to be difficult,” he added.
“You're still trying to fight your way into the points, you never know what can happen, so you're pushing as hard as you can. Nothing came out of it today, but we'll try again next time.”
To complete Haas' Canadian nightmare, Schumacher retired from eighth early on with a suspected power unit issue, meaning the German's quest for his first career points continues.
If true Ocon really is a massive ****. It looked as if it could fall off at any moment though, which would've been dangerous.
Heisenborg
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2006
- Messages
- 21,609
- Reaction score
- 14,319
Happens at every race from everyone. This is not news
Craig_
Honorary Master
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2016
- Messages
- 30,940
- Reaction score
- 29,778
And then the driver in questions boats about it? I haven't seen reports of this before now.
- Status