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satanboy said:
I loved that. Showing FIA the middle finger for this fiasco.
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I didn't see that as giving the middle finger.....that was a spoilt brat thinking fck the rules simply because he got frustrated.

Nothing to celebrate with that useless move.
 
Slckrck said:
I didn't see that as giving the middle finger.....that was a spoilt brat thinking fck the rules simply because he got frustrated.

Nothing to celebrate with that useless move.
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Every sport has rules around unsportsmanlike behaviour because this is what happens competitors get frustrated and then go outside the rules. Driving like miss daisy on a track because people can't overtake you is not very sporting no matter how they try and spin it as a strategy. Its pathetic.
 
B-1 said:
Every sport has rules around unsportsmanlike behaviour because this is what happens competitors get frustrated and then go outside the rules. Driving like miss daisy on a track because people can't overtake you is not very sporting no matter how they try and spin it as a strategy. Its pathetic.
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That I can agree with, however..... The rules are the same for everyone and the teams agreed to them.... No special accommodations should be made simply because your team messed up and you are frustrated. If the shoe was on the other foot, Russel wouldn't have been complaining.
 
B-1 said:
Every sport has rules around unsportsmanlike behaviour because this is what happens competitors get frustrated and then go outside the rules. Driving like miss daisy on a track because people can't overtake you is not very sporting no matter how they try and spin it as a strategy. Its pathetic.
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You are right, every sport has those rules. As does F1. The only driver guilty of being outside those rules today was Russell.
 
Slckrck said:
That I can agree with, however..... The rules are the same for everyone and the teams agreed to them.... No special accommodations should be made simply because your team messed up and you are frustrated. If the shoe was on the other foot, Russel wouldn't have been complaining.
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He got his penalty and his race was over. He didn't have an advantage in the end and he knew going in to that overtake his race was over.
I would rather focus on why drivers get into a position where they feel breaking the rules is better than the position they felt wasn't fair.
 
B-1 said:
I'm not a fan but if I was in his shoes I would have done the same. They are there to race not play games.
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Race within the rules then. He should have qualified higher and then there wouldn't have been issues. Blaming others for his own poor performance just shows weakness of character.
 
B-1 said:
I would rather focus on why drivers get into a position where they feel breaking the rules is better than the position they felt wasn't fair.
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Well only spoilt rich kids like George and guys with chips on their shoulders feel there should be a different set of rules for them ...ala Max, George and back in the day Prost and Schumacher. There are times when everyone can get frustrated, but at the end of the day accept that they aren't special. Lando, Albon.....and today we even saw Lewis and Sainz play the team game instead of throw a tantrum.

As for the reason to get frustrated, yes we can blame the FIA but at the same time what was Mercedes' strategy today?
 
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