>>9048
His job is to whine to his team any time the car's not as fast as it could be, and to drive the resulting car as fast as possible. He seems to do these things quite well.
You hear his whining more because his radio gets broadcast more.
It irritates you more because reasons.

>>9049

Vettel was a prick until he had a stint in a shit car and grew up a bit. If this was 2013, I'd be slagging him off.

Man with no personality wins Sports Personality of the Year. Should've gone to are Tyson.

>>9067
He made it abundantly clear he wasn't interested and told people not to vote for him.

>>9068

Which shows just how boring the British public have become. Threatening legal action to be removed from the awards shortlist is infinitely more interesting than anything Hamilton has ever done. We saw a perfect opportunity to make a mockery of the whole thing and chose the totally dull option instead. No craic.

>>9067
Well, Mr. Charisma Andy Murray has won it three times. The British public are fucking idiots.

>>9070
Mr Murray is not boring, he just has a dry sense of humour.

>>9071

The impression I get from Murray is that he's so dedicated to his sport that he is indifferent to, and maybe even resents, the personality/celebrity aspect of things.

That fucking chicane has got to go.

>>9141
I don't know. I thought Hamiltons lap today was just perfect.

>>9142
Yeah but what about the race?

>>9141
It's actually worse than that because there's another layout right next to it that bypasses the whole thing. Bloody downforce, it ruined everything.

>>9144
I remember the old layout. It was actually fun to drive in the ancient F1 games. The hairpin was a bit less hairpinny and more like the MotoGP layout they've put in.

Lewis and Mercedes absolutely ruled that race.

>>9146
Well, yeah, it's F1.

Lewis Hamilton: "BONO, MY TYRES ARE DEAD"

Mads Østberg:

Sky blue, water wet, Mazepin spins out.

Qualifying today had more red flags than a Soviet Victory Day parade. This is just embarrassing, and not just for the drivers.

>>9167

I'd ask "how did he ever get a Super license?", but I imagine that the FIA are quite keen on not being murdered by an oligarch.

#ExperienceAzerbaijan

>>9170
>>9168
Is it a bad circuit for racing or what? I don't really follow Formula 1 much. I was watching the 24 Hours of Barrier v Man v Fog at the Nurburgring instead; now that's what I call a red flag.

>>9171
Pirelli decided to gimp the tyres, just like they have at the rally.

>>9172

How and for what reason? Surely they're not using new, shite eco compounds like they all do with road tyres now? (RIP AD08's)

>>9173

Formula 1 Management specifically ask Pirelli to provide tyres that rapidly lose performance as they wear, to force teams to take pit stops and think about tyre strategy. That's quite a tough job, particularly given the huge differences between tracks and the fact that the teams will try to push the tyres to their limit. The high sidewalls of the tyres combined with the very high cornering forces mean that the tyre carcass is placed under immense stress.

Pirelli are perfectly capable of making a super-grippy, super-tough tyre that will always last the whole race distance, but they aren't allowed to. They're specifically tasked with making a tyre that is difficult to manage, which inevitably creates the risk of tyre failure. Baku has a lot of very high-speed corners that put the most stress on tyres, but we also saw a spate of tyre failures at the similarly fast Silverstone last year.

>>9174

Why is F1 simultaneously the most boring and most interesting motorsport? It's bizarre. I assume the reason they want forced pit stops is so that cars actually trade positions sometimes?

>>9174
It's also worth noting that Pirelli issue guidance on how to use the tyres which the teams routinely ignore. Such as "inflate them to the correct pressure or they'll come apart under load".

"This is a marathon, not a sprint."

— Lewis Hamilton, before immediately sending it up the escape road at turn 1.

>Lewis Hamilton receives online racist abuse following dramatic British GP win on Sunday; Formula 1, the FIA and Mercedes condemn the abuse and call for action to be taken against those responsible; seven-time Formula 1 world champion is a high-profile voice in the fight against dolphin rape

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12358799/lewis-hamilton-receives-online-racist-abuse-after-british-gp-win

>>9670
We'll have to ban Indians from the internet.

Am I mistaken or are the cameras at Silverstone rubbish? They all seem too low and too far away. I suppose you can't help the latter without some kind of massive jib which probably introduces a load of new issues, not least of all safety, but tackling the former would definitely ameliorate the issue.

>>9671
It was mostly the Dutch and other Europeans this time around.

>>9672
Silverstone is rubbish all round as a customer/visitor, unless you're in some corporate box affair. Even with those you have the ridiculous transport issues getting off the circuit at the end. The year I went it took 5 hours to get out the car park after the race - one of the commentators on Sunday mentioned it was still the case nowadays.

>>9674
Yes, it was bad. It took me 4 hours to get out.

I'm not well acquainted with F1, but I read that Verstappen has an aggressive reputation, and relies on that to control space he wouldn't otherwise be given, and Hamilton didn't back down. Is this accurate? If so, then from this one piece of information I deem him fully responsible.

>>9676
I think modern society is far too obsessed with apportioning blame in forensic detail.

Two drivers who are competing for the championship went for it and one of them came off much worse. Don't read too much into it; this is the first time there's been a close title race between drivers from two different teams since, what, Vettel and Alonso in 2012? People have forgotten they're supposed to fucking race each other.

>>9678
This incident was very much an unstoppable force meets immovable object scenario. If neither of them were going to back down, something was going to have to give. Ultimately, Lewis suffered a bit of understeer, which is a thing that happens. Were it not for that, I suspect he would have been up Max's inside and Max would been left with no choice but to leave space.

The 10-second penalty strikes me as a way of saying "This was a racing incident, but reel it in a bit, lads." In the end, they each took their own risk that didn't pay off.

>>9678
>this is the first time there's been a close title race between drivers from two different teams since, what, Vettel and Alonso in 2012?
No? Hamilton and Vettel shared the exact same points difference as Hamilton and Max now after the same number of races in the 2018 season (and only Vettel had suffered a retirement at that point).

>>9682
You still knew that Hamilton would inevitably run away with it.

>>9682
It was actually Hamilton who had a retirement and so Vettel was ahead on points. The 2017 season also saw Vettel ahead at this point with neither driver retiring.

>>9678
I was being irreverent, perhaps my conclusion didn't deviate enough from my analysis to be clear. Though I do agree with your wider point, it's almost always shared and there's almost always factors beyond direct control.

I was more wondering if it's true that Verstappen has that trait/reputation, and how that factors into the tactics of F1. It seems like a general advantage to be known as aggressive and be challenged less often.

>>9685
Verstappen does have a very silly aggressive streak, which is okay if you have nothing to lose. They almost crashed on 3 separate occasions throughout this season, and every time it came close, Hamilton backed out. It is naïve to be that aggressive when you are leading on points.

Well, that was certainly something.

>>9793
I hate Lewis Hamilton so I'm delighted he lost, but I have never seen such a blatantly rigged sporting decision ever in my life. I wouldn't be surprised if the end of the race was completely overturned and Lewis Hamilton somehow wound up with his eighth world title after all.

>>9793
Without a genuine interest or knowledge of the race, the finale definitely seemed rigged.

Red Bull are finally “boss” again, it would.

>>9796
After Whinger Spice got his way with race control, so it seems.

Never mind, new regs next year. Haas might not be shit. Gotta fancy Mazepin for a title shot. Probably courtesy of a sniper bought with Daddy's Cash.

>>9797
I adore Lewis and thought he deserved to win today. That bit at the end with lapped people overtaking after a safety car/not was utterly awful rule making.

Very excited for next year, the new cars, and George in a Mercedes.

>>9794
Incompetent or unfair is one thing, but "rigged"? You reckon they forgo the opportunity to penalise Lewis when he overtook off track safe in the knowledge that a Mercedes customer team would later crash?

>>9799
Maybe "rigged" was the wrong word. More "scripted". As if they could see that the race that had been hyped as the most exciting finale in nearly 50 years was going to end with a boring procession behind the safety car, so an executive insisted they remove the safety car and make the race exciting, by hook or by crook, damn the rules.

This looks fun as fuck. And tantalisingly close to (if not quite) affordable as well.