2024 Formula 1 Season thread

[pachyderm]

Wow Damon Hill, just wow! I would have had some respect for it if you said something like "I was wrong", or finished it with"... like me". But this is just pure attention seeking and selective memory.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1853164428491165834

That is pretty much implied... so...

 

[pachyderm]

I think Alpine really benefited from the inclement weather and good strategy calls (staying out during the [V]SCs). Ocon and Gasly also are very good drivers in the rain. And both Haas and both Williams not scoring any points certainly helped, as well.

Once we're back on dry tracks, I think we will see them struggle again.

They got a free pitstop from it. Well played... or luckily played...

 

[cyb3rdud3]

Still find it funny how starting to drive at an aborted race situation attracts a fine that is less than swearing 🤷‍♂️

 

[CWallace]

Still find it funny how starting to drive at an aborted race situation attracts a fine that is less than swearing 🤷‍♂️

The FIA President has their priorities.

 

[Harry Haller]

One has to have priorities.
Lots of priorities.

https://corp.formula1.com/diversity-inclusion/#:~:text=On%20the%20eve%20of%20the,condemnation%20of%20racism%20and%20inequality.

 

[JustinePaula]

Leaves the start, putting marshalls in danger, 5k fine, bloke says a swear word, 5k fine, someone make that make sense, really it is like getting 2 to 5 in the big house for farting in court.. You just know that is way too harsh...

Yet yet, you know that every 2nd word in the tv compound is a swear word, does the FIA fine the tv crew for swearing?

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Leaves the start, putting marshalls in danger, 5k fine, bloke says a swear word, 5k fine, someone make that make sense, really it is like getting 2 to 5 in the big house for farting in court.. You just know that is way too harsh...

Yet yet, you know that every 2nd word in the tv compound is a swear word, does the FIA fine the tv crew for swearing?

Either way they have to have a deterrent for swearing on live television. There are rules and guidelines for broadcasting across the world and repeated swearing can get a program cut from transmission when shown before the watershed, 9pm in the UK. Otherwise we end up with a Shaun Ryder situation where he appeared on a TFI Friday in the 90’s and repeatedly swore and nearly got the show cancelled. He is named in the channel 4 guidelines to this day and 30 years on he is banned from appearing on any of their live broadcasts.

With F1 it’s also about decency and knowing not every viewer is an adult, millions of children are watching too and swearing isn’t appropriate in casual conversation like it would be between friends and work colleagues. I’m sure we all come home from work and speak very differently to our wives and children lol.

 

[JustinePaula]

Yes, fines are fine, but what Lando and others did on the aborted start is 100 times worse than saying *uck on air, but the fines are the same value.. That sends a very confusing message.. So next time, cheat on the start line, it is only 5 grand, cheap as... Swear and it is also 5 grand.

What is the FIA trying to say? Putting marshalls at risk is the same as swearing? Which it is not, but has the same fine value? Maybe 5 grand for swearing and 150k for what Lando did, and every car that left the grid, 150k or black flag? If not a 2 lap drive through? But to equate Lando's crime with swearing, that is insane... Someone should be sectioned for that..