• What happens if

    From Martin Harran@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 09:41:03 2021
    a Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?
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  • From Mark@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 10:05:54 2021
    Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:

    ? Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?

    It depends. Look to '97 for a precedent.
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  • From ~misfit~@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 23:09:11 2021
    On 6/12/2021 10:41 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?

    Going by the way he drove in Jeddah I'd say we only have to wait to find out. --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.
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  • From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 23:30:14 2021
    On 6/12/2021 10:41 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?



    I bet he's looking that up as we 'speak'.

    geoff
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  • From Martin Harran@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 13:11:17 2021
    On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 23:09:11 +1300, ~misfit~
    <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 6/12/2021 10:41 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    a Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?

    Going by the way he drove in Jeddah I'd say we only have to wait to find out.

    I was hoping that Lewis would go into the final race marginally ahead,
    not because I want him to win the WDC - either of them will be a
    worthy winner - but I get nervous of Max in this situation. I don't
    think he would deliberately set out to do it but the one thing he has
    not yet learned is how to control his red mist.
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  • From Martin Harran@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 13:13:46 2021
    On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 10:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:

    ? Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?

    It depends. Look to '97 for a precedent.

    Hopefully, they would have the balls to do it if the situation arose.
    I don't know if they would be allowed to do this but it would do no
    harm if they could make clear in advance to MAx and RB that they will
    come down hard.
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  • From Sir Tim@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 13:39:32 2021
    Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:
    -a Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    In the first instance it should be said that, had Max been a bit more circumspect at Silverstone and backed off, as Hamilton has done on several occasions when the roles were reversed, he would probably now be champion.

    In the situation envisaged it is obvious that none of the normal penalties
    i.e. time added, drive through, grid drop or exclusion from the event etc.
    meet the case. I guess the precedents would be Senna/Prost in 1989 and
    1990, Schumacher/Hill in rCy94 and Schumacher/Villeneuve in rCy97.

    IIRC the FIA took no action in the first three instances but excluded Schumacher from the 1997 WDC results.

    I think much will depend, assuming Max does actually try it, on how
    egregious his move is. It seems to me (I may be biased as IrCOm a Hamilton
    fan) that the stewards have been coming down harder on Lewis than on Max
    this season and If he could convince them that it was a racing accident
    then he would probably get away with it and thus become champion.

    --
    Sir Tim
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 09:37:22 2021
    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in 1997,
    there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that would allow them
    to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he deliberately took himself
    and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards would be
    in a very good position to judge whether or not it was deliberate.
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 11:05:05 2021
    On 2021-12-06 5:11 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 23:09:11 +1300, ~misfit~
    <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 6/12/2021 10:41 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?

    Going by the way he drove in Jeddah I'd say we only have to wait to find out.

    I was hoping that Lewis would go into the final race marginally ahead,
    not because I want him to win the WDC - either of them will be a
    worthy winner - but I get nervous of Max in this situation. I don't
    think he would deliberately set out to do it but the one thing he has
    not yet learned is how to control his red mist.


    It does look like he has a problem with impulsive manoeuvres, yes.

    The hitting the wall in qualifying didn't happen because of the lock-up
    alone. It was going back on the accelerator after he should have known
    that there would be no chance for a fast lap.
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  • From Bigbird@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 20:28:59 2021
    Martin Harran wrote:

    On Mon, 6 Dec 2021 23:09:11 +1300, ~misfit~
    <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 6/12/2021 10:41 pm, Martin Harran wrote:
    a Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen
    and >> the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points
    or >> would he automatically become WDC irrespective?

    Going by the way he drove in Jeddah I'd say we only have to wait to
    find out.

    I was hoping that Lewis would go into the final race marginally ahead,
    not because I want him to win the WDC - either of them will be a
    worthy winner - but I get nervous of Max in this situation. I don't
    think he would deliberately set out to do it but the one thing he has
    not yet learned is how to control his red mist.

    Yup. I think that the decision not to penalise him in Brasil opened a
    can of worms and has given him the confidence to drive in a rather
    erratic manner without fearing serious consequences.
    Lewis needs to finish the race and they have made it really difficult
    for him to achieve a clean pass without the risk of being run off the
    track.
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  • From Bigbird@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 22:18:12 2021
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in
    1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that would
    allow them to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he
    deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards would
    be in a very good position to judge whether or not it was deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run another
    off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the other
    driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty for
    causing a collision?
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 6 15:53:48 2021
    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to happen and
    the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock him points or
    would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in
    1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that would
    allow them to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he
    deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards would
    be in a very good position to judge whether or not it was deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run another
    off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the other
    driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been
    applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver deliberately
    takes out his opponent.
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  • From Bigbird@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Dec 7 11:05:18 2021
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to
    happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock
    him points or would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in
    1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that
    would allow them to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards
    would be in a very good position to judge whether or not it was deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run
    another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the other
    driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty
    for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been
    applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver
    deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary
    penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate collision
    just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying
    on track and the stewards were okay with that. Having not been
    penalised for doing it then Max drove in the same way in Saudi. If
    there is a collision driving in what is regarded as a legitimate manner
    the driver at fault is penalised for "causing a collision". If they had penalised/outlawed driving in that manner then any collision could be considered more a deliberate act. Perhaps analogous to say an accident
    blacks pot where they lower the speed limit. Before they lower the
    limit an innocuous accident is just an accident when they lower the
    limit the same accident someone is at fault for speeding and blame can
    be assigned and someone made accountable. If the analogy doesn't help
    you understand the difference then ignore it.
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Dec 7 13:49:45 2021
    On 2021-12-07 3:05 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to
    happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock
    him points or would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in
    1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that
    would allow them to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he
    deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards
    would be in a very good position to judge whether or not it was
    deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run
    another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the other
    driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty
    for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been
    applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver
    deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary
    penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate collision
    just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying
    on track and the stewards were okay with that.

    And they made a big mistake there. I've said so. But not because
    Verstappen "prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying on track".

    Verstappen left the track only because of understeer his car suddenly
    picked up mostly likely because of turbulence from Hamilton's Mercedes.

    If anything, I think what prevented them from penalizing Verstappen in
    that instance was that looking at the data, they couldn't see anything
    overt that Verstappen did; no steering input or pedal input that could
    account for it.

    So without any basis for any particular action of Verstappen's to pin
    the excursion on, they chose not to impose a penalty.

    Having not been
    penalised for doing it then Max drove in the same way in Saudi.

    No. His driving incidents in Saudi weren't the same except for the last
    one. And once the stewards saw the data, they imposed a penalty for it.

    That's the point: they had the data to show an overt act.

    If
    there is a collision driving in what is regarded as a legitimate manner
    the driver at fault is penalised for "causing a collision". If they had penalised/outlawed driving in that manner then any collision could be considered more a deliberate act.
    Perhaps analogous to say an accident
    blacks pot where they lower the speed limit. Before they lower the
    limit an innocuous accident is just an accident when they lower the
    limit the same accident someone is at fault for speeding and blame can
    be assigned and someone made accountable. If the analogy doesn't help
    you understand the difference then ignore it.

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  • From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 8 11:40:31 2021
    On 8/12/2021 10:49 am, Alan wrote:
    On 2021-12-07 3:05 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi?-a If it were to
    happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock
    him points or would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in
    1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that
    would allow them to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he
    deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards
    would be in a very good position to judge whether or not it was
    deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run
    another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the other
    driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty
    for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been
    applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver
    deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary
    penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate collision
    just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying
    on track and the stewards were okay with that.

    And they made a big mistake there. I've said so. But not because
    Verstappen "prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying on track".

    Verstappen left the track only because of understeer his car suddenly
    picked up mostly likely because of turbulence from Hamilton's Mercedes.

    Which was predictable and inevitable given the proximity, the speed, and
    the line.

    geoff
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Dec 7 17:29:12 2021
    On 2021-12-07 2:40 p.m., geoff wrote:
    On 8/12/2021 10:49 am, Alan wrote:
    On 2021-12-07 3:05 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi?-a If it were to
    happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock
    him points or would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in
    1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that
    would allow them to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he
    deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards
    would be in a very good position to judge whether or not it was
    deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run
    another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the other >>>>> driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty
    for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been
    applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver
    deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary
    penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate collision
    just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying
    on track and the stewards were okay with that.

    And they made a big mistake there. I've said so. But not because
    Verstappen "prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying on track".

    Verstappen left the track only because of understeer his car suddenly
    picked up mostly likely because of turbulence from Hamilton's Mercedes.

    Which was predictable and inevitable given the proximity, the speed, and
    the line.

    No. It really wasn't.

    Did you notice how Martin Brundle didn't pick up on that being the cause despite seeing several replays?

    I'm amazed how so many of you can be so certain about this stuff, when
    real experts (not me!) can't be anywhere NEAR as certain.
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  • From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 8 18:33:42 2021
    On 8/12/2021 2:29 pm, Alan wrote:


    Did you notice how Martin Brundle didn't pick up on that being the cause despite seeing several replays?

    I'm amazed how so many of you can be so certain about this stuff, when
    real experts (not me!) can't be anywhere NEAR as certain.


    Rather selective about which of Brundle's comments or lack of we pick up
    on of refute, aren't we.

    geoff
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Dec 7 22:20:55 2021
    On 2021-12-07 9:33 p.m., geoff wrote:
    On 8/12/2021 2:29 pm, Alan wrote:


    Did you notice how Martin Brundle didn't pick up on that being the
    cause despite seeing several replays?

    I'm amazed how so many of you can be so certain about this stuff, when
    real experts (not me!) can't be anywhere NEAR as certain.


    Rather selective about which of Brundle's comments or lack of we pick up
    on of refute, aren't we.

    Implying you've got some I should have known about...

    ...without actually producing a single word.
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  • From Matt Larkin@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tue Dec 7 22:58:08 2021
    On Tuesday, 7 December 2021 at 21:49:51 UTC, Alan wrote:
    On 2021-12-07 3:05 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to
    happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could they dock
    him points or would he automatically become WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the WDC in
    1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a rule) that
    would allow them to do the same to Verstappen if they judged he
    deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards
    would be in a very good position to judge whether or not it was
    deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run
    another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the other
    driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty
    for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been
    applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver
    deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary
    penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate collision
    just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying
    on track and the stewards were okay with that.
    And they made a big mistake there. I've said so. But not because
    Verstappen "prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying on track".

    Verstappen left the track only because of understeer his car suddenly
    picked up mostly likely because of turbulence from Hamilton's Mercedes.

    If anything, I think what prevented them from penalizing Verstappen in
    that instance was that looking at the data, they couldn't see anything
    overt that Verstappen did; no steering input or pedal input that could account for it.

    So without any basis for any particular action of Verstappen's to pin
    the excursion on, they chose not to impose a penalty.
    Having not been
    penalised for doing it then Max drove in the same way in Saudi.
    No. His driving incidents in Saudi weren't the same except for the last
    one. And once the stewards saw the data, they imposed a penalty for it.

    That's the point: they had the data to show an overt act.
    If
    there is a collision driving in what is regarded as a legitimate manner the driver at fault is penalised for "causing a collision". If they had penalised/outlawed driving in that manner then any collision could be considered more a deliberate act.
    Perhaps analogous to say an accident
    blacks pot where they lower the speed limit. Before they lower the
    limit an innocuous accident is just an accident when they lower the
    limit the same accident someone is at fault for speeding and blame can
    be assigned and someone made accountable. If the analogy doesn't help
    you understand the difference then ignore it.

    But as they didn't investigate it, either in the first place or when subsequently
    asked to by Mercedes, they didn't. So I don't believe there is any reason to think that they did look at the telemetry at all in relation to Max's move. They judged it visually at the time, and didn't (formally at least) do any further
    digging.
    I don't disagree with your analysis that the small period of understeer contributed to Max's ultimate trajectory, and I think we agree that it
    doesn't really matter as he definitely took a line which would have
    pushed Lewis off even if Max had stayed on track.
    But I think you're ascribing a level of investigation to the stewards that didn't really happen, based on what we know of the formal proceedings
    so far.
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  • From Bigbird@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 8 10:23:57 2021
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-07 3:05 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to
    happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could they
    dock him points or would he automatically become WDC
    irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the
    WDC in 1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a
    rule) that would allow them to do the same to Verstappen if
    they judged he deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards
    would be in a very good position to judge whether or not it
    was deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run
    another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the
    other driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the
    standard penalty for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver
    deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary
    penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate collision
    just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over
    staying on track and the stewards were okay with that.

    And they made a big mistake there. I've said so. But not because
    Verstappen "prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying on track".

    Verstappen left the track only because of understeer his car suddenly
    picked up mostly likely because of turbulence from Hamilton's
    Mercedes.

    If anything, I think what prevented them from penalizing Verstappen
    in that instance was that looking at the data, they couldn't see
    anything overt that Verstappen did; no steering input or pedal input
    that could account for it.

    So without any basis for any particular action of Verstappen's to pin
    the excursion on, they chose not to impose a penalty.


    More of your conclusion driven guess work.

    Occam's razor: He understeered because he braked "almost precisely" a
    track width later and was on a dirty part of the track. continued to
    understeer because he got on the throttle before it was under control.

    Having not been
    penalised for doing it then Max drove in the same way in Saudi.

    No. His driving incidents in Saudi weren't the same except for the
    last one. And once the stewards saw the data, they imposed a penalty
    for it.


    Your highly subjective opinion was precisely refuted by real experts.

    See Jolyon Palmer for instance.

    That's the point: they had the data to show an overt act.


    What point? You have made no point. You have simply ignored all the
    points. Almost precisely as if you don't want to consider them... or
    don't have the intelligence to do so.

    If
    there is a collision driving in what is regarded as a legitimate
    manner the driver at fault is penalised for "causing a collision".
    If they had penalised/outlawed driving in that manner then any
    collision could be considered more a deliberate act.
    Perhaps analogous to say an accident
    blacks pot where they lower the speed limit. Before they lower the
    limit an innocuous accident is just an accident when they lower the
    limit the same accident someone is at fault for speeding and blame
    can be assigned and someone made accountable. If the analogy
    doesn't help you understand the difference then ignore it.

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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 8 09:10:34 2021
    On 2021-12-08 2:23 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-07 3:05 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were to
    happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could they
    dock him points or would he automatically become WDC
    irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the
    WDC in 1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a
    rule) that would allow them to do the same to Verstappen if
    they judged he deliberately took himself and Hamilton out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the stewards
    would be in a very good position to judge whether or not it
    was deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately run
    another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say, the
    other driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the
    standard penalty for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have been
    applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver
    deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary
    penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate collision
    just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over
    staying on track and the stewards were okay with that.

    And they made a big mistake there. I've said so. But not because
    Verstappen "prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying on track".

    Verstappen left the track only because of understeer his car suddenly
    picked up mostly likely because of turbulence from Hamilton's
    Mercedes.

    If anything, I think what prevented them from penalizing Verstappen
    in that instance was that looking at the data, they couldn't see
    anything overt that Verstappen did; no steering input or pedal input
    that could account for it.

    So without any basis for any particular action of Verstappen's to pin
    the excursion on, they chose not to impose a penalty.


    More of your conclusion driven guess work.

    Occam's razor: He understeered because he braked "almost precisely" a
    track width later and was on a dirty part of the track. continued to understeer because he got on the throttle before it was under control.

    Completely and utterly wrong.

    Because that inside line wasn't that dirty. We know this because on
    another lap, Verstappen was on precisely that piece of track and DIDN'T understeer.

    And he only got on the throttle once he realized that:

    1. His trajectory was now taking him off the track.

    2. Getting on the throttle wouldn't carry him beyond the paved off-track
    area.


    Having not been
    penalised for doing it then Max drove in the same way in Saudi.

    No. His driving incidents in Saudi weren't the same except for the
    last one. And once the stewards saw the data, they imposed a penalty
    for it.


    Your highly subjective opinion was precisely refuted by real experts.

    See Jolyon Palmer for instance.

    Sorry, if you think Palmer has something to say which refutes what I've said...

    ...present it.


    That's the point: they had the data to show an overt act.


    What point? You have made no point. You have simply ignored all the
    points. Almost precisely as if you don't want to consider them... or
    don't have the intelligence to do so.

    You don't have much attention span, do you?
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 8 09:37:05 2021
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:10:37 AM UTC-7, Alan wrote:

    You don't have much attention span, do you?

    Not for a loser, cock sucking, idiot, troll.
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  • From texas gate@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 8 19:10:00 2021
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:10:37 AM UTC-7, Alan wrote:

    You don't have much attention span, do you?

    yet you can suck cock for a hour non stop
    you stupid cunt
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  • From Alan@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wed Dec 8 20:35:59 2021
    On 2021-12-08 7:10 p.m., texas gate wrote:
    On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:10:37 AM UTC-7, Alan wrote:

    You don't have much attention span, do you?

    yet you can suck cock for a hour non stop
    you stupid cunt


    The amazing thing is that you think you're impressive.
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  • From Mr Gobrien@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Thu Dec 9 13:31:08 2021

    "True F1 fans don't watch it for the accidents - really."
    So not exactly challenging the cynical stereotype here that we secretly do.
    We should ignore the grubby media stirring on the topic beforehand unless and until it happens.
    I'm reminded of the infamous scene with Eve-Marie Saint holding up her bloodied hands to a ton of flash bulbs going off in Grand Prix - I don't remember that era but I don't think that the director thought up that scene from nowhere - what do you think the scene was saying about the people who watch the sport?
    If you've forgotten Carlos Reutemann in 1981 (could've taken Piquet out when the Brazilian overtook him but didn't and lost the title) and just endlessly cite blah blah blah all the other instances where drivers didn't do that then you've fallen for the media trick - Sky Sports F1 famously didn't mention it when discussing that last 1981 race recently but watch them blah blah blah the other cases this weekend.
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  • From Bigbird@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Dec 12 14:18:40 2021
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-08 2:23 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-07 3:05 a.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 2:18 p.m., Bigbird wrote:
    Alan wrote:

    On 2021-12-06 1:41 a.m., Martin Harran wrote:
    rCa Max takes out both of them in Abu Dhabi? If it were
    to happen and the stewards decide he is at fault, could
    they dock him points or would he automatically become
    WDC irrespective?


    Given that the excluded Schumacher from the results of the
    WDC in 1997, there is clearly precedent (and presumably a
    rule) that would allow them to do the same to Verstappen
    if they judged he deliberately took himself and Hamilton
    out.

    And with all of the telemetry available to them, the
    stewards would be in a very good position to judge
    whether or not it was deliberate.

    ...and yet Brasil. If they allow a driver to deliberately
    run another off the track without consequences how
    do they measure how deliberate a move is just because say,
    the other driver is less able to avoid contact. What is the standard penalty for causing a collision?


    I agree that the stewards missed the penalty that should have
    been applied to Verstappen there.

    That doesn't mean they're not going to act when one driver deliberately takes out his opponent.

    It makes it much harder to "prove" and justify an extraordinary penalty. What would have been a fairly obvious deliberate
    collision just because "causing a collision".

    Take Brasil: Verstappen prioritised obstructing Hamilton over
    staying on track and the stewards were okay with that.

    And they made a big mistake there. I've said so. But not because Verstappen "prioritised obstructing Hamilton over staying on
    track".

    Verstappen left the track only because of understeer his car
    suddenly picked up mostly likely because of turbulence from
    Hamilton's Mercedes.

    If anything, I think what prevented them from penalizing
    Verstappen in that instance was that looking at the data, they
    couldn't see anything overt that Verstappen did; no steering
    input or pedal input that could account for it.

    So without any basis for any particular action of Verstappen's to
    pin the excursion on, they chose not to impose a penalty.


    More of your conclusion driven guess work.

    Occam's razor: He understeered because he braked "almost precisely"
    a track width later and was on a dirty part of the track. continued
    to understeer because he got on the throttle before it was under
    control.

    Completely and utterly wrong.

    Because that inside line wasn't that dirty.

    Utterly and totally irrelevant and ignorant. He did not stay on the
    inside line.

    WTF were you watching?

    We know this because on
    another lap, Verstappen was on precisely that piece of track and
    DIDN'T understeer.

    "Completely and utterly wrong."


    And he only got on the throttle once he realized that:

    1. His trajectory was now taking him off the track.

    "Completely and utterly wrong."


    2. Getting on the throttle wouldn't carry him beyond the paved
    off-track area.


    "Completely and utterly wrong."

    You are so completely clueless.

    So after claiming otherwise you have now doubled down on implying that
    getting on the throttle, while on full lock, will not affect understeer.

    LOL


    Having not been
    penalised for doing it then Max drove in the same way in Saudi.

    No. His driving incidents in Saudi weren't the same except for the
    last one. And once the stewards saw the data, they imposed a
    penalty for it.


    Your highly subjective opinion was precisely refuted by real
    experts.

    See Jolyon Palmer for instance.

    Sorry, if you think Palmer has something to say which refutes what
    I've said...

    ...present it.


    You boasted about having F1TV. Take a look.

    If you ask to be spoonfed an url again you can go fuck yourself;
    timewasting little twat.


    That's the point: they had the data to show an overt act.


    What point? You have made no point. You have simply ignored all the
    points. Almost precisely as if you don't want to consider them... or
    don't have the intelligence to do so.

    You don't have much attention span, do you?

    LOL!

    Pointless twat.
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  • From build@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Dec 12 06:36:44 2021
    The best driver wins :-)
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  • From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 13 04:26:02 2021
    On 13/12/2021 3:36 am, build wrote:
    The best driver wins :-)

    No MASSEY wins.

    geoff
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  • From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Dec 13 04:26:36 2021
    On 13/12/2021 3:36 am, build wrote:
    The best driver wins :-)

    No, the driver gifted 10 seconds wins.

    geoff
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