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[jj23]

Never happen.. there's no way to actually crown Lewis. Maybe they can vacate the title?

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. FOR FIA TO ADMIT GUILT IS A MASSIVE LAWSUIT, AND MERCEDES HAVE TIME AND RESOURCES.

THIS WILL BE NEGOTIATED BEHIND DOORS.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Never happen.. there's no way to actually crown Lewis. Maybe they can vacate the title?

The lap after the break of rules would be invalidated and rolled back to the previous lap order .


That’s the point of the protest and eventual court case

 

[calh45]

Breh you're not factoring in that Lewis has to cross the finish line. Say a pop up in baseball.. they are caught 99% of the time. But the game isn't actually over until it's secured in the glove. A race isn't complete until the driver crosses. How do you explain that away even if it's a near impossibility?

Like I said, you'd need to pretend to not understand racing for this to make sense and that's what you're doing.

You're bringing up unimaginably incorrect assertions to say that he wouldn't have crossed the line a lap later with zero issues happening with his car. I can't go back and forth about this with you anymore.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

True, you can also argue that unless those lapped cars completely stopped, Lewis would have made at least two corners before Max got close....that would have been all he needed.

People are misinterpreting what i'm saying. in a court case wouldn't there have to be an agreement that Lewis would have won 100% of the time? Not 99.999% of the time? To actually crown him as champion?

 

[Ohene]

Lewis is gone bro.

I don't think he's coming back now.

I've been watching F1 since I was 14. Schumacher winning in Bennetton Blue was the first full season I watched. I'm not watching if the same guy is the race director next year. They purposely manipulated a few rules for Lewis to lose. That's fukking wild.

I've seen racers crash other racers, but it's never been caused by the governing body making decisions that directly influenced what's been happening in this way going all the way back to Brazil. It's been sloppy manipulation along with a sloppy ass cover up.

We will see
He was non-committal during his interview

 

[BelieveBeOK]

I'm not defending Masi, just saying that he didn't intentionally rig the race. If I was him, I would have told the safety car to stay out until all the cars unlapped themselves, which would have taken one lap and by then the race would have been over. If Red Bull complained, he could have told them that they got what they wanted so they need to shut up

Agreed. I think he gave one to Lewis at the start of the race to be honest. I don't question his integrity but rather his competence. You cannot, as the race director, get bullied into making/reversing a decision by any team principal.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Like I said, you'd need to pretend to not understand racing for this to make sense and that's what you're doing.

You're bringing up unimaginably incorrect assertions to say that he wouldn't have crossed the line a lap later with zero issues happening with his car. I can't go back and forth about this with you anymore.

Then you would lose the court battle..

 

[calh45]

We will see
He was non-committal during his interview

Which is of note considering he literally just signed an extension on his contract his year that him and Mercedes brass were literally beefing about for months. That's not a non-committal to brush over.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

The lap after the break of rules would be invalidated and rolled back to the previous lap order .


That’s the point of the protest and eventual court case

Would they bring everyone bacc to redo the final lap? That's how other sports appeals go..

 

[jj23]

Like I said, you'd need to pretend to not understand racing for this to make sense and that's what you're doing.

You're bringing up unimaginably incorrect assertions to say that he wouldn't have crossed the line a lap later with zero issues happening with his car. I can't go back and forth about this with you anymore.

Either way don't miss this either. The rules say, the safety car goes in and the cars race on the following lap.

The race should have been over either way, behind the safety car. If they wanted drama, they should have red flagged the race.

 

[BelieveBeOK]

Rosberg is a shyt stirrer

 

[jj23]

Would they bring everyone bacc to redo the final lap? That's how other sports appeals go..

No. Nothing will become of this. This is what Liberty wanted, a spectacle. The only way this backfires, is if Mercedes says, fukk this and withdraw from the sport.

 

[nahnah]

Someone likened it to football match with one team 7-0 down then the ref shouting next goal wins

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Would they bring everyone bacc to redo the final lap? That's how other sports appeals go..

No

if it’s ruled by the stewards (it won’t because they’ll want to save face ) or the European court for arbitration any lap after the breach of rules will be invalidated . It’ll role back to the racing order during the VSC which would be the last valid lap

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

No. Nothing will become of this. This is what Liberty wanted, a spectacle. The only way this backfires, is if Mercedes says, fukk this and withdraw from the sport.

They'll get paid and get ready for next year.