52
This is just mandatory reputation management.
He hasn't learned a thing and it will happen again.
Because he can't control his red mist. Simple as that.
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2025
52 points (98.1% liked)
Formula 1
10084 readers
7 users here now
Welcome to Formula1 @ lemmy.world Lemmy's largest community for Formula 1 and related racing series
๐ F1 Calendar
๐ FIA Documents
๐ F1 Pace
2025 Calendar
| Location | Date |
|---|---|
| ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 13-15 Jun |
| ๐ฆ๐น Austria | 27-29 Jun |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Great Britain | 04-06 Jul |
| ๐ง๐ช Belgium | 25-27 Jul |
| ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | 01-03 Aug |
| ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 29-31 Aug |
| ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 05-07 Sep |
| ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan | 19-21 Sep |
| ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore | 03-05 Oct |
| ๐บ๐ธ United States | 17-19 Oct |
| ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | 24-26 Oct |
| ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 07-09 Nov |
| ๐บ๐ธ United States | 20-22 Nov |
| ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar | 28-30 Nov |
| ๐ฆ๐ช Abu Dhabi | 05-07 Dec |
Rules
- Be respectful to everyone: drivers, lemmings etc
- No gambling, crypto or NFTs
- Spoilers are allowed
- Non English articles should include a translation in the comments by deepl.com or similar
- Paywalled articles should include at least a brief summary in the comments, the wording of the article should not be altered
- Social media posts should be posted as screenshots with a link for those who want to view it
- Memes are allowed on Monday only as we all do like a laugh or 2, but donโt want to become formuladank.
- No duplicate posts, or posts of different news companies that say the same thing.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
When you recall that Schumacher got disqualified from the championship for similar act, itโs hard to justify and ignore the action.
That was a farcial disqualification to be honest. They disqualified him after the last race was over and he had lost the championship. Nothing changed because of that disqualification. Max should have been black flagged though.
Cโmon Max, spell with us: โI am sorry and ashamed for my unsportsmanlike behavior. I beg pardon to Russell, my team, the whole Circus and all the fans for my short tempered actions.โ
Is it so difficult? Instead, excuses and resentment. Such a small man in a big drivers body.
It was a disgusting and dangerous move that shouldn't happen at all in this level of sport.
At least his recognised that shouldn't have happened too, it's rare from Max.
Donโt worry, the โapologyโ in the passive voice is still very much Max.
By "you win some, you lose some" does he mean sometimes he gets away with his tantrums and dangerous driving and sometimes he doesn't?
And he complains like a little boy too. Stock down.
I got the whole "let him past by a nosecone, then challenge for the corner" as that's just standard Max.
I don't get the whole straightlining the corner when George was on his outside. It was all very Schumacher at Jerez in 97. I'm not Max's biggest fan and I do enjoy watching him race, but that should have been a bigger sanction than a ten second penalty.
Not to give it the whole "if I was the steward" spiel, but I would have given ten or eleven penalty points for that as a warning that another bit of shithousery would royally fuck his season.
They should have black flagged him and given out the penalty points. If Max wants to play bumper cars, he can go do that instead of F1.
3 penaltypoints is quite significant I think
If literally anybody else did this we'd be talking about a lifetime ban lmao imagine Esteban ocon driving into someone he was told to let by out of frustration, he'd be done. Theres no room for this in the sport. idc if its the best driver in the world or not, its unacceptable and should receive an extraordinary punishment to ensure this behavior ends immediately. 3 race ban is significant, 3 penalty points is a calculated risk for max, clearly.
No. Vettel got a 10 second stop-go and 3 penalty points for essentially the same thing. 3 penalty points is fair. You can disagree on the 10 second ban and I will agree that it should've been a a clear disqualification (assuming the rulebook allows something like that) or at the very least a 10 second stop-go. 3 race ban is just overkill and a lifetime ban would be completely idiotic.
Nah
True, like they banned two-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
I don't see how in any scenario a three tyre strategy was going to work after they used so many softs in practice.
Max is the perfect heel. Sure heโs fucked in the head, but without him people outside racing fandom would not be talking about F1 as much as they do now. Like in 20 years from now we will be talking about moments like this and not how McLaren won the WDC and WCC. Like the only thing I remember from the 2017 season, outside Hamiltonโs fourth WDC is the moment Vettel lost his mind and bumped tires with Hamilton.