Dan Ticktum Can't Test - Boohoo or suck it up sunshine?

Dan Ticktum Can't Test - Boohoo or suck it up sunshine?

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Drumroll

3,788 posts

122 months

Thursday 16th February 2023
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Dynion Araf Uchaf said:
he's got good legal advice at least.

Seems like he got punished for not filling in the details rather than the crime of speeding. Gets a moderate fine and 6 points, but no ban.

hmm, is there something in this approach...
Getting a ban would have meant losing his race licence for the duration of the ban.

LukeBrown66

4,479 posts

48 months

Thursday 16th February 2023
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Guy always has been and will be a complete and spoilt, petulant utter moron, WTF are Red Bull doing sponsoring someone, oh publicity, bit like Liam Doran was still sponsored by Monster after being done for attacking marshals and other unprintable stuff at events all over the world.

They should be ashamed of themselves for sponsoring a guy who has done what he has in the past. But oh headlines, click click, a joke.

Yes we were all young once and foolish, but he has the air of a footballer about him, thankfully an air lacking on the vast majority of racing drivers.

Dynion Araf Uchaf

4,504 posts

225 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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Drumroll said:
Getting a ban would have meant losing his race licence for the duration of the ban.
yes, and that is the point I am making.

anonymous-user

56 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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LukeBrown66 said:
Guy always has been and will be a complete and spoilt, petulant utter moron, WTF are Red Bull doing sponsoring someone, oh publicity, bit like Liam Doran was still sponsored by Monster after being done for attacking marshals and other unprintable stuff at events all over the world.

They should be ashamed of themselves for sponsoring a guy who has done what he has in the past. But oh headlines, click click, a joke.

Yes we were all young once and foolish, but he has the air of a footballer about him, thankfully an air lacking on the vast majority of racing drivers.
This is Red Bull, the last 3 years should tell you everything about their moral compass…..

Sandpit Steve

10,359 posts

76 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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There does appear to be a disconnect, in the most egregious cases, between the penalty for not disclosing details and the penalty for the offence itself.

IMHO not disclosing details should be sent to the Crown Court, where a jury can decide, and the prosecution lawyer can ask questions like “Can you provide a list of people who were insured to drive that car on that day”?

(Aside from al of that, the M6 Toll could raise a load more money if they dropped the speed limit)

mat205125

17,790 posts

215 months

Friday 17th February 2023
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Sandpit Steve said:
(Aside from al of that, the M6 Toll could raise a load more money if they dropped the speed limit)
I've always treated the M6 Toll as close a limit free autobahn as the UK gets, and maybe wont so much anymore whistle

andyA700

2,832 posts

39 months

Saturday 18th February 2023
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I don't know much about him, but he sounds as if he is the Alex Higgins of motorsport.

LukeBrown66

4,479 posts

48 months

Saturday 18th February 2023
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Alex had a mercurial talent and was a world champion, so he achieved as well as having some fairly serious mental health issues in a time when that sort of thing was not diagnosed.

This lad is just a spoilt, petulant brat who can drivfe a car reasonably well but maybe not good enough to win much

aponting389

741 posts

180 months

Saturday 18th February 2023
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More like the Quentin Haan of motorsport, f*cking entertaining but a nutcase

Zarco

18,022 posts

211 months

Saturday 18th February 2023
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mat205125 said:
Sandpit Steve said:
(Aside from al of that, the M6 Toll could raise a load more money if they dropped the speed limit)
I've always treated the M6 Toll as close a limit free autobahn as the UK gets, and maybe wont so much anymore whistle
Its the M40 for me.

rohrl

8,761 posts

147 months

Saturday 18th February 2023
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F1 teams have no morals. They would have given Peter Sutcliffe a seat if he was fast enough. Ticktum has proved time and again that he has no impulse control though and I’d have thought that any team principal worth their salt would look at him and see too big a potential reputational threat to put him in a car. It’s not as if there’s a global drought of drivers as fast as him, he’s not a Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen.

Some Gump

12,737 posts

188 months

Saturday 18th February 2023
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andyA700 said:
I don't know much about him, but he sounds as if he is the Alex Higgins of motorsport.
Nah, alex higgins was a world class talent.
Dan tiktum? Erm not so much..

RiseUp

365 posts

54 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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Ticktum doing his nut post race in Jakarta.

I actually had a chuckle at “get me a taxi.”

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtHqh7Bg1J0/?igshid...

TGCOTF-dewey

5,357 posts

57 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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Jesus... He really is an unpleasant individual.

There's no wonder he's known as Dick Tantrum by some of the folks that work with him.

CoolHands

18,839 posts

197 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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Reminds me of George Russell for some reason

GlobalRacer

258 posts

15 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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CoolHands said:
Reminds me of George Russell for some reason
Don't see it. Ticktum shouldn't be in racing. I don't recall Russell ever doing anything even remotely close.

n3il123

2,615 posts

215 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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CoolHands said:
Reminds me of George Russell for some reason
Its the voice I think

Smitters

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4,014 posts

159 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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Ah. Couldn't happen to a nicer driver.

thegreenhell

15,718 posts

221 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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What an absolute throbber.

LP670

825 posts

128 months

Thursday 8th June 2023
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Sounds like a narcissist, then again so do most F1 drivers. However, i did find it was quite entertaining listening to his rant, was McEnroe-esque.