Official 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

[PhilAsia]

wevster said:

Gad-Westy said:

audi321 said:

Lewis was probably extremely pleased with himself holding Perez up for a lap which probably cost him that 2nd place.

Revenge for the excellent job Perez in holding him up last year.

Maybe a little but LH's priorities yesterday would have been somewhat different to SP's last year and I'm sure Lewis respects that rather than being petty about it.

In hindsight Perez's defending last year probably made no difference because MV would have still ended up behind LH and the safety car on fresh tyres either way. Maybe there would have been more lapped cars in between them though but not going to go into that can of worms again!

If Perez didn't hold Lewis up as much, Lewis would have been able to pit for fresher tyres without losing track position. It would have made the final lap more even, I think people might have been more happy about the outcome.

Perez did an excellent job for Max. Held Lewis up and Max caught up 9 seconds.

[hot metal]

Gad-Westy said:

There was a point mid-season where I thought he was starting to show some promise but that really faded again. Shame really, he is a likable guy.

There`s your problem, more Corina than Michael, Dad was a total bd on track.

[ajprice]

Red Bull 2022 garage, lots of little details in this and a bigger version in the link https://twitter.com/_RichardParry_/status/15948574...

[BrettMRC]

Latifi as employee of the month, Nov 21!

[What The Deuces]

ajprice said:

Red Bull 2022 garage, lots of little details in this and a bigger version in the link https://twitter.com/_RichardParry_/status/15948574...

Catering unit looks massive.........

[vaud]

That's brilliant.

[Mark-C]

What The Deuces said:

ajprice said:

Red Bull 2022 garage, lots of little details in this and a bigger version in the link https://twitter.com/_RichardParry_/status/15948574...

Catering unit looks massive.........

I like the chef's pointing a fan at a model car ...

[thegreenhell]

mat205125 said:

hot metal said:

Those 2 twerps Schumacher & Latifi ran into each other again, I was hoping for a safety car but they cleared the track.

Schumacher really disappointed with this blunder, as he was having a fantastic race to that point.

Really thought that we'd be singing his praises by the end of the race, however it was more business as usual for his overall performance.

It's even stranger that Mick apparently didn't see the other car he drove straight into.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/schumacher-didn...

[the-norseman]

thegreenhell said:

It's even stranger that Mick apparently didn't see the other car he drove straight into.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/schumacher-didn...

I've watched it back a few times, Mick should be looking into the corner as Latifi appears again but he surely would of seen him.

[Niponeoff]

ajprice said:

Red Bull 2022 garage, lots of little details in this and a bigger version in the link https://twitter.com/_RichardParry_/status/15948574...

Missed a trick there, could have been serving engine parts in the buffet.

[vaud]

ajprice said:

Red Bull 2022 garage, lots of little details in this and a bigger version in the link https://twitter.com/_RichardParry_/status/15948574...

More here:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[CornishSquire]

vaud said:

More here:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Brilliant

[carlo996]

ajprice said:

Red Bull 2022 garage, lots of little details in this and a bigger version in the link https://twitter.com/_RichardParry_/status/15948574...

A work of genius. Brilliant!

[RemarkLima]

Mark-C said:

What The Deuces said:

ajprice said:

Red Bull 2022 garage, lots of little details in this and a bigger version in the link https://twitter.com/_RichardParry_/status/15948574...

Catering unit looks massive.........

I like the chef's pointing a fan at a model car ...

These are always so amazing! I think the "I'm an idiot sandwich" section is awesome

[ajprice]

Testing at Abu Dhabi today, Alonso drove the Aston Martin. For reasons, the car had no sponsors on it, and it looks great!

[the-norseman]

why did they take the big Aston logos off it.

[hot metal]

Gad-Westy said:

There was a point mid-season where I thought he was starting to show some promise but that really faded again. Shame really, he is a likable guy.

There`s your problem, more Corina than Michael, Dad was a total bd on track.

[Piginapoke]

the-norseman said:

why did they take the big Aston logos off it.

I guess just part of the deal between Alpine and Aston to get Alonso in the car early, to avoid Alonso promoting AM’s sponsors. Looks good though.

[C70R]

the-norseman said:

why did they take the big Aston logos off it.

Because Aston are effectively the main 'sponsor'.

Aston Martin don't 'build' that car. It's built by the same company who built the car under all of the team's previous guises (Force India, Spyker, Midland F1 etc.).

Alonso is likely still commercially contracted to Alpine, meaning that the AM 'sponsor' logos can't be present.

[What The Deuces]

C70R said:

the-norseman said:

why did they take the big Aston logos off it.

Because Aston are effectively the main 'sponsor'.

Aston Martin don't 'build' that car. It's built by the same company who built the car under all of the team's previous guises (Force India, Spyker, Midland F1 etc.).

Alonso is likely still commercially contracted to Alpine, meaning that the AM 'sponsor' logos can't be present.

What do you think about Lewis winning so many titles in Tyrrell with Ilmor engines?