DID ANYONE ELSE SPOT THE GESTURE ?
DID ANYONE ELSE SPOT THE GESTURE ?
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mollyolly

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32 posts

145 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Was it just me or did anyone else notice verstappen make a rude gesture towards EJ at the end of quali today. He used his microphone to suggest something and Steve Jones smirked like a little kid........

SmoothCriminal

5,952 posts

229 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Just watched it and he defo gave ej the wker gesture, kid needs to grow up.

LordGrover

34,184 posts

242 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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He will, like we all did.

m444ttb

3,183 posts

259 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Well those are some extra points in his favour from me.

Blib

48,179 posts

227 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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He represents a huge corporation now. He needs to grow up and fast.

Iva Barchetta

44,044 posts

193 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Did Eddie give Max a hard time ?

Allyc85

7,225 posts

216 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Max just confirming what most think of EJ..

Pints

18,451 posts

224 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Red Bull is hardly a company which portrays the grown-up image which is being called for. EJ is a wker and he's endearing himself to those who consume their product.

AXlawrence

534 posts

154 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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It's 2 hours 1 minute into the Qually show on all4 if you wanna see it. EJ asked him if he felt lucky not to get a penalty for his driving at Spa.

jbudgie

10,080 posts

242 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Allyc85 said:
Max just confirming what most think of EJ..
Spot on. smile

VolvoT5

4,155 posts

204 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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anonymous said:
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Will be interesting to see......... what is already interesting is that Ricciardo leads the qualifying head to head 8-3 now? That makes you wonder how good is Max's his one lap pace. I mean OK he won in Spain first time out but without the strategy screw ups that would have been Ricciardo's win (not to mention Monaco too).

Is Max as good as he thinks?

foxsasha

1,467 posts

165 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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David also smirks just beforehand whilst very pointedly looking at Eddie and not Max.

Jasandjules

72,624 posts

259 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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VolvoT5 said:
Is Max as good as he thinks?
Don't hand out points on Saturday, and Max moves forward as a rule.. saying that Ric is no slouch let's face it.


em177

3,149 posts

194 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Let's face it, the boys 18, with the dream job and the whole world scrutinising is every move.

He should be applauded for the fact he's not late for not arriving late for every practice session after a bottle of whiskey and a half naked girl he's just shagged on each arm... Just imagine his life and how you all were at 18. I could go near a nightclub without ending up on my face in a gutter at 4am and I only had a tenner in my bank account hehe

Mastodon2

14,338 posts

195 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Pints said:
Red Bull is hardly a company which portrays the grown-up image which is being called for. EJ is a wker and he's endearing himself to those who consume their product.
Really? I think Red Bull are very slick and professional as a brand. Monster too, look how quickly they sacked Liam Doran for that debacle the other month.

22

2,863 posts

167 months

Saturday 3rd September 2016
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Mastodon2 said:
Pints said:
Red Bull is hardly a company which portrays the grown-up image which is being called for. EJ is a wker and he's endearing himself to those who consume their product.
Really? I think Red Bull are very slick and professional as a brand. Monster too, look how quickly they sacked Liam Doran for that debacle the other month.
Without wanting to derail the thread, Doran was a weapons-grade bellend for a long time. He was always going to go too far and for 99% of corporates I imagine that would have been earlier.

thegreenhell

24,179 posts

249 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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em177 said:
Let's face it, the boys 18, with the dream job and the whole world scrutinising is every move.

He should be applauded for the fact he's not late for not arriving late for every practice session after a bottle of whiskey and a half naked girl he's just shagged on each arm... Just imagine his life and how you all were at 18. I could go near a nightclub without ending up on my face in a gutter at 4am and I only had a tenner in my bank account hehe
Age is no excuse. Whether he's 18 or 28 he's representing a global brand in one of the most highly televised activities on the planet.

Red Bull are in this game for one thing and one thing only - marketing. Max may still be in that honeymoon phase with F1 and Red Bull, but they've shown on more than one occasion how ruthless they can be when it comes to drivers who they don't consider to be performing adequately, so he needs to mind himself both on and off the track.

cgt2

7,443 posts

218 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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I'm surprised no one has yet blamed Max for assassinating JFK

sparta6

5,673 posts

130 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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thegreenhell said:
Age is no excuse. Whether he's 18 or 28 he's representing a global brand in one of the most highly televised activities on the planet.

Red Bull are in this game for one thing and one thing only - marketing. Max may still be in that honeymoon phase with F1 and Red Bull, but they've shown on more than one occasion how ruthless they can be when it comes to drivers who they don't consider to be performing adequately, so he needs to mind himself both on and off the track.
Red Bull's loss would be Ferrari's gain. Ferrari are only interested in winning - unconventional behaviour and boozing is fine as long as you perform on track. Kimi biggrin

cgt2

7,443 posts

218 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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thegreenhell said:
Age is no excuse. Whether he's 18 or 28 he's representing a global brand in one of the most highly televised activities on the planet.

Red Bull are in this game for one thing and one thing only - marketing. Max may still be in that honeymoon phase with F1 and Red Bull, but they've shown on more than one occasion how ruthless they can be when it comes to drivers who they don't consider to be performing adequately, so he needs to mind himself both on and off the track.
You seem to miss the fact that both Mercedes and Ferrari were trying very hard to get Max's name on a contract in 2014. They procrastinated and Red Bull jumped in.

There is as much chance of Red Bull dropping Max as there is of Taki Inoue making a comeback and winning a championship in a Manor.

And as you quite rightly say it's about marketing and his huge fan appeal thus far has increased that, not decreased it. I don't recall Schumacher being any less popular even years after he retired.