F1 cancelled this year?
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Chase Carey is still dreaming of 15-18 races this year.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/carey-coronavir...
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/carey-coronavir...
thegreenhell said:
Chase Carey is still dreaming of 15-18 races this year.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/carey-coronavir...
Absolute buffoon. That's a total impossibility, just to get the kit moving in order to meet that schedule would require the teams to be instructed today.. and it's probably months before a big enough chunk of the planet is freed up enough for that to happen.https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/carey-coronavir...
Best guess he's maintaining a positive rhetoric as he knows that claims will be made for services not rendered to sponsors etc and will be best advised to act as if the solution is in sight for as long as possible. Even if he knows the turd has already dropped.
Gazzab said:
He should just fess up and admit that there will be zero races this year. Hate the politics of ‘sport’.
I think this time it's more the politics of business and legal posturing for liabilities sake.Either way, it's never nice to hear someone talk and know that they know that you know it's more or less total BS. This is why we all get frustrated when we hear politicians answer questions..
It's quite amusing how you are all calling out Carey now. I look back at the early pages on this thread, and the same people are saying - maybe one or two races cancelled. The effects of Corona on the teams will be minimal. Corona is hard to transmit. If the stock market dropped below 2008 then they would take it seriously!
I don't want to say that I told you all back then, but no one believed me! Carey is where you were in the early days of this thread, 3 weeks ago, because he is in an American bubble, just like you were all in a UK bubble.
I don't want to say that I told you all back then, but no one believed me! Carey is where you were in the early days of this thread, 3 weeks ago, because he is in an American bubble, just like you were all in a UK bubble.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
LucyP said:
I don't want to say that I told you all back then...
Yes you do. 
And yesterday something about mattresses which apparently are worth £20,000 as opposed to the cheap s
t you get flogged via TV adverts. If she's sleeping on a £20k mattress it's a little dismaying she still manages to get out of bed on the wrong side each morning 
Lucy, you were right about the public and subsequent economic disarray - but pretty much all of us knew that would happen. The debate was more about whether or not the reactions are justified - and in the end that is a matter of personal opinion. When it comes to opinion as to whether something is right or not, no one is right or wrong.
And even if they were 'right', only a certain type of person stands up and says so. Twice.
Edit: apologies for feeding. Especially in these difficult times etc etc..
Edited by TheDeuce on Monday 23 March 22:29
I have defended Lucy but I now realise it’s a parody account. Stop telling us you knew first. You didn’t. Stop telling us you were the only one to say, you weren’t. And even if you were, it doesn’t matter. We have a desperately serious situation. F1’s season and political bull st is a very very minor issue. Anyway there will be no races - I’ve been saying so for ages.
t is a very very minor issue. Anyway there will be no races - I’ve been saying so for ages. Petrus1983 said:
Lucy- I’m going to get banned for this - but I’ve had an exceptionally bad day, it’s 1am and maybe a couple of drinks - but why don’t you fk off. You never add anything positive or nice - it’s exceptional point of view but in such an extreme way. So extreme I wonder if you’ve actually ever watched a race. Night all.
You know that Lucy is not really ‘Lucy’ but the posts have kept a consistent path which turned out to be very accurate - it’s the internet we are all welcome to say something !k off. You never add anything positive or nice - it’s exceptional point of view but in such an extreme way. So extreme I wonder if you’ve actually ever watched a race. Night all. 
True... In times of intense pressure, rules do tend to get re-written at very short notice to make things possible. There is nothing stopping the championship rules changing providing the three main parties: FOM, FIA and the teams all desired it.
The chances of all the teams feeling that would be best is pretty slim though. Although I suppose if it was clearly worth it financially that could be enough. On the flip side, it would be highly contenscious as to whether it really counted in the view of the fans, and the bookies..
A lot of ifs there though! And all those ifs are themselves dependant on the virus itself buggering off in a timely fashion.
The chances of all the teams feeling that would be best is pretty slim though. Although I suppose if it was clearly worth it financially that could be enough. On the flip side, it would be highly contenscious as to whether it really counted in the view of the fans, and the bookies..
A lot of ifs there though! And all those ifs are themselves dependant on the virus itself buggering off in a timely fashion.
Edited by TheDeuce on Tuesday 24th March 08:22
Gazzab said:
But the normal rules won’t apply. Whilst it’s 99% certain that there won’t be any races this season, it might be that just a handful of races could be a championship.
I’d imagine that to be true. They’ll decide what they decide. But the original question was if we’d had a random winner at a theoretically held Aus GP would they have been world champion?
MiniMan64 said:
Gazzab said:
But the normal rules won’t apply. Whilst it’s 99% certain that there won’t be any races this season, it might be that just a handful of races could be a championship.
I’d imagine that to be true. They’ll decide what they decide. But the original question was if we’d had a random winner at a theoretically held Aus GP would they have been world champion?
Winning the sole GP in 2020 would have awarded the driver some interesting stats though:
- undefeated for the entire season
- won every race in 2020
- led the entire season
- perfect reliability
- HAAS (probably) fail to complete a single 2020 race
Etc etc. All complete nonsense but the way F1 records are logged and thrown around, it'd all count!
MiniMan64 said:
Gazzab said:
But the normal rules won’t apply. Whilst it’s 99% certain that there won’t be any races this season, it might be that just a handful of races could be a championship.
I’d imagine that to be true. They’ll decide what they decide. But the original question was if we’d had a random winner at a theoretically held Aus GP would they have been world champion?
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