Haas chose Russia’s Nikita Mazepin
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Lets face it they all drive cars around in circles as a paid hobby and are ultra self absorbed and obsessed with winning. It's a pointless pursuit they spend their lives perfecting.
A lot of young F1 drivers (and some more mature ones) have done worse than him over the years.
Lets just take Schumacher ramming into Hill deliberately or Senna taking out Prost. Some seriously dangerous on track antics by many seasoned drivers in the last few years just to stay ahead.
Hopefully he'll grow up and mature, I'm in no way defending him but he's hardly the boogeyman Reddit seems to make him out to be.
A lot of young F1 drivers (and some more mature ones) have done worse than him over the years.
Lets just take Schumacher ramming into Hill deliberately or Senna taking out Prost. Some seriously dangerous on track antics by many seasoned drivers in the last few years just to stay ahead.
Hopefully he'll grow up and mature, I'm in no way defending him but he's hardly the boogeyman Reddit seems to make him out to be.
Smollet said:
Schermerhorn said:
Smollet said:
Meh driver imgo. Does he have more money than Perez??
Perez is backed by Cartel Slim though, right?Teams are looking for future potential ?
Munter said:
budgie smuggler said:
But apart from being an aggressive, violent, homophobic, racist, sexpest, spoilt kid. He's probably a nice guy right?HustleRussell said:
Munter said:
budgie smuggler said:
But apart from being an aggressive, violent, homophobic, racist, sexpest, spoilt kid. He's probably a nice guy right?Sure all of his indiscretions will micro analysed.
Won’t be a good look for Haas.
I suppose he deserves a chance like everyone else so I’m waiting to see how he behaves.
Verstapen hasn’t exactly been a model rookie ? Fast sure but a but shouty and punchy.
Brainpox said:
That's not quite true though, is it? Fans complain about drivers hogging seats, and those drivers that do get through tend to have rich daddies.
What fans want is the best drivers in the world, not the wealthiest. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
Like I've said many times on here when has F1 ever been about the best drivers in the world? It can't be really when there are hundreds of professional drivers and only so many seats in F1. Unless they restrict the amount of time a driver can spend in F1 there are always going to be drivers missing out regardless of the money angle. What fans want is the best drivers in the world, not the wealthiest. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
In modern F1 where drivers are getting in as teenagers and then staying around until their mid to late 30's the "problem" of the best drivers being in other series is only going to get worse. Personally I long for the day where people aren't so obsessed with F1 and realise there's a whole world of other motorsport with great drivers and less lunacy.
Lets be real though. No-one gets anywhere near F1 without enormous amounts of money (relative to the stage they are at) being spent on their careers. Whether it's their dad (and yes compared to 95% of the people in the UK Lewis Hamiltons dad was rich) or from a huge corporation it still takes money to get anywhere in motorsport and F1 in particular.
Kraken said:
Brainpox said:
That's not quite true though, is it? Fans complain about drivers hogging seats, and those drivers that do get through tend to have rich daddies.
What fans want is the best drivers in the world, not the wealthiest. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
and yes compared to 95% of the people in the UK Lewis Hamiltons dad was richWhat fans want is the best drivers in the world, not the wealthiest. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
You must have an unusual definition of Rich
Smiljan said:
Lets face it they all drive cars around in circles as a paid hobby and are ultra self absorbed and obsessed with winning. It's a pointless pursuit they spend their lives perfecting.
A lot of young F1 drivers (and some more mature ones) have done worse than him over the years.
Lets just take Schumacher ramming into Hill deliberately or Senna taking out Prost. Some seriously dangerous on track antics by many seasoned drivers in the last few years just to stay ahead.
Hopefully he'll grow up and mature, I'm in no way defending him but he's hardly the boogeyman Reddit seems to make him out to be.
Or Hill deliberately ramming Schumacher?A lot of young F1 drivers (and some more mature ones) have done worse than him over the years.
Lets just take Schumacher ramming into Hill deliberately or Senna taking out Prost. Some seriously dangerous on track antics by many seasoned drivers in the last few years just to stay ahead.
Hopefully he'll grow up and mature, I'm in no way defending him but he's hardly the boogeyman Reddit seems to make him out to be.
Dermot O'Logical said:
Or Hill deliberately ramming Schumacher?
I watched it live and although it's a long time ago I still think Schumacher turned into Hill deliberately knowing it was the only way to win. Now as was then it depends who you support to what you believe.
Sort of proves the point I was making either way though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91JoW4mSiZo
LukeBrown66 said:
Damon never deliberately hit anyone! For goodness sake.
He made errors of judgement yes, but never intentionally hit anyone.
Unlike poor Michael who made a career out of it.
'Poor' Michael He made errors of judgement yes, but never intentionally hit anyone.
Unlike poor Michael who made a career out of it.
Slightly gittish michael might be more accurate! Which isn't a criticism, that's pretty much just how F1 was played a lot of the time back then. Ferrari still play dirty today!
Smiljan said:
Lets face it they all drive cars around in circles as a paid hobby and are ultra self absorbed and obsessed with winning. It's a pointless pursuit they spend their lives perfecting.
On the contrary I've found Sainz, Leclerc, Norris, Russell & Albon to be the opposite over the past couple of seasons. Things might chance when some of them become 'mega stars' perhaps but they seem like decent guys. Pizzaeatingking said:
Smiljan said:
Lets face it they all drive cars around in circles as a paid hobby and are ultra self absorbed and obsessed with winning. It's a pointless pursuit they spend their lives perfecting.
On the contrary I've found Sainz, Leclerc, Norris, Russell & Albon to be the opposite over the past couple of seasons. Things might chance when some of them become 'mega stars' perhaps but they seem like decent guys. Anybody want to work with the lad?: https://haasf1team.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=1...
(Another job advert without a salary. In the bin.)
(Another job advert without a salary. In the bin.)
Exige77 said:
Can you explain this ?
You must have an unusual definition of Rich
Rich is all relative. To someone on the average wage someone earning three times more than them is rich. Surveys show that in the UK people consider someone earning over £60k a year (in todays money) is wealthy/rich. You must have an unusual definition of Rich
I was an IT manager and then an IT contractor at about the same time as Hamilton and I was never out of the top 10% of earners in the country and often in the top 5%. I rarely took on more than one contract at a time either whereas Hamilton did. In my book if the vast majority of people in the country are earning less than you then that makes you rich.
Just because Hamilton chose to spend the majority of his income on his sons racing doesn't make him poor in the true sense.
It's one of the things that always bugs me with the Hamilton story. There were loads of dads around that era earning far less getting their kids into karts and drivers further up the chain living in tiny caravans to afford to drive and even losing their houses.
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