General Sports Thread

Lewis annoyed and rightly so.

 

Finally!

 

I hate that we are in an era in which drivers expect to get waved through by their team mate

 

(Though if they were going to do that, they should have done a couple of laps earlier. But it’s Ferrari, so…)

 

Lewis was going to overtake anyway. Gives him a chance to catch Kimi and Albon. Lewis did the same for Charles earlier in the season as well.

 

Yeah I don’t blame either him or Charles on that (though I don’t know he would have passed, but that’s the problem with these modern cars).

 

And Charles is right there too - if Lewis wanted to get past like that, he needs to be more than 1.2 ahead

 

And now Charles in in DRS…

 

Ferrari managing to mince both cars tyres

 

He needs to give the position back now. He’s not really catching Kimi.

 

Lewis.

 

He’s not wrong. Peak Ferrari. Both swaps far too slow.

 

Yep, Lewis wore out his mediums chasing Charles for those laps.

 

Yeah then Charles overheated behind Lewis. Such a mess. Should have let Lewis by three laps earlier, but after not doing so should have let Charles by two laps before they did.

 

Or alternatively, let them y’know, race.

 

Classic incompetence from the Ferrari pit wall. As Lewis said: "Have a tea break while you're at it".

Shout out to Albon with a fantastic P5. Go Williams!

 

R.I.P.

Jochen Mass


F1 and Le Mans winner Massdies aged 78

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Jochen Mass made his Formula 1 debut at the 1973British Grand Prix

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Jochen Mass, who won the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix for McLaren, has died at the age of 78.

The German passed away on Sunday because of complications following a stroke he suffered in February, his family announced.

Mass, who competed in 114 Formula 1 grands prix and secured eight podium finishes, also won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Switzerland-based Sauber in 1989.

"Today we mourn the loss of a husband, father, grandfather and a racing legend," his family said in a statement.

"Beyond mourning his death, we also celebrate his incredible life. A life that he loved sharing with all of you. A life that he lived to the absolute fullest.

"He is racing with all his friends again."

Mass was the other driver in Gilles Villeneuve's fatal accident during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. Ferrari's Villeneuve came across Mass' March going slowly and amisunderstanding led to a collision.

Mass was a mentor and driver coach on the Mercedes young driver programme during his final three years at Sauber, and helped Michael Schumacher before the future seven-time world champion entered F1.

Mass finished his career with 32 world championship victories in sportscar racing with Alfa Romeo, Porsche and Sauber-Mercedes.

From 1993 to 1997, Mass was a co-commentatoron F1 for the German broadcaster RTL.

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F1 boss Stefano Domenicali said Mass, pictured here in 2019, "was a wonderful person who embraced life

 

I’ve got his autograph from when I was a little kid. RIP.

 

Do you mind me asking where you got it ?

And don’t say On a piece of paper .

 

Would have been Brands Hatch, at one of the Group C races.