Given I don't know that much about F1 I tend to defer my opinion to Marc Priestley. He always seems to hold a reasonable opinion which he imparts in an eloquent and easy to understand manner. He prevaricates a bit on the DRS repass issue and defends Max a lot more than I thought he would, but he breaks it down well and still comes out with a reasoned, well argued stance (he gets a lot of stick in this really quite a long video).
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
So toxic in here. Glad I'm not a fan of any of these 2.
Hoping Ferrari and McLaren nail the new regulations!
I’ve never quite been a fan of Lewis but hope he wins the WC over verstappen this year.
it’s hard to have opinions these days without being accused of having agendas and opinions, I don’t quite see why it’s toxic in here and what you mean, I see a couple of staunch max fans and anti Lewis fans but that’s it, maybe I’m blind to the Lewis support.
I’d like mclaren to do well, I like Norris and ricciardo too
Same.
For this season I'm not especially pro Lewis, it can be boring having the same winner all the time, I felt the same about Schumacher. But I cannot abide Max's dirty tactics so would prefer a cheat to not prevail.
Norris v Sainz, I'd both love it and hate it.
It doesn't matter why he did it, it matters that he did it. Max knew it would cause a collision because he has mirrors that would have been filled by the Mercedes. He knew Hamilton was there.
It was dangerous and a 10 second penalty tells him he can do something equally dangerous again.
Yeah, no way could I read this thread if I cared who won!
It's good that it's created a buzz about the finale though, I've not really paid much F1 attention in years. I'm hoping the race is decent and not a procession.
This bugs me so f*cking much.. I very much dislike Max Verstappen, but if you make one single non-praise comment on Lewis in here its immediately interpreted as a Pro-Max opinion and accused of being a Max fanboy...Since last sunday I have literally said nonthing in defense or pro-Max, but Ive been accused of being a Max fanboy by multiple posters he, because I was doubting Lewis..
But yeah, this thread is just another artifact apparently of the general more and more polarizing world.. Dare to touch Lewis in here and suddenly you're a Max fanboy. Hell, at home people are terrorizing me for wanting LeClerc, Gasly and Norris more to win than Max, because I think they're way more likable..
Thats what makes this thread toxic for me...
Max vs Lewis rivalry has nothing on the old Ferrari vs McLaren rivalry
. That was also very toxic. I remember properly hating Ferrari and I would regularly get into arguments with Ferrari fans.We've both been shite for ages though so everything has mellowed out.
Rather odd though, I must say, that you don’t seem to note that there are also Max “fanboys” in this thread too. But never mind.
Totally agree with your comments on F1 being a reflection of a more polarised World.
For me Red Bulls PR and spin epitomises that, even more so when defending the indefensible. But Sky and the other parties which stand to profit from the drama lap it up and create a false narrative.
Like Arsenal and United?Max vs Lewis rivalry has nothing on the old Ferrari vs McLaren rivalry
We've both been shite for ages though so everything has mellowed out.
Agree with this, though I like Max for always saying what he thinks, not being PC about it and because he's probably the best Dutch driver ever, I can see why people would dislike him for the same reasons. There are definitely more likeable drivers out there like the ones you mentioned. When it comes to personality I like Norris the most I think. Always liked Ricciardo too, seems like a great guy. McLaren as a team are just very likeable these days.
Max vs Lewis rivalry has nothing on the old Ferrari vs McLaren rivalry
We've both been shite for ages though so everything has mellowed out.
Schumacher and Mika would go out drinking together. I don’t think it was toxic (maybe between the fans it was), it was just hugely competitive between two brilliant drivers.
Yeah, but then I guess that’s because your one time (at least recently) posting in this thread is a perspective on why Lewis did something wrong / didn’t react like you’d expect. Anyway, side tracking here a lot now!Oh there definitely are. They are just never accusing me of being a Lewis fanboy
I was talking about the fans.
It's not like the relationship between Max and Lewis is toxic either. They're still both quite respectful (in public) with the odd dig. Hamilton's relationships with Rosberg and Alonso were far more toxic that between him and Max. The toxicity stems from the fans and Wolff/Horner/Marko.
But they are outnumbered 10 to 1 at the very least so if you're a neutral this place comes off as one massive Lewis/anti-Max&Horner wank fest. I've put several regular posters in here on ignore over the last couple of months because they're simply insufferable and I don't think any of them are Max fans, so without the bias they are a bit like Liverpool fans in the United forum, sure you notice them but they don't make that much noise overall compared to the vast majority screaming the other way.
Anyway, I truly hope Merc and RB will be bottom of the field next year just for the simple fact that this thread will have a chance of not being absolutely terrible. And it would mean Ferrari can clean up and I can come in here and be insufferable about it.
Ha fair.But they are outnumbered 10 to 1 at the very least so if you're a neutral this place comes off as one massive Lewis/anti-Max&Horner wank fest. I've put several regular posters in here on ignore over the last couple of months because they're simply insufferable and I don't think any of them are Max fans, so without the bias they are a bit like Liverpool fans in the United forum, sure you notice them but they don't make that much noise overall compared to the vast majority screaming the other way.
Anyway, I truly hope Merc and RB will be bottom of the field next year just for the simple fact that this thread will have a chance of not being absolutely terrible. And it would mean Ferrari can clean up and I can come in here and be insufferable about it.
Anyway, I truly hope Merc and RB will be bottom of the field next year just for the simple fact that this thread will have a chance of not being absolutely terrible. And it would mean Ferrari can clean up and I can come in here and be insufferable about it.
Oh yeh please. Ferrari vs McLaren next year would be incredible.
A lot of the constant, angry noise in this thread will die away very quickly if Russell immediately starts sticking his car ahead of Lewis on the grid next season.
Yeah, we had Max/Lewis flame wars before, which were super annoying - but that seems have disappeared primarily because most of the Max fans involved have disappeared, and only the Lewis/anti-Max side remains.
I mean, if you read the couple of dozen pages of this thread, you get the impression that Verstappen is some kind of insane, evil villain, but read the media and you'll find nothing of the kind. To me, it's about equally tiring as it was before, except now it's an echo chamber.
F1's Donald Trump. Guilty of trying to murder Lewis at least 3 times now.
Don't necessarily want Merc and RB at the back, but it would be great for other teams to compete at the top. It's been a duopoly of titles since 2010. Especially the dominance of Merc, in my opinion, has damaged the viewership and overall competitive nature of the championship. I think this is even more important considering that the number of races are constantly increasing. Very few will have the energy to tune into a 23 race season, if one team is over a second faster than the rest of the field.But they are outnumbered 10 to 1 at the very least so if you're a neutral this place comes off as one massive Lewis/anti-Max&Horner wank fest. I've put several regular posters in here on ignore over the last couple of months because they're simply insufferable and I don't think any of them are Max fans, so without the bias they are a bit like Liverpool fans in the United forum, sure you notice them but they don't make that much noise overall compared to the vast majority screaming the other way.
Anyway, I truly hope Merc and RB will be bottom of the field next year just for the simple fact that this thread will have a chance of not being absolutely terrible. And it would mean Ferrari can clean up and I can come in here and be insufferable about it.
Pretty much. I used to hate McLaren.. Now I want them to do well. I'm a Ferrari fan first, and the only driver I support right now is Kimi so need to find somebody else... Ferrari fans have been suffering longer than United fans!Max vs Lewis rivalry has nothing on the old Ferrari vs McLaren rivalry
We've both been shite for ages though so everything has mellowed out.
The FIA has always stepped in to address one team domination over the decades. It's rare a team does it for more than 4 or 5 years, but Mercedes have been allowed to do it for nearly 10.
I have my views from watching the race myself before feb entering this thread and not a Lewis fan, but verstappen has been wild these last few races. Guess saying that makes a lot of people appear to be fans of Hamilton
There's a difference between pointing that out (which is entirely justified) and what (some) people have actually been posting about Verstappen though. But I'm not going to go into that, there is no point. I'm just back to ignoring most of the thread.
Apart from one trump post I must have missed what you’re on about.
That would be great. On both counts.
As long as Max is not winning I don't mind.
Would love to see Lando in a competitive car.
I'm yet to see one ex driver say Max hasn't gone over the limit.
Does his dad count?
Most media have stated that max has crossed the line on a number of occasions this season so not sure that's true really.
Obviously, they have, cause he did - and he got various penalties for that as well. But he has been depicted way beyond that in the thread I feel.
Anyway, if everyone's happy with the thread, then carry on; I'm not contributing much anyway and can easily ignore most of it.
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So he is an insane evil villain
I get what you’re saying but this is a fan forum thread. You’re going to get much more direct and emotional posts. You’ll never see a proper media outlet with such direct criticism, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t think it too. Not saying they do, they might not, but if you’re basing it on what you see written I think it’s a flawed approach. If you go back to this thread during the Silverstone incident you’ll see similarly heated posts about Hamilton.
That would be great. On both counts.
As long as Max is not winning I don't mind.
Would love to see Lando in a competitive car.
Yeah it's been a shame how much McLaren have just dropped off the second half of the season. Their fight with Ferrari was a good sideshow in the first half.
Would like to see any or all of those four drivers for either team in a title fight.
Ricciardo hasn't been able to step up this season, has he? Last year the story was that he was still getting used to the car, but surely he should be past that now? But Norris hasn't been up there much recently either. Are they having issues? Or just stopped developing this year's car while focusing on next season?