Well what a colossal waste of time all that was.
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Well what a colossal waste of time all that was.
Completely disappointing and pathetic but sports, football and F1 alike, sold its soul ages ago. Sportswashing is the goal, and that goal is fulfilled.
Sad. I will not be watching this Grand Prix.
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Then the Saudis need to procure the Israeli system on the quiet. The alternative, a cheaper one -- give free subscriptions to all those rabble-rousers who shot the missiles.I naively thought we were about to see a momentous coming together in sport. Alas, no. Gasly has said all drivers were unanimous in agreeing to race.
With all the sports washing and their financial injection, you would have expected sports TV subscriptions to actually go down instead of constantly increasing.
I bet they think the halo will save them from missiles too.
So disheartening. Although it couldn't have been unanimous otherwise what were they deliberating over for 4 hours?
Hamilton and Perez and maybe one or two more.
If the word is that the race is still going on. A few drivers are complaining but most are fine with racing.
well playedBBC are saying a significant amount have safety concerns. Medland is saying extra information was given at the end. No idea what that was.
They probably spent the previous 3hrs 55mins debating the Abu Dhabi 2021 race. It was all sparked off by Lewis wearing a white t-shirt with an * (asterisk) printed on it.
Lets race... in the wise words of Michael Masi.
Either that or they ordered pizza and decided to watch DTS together and rip into it. Sounds like a fun night actually.
I suspect their way of guaranteeing safety in the race will be a full scale attack on Yemen 30 mins before race starts.
Can't bomb if you're hiding. The world really is a fecked up place lately.
Can't bomb if you're hiding. The world really is a fecked up place lately.
I think a bunch of Ukrainians with stingers will do the same for less..
This or wave the red flag in front of the missile.
Stop, stop, we have to retire the missile.
"Part of this information involved the possible consequences of not racing, such as how easily teams and drivers would be able to leave the country if the race did not happen." From the BBC. So basically it was race or you can't leave Saudi Arabia.
Yeah, in the same breath he says that F1 shouldn't be drawn into things like this and also calls it terrorism (while it's really a 'regular' strategic Houthi counterattack). Nice bit of irony. That's what you get from cozying up to the Saudis.
I hate this sport sometimes.
Everyone knows the only evil person in F1 is Horner. And St Toto and his holy annointed son Hamilton are purer than pure.
If that's the case, they'd better never go back!
The sport is in decline. Purely for money and entertainment with no integrity.
Has it been confirmed that it was a strike and not a fire breaking out at the facility? The guardian and other websites they are still saying it's a fire, saying that Houties are claiming it, and not a missle strike. I suppose the Saudis haven't confirmed it themselves.
Reuters and Bloomberg have it as a drone attack- think pretty much everyone does now.
No way should the race go ahead. Saudi government are c*nts anyways
This is madness.
This is what you get for playing sportswasher for a country that executed 80 people in a single day for thinking the wrong things.
So if I watch via a illegal stream I am good to go?!
I'm stealing instead of giving them money!
I'm stealing instead of giving them money!
Disappointed the race is going ahead, they cant 100% guarantee the track safety.
I am sure the teams and the driver were warned of the ramification of failing to fulfil their contract obligations.
This was an opportunity for the FIA to stand by their We Rave as One banner, they should have been telling the Saudi's we are packing up and going home.
I will not be watching any more this weekend, nothing else I can do.
I did not think FIA and F1 could get worse that Abu Dhabi , but this it has.
I am sure the teams and the driver were warned of the ramification of failing to fulfil their contract obligations.
This was an opportunity for the FIA to stand by their We Rave as One banner, they should have been telling the Saudi's we are packing up and going home.
I will not be watching any more this weekend, nothing else I can do.
I did not think FIA and F1 could get worse that Abu Dhabi , but this it has.
"It's called a motor race Toto....."
What, will they detain 20 drivers? Absolute cnuts for making such threats but nobody would have done shit.
Seems unlikely considering the motivation to even have f1 but maybe not worth the risk. Maybe they said if you think it's too dangerous to race, maybe it's too dangerous to fly...
Doesnt suprise me that they are racing there in the first place or are going to race this weekend. F1 has always tipped its toe/fully submerged into the murky waters of financing F1 and dont seem to care where the money comes from or how much blood its covered in.
There was a real good Donut Media video a year ago, about the sponsorship you see on the cars and about how you dont recognize some of the sponsors because they dont exist!
There was a real good Donut Media video a year ago, about the sponsorship you see on the cars and about how you dont recognize some of the sponsors because they dont exist!
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Martin Brundle: Cat like reactions from Leclerc avoiding the missile there
Was FP2 cancelled yesterday? I dont see any highlight after FP1 in F1 youtube.