would any of you care to comment?
Considering that safety ninnies have taken over racing it was surprising that there was so much exposed concrete walls.
'He [Alonso] also heavily criticised Niels Wittich, who has acted asat_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA>
race director at all five races this year.
Alonso pointed to Wittich's decision not to respond to drivers' requests
for an impact-absorbing barrier to be installed at a corner where
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz crashed heavily in Friday practice in Miami.
Sainz had complained in the drivers' briefing that the impact was far
more severe than it should have been given the low speed involved, but
was told it was a freak accident and a barrier was not necessary.
Alonso's team-mate Esteban Ocon had an almost identical accident the following day, which damaged his car's chassis.'
<https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/61523371?
'Asked if he had seen evidence of improvement from the FIA following the restructure that came after former race director Michael Masi failed tocomeback-in-2023/>
apply the rules directly in last season's controversial championship
finale, Alonso said: "Not."
"We saw a couple of things already that showed we still need to improve
a lot," he added.
"You need to have some knowledge about racing before being a race
director or trying to monitor a race and I don't think that knowledge is
in place at the moment.'
And:
'Wittich has also courted controversy this year for taking a
by-the-letter approach to the rules, which has led to drivers being told
they cannot wear any jewellery in the car.
Alonso said: "We just need to keep improving that we are the only ones driving the cars and experiencing the crashes and when we feel something
is needed, we should be listened to.
"In Miami and some other examples we didn't have that because it seems
the focus is in another place."
Lewis Hamilton said in Miami that the new focus on jewellery and
clothing was "almost a step backwards" and said the sport had "bigger
fish to fry".
Asked about Alonso's comments, McLaren's Lando Norris said: "Fernando's
a guy you would listen to in terms of the experience he has in racing.
If he says what he says, he's probably got a bit of a point, at least."
Alonso's comments also come in the context of a widespread
dissatisfaction among teams and at commercial rights holders F1 at some
of the FIA's actions this year.'
Perhaps that's why there's talk of this:
'Rocky may be the greatest comeback story ever told, but it may get some tough competition if Michael Masi becomes F1’s newest race director!
Michael Masi has cut a controversial shape in Formula One. After making
an “error” (to put it lightly) in the handling of last season’s finale in Abu Dhabi, Masi was removed and replaced by Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas.
However, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has revealed that Masi could
be in contention to make a dramatic and highly controversial return.'
<https://wtf1.com/post/michael-masi-could-make-an-f1-race-director-
With so many here convinced that the non-sacking of Masi was proofWhat you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the task, that
positive that he wasn't competent to be an F1 race director, would any
of you care to comment?
:-)
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the task,
that my indeed be the case
It does not mean the Massi should return as he also proven to be
fallible (That said he would probably have learnt from his mistake)
Baker
On Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 6:49:12 AM UTC-6, Bigbird wrote:
Baker
You are removing you bum buddy from your kill file
in 2 days, for the 8th time.
You spineless pussy.
The countdown is on.
This is an exiting time for you pair of losers.
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the task,
that my indeed be the case
It does not mean the Massi should return as he also proven to be
fallible (That said he would probably have learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job and
incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment
process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a
misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of problems
with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his job.
The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA.
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club than
a business in some respects.
Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing though. Got
that one right.
alister wrote:
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the task,
that my indeed be the case
It does not mean the Massi should return as he also proven to be
fallible (That said he would probably have learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job and incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment
process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of problems
with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his job.
The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA.
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club than
a business in some respects.
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the
task, that my indeed be the case
It does not mean the Massi should return as he also proven to be
fallible (That said he would probably have learnt from his
mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job
and incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment
process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of
problems with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his
job. The other very serious and should require a response from the
FIA.
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club
than a business in some respects.
Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing though.
Got that one right.
On 2022-05-21 5:55 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing though. Got
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the task,
that my indeed be the case It does not mean the Massi should return
as he also proven to be fallible (That said he would probably have
learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job and
incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment
process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a
misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of problems
with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his job.
The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA.
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club than
a business in some respects.
that one right.
Yup.
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
On Sat, 21 May 2022 18:15:00 -0700, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-21 5:55 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing though. Got
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the task, >>>>> that my indeed be the case It does not mean the Massi should return
as he also proven to be fallible (That said he would probably have
learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job and
incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment
process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a
misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of problems
with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his job. >>>> The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA.
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club than >>>> a business in some respects.
that one right.
Yup.
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
So was "Any lapped cars" ant "Safety car in on the following lap" but the last guy missed both of those.
You might want to think about that.
On 2022-05-22 3:16 a.m., alister wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2022 18:15:00 -0700, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-21 5:55 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing though. Got >>>> that one right.
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the task, >>>>>> that my indeed be the case It does not mean the Massi should return >>>>>> as he also proven to be fallible (That said he would probably have >>>>>> learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job and >>>>> incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment
process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a
misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of problems >>>>> with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his job. >>>>> The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA.
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club than >>>>> a business in some respects.
Yup.
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
So was "Any lapped cars" ant "Safety car in on the following lap" but the
last guy missed both of those.
The last guy was operating under instructions from above.
And his "failure" was so terrible that there's already talk he's going
to be race director again.
On 2022-05-22 5:49 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 23/05/2022 8:17 am, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-22 3:16 a.m., alister wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2022 18:15:00 -0700, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-21 5:55 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing though. >>>>>> Got
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the >>>>>>>> task,
that my indeed be the case It does not mean the Massi should return >>>>>>>> as he also proven to be fallible (That said he would probably have >>>>>>>> learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job >>>>>>> and
incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment >>>>>>> process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a
misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of
problems
with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his >>>>>>> job.
The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA. >>>>>>>
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club >>>>>>> than
a business in some respects.
that one right.
Yup.
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
So was "Any lapped cars" ant "Safety car in on the following lap"
but the
last guy missed both of those.
The last guy was operating under instructions from above.
And his "failure" was so terrible that there's already talk he's
going to be race director again.
Hate to sound like a lame mirror - but "prove it".
geoff
Will you never learn, butthurt?
It was literally in the first post of this thread.
On 23/05/2022 8:17 am, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-22 3:16 a.m., alister wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2022 18:15:00 -0700, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-21 5:55 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing though. Got >>>>> that one right.
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the
task,
that my indeed be the case It does not mean the Massi should return >>>>>>> as he also proven to be fallible (That said he would probably have >>>>>>> learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible job and >>>>>> incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment
process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a
misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of problems >>>>>> with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's his
job.
The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA. >>>>>>
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys club
than
a business in some respects.
Yup.
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
So was "Any lapped cars" ant "Safety car in on the following lap" but
the
last guy missed both of those.
The last guy was operating under instructions from above.
And his "failure" was so terrible that there's already talk he's going
to be race director again.
Hate to sound like a lame mirror - but "prove it".
geoff
On 5/20/2022 12:46 PM, XYXPDQ wrote:
Considering that safety ninnies have taken over racing it was
surprising that there was so much exposed concrete walls.
Can't they cushion the track surface, too? Seems hard.
On 23/05/2022 2:08 pm, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-22 5:49 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 23/05/2022 8:17 am, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-22 3:16 a.m., alister wrote:
On Sat, 21 May 2022 18:15:00 -0700, Alan wrote:
On 2022-05-21 5:55 p.m., geoff wrote:
On 22/05/2022 12:49 am, Bigbird wrote:
alister wrote:Good move jumping on that 'impeding in the pit exit' thing
What you are saying is the new race directors are not up to the >>>>>>>>> task,
that my indeed be the case It does not mean the Massi should >>>>>>>>> return
as he also proven to be fallible (That said he would probably have >>>>>>>>> learnt from his mistake)
SNAFU.
Going backwards is not a way forwards. It's not an impossible
job and
incompetence should not be acceptable.
Perhaps the FIA needs to have a closer look at their recruitment >>>>>>>> process.
That aside not surprisingly the finger pointing by Baker is a
misrepresentation of the article which refers to a number of
problems
with the FIA overall not the race director.
Of the two complaints about the race director one is trivial,
enforcement of clothing regulations, get over it Lewis that's
his job.
The other very serious and should require a response from the FIA. >>>>>>>>
I have often got the feeling that it's acts more like a boys
club than
a business in some respects.
though. Got
that one right.
Yup.
But honestly... ...it's a pretty obvious one to "get".
So was "Any lapped cars" ant "Safety car in on the following lap"
but the
last guy missed both of those.
The last guy was operating under instructions from above.
And his "failure" was so terrible that there's already talk he's
going to be race director again.
Hate to sound like a lame mirror - but "prove it".
geoff
Will you never learn, butthurt?
It was literally in the first post of this thread.
Um literally not.
geoff
Considering that safety ninnies have taken over racing it was surprising that there was so much exposed concrete walls.
The last guy was operating under instructions from above.
Hate to sound like a lame mirror - but "prove it".
Says yet another voice that has never actually been on a track.
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the world changes.
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