You think MTS had any interest in being there, beyond getting paid to be there?

These two are fighting for the Championship in what is a very close battle, where neither is going to give the other an inch - literally, thus the incident. If that’s the way they’re going to race for the rest of the season, then let them. Time for the “referees’ to swallow their whistles.

By the same token, Hamilton is almost certainly on the tail end of his professional racing career. He’s obviously still formidable, but statistically F1 drivers start losing performance pretty quickly after their 36th birthday (Hamilton is 36). Russell could be driving for over a decade after Hamilton’s retirement.

I have watched F1 regularly a lot longer than most here, long enough to see Hamilton claimed a podium in his first ever F1 race and also hear a semi-racist commentary from David Hobbs during ceremony.

Agree. Which is why I think George will use 2022 to figure out Mercedes, the new car, the new regulations, and Lewis, and then go for the title in 2023. Lewis isn’t at “fuck around with Alonso” age anymore, and the writing is on the wall that, no matter when it happens, George is the future of Mercedes as much as he…

Mercedes isn’t known for treating their second drivers well...

Power wasnt the only thing the rx8 lacked. But the ability to add power. Stuck in the pergatory of being too finicky for the normal crowd, not able to take the twist the other rotary folk want, had it been designed with a turbo in mind or just more torque, this car could have enjoyed a better time in the light

Why the hate? Someone’s gotta fork over the big bucks if our governments won’t. Let the Bazillionare Space Race commence, and godspeed, I say. We’ll get some actual technological advancements that will further mankind’s journey into the cosmos, while also having a chance to witness some one-percenter explode on…