True, but Leclerc isn’t totally in the clear here. You should watch one of his races onboard start to finish with actualy radio communication. He’s without a doubt my least favorite driver to listen to. He’s so incredibly wishy-washy on the radio, he can never reply to a question with a clear answer. Of course Ferrari…

You want them to post a race-recap on the Friday before the race?

Blame the internet. We used to have the same stewards at every race, but under public pressure (which implied, not entirely incorrectly, that there seemed to be Ferrari bias among the stewards), this was changed after Belgium 2008.

The points system for red-flagged races has been modified since last year. But this specific phrasing regarding races finished under green has been in the rulebook for many years. They’ve just never had to apply it, since it never happened before.

I’m sure their RB favoritism also caused them to brand their rear wing as illegal last season, and to standardize pitstop equipment mid-season after heavy lobbying from Mercedes-powered teams (which hurt RB more than anyone else).

They already have that.

Exactly this. Gasly was rightly penalized for going too fast. The fact that there was a recovery vehicle on track is a separate (much more severe) issue, which should and will be separately investigated.

Over the past few years, she’s got seats in the Asian F3 winter series, Formula Regional and Extreme E on the back of her W Series campaigns.

He cheated when he was 17. In chess, that’s not a young age and can’t be explained away as ‘he’s just a kid’. Normal rules don’t apply for these ‘kids’, whether you like it or not. Magnus was 13 when he became a GM.

Yes, a number of times. But it’s extremely rare in classical games.

I think the standard we should be taking from this is that we don’t just brand someone a sore loser when there’s a direct accusation of cheating towards an opponent. Instead, we should take the claims seriously and investigate.

Also, his mentor has been suspended for cheating twice. In 2017 and 2020. You know, the years that Chess.com claims Hans was likely cheating as well.

That last part is simply not true. They’ve banned him before, and if you read the communication between Chess.com and Hans, you’ll find that for a long time, they did everything (perhaps too much) to keep him in the clear.

What happens when motorsport meets the Olympics?

Taking the course of action that he did created an enormous amount of attention to the issue. If he wouldn’t have ‘played’ in that second game, it would’ve probably blown over pretty quickly.

This is very much like the Lance Armstrong case, only with the roles reversed.

The accusations haven’t really come from Magnus though (at least not formally) beyond his general accusation noted in his statement. Which, like I said, has already been backed up by Chess.com.

The competition’s actually closer nowadays. But we don’t have 50+% of the field retiring from the race anymore.

That interview is amazing.

Assuming it’s an American court: if Hans were to sue Magnus for defamation, he’d have to prove that it’s more likely than not that Magnus’ statements were false, AND that Magnus knew or should have known they were false.