2021

[peebee2]

Seems that time might at last be up for Cyril Fullofshit.

Family connections can’t stop the questions about how and why they have no customers, even when there are teams who have no engine deals past this year.

Likely a sideways move into road cars where there’s less to **** up?

[billy bleach]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

no doubt some will have let their guard down.

there is an interesting dynamic here between a team/management and their driver. if Nando's season is compromised and the lack of equally talented/developed talent to replace him, the effect on the team could easily run into the many of millions category.

in these times, how much control can a team exert over their drivers? is covid enough of a reason to suspend an employees 'right/obligations' during their time off. are we becoming a society that blames people for getting sick?

my mind is going there because i currently have more then a few client's worried about what their employees did over the holidays. for me its been a weird start to the new year because i have spent the last 2 days at work preparing termination papers for people.

#2021

Heads of State have caught it, Every nation in the World has it , does anybody KNOW how Hamilton and Norris caught it ? Thought not .........:

[Pandamasque]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

Heads of State have caught it...

You're saying it, like politicians are all necessarily smarter and less careless than racing drivers.

We had a covidiot mayor of a major city who fought hard against the nationwide lockdown last spring, nevertheless he was recently re-elected, except he caught COVID19 during the campaign. He was taken to some VIP clinic in Germany, where he died shortly after the election results had been announced.

Originally Posted by peebee2

Seems that time might at last be up for Cyril Fullofshit.

I always thought his name sounded like "a bit bull..."

[gert]

Originally Posted by peebee2

Seems that time might at last be up for Cyril Fullofshit.

Calling names. How mature of you ...


Can't we just stop doing that?

[peebee2]

Originally Posted by gert

Calling names. How mature of you ...


Can't we just stop doing that?

Sorry, of course I meant Cyril Abitofbull. Sorry again.

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by peebee2

Seems that time might at last be up for Cyril Fullofshit.

It's never felt to me that Cyril "A bit of bull" has really had that hard-nosed, uncompromising approach that is the marker of successful F1 team leaders - only seemed a question of when he left, rather than whether he would leave.

I thought that "Drive to Survive" might have been a bit harsh on him, using his many radio calls and personal instructions to team members just before races that they "remember to ave fun" but maybe that is really what he's like. Just appears to be a bit out of his depth and not that confident with it but that might also be his natural demeanour.

The team is in the middle of a pretty serious midfield scrap that has run for a couple of seasons now and a serious, hard-nosed racing person is needed to deal with the "now" but to also work out the future and the best way to break clear of that midfield arm-wrestle and I can't see that being Cyril - he just doesn't seem to have that in him, although to be fair to him, the team has definitely moved forward under his watch.

[gert]

Originally Posted by peebee2

Sorry, of course I meant Cyril Abitofbull. Sorry again.

Still immature.

I really wonder why we seem to have to hit new lows on this forum.
I don't understand, sorry.

[peebee2]

Originally Posted by gert

Still immature.

I really wonder why we seem to have to hit new lows on this forum.
I don't understand, sorry.

I guess you aren’t a big fan of English TV comedy...

[Adam43]

Time to move on from it now...

[gert]

Originally Posted by peebee2

I guess you aren’t a big fan of English TV comedy...

I am not a fan of stupid name calling.

As for English comedy, that depends.
Since you talk about TV, first question would be: am i able to watch it or is it paywalled ?

[gert]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Time to move on from it now...

I will, but can't we just stop doing that?

And that's not directed to this particular user, but to "us"
I feel there has been a lot of name calling the last few months/years and I find that very disrespectful.

I see no good reason to do that, do you?

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by gert

Still immature.

I really wonder why we seem to have to hit new lows on this forum.
I don't understand, sorry.

Hmmm - personally I've always referred to Cyril that way (but not sure if I've done it on this forum) and that name for him is pretty much universal amongst all the racing people that I know. Such banter is common within the racing world, as are nicknames of one kind or another.

Certainly not "new" on this forum - I've seen Cyril referred to as "abitofbull" for a very long time on here.

Understand if it's not "you" but in reality, it's pretty harmless.

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Time to move on from it now...

Sorry, posted before I saw this one. Yep - moving on as we I type

[Skam85]

Originally Posted by gert

Still immature.

I really wonder why we seem to have to hit new lows on this forum.
I don't understand, sorry.

One positive is we don't have people calling him "buttass" anymore

[wnut]

Originally Posted by Skam85

One positive is we don't have people calling him "buttass" anymore

All in the name of political correctness and snowflake sensitivities.

[Adam43]

[bella]

i think calling people names immediately discredits the rest of the post. far worse than not using capitals

anyway. the french chap. ricciardo seemed to have figured out how to manage him...

[peebee2]

Originally Posted by bella

anyway. the french chap. ricciardo seemed to have figured out how to manage him...

By leaving for another team?

[bella]

i was thinking more of the way he was using the tattoo thing to have one over him in the press, but yeah, that works too...

[S griffin]

F1 would be duller without the Honey Badger that’s for sure

[Dixie Flatline]

Lawrence Stroll says Australian Grand Prix to be delayed to the end of the 2021 season due to Covid.

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/13041...mpression=true

[S griffin]

If that’s true, it’s good that it will still go ahead. Be a massive shame if the GP down under was cancelled two years running

[bathurst77]

I hear Antarctica is Covid free.

How about an Antarctic GP? Really sort out the tough ones.
They could use softest tyres.. maybe wets. no overheating issues for merc.
You thought Turkey was slippy....

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by bathurst77

I hear Antarctica is Covid free.

How about an Antarctic GP? Really sort out the tough ones.
They could use softest tyres.. maybe wets. no overheating issues for merc.
You thought Turkey was slippy....

Although unfortunately it reminded me of this article just before Christmas https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-55410065

[Casper]

Originally Posted by S griffin

If that’s true, it’s good that it will still go ahead. Be a massive shame if the GP down under was cancelled two years running

I doubt you would find many here in Oz who would put money on it happening. Wishful thinking keeps the spirits up I guess but in this case it is more like dreamland stuff. A lot of us were saying in the last few months of 2020 that it would not happen but those outside Oz were not convinced that we knew what we were talking about. I doubt anyone in the Northern hemisphere understands to what degree the governments of both NZ & Oz are prepared to go to in their attempts to control this virus and how quickly they react. Overnight new restrictions have been applied to Brisbane in reaction to one new case, they simply locked down Brisbane, end of story and get over it.