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I say good on him. It is crap, no point being nice about it.
If thats a sackable offence, there'd be not many left on the grid and Giz would have been missing from this series since before he "retired". |
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This was done mid race out of spite.
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Doesn't sound like its the first error made that has affected him. Treating the machinery poorly is not the best way to make your point, but the language and attitude is what I assumed was the focus here and I think he was right to give a serve over the radio. The explanation he got was not quite how Tim explained it on air either. 'We put the wrong tyre on' is not the same as 'We made up the best set we could'.....who wouldn't be annoyed? Another pitstop was never a reasonable option with only a few laps to go. I'm feeling for the guy. I think he is going to do something good in this series and I would prefer it if he did it with this team. Tickford need to lift, a lot, and quickly. |
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He also had a veiled shot at Supercars for having to fly to NZ in Economy yesterday.
What's the terms of his contract in regard to next year? |
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He shouldn't have acted how he did out on track and he got a rap over the knuckles for that. Fair enough. But the team stuffed up and I can totally understand his frustration. I'd be ****ed off too if I went from a world class professional sportscar team to one of the top line teams in the series and this happened. Tickford are supposed to be a very professional outfit, there are really no excuses at this level, instead maybe some people in the garage should get the sack. |
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In defence of Tickford, I wouldnt be too slow in reminding Richy how and why the contract with that world class professional sportscar team ended.
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I'm sure winning the second biggest race of the series last year with them would've helped him make the decision to stay with them easier. It doesn't change the fact that the team stuffed up on this occasion and people in the garage should be held accountable.
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This is what you get when you sign for Prodrive. Remember the Lowndes FPR days? They've got a championship and a couple of Bathursts sure but for their funding and scope they've underachieved for almost 20 years now. They're easily the worst of the big name teams to compete in Supercars since they entered.
Best thing Stanaway can do is keep his cool and angle for the third 888 car next year. Red Bull globally love edgelord drivers (they're looking at a bloke who passed a bunch of guys under safety car for 2019 Torro Rosso ffs) and Richie won't get away with throwing his toys in a garage run by Roland Dane. He'd straighten him out. Plus the flounce was really funny. Pretty much what you'd expect from someone who was racing in European single seaters for so long before sports cars. |
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I imagine that Stanaway's patience will finally run out and he'll either look for a switch to different team or will come back to Europe, disillusioned by his Australian experiences. Don't get me wrong, it's not Tickford that is fully responsible for Richie's poor results this year but I think he'd be doing way better if he was in WAU, BJR or Erebus, let alone 888. But he won't be the third driver of 888 next year, some sources claim the deal is done with Simona (what a mistake) and don't think that Dane would be interested in hiring Richie.
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The deal was done first, then Craig got tapped on the shoulder, not the other way around. Roland wouldn't let Cash-cow Lowndes go without already having a new, younger cash cow signed and sealed. I don't know how much he knows about making cars go fast, but his business skills are a lot of the reason for T8's success. He'd take any company in any industry to the top end of town. |
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