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The FIA has introduced new guidelines for misconduct violations, including swearing.
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maybe all drivers and team bosses should collectively swear at every possible occasion to make a point
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Not being able to make political statements? Oh dear - how on earth are they going to control what constitutes political? That opens up plenty of potential for more sportswashing.
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You really do seem a bit obsessed with Lewis.
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Yes, I'm the only person in the entire world that mentions Lewis Hamilton.
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It's stupid how MBS is going about this. Not only is this gagging drivers, but how do you police it? Where do you draw the line? It's so unnecessary
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Details of realignment and runoff changes at turn 6 Albert Park have been released.
Sounds good that they've kept the corner pretty much "as is" from a driver point of view but mitigated the possibility of bouncing back onto the track after a shunt. |
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Having only had a Friday ticket I queued online at 12pm and managed to get 6 tickets for Saturday. By the time I checked out about 5mins later almost the entire set of four stands were sold out. Insane demand for tickets but it's cool. Will be a good viewing spot that new stand. |
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Way to completely misunderstand the market he has, instead let's bring in more less fun, more starch Georgie and his crying. Fully checks out for MB and why they're the least likable after Red Bull management albeit for a different more destructive reason there
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Mercedes don't like showing they're cocks? Sorry their, perhaps.
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Bottas doing his thing is fun and not sterile, but...
Bottas is hanging on for his F1 career. He is a reserve not primary driver. Bottas is part of Mercedes, not Mercedes part of Bottas. Is anyone shocked that Mercedes wants to project a specific image that might not be aligned with what Bottas wants? Mercedes is not stamping out ALL of his recent wackiness, but is drawing some lines. I think it's mostly a "slow news day" story. Richard |
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slow news day for sure lol!
butt did Merc actually 'Ban' him from doing it? its a benign butt calendar for charity/mens health awareness...are Merc really that afraid of drivers talking in public that they would tell one of their people that using their celebrity to raise money for cancer research is a butt too far? everything in the news is ass backwards these days so i guess its possible? ![]() |
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sounds like they dont want him to do it but also dont want to be made to have to say it outloud.
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With that said, Toto was asked the question and he answered. I don't think they are hiding or have any reason to hide. And to me, they seem to gave Bottas plenty of flexibility. Is the only way that Bottas can raise money via nude calendars? I sure hope not. Is Mercedes saying "You are prohibited from any efforts in trying to raise money for charity" or just "No nudity". I am not prudish, but is it really an issue that an employer is asking a public facing employee not to sell nude photos of themselves (even if for a good cause) as doing so doesn't align with his employers public marketing persona? Stake/Kick already has a terrible image. So they probably couldn't have cared less. Richard Last edited by Richard C; 3 Feb 2025 at 19:53. |
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It is a silly issue, but what else can we talk about. It seems F1 news is dead right now. We could be talking about MBS potentially complaining about the "inappropriate" names of F1 personnel. Such as Mike Krack and Richard Wood (Lawson's new engineering). Note... I didn't think of this, but stole that from Reddit. But it shows how little there is in "real and interesting F1 news" to talk about right now and how low we have sunk. Poop jokes are next. ![]() Richard |
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Im still annoyed that given Bottas love of Australia and "honorary bogan" status, and that Mercedes AMG are big in the bathurst 12 hour race, that we didnt see him on the mountain last weekend.
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