Re: USGP 2024 -Teflon underpants ?

In article <vf3sha$ivvp$1@dont-email.me>, geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org wrote:

VER forces NOR off track at first corner and all is OK "after all it is
the first corner of the race"....
 
Near the end, VER forces NOR off the track, going off-track himself, and
it is NOR gets a penalty.
 
How does that work ?

I'm late to the conversation, I know, and it now looks like there'll be a
rule "clarification" or amendment for the future, but this turn of events
last week absolutely stunk. For Norris to be run off the road by
Verstappen, who ran off the road himself in order to run Norris off the
road, and Norris get penalised for it, it just *stank*. An insult to any
conception of fair play.

After the absolute rock bottom in terms of integrity that was Abu Dhabi
2021, F1 has come a long way and this season has been fantastic fun, in
large part because it felt like a level playing field and the best team
and driver would be  justly rewarded. Max is a real fucker of competitor,
ruthless and selfish in the way that the greats usually are, and he's
pulled some stunts already this year when he's been rattled by the
competition. But last week it felt like the stewards were pulling stunts
for him. I've been watching F1 for getting on for 30 years now, I almost
walked away after they robbed Lewis at Abu Dhabi but I'll definitely lose
interest if shenanigans resume.

Putting that all to one side, though, am looking forward to the last few
races of the year. I don't think Norris has a chance to catch up and
snatch the title, he's thrown too many points away over the season (and
McLaren should have pulled the trigger on team orders in his favour 4 or 5
races earlier than they did to maximise points for him), but I hope he
runs it close at least and gives Max a fright. And I really hope McLaren
can manage to take the constructors. I cannot stand Red Bull... :)