2021 Brazilian Grand Prix - Practice, Qualifying and Sprint Qualifying

[ferrari1.8t]

Merc have just left the stewards office, so nearly 1 hour in there.

Toto must have been signing a lot of cheques

[Lesky]

Alonsos car camera in favour of Verstappen:

"While waiting for the decision of the commissioners Motorsport has learned, from a direct source, that there was a key element in the resolution of the case: the on-board camera of Fernando Alonso's car , parked in the pitlane near the Mercedes de Hamilton , collected that Verstappen, according to those involved, really barely touched the investigated car.

If it is found that Verstappen's contact with the rear of the Mercedes was not strong enough to alter anything, the argument that the German team was clinging to would collapse."


https://es.motorsport.com/f1/news/ca...ilton/6777353/

[Lesky]

Well Sky italy spoke to Mercedes insider and they said a s a tried and tested wing design which has passed numerous tests and the construction has not changed. They even provided wing batch, date of production etc etc The same wing batch was tested in advance of this event was identical to Valtteri Bottas' rear wing. So to say merc cheated is not correct hence the delay. They cannot prove why it got wider or not. The identical wing is on VB. So only other reason is naturally got wider?? due to failure or something or manually manipulated (hence the Max thing)

[Tifoso Svedese]

Toto probably did something like this. Saw it on the Autosport board.

[Toothlessrage*]

Stewards grant Mercedes permission to replace rear wing

The race stewards at Interlagos have given Mercedes permission to change their rear wing ahead of second practice in Brazil.

URL: https://racingnews365.com/stewards-g...lace-rear-wing

[JChan]

THis is what it is FIA favoring Merc when it is obvious... put that 86mm to other team maybe right away there's a verdict for place drop or DQ.

[Toothlessrage*]

Stewards grant Mercedes permission to replace rear wing

The race stewards at Interlagos have given Mercedes permission to change their rear wing ahead of second practice in Brazil.

URL: https://racingnews365.com/stewards-g...lace-rear-wing

I would like to clarify:

"Incidentally, Hamilton is running a different rear wing in this session than the one he used in qualifying yesterday - that original version is still with the FIA. Hamilton does have permission to run the different version, which is needed since we are now after qualifying and therefore in a variation of parc ferme regulations."

Therefore, both Lewis and Max are still under investigation.

[ferrari1.8t]

https://www.planetf1.com/news/merced...ons-rear-wing/

‘Mercedes claim Max damaged Hamilton’s rear wing’

This is a new low for Mercedes. If the FIA actually let Merc off because of this, they will loose all credibility that they have left. The non-Merc powered cars should protest and not take part in the weekend. Better yet, Park on track and demand that the lid be blown of this merc-ham-Pirelli-fia. What a complete disaster.

[stefa]

https://www.planetf1.com/news/merced...ons-rear-wing/

‘Mercedes claim Max damaged Hamilton’s rear wing’

This is a new low for Mercedes. If the FIA actually let Merc off because of this, they will loose all credibility that they have left. The non-Merc powered cars should protest and not take part in the weekend. Better yet, Park on track and demand that the lid be blown of this merc-ham-Pirelli-fia. What a complete disaster.

I agree with you. This is so low, like why don't they gave LH trophy imedeately and spare all of us from this sharade! Discusting!

[Lesky]

I agree with you. This is so low, like why don't they gave LH trophy imedeately and spare all of us from this sharade! Discusting!

Yes, this is the final straw, if they dont DQ Lewis, its clear as day that its rigged! Just like the lack of Silverstone penalty.

[stefa]

And still no decision?! That tells me only one thing and that is that now FIA is working hard on how to blame MV and let off the hook their golden boy LH.

[stefa]

Yes, this is the final straw, if they dont DQ Lewis, its clear as day that its rigged! Just like the lack of Silverstone penalty.

Exactly!

[Greig]

Yes, this is the final straw, if they dont DQ Lewis, its clear as day that its rigged! Just like the lack of Silverstone penalty.

He got a penalty at Silverstone though.

[paolo lalli]

Well you can't go lower than a snakes belly.Mercedes are in panic mode and a clinging on by a thread,and now they have started eye gouging in the arm wrestle,with red bull.

[Lesky]

He got a penalty at Silverstone though.

Slap on the wrist. Should have been 10 second stop and go to be served in 2 laps after the restart or a drive through to be served within 2 laps of the restart. The penalty did nothing and he made up 36 points in the standings for an incident he was deemed guilty for and got free repairs under a red flag Lewis himself caused. It was in UK, so they gave him a penalty to make it look like he was punished, but they knew it was not going to affect the results.

[stefa]

Slap on the wrist. Should have been 10 second stop and go to be served in 2 laps after the restart or a drive through to be served within 2 laps of the restart. The penalty did nothing and he made up 36 points in the standings for an incident he was deemed guilty for and got free repairs under a red flag Lewis himself caused. It was in UK, so they gave him a penalty to make it look like he was punished, but they knew it was not going to affect the results.

[Lesky]

"Sky said there will be a decision on Max in the next 30-45 mins but the decision on Lewis's car will take longer."

[stefa]

He got a penalty at Silverstone though.

Penalty he got was sharade

[stefa]

"Sky said there will be a decision on Max in the next 30-45 mins but the decision on Lewis's car will take longer."

This is really insult to our inteligency....

[Lesky]

This is really insult to our inteligency....

They will wait until 10 minutes before the sprint, and say we checked everything and we took fingerprints on the Merc wing, and Max prints were there. Lewis is free to race"

Merc probably have threatened to sue FIA and with Wolff throwing it all he will win! An absolute farce. See my signature by Alonso, its more true than ever!

[458 Italia]

I'm not following this, only reading what is being said here but it sounds like a massive farce!

[20000rpm]

Leclerc and Sainz changed whole PU and Hamilton only ICE

If you change only 1 part of the engine, its a 10 place grid drop, and the 2nd time you change only 1 part, its a 5 place grid drop. Thats why Lewis only get 5 places drop on sunday. Its a farce tbh, losing like 1 or 2 places as the race result only.

It's just an ICE unit change.

You get penalized or sent back to the grid IF you change everything which consists of the ICE, TC, MGU-H, MGU-K, ES, CE, and EX.

Thank you guys...

[Lesky]

Wow, wonder if Merc is the odd team from the rule?



In fairness, race director Michael Masi understandably took the opposite view.

"When it comes to technical infringements, I think Martin Brundle put it best when I bumped into him down on the grid, he said: 'You're either pregnant or you're not,'" Masi said.

"Those were his words, but it's one of those that when it comes down to a technical infringement of that nature the outcome is that you either are [breaking the rules] or you aren't. While I can feel for Daniel, it was an error and, sadly, it is what it is.
"We would be stepping in dangerous territory, with technical infringements in particular, if we start building margins in upon margins, upon margins. There was a margin there and the margin was exceeded -- the margin that applies to everyone."

[Greig]

Reminding me of when Ferrari got away with the bargeboards being 5mm too short

[Greig]

Max got a 50k fine for touching the Merc LOL

Be afraid Seb.....

[Greig]

In the Max statement it says they have HD video from the Merc showing his touching does not change the wing at all, which will negate Merc trying to blame him.

Now to DQ Lewis.

[Lesky]

In the Max statement it says they have HD video from the Merc showing his touching does not change the wing at all, which will negate Merc trying to blame him.

Now to DQ Lewis.

Excellent. Why did they wait 20 hours to come to this conclusion for Max? Was it really that difficult?

[paolo lalli]

Max 50.000 euro fine.wow for putting a finger on the wing,his finger print caused excessive damage.LOL.

[Lesky]

Biggest fine ever for a driver?

So with 24 hours to play with, what have the FIA come up with to possible not DQ Hamilton and start him from the pits? They have to have come up with something, I cant imagine they will just DQ him now. Start from the back of the grid? 10 place penalty? 5 place grid drop?

[hakanabi]

Ham disqualified