FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats
First Grand Prix 1950
Number of laps 44
Lap record 1:46.286 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
2022 winner Max Verstappen

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  • bhmnscmm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is it just me or does it seem like something is genuinely going on between GP and Max?

    I know everyone has been saying this is just how their relationship is, but I don’t remember nearly this many quips in the past.

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      Remember that we only hear what FOM wants us to hear. They cherry pick messages to make a story quite often. If you want to hear the rest of the radio the onboard replay on F1TV should have everything

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        1 year ago

        I get that, but why would they start bringing attention to the messages now if it has always been like this?

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          Because there’s nothing else interesting about what’s going on at the front. It’s creating drama for the sake of creating drama, there’s no other reason for it

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            So supposing this isn’t atypical, there wasn’t reason to create drama last year or earlier this season?

            It’s just weird to me this would suddenly start being a hot-button topic if Max and GP “have always been like this.”

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        When Max started complaining about how windy the track was and how hard he had to hold the wheel I assumed he was just joking around.

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          He mentioned it to the other drivers in the cooldown room too, and they agreed. I guess after the rain the wind really was a big factor.