this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2024
1 points (100.0% liked)
Formula 1
9134 readers
31 users here now
Welcome to Formula1 @ Lemmy.world Lemmy's largest community for Formula 1 and related racing series
Rules
- Be respectful to everyone; drivers, lemmings, redditors etc
- No gambling, crypto or NFTs
- Spoilers are allowed
- Non English articles should include a translation in the comments by deepl.com or similar
- Paywalled articles should include at least a brief summary in the comments, the wording of the article should not be altered
- Social media posts should be posted as screenshots with a link for those who want to view it
- Memes are allowed on Monday only as we all do like a laugh or 2, but donโt want to become formuladank.
Up next
2025 Calendar
| Location | Date |
|---|---|
| ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | 14-16 Mar |
| ๐จ๐ณ China | 21-23 Mar |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 04-06 Apr |
| ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain | 11-13 Apr |
| ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia | 18-20 Apr |
| ๐บ๐ธ United States | 02-04 May |
| ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 16-18 May |
| ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco | 23-25 May |
| ๐ช๐ธ Spain | 30 May-01 Jun |
| ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 13-15 Jun |
| ๐ฆ๐น Austria | 27-29 Jun |
| ๐ฌ๐ง Great Britain | 04-06 Jul |
| ๐ง๐ช Belgium | 25-27 Jul |
| ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | 01-03 Aug |
| ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 29-31 Aug |
| ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 05-07 Sep |
| ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan | 19-21 Sep |
| ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore | 03-05 Oct |
| ๐บ๐ธ United States | 17-19 Oct |
| ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | 24-26 Oct |
| ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 07-09 Nov |
| ๐บ๐ธ United States | 20-22 Nov |
| ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar | 28-30 Nov |
| ๐ฆ๐ช Abu Dhabi | 05-07 Dec |
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
... but not towards its success! So carefully worded.
To a certain degree I think when he backed Lewis into Max in 2021 he had a bit of leverage over them and that never transitioned into consistent individual performances.
Not shit stirring the 2021 championship drama, only citing what I feel was a big event in Checo's career path.
It's not exactly smiled on when drivers or teams intentionally manipulate a race. Just for comparison people hate on KMag for defending and stalling cars behind him when his teammate is fighting for a single point. Checo did something that played a major role in a controversial championship decider.
Checo was used as a pawn (willingly or not I can't say) in Red Bull's quest to deliver Max a WDC. I think a lot of his time at Red Bull was an attempted payback for that with hopes that he would perform more consistently with time. I don't think other drivers would've been given so many opportunities for so long with such an obvious gap to the other car. If we think back to Valtteri's time at Mercedes the performance gap was never so severe as he consistently qualified well but then floundered in the race or was the victim of the "second car" strategy. There were A LOT of Mercedes 1-2 finishes, and we never saw that consistently with Red Bull and Checo. Under any other circumstances I think he loses this drive much earlier than he did.
FWIW none of this is meant to hate on Checo. I've enjoyed watching his career until the recent slump and finger pointing when his driving hasn't been where it needed to be. I hope he's able to find success wherever he lands in the future.
People hated it because Kmag broke the rules, kept his place by cutting a corner or by pushing cars wide, got a penalty and continued to hold people up while having no lasting consequences to his own race. If he defended fairly without getting a penalty, I don't think there would have been much hatred
It also wasn't the most successful era. From 2010 to 2013 they won the same amount of drivers championships and two more constructors'.