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      12-01-2020, 02:33 AM   #243
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Everything is too PC nowadays, and everything is worse off because of it. Too much milk toast, wishy washy, nothing in your face anymore which is what keeps sports entertaining. If there are no rivals, nobody to hate, nobody to love, it's just BORING. It's why I watch next to zero sports anymore.

Max is entertaining and a Max is sorely needed in every sport. Even if you hate the guy, that makes him great because there's something to root against. There are no more John McEnroe's, Bill Laimbeer's, Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds, Schuey vs. McLaren, etc. Sports the world over has turned into nothing but corporate plain vanilla boringness, everybody loves everybody, everybody gets a trophy, we're all so amazingly talented, blah blah BLAH. Show me some HATE and some passion!

Show me the Pistons walking off the court without shaking hands after the Bulls finally dispatched them in four straight games. Give me Ron Artest jumping in the stands during the Malice at the Palace and causing a riot! Give me George Brett rampaging out of the dugout like a crazed mad man because of too much pine tar. Give me John McEnroe destroying the drink stand courtside at Wimbledon while all the swells sit there with mouths agape! Give me Mike Tyson threatening to eat peoples' children! Give me Schuey stalking Coulthard in the pits at Spa after he brake checked him and ruined his easy win! Give me Dennis Rodman kicking a court side camera man in the nuts! Give me Sammy Sosa sweating bullets and roided out of his mind, hitting ball after ball 500 ft. Give me Tonya Harding hiring a hit man to whack Nancy Kerrigan's knee so she'd make the Olympic team! Give me anything but this boring crap we have in all sports today!

All sports are so horribly repetitive, you need the villains and heroes to give you something to cheer for and the personalities are what make the historical moments.

I hope Max keeps that edge in a soft, and ever softening by the day world.
Also Senna v Prost
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If Max and Red Bull want to be competing for the constructor's championship, they needs a teammate that's not 30-40 seconds behind Max.
Except that the gap to the lead from lap 9 to lap 53 (first to last race speed laps) between Verstappen and Albon is actually ~20 secs.

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If Albon's feelings are hurt that Max is pointing that out, too bad. Max isn't there to be his friend, and he's just stating what everyone else already knows.
I guess that if Verstappen wants people to think he is an unpleasant entitled arrogant douche then he is definitely winning at that.

I would have thought that it would have cost him nothing to be a decent human being and keep his crappy thoughts to himself.....Or maybe thats just me.

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      12-01-2020, 05:44 AM   #245
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What do you think Merc is doing mate ?
Testing at NASA ?
im telling a fact mate Red Bull's car is very highly Max's style biased.. i dont know about NASA but there is no problem like that in Merc'..

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All sports are so horribly repetitive, you need the villains and heroes to give you something to cheer for and the personalities are what make the historical moments.
Senna fits there.. Max is not even close to that..

we ve seen what sort of things happen in Turkish GP by over-confidence.. i guess its better to separate that Nicky..
Lewis is not acting like a "rebel" but it doesnt mean he doesnt bring anything to sport.. and character wise not much example you can find on and off the track like Lewis.. and as long as he can keep this up it ll stay like that.. not liking him or not doesnt change facts its another story..
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Also Senna v Prost
and not Ham v Bot
Breaking news !!!

HAM is sick ! HAM tested "COVID POSITIVE" !

He has to be replaced by driver X ?

Damn virus !!!
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Breaking news !!!

HAM is sick ! HAM tested "COVID POSITIVE" !

He has to be replaced by driver X ?

Damn virus !!!
There's a whole thread about it here...

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1779757
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Breaking news !!!

HAM is sick ! HAM tested "COVID POSITIVE" !

He has to be replaced by driver X ?

Damn virus !!!
In the RB paddock this am....

“So you say there’s a chance...”
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      12-01-2020, 06:33 AM   #249
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There's a whole thread about it here...

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1779757
Yeah . I just saw it in a hurry after posting . I'm still at the company ..
Mate . Thanks for the info anyway !
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In the RB paddock this am....

“So you say there’s a chance...”
What ? I don't get it mate ?
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What ? I don't get it mate ?
A chance that RB can maybe get a win with the GOAT not racing.
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Max was last in the speed trap. Albon 6th. Bottas 15. Hamilton 17. “Our” top speed?
Top speed depends of the track . From what I know is that the Mercs W11 average top speed is +/- 11-17 km/h faster than the RB16.

If the Merc comes out of a slower corner , they just pull away from the RB16 .
The Merc W11 is the strongest and fastest car of the decade...
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A chance that RB can maybe get a win with the GOAT not racing.
Well mate . I don't think so ..Whoever the driver may be , as for HAM's replacement the driver has 90% chance to win the race .

Downside is : The new driver is NOT used to drive with the W11 ...
The W11 will be a complete new experience for the new driver..
He never drove with the huge power of the W11 , never drove with DAS , etc..

Thanks for the info !
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Positive mate .
I have to do it at the company . By quarterly evaluations on paper .And weekly meetings .
If the third evaluation is still bad . They know what will follow ..
Publicly ?
Of course ! The paper will be displayed on the companies information board , why the person in question is fired and will be subject in the next meeting .
Note : Since this year I tolerate more , because the people are working during a damn COVID pandemic !
Quarantines , social distance , mouth masks , gloves, disinfect everything everyday , is no joke !

If "MY" performance is bad at the company .Even I would be fired as well..
The today's life and work performance at the companies is not a charity or a Disneyland !
Same in professional motorsports ...
My friend, I don't know the laws in your country, but if you did any of the above with respect to an employee action, the lawyers would be lined up at the employees door to hemp him relieve your company of a minimum of 750K.

It's bad form for a small company, a large organization, or a sports team.

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My friend, I don't know the laws in your country, but if you did any of the above with respect to an employee action, the lawyers would be lined up at the employees door to hemp him relieve your company of a minimum of 750K.

It's bad form for a small company, a large organization, or a sports team.

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Oh I know my friend . Laws really s@ck over here ! It's a hypocritical Muppet Show !
Companies going through hard times , COVID killed a lot of them !

It changed very quickly here . The companies are everything ,and the employees zero , just a number !
I'm part of the system as well , actually everyone has to fight !
The companies "must" survive otherwise all the people end up jobless and poor !
You can see it as "survival" for the companies + the employees !
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Everything is too PC nowadays, and everything is worse off because of it. Too much milk toast, wishy washy, nothing in your face anymore which is what keeps sports entertaining. If there are no rivals, nobody to hate, nobody to love, it's just BORING. It's why I watch next to zero sports anymore.

Max is entertaining and a Max is sorely needed in every sport. Even if you hate the guy, that makes him great because there's something to root against. There are no more John McEnroe's, Bill Laimbeer's, Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds, Schuey vs. McLaren, etc. Sports the world over has turned into nothing but corporate plain vanilla boringness, everybody loves everybody, everybody gets a trophy, we're all so amazingly talented, blah blah BLAH. Show me some HATE and some passion!

Show me the Pistons walking off the court without shaking hands after the Bulls finally dispatched them in four straight games. Give me Ron Artest jumping in the stands during the Malice at the Palace and causing a riot! Give me George Brett rampaging out of the dugout like a crazed mad man because of too much pine tar. Give me John McEnroe destroying the drink stand courtside at Wimbledon while all the swells sit there with mouths agape! Give me Mike Tyson threatening to eat peoples' children! Give me Schuey stalking Coulthard in the pits at Spa after he brake checked him and ruined his easy win! Give me Dennis Rodman kicking a court side camera man in the nuts! Give me Sammy Sosa sweating bullets and roided out of his mind, hitting ball after ball 500 ft. Give me Tonya Harding hiring a hit man to whack Nancy Kerrigan's knee so she'd make the Olympic team! Give me anything but this boring crap we have in all sports today!

All sports are so horribly repetitive, you need the villains and heroes to give you something to cheer for and the personalities are what make the historical moments.

I hope Max keeps that edge in a soft, and ever softening by the day world.
So you are mad that many sports figures are actually decent human beings now? I am confused.
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So you are mad that many sports figures are actually decent human beings now? I am confused.
I can see that.
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So you are mad that many sports figures are actually decent human beings now? I am confused.
That's the funny thing, they aren't. There is plenty of drama/bs in all the major US sports anyway.
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Romain Grosjean : The first interview !
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The Phoenix!!
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shows such a human side of the things.. thoughts inside his head i hope he gets well soon..
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The Phoenix!!
The Phoenix (Romain Grosjean) got his second interview ...

In short , the highlighted translation :

"The steering wheel"

Romain said : He attempted 3 times to climb out the cockpit .
Only by his second attempt , he realized that his steering wheel was gone by the impact of the crash ..
Romain said : If my steering wheel was still in place ...It would have been otherwise .
"I could never speak again" !
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The Phoenix (Romain Grosjean) got his second interview ...

In short , the highlighted translation :

"The steering wheel"

Romain said : He attempted 3 times to climb out the cockpit .
Only by his second attempt , he realized that his steering wheel was gone by the impact of the crash ..
Romain said : If my steering wheel was still in place ...It would have been otherwise .
"I could never speak again" !
Maybe he doesn't realise he removed and threw it because of the shock and struggle with exiting the fireball of death.
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Interesting analysis from Jolyon, emphasising the events leading up to Romains crash.
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