"Im Happy With Second" What The Hell Did They Do To Max Over The Summer Break????

Newey’s contract: the legalese

There is a lot of confusion flying around right now on Adrian Newey’s contract. Employment law terms are being thrown about, some incorrectly. As a lawyer, here are some things you should know:

1. Gardening Leave - this means the period of time in which Newey is technically still paid and employed by RBR but is not allowed to do any work, so he doesn’t get any inside info. Newey has been placed on gardening leave from the RBR F1 division effective immediately. He is not on gardening leave from the HyperCar division.

2. Non-compete period - this means the period of time in which Newey is not allowed to work for another team. This will be triggered by a specific event, which we don’t know. It could start when Newey goes on F1 gardening leave (now) or when Newey’s F1 contract officially ends (near the end of 2024 or early 2025). We simply don’t know.

This means we don’t know for sure whether Adrian Newey will become available to other teams in 2025 or 2026.

Media outlets reporting 2025 do not have sufficient info off the back of the RBR press release to confirm this. Unless they have been told specific and private contractual details that we don’t know

I fear when max retires I may lose my intense interest in this sport

JAMIE CHADWICK AND LOGAN SARGEANT ARE TEAMMATES VICTORY IS MINE I SAY!

Imola GP Quali

Q1

Out: Sergeant, Alonso, Magnussen, Zhou, Bottas (P20 to P16)

Oscar Piastri investigated for impeding on Magnussen

Logan Sargeant's lap time deleted for track limits, drops from P17 to P20 :(

Hulkenberg goes third fastest

Both Williams and Alonso hit the gravel, turn 18 also almost caught out Verstappen and Norris

Both Alpines and RBs into Q2!!

Verstappen went fastest in Q1 in the last few seconds

Here is everything that every driver has said about the Max-Lando contact in Austria 2024:

Nico did take the time to look at the incident again. 'Verstappen didn't swerve towards Lando and he also left Norris a car width of space. And on the left there was a kerb and a large run-off zone, no wall. I think the stewards have intervened quite a bit in Austria, more than usual and maybe a little too much even,' the German concludes.

Yuki also does not think Verstappen's action in Spielberg was too harsh and explains: "To be honest, everyone does that." The world champion did not drive dangerously and it was not "moving under braking." It is completely normal to put "a little pressure" on the other driver and not let him overtake voluntarily. And contact can sometimes occur, says Tsunoda. He also believes that there would have been no penalty if there had not been contact in the same situation. "That's part of racing," says the Japanese driver.

Lando himself said: "Honestly, I don't think he needed to apologise. Some of the things I said in the pen after the race were more just because I was frustrated at the time, a lot of adrenaline, a lot of emotions and I probably said some things I didn't necessarily believe in, especially later on in the week.

Daniel said: “I think the contact, that can happen probably nine times out of 10 with no consequence... But I think the outcome was bigger than probably what was actually happening on track. From what I saw, at least nothing seemed over the top. Was it pushing the edge? Probably. But was anything dangerous or reckless? At least from what I've seen, no.”

George said: "Max will push the rules to the limits…as most of the top drivers do!"

Kevin said: "Max paid the price already by having a puncture. So I think some of the things they should just let the drivers sort it out in a natural way, it works out in other racing series very well, IndyCar, Sportscars and in the US, they have that approach and it works out well. The racing is tough over there, everyone understands the rules and it's more simple."

Checo said: "I think Max pushes every single bit to the limit as many top drivers do and when you're racing him it's gonna be a hard and fair battles."

Daniel's probably watching the shit show that is Red Bull (VCARB included) this weekend and sighing in relief bcs that doesn't have to be him anymore

daniel's like that one friend who says some fucked up shit out of nowhere and ruins the vibe bc the whole gang's depressed again now 😔

Watching practice 1 rn and whoever this guy is, I hope him and his max verstappen bear have a great day

heard the annual driver's dinner was good this year

Thinking about how Logan will be practically erased for the rest of the season...there's probably a ton of content he filmed for COTA and grill the grid, etc. that won't ever be released now :(