Hans van Zijst

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Professional nerd and grammar nazi, writes in Dutch and English. Can read some German, French and Spanish too. Learning русский.

Location:: Netherlands

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:28:55 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Holy cow, I just heard that #Russell was disqualified because his car was 1,5 kg too light.

It's the rules, but it feels wrong. He had a great race and won because of his own decision to gamble on the tyres...

#Formula1 #SpaFrancorchamps

Formula1

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Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:33:43 +0200

Mariel

Marielvd@mastodon.social

@hans Formule 1 is geen sport meer. Helemaal kapot gereguleerd om nog enige vorm van competitie te creëren.

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:38:55 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@Mariel Mjah, regels zijn regels, maar dit voelt wel gewoon heel erg verkeerd.

Zie ik eindelijk weer eens een race, krijg je dit.

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:14:27 +0200

Mariel

Marielvd@mastodon.social

@hans Tja. En heel zuur voor Russel

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:19:54 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@Mariel Zeker heel zuur voor hem, wat stond-ie te glimmen na de race.

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:47:43 +0200

neverbeaten

neverbeaten@mas.to

@hans
Maybe he wore off 1.5 kg from those tires. Maybe it would have been in spec if he two-stopped.

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:32:47 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@neverbeaten They weighed it without fuel, strictly the weight of the empty car. I assume that tyre wear isn't a factor either then.

But that's an assumption.

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:49:07 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@Jelv 🎴 @neverbeaten Ok, so they screwed up.

Still, it felt wrong to see him be disqualified after a good race. He earned that victory in my eyes.

But rules are rules...