[M Hybrid V8]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Breaking news: Mercedes AMG has withdrawn its appeal ("we hereby withdraw our appeal").

2021 classification is final.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MercedesA...19870680125441

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Well written response by Mercedes and everyone saw the race and will remember what took place. They should be proud of their performance, we all witnessed it.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M2CS

Well written response by Mercedes and everyone saw the race and will remember what took place. They should be proud of their performance, we all witnessed it.

Personally I would have preferred a #1 result shared by Hamilton and Verstappen, as I commented earlier. I trust that that would have been applauded worldwide as doing justice to two competitors who both deserve the WDC 2021.

Originally Posted by Artemis

Although FIA regulations don't allow it as a matter of principle (also because of the unforeseen implications on many levels) and most only want 1 winner, I secretly wished for the magic of what happened last Summer during the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo - Men's High Jump.

Two athletes got ready to battle for the gold medal. Equal points. Mutaz Essa Barshim asked the jury member whether two gold medals were possible. The jury member confirmed. He immediately proposed it to his main rival Gianmarco Tamberi, who instantly accepted: both received a gold medal. Now that's a gesture of ultimate respect for each other.

Imagine for a moment Hamilton and Verstappen deciding to share the championship title. The water is way too deep between them, too much has happened, but why not ?

Likewise: see what Alonso said after the Abu Dhabi race about a shared trophy: 01:17 - 01:25:

[3798j]

From the AMG Petronas statement:

"...it's something different when you lose your faith in racing."

This...thankfully I think the FIA is actually aware that this not an isolated feeling.

[Robin_NL]

Staten Island's history.

At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667, the Dutch ceded New Netherland to England in the Treaty of Breda, and the Dutch Staaten Eylandt, anglicized as "Staten Island", became part of the new English colony of New York.

The Brits won that one.

Peter Stuyvesant was born 10 miles from where I live FWIW....


But for now



Cheers
Robin

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by 3798j

From the AMG Petronas statement:

"...it's something different when you lose your faith in racing."

This...thankfully I think the FIA is actually aware that this not an isolated feeling.

I lost my 'faith in racing' already '7 seasons ago' or so with the all time low for me @ Silverstone '21.

But hey.... Each to their own.

Merry Xmas!

Cheers
Robin

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Knighthood for Ham?? Not on your nelly.
https://grandpx.news/ecclestone-hits...ication-clicks

Breaking !

This evening ('Today - Thursday 16th December 2021) we can watch the 2021 FIA PRICE GIVING

•5 PM CET - FIA Champions Press Conference
•9 PM CET - FIA Price Giving Ceremony

This evening 'LIVE on this page => https://www.facebook.com/fia/

[Robin_NL]

https://www.facebook.com/MSchumacher...8595602831419/

Michael Schumacher sitting with drivers better than him. I had to laugh


Cheers
Robin

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

Staten Island's history.


The Brits won that one.

Peter Stuyvesant was born 10 miles from where I live FWIW....


But for now



Cheers
Robin

Alright my friend . Good Lord ! Honestly ...She looks blessed !

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Alright my friend . BTW : Good Lord ! Honestly ...She looks blessed !

Yes airbags for divebombing Lewis and George in '22

Cheers
Robin

[M5Rick]

Any suggestion of sharing the WDC (as mentioned by Brundle) is laughable to me, Max won that fair and square from Ham who was in a faster car with questionable parts.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

Yes airbags for divebombing Lewis and George in '22

Cheers
Robin

Man....She's a wild thing in Orange ! Can't be otherwise !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Breaking !

This evening ('Today - Thursday 16th December 2021) we can watch the 2021 FIA PRICE GIVING

•5 PM CET - FIA Champions Press Conference
•9 PM CET - FIA Price Giving Ceremony

This evening 'LIVE on this page => https://www.facebook.com/fia/

I will watch that on my partners lap top, she is on Facebook but I'm not.

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Any suggestion of sharing the WDC (as mentioned by Brundle) is laughable to me, Max won that fair and square from Ham who was in a faster car with questionable parts.

+1000

Lewis & Toto already had 7 'lucky' shares of the cake. It's over for now!

Cheers
Robin

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Man....She's a wild thing in Orange ! Can't be otherwise !

Double Dutch


Cheers
Robin

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

Staten Island's history.


The Brits won that one.

Peter Stuyvesant was born 10 miles from where I live FWIW....


But for now



Cheers
Robin

She makes a pleasant change from some the brit ones here who completely paint their faces over making them unrecognisable

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Personally I would have preferred a #1 result shared by Hamilton and Verstappen, as I commented earlier. I trust that that would have been applauded worldwide as doing justice to two competitors who both deserve the WDC 2021.

Sorry I cannot agree. "Everybody gets a medal" is a disastrous path to start down. Please don't encourage the FIA to head that way.

That was a really classy response from Mercedes Benz. They pulled the undercut on Red Bull with that!

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Your statement really s@cks mate !
Your place in NY has 'nothing to do with the topic ..

Advice :
Continue with a statement that at least makes sense ...

Have a nice day !

OT:

Staaten Eylandt (cf. Staaten Generaal) used to be part of Nieuw Nederland(t) aka Nova Belgica. Right next to the 'rabbit island' (Conyne Eylandt | Coney Island) and 'the long island' ('t Lange Eylandt | Long Island). Ancestors of Max Verstappen used to develop those places centuries ago...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Any suggestion of sharing the WDC (as mentioned by Brundle) is laughable to me, Max won that fair and square from Ham who was in a faster car with questionable parts.

Absolutely my friend !

BTW : I was wrong regarding MAX's World Champion Red Bull 'bonus price !

It wasn't a 1 Million $ bonus , MAX got a 5 Million $ World Champion Red Bull bonus ..

And ....
50K $ for each WDC drivers point !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Robin_NL

Double Dutch


Cheers
Robin

Won't close my eyes to X that !

[Robin_NL]

Harlem(Haarlem capital of North Holland) , Bronx(more Scandinavian tbh, Jan van Bronk or Jonas Bronk?), Hoboken(Antwerp), Brooklyn(named after Breukelen near Utrecht)
The Dollar(Daalder/Thaler)

Brooklyn emblem:



Old Dutch: Eendracht maakt Macht: Unity is Strength.

Dutch place names in New York
› Battery Island (a batterij or battery of cannons was once stationed here)
› Beekman Street (Manhattan, after Willem Beekman)
› Bleecker Street (Manhattan, after the Bleecker family)
› Bowery Lane (Manhattan, Bouwerijlaan)
› Bronx (New York, after Jonas Bronck)
› Bridge street (Manhattan, after Brugstraat)
› Broadway (Manhattan, after Breede Wegh which means broad road)
› Brooklyn (New York, after Breukelen)
› Bushwick (Brooklyn, after Boswijk)
› Boerum Hill (Brooklyn, after the Boerum family)
› Coney Island (Brooklyn, after Konijneneiland which means Rabbit Island)
› Cornelia Street (Manhattan, after Cornelia Herring)
› Cortlandt Street (Manhattan, after Stephanus van Cortlandt)
› Dutch Kills (Queens, any local names ending in Kill are of Dutch origin)
› Dutch Street (Manhattan)
› Dyker Heights (Brooklyn)
› Flushing (Queens, after Vlissingen)
› Gansevoort Street (Manhattan, after Peter Gansevoort)
› Gerritsen Beach (Brooklyn, after Wolphert Gerritse)
› Gravesend (Brooklyn, after 's Gravesande)
› Greenwich Village (Manhattan, after Grenen wijk)
› Harlem (New York, after Haarlem)
› Hells Gate (New York, after Helle Gadt, referring to dangerous currents in the East River)
› Hempstead (New York, after Heemstede)
› Holland Tunnel, Holland Avenue
› Long Island (New York, after "Lange Eylandt" named by Adriaen Block, 1614)
› Minetta Lane (Manhattan, after Mintje Kill)
› Nassau Street (Manhattan)
› New Dorp (Staten Island, dorp means village)
› New Utrecht Avenue (Brooklyn)
› Rhode Island (after "Roodt eylandt" which means Red Island)
› Rikers Island (Queens, after Abraham Rikers)
› Schuylerville (Bronx, after the Schuyler family)
› Spuyten Duyvil Creek (after Spuitende Duivel or Spitting Devil, referring to dangerous currents)
› Staten Island (after Staten Generaal)
› Stuyvesant Street (Manhattan, after Peter Stuyvesant)
› Todt Hill (Staten Island, after Dodenheuvel which means hill of the dead)
› Vancouver (after George Vancouver, a descendent of the Dutch Van Coeverden nobility)
› Vandam Street (Manhattan)
› Wall Street (Manhattan, after the city wall around Nieuw-Amsterdam)
› Wyckoff Street (Brooklyn, after Pieter Claesen Wyckoff)
› Yonkers (after Jonker, Jonkheer and jonge Heer)

Cheers
Robin

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Absolutely my friend !

BTW : I was wrong regarding MAX's World Champion Red Bull 'bonus price !

It wasn't a 1 Million $ bonus , MAX got a 5 Million $ World Champion Red Bull bonus ..

And ....
50K $ for each WDC drivers point !

He can throw us a grand each for supporting him if he has some spare left overs

[M Hybrid V8]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Any suggestion of sharing the WDC (as mentioned by Brundle) is laughable to me, Max won that fair and square from Ham who was in a faster car with questionable parts.

Nothing about the end of the race was fair and square. In fact if the situation was reversed, you would be having the ultimate tantrum. Also, nothing on the Mercedes was questionable, you just struggle to accept losing in truly fair competitions yet you would happily accept victory in a rigged competition.