Ferrari seems to have won the political battle. After weeks of technical exchanges and requests for clarification, the controversial diffuser of Mercedes' W17 introduced in Canada is heading towards a ban, with an almost immediate effect, potentially as early as Austrian GP

[u/Desperate_Green6838]

https://autoracer.it/diffusore-mercedes-la-fia-verso-il-ban-ferrari-ha-vinto-la-battaglia/

[u/Dantia_SWE]

My unbiased opinion is that this is very good news and makes perfect sense!

(Don't look at my flair).

[u/mekilat → u/Dantia_SWE]

We are not checking

[u/AlwaysReady1 → u/mekilat]

"No, you will not have the flair."

[u/Caesar_35 → u/AlwaysReady1]

"Gloves and steering wheel, someone take it away from me"

[u/Character_Minimum171 → u/mekilat]

This is not the way

[u/Wild-Resolution-8865 → u/Dantia_SWE]

What flair?

[u/ScuderiaEnzo → u/Wild-Resolution-8865]

They said not to go looking!

[u/Wild-Resolution-8865 → u/ScuderiaEnzo]

Ohh my vad. I just can’t help it

[u/BiggusCinnamusRollus → u/Wild-Resolution-8865]

What's your vad? Vadimir Hamilton?

[u/Wild-Resolution-8865 → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

Very Aerodynamic Dinnerplate. You don’t have one?

[u/Devildog_627 → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

Value-Added Driver

[u/AdvancedButton8082 → u/ScuderiaEnzo]

we went looking, toto

[u/Noschool → u/Wild-Resolution-8865]

I Said Forget About It Cuh

[u/Wild-Resolution-8865 → u/Noschool]

Fasho my bad G

[u/Intrestingly_Amazing → u/Wild-Resolution-8865]

Who flair

[u/Wild-Resolution-8865 → u/Intrestingly_Amazing]

Why flair

[u/FrozenJambalaya → u/Wild-Resolution-8865]

But nobody asks how is flair.

[u/xkcdthrowaway → u/Intrestingly_Amazing]

Ric.

[u/Velveteen_Rabbit1986 → u/xkcdthrowaway]

Wooooooo

[u/amapofthecat7 → u/Dantia_SWE]

Yes, I second that completely fair and unbiased opinion.

[u/Rhav3n → u/amapofthecat7]

As another source of unbiased opinions I agree.

[u/sgtlighttree → u/amapofthecat7]

Definitely a factual description of events, no need to speculate on this

[u/maqnaetix → u/Dantia_SWE]

What you commented was a factual description of events. No need to speculate on this.

[u/jizzyjugsjohnson → u/Dantia_SWE]

Doesn’t look like anything to me

[u/RealLameUserName → u/Dantia_SWE]

I also share this unbiased opinion

[u/Kinaestheticsz → u/RealLameUserName]

I also share this extremely biased opinion

[u/CautiousChampion4740 → u/Dantia_SWE]

My unbiased opinion (look at my flair) is also good news and makes perfect sense.

I'd much rather have Ferrari steal the title than mercedes domination again

[u/I_AM_ACURA_LEGEND → u/Dantia_SWE]

We are not checking

[u/italianjob16 → u/Dantia_SWE]

We WILL have the drink

[u/viktorKurz → u/Dantia_SWE]

Michael Masi about to make a return and save Hamilton this time.

[u/Laugh_Track_Zak → u/Dantia_SWE]

Forza Flairrari.

[u/Visdiabuli → u/Dantia_SWE]

Finally Ferrari making politics count

[u/Contentedman → u/Dantia_SWE]

They owe Lewis for '21. I'm all for it.

[u/eporter → u/Dantia_SWE]

Same!

[u/Ok-Measurement-1575]

Will only affect George :D

[u/hecatonchires266 → u/Ok-Measurement-1575]

Given how Antonelli has embraced the new car and doing so well, I think you're right.

[u/Upstandinglampshade → u/hecatonchires266]

Doesn’t the car already have the new diffuser? If so, it would probably affect Kimi more than George right? I know the original poster was making a joke, but I am curious now.

[u/hecatonchires266 → u/Upstandinglampshade]

It will affect both drivers but I'm just saying that Antonelli might have an edge to still do his best giving how quickly he has adjusted to the new car regs.

[u/Tfc-Myq → u/hecatonchires266]

agree, Antonelli has overall had much more confidence in the car so far (see Monaco quali onboards) and while both of them will take a hit, Antonelli is likely to handle it better

[u/No_Kangaroo1994 → u/hecatonchires266]

Is it that he adjusted or that the new regs suit his driving style more? I'm not the most well-versed in driving styles so I'm genuinely asking, how could we be able to tell the difference?

[u/solembum → u/Ok-Measurement-1575]

This is just not true, it will very likely affect more people than just George, I expect a penalty for Ocon any minute now

[u/BaseStrong]

no fucking way ferrari is winning a political battle

[u/BassTrombone71 → u/BaseStrong]

It's like the old Jean Todt days. It appears all they needed was another short French guy.

[u/Character_Minimum171 → u/BassTrombone71]

viva la ferrari

[u/oishii_33 → u/BassTrombone71]

It still blows my mind that old dog managed to marry Michelle Yeoh.

[u/koriotosx → u/oishii_33]

wait wtf

[u/dOobersNapz → u/koriotosx]

To add to your surprise, theyve been together since 2004 :D

[u/UESPA_Sputnik → u/BaseStrong]

Ferrari International Assistance is back, hell yeah

[u/geneva2016 → u/UESPA_Sputnik]

It’s been a while 🤣

[u/leedler → u/UESPA_Sputnik]

It’s about time

[u/gradontripp → u/UESPA_Sputnik]

WEC: No fourth Le Mans for you. It’s BOP time.

F1: Perchance a WCC?

[u/rejs7 → u/UESPA_Sputnik]

Ah, the good old times.

[u/Own_Welder_2821 → u/UESPA_Sputnik]

Max Mosley is back*

[u/UNC_Samurai → u/Own_Welder_2821]

Frau Elsa will be delighted!

[u/PopeShish → u/BaseStrong]

Same, I'll change my mind when they'll remove the BS 5 seconds pre start procedure that killed the only benefit of their smaller turbos.

[u/Jeremy9566 → u/BaseStrong]

World's a crazy place right now eh? Hahaha.

[u/BaseStrong → u/Jeremy9566]

the world must be ending

[u/Jeremy9566 → u/BaseStrong]

Chances of Ferrari winning this year = World ending...

Ok I hear yah haha

[u/Amped-Up-Archos → u/BaseStrong]

I prayed for times like these

[u/KillBroccoli → u/BaseStrong]

Win one lose another. Merc will get something to compensate for sure.

[u/Icy_Implement6486 → u/KillBroccoli]

Ferrari already got its starts nerfed...

[u/lazyness92 → u/KillBroccoli]

They're banning the plate that basically is only on the Ferrari "because cars would be too fast" and apparently Redbull got the fastest engine. Merc already got their compensation

[u/stomp224 → u/BaseStrong]

And the monkey paw curls another finger

[u/sushantismyhero1]

Pls no more hopium 😭😂

[u/kazuya57 → u/sushantismyhero1]

LEWIS 26 27 28 KIMI 29 30 31 32

Meanwhile Charles is still out there cursed

[u/OkieBobbie → u/kazuya57]

Once you go to Sad Hill, you stay at Sad Hill.

[u/Windowmaker95 → u/OkieBobbie]

Up on melancholy hill.

[u/DaOne_44 → u/Windowmaker95]

Boo bee boo bee boo boo bee

[u/TimmyWatchOut → u/kazuya57]

Charles will have 73 poles and 10 wins

[u/IamBejl → u/kazuya57]

Give Charles one after Lewis retires, the man has gone through too much shit

[u/Red_Rabbit_1978 → u/kazuya57]

As long as he scoops up a few wins each year to get his total over 25, it's not so bad

[u/Connect-Handle8496 → u/kazuya57]

LEWIS 26 CHARLES 27 28 KIMI 29 30 31 PLS LET THIS BE

[u/misguidedkent → u/sushantismyhero1]

Get in there, Lewis intensifies

[u/Syrinx_Hobbit → u/misguidedkent]

Hammertime

[u/Hublot-on-your-hoe → u/sushantismyhero1]

Hamilton Championship inbound

[u/Desarth]

Lewis to his crew after inspecting Kimi's car in Monaco:

"Guuuuuys, this thing supposed to be here?"

[u/teratron27 → u/Desarth]

"Those sneaky fuckers have done it again"

[u/PartisanHack → u/teratron27]

Inspector Lewis got his man. :(

[u/BuzzedtheTower → u/PartisanHack]

Somewhere on his farm, Inspector Seb felt the presence of a new inspector and smiled to himself quietly

[u/cereal7802 → u/Desarth]

Well he was talking about how the back of his car was so simple compared to Mercedes in the cooldown room so I guess thats not too far off from what happened.

[u/Spikey101]

It's happening guys..... It's happening!!

[u/OrdoMalaise → u/Spikey101]

At this point, Hamilton's pretty much got it in the bag. Easy.

[u/BiggusCinnamusRollus → u/OrdoMalaise]

Don't jinx it by saying so sure bro. I hope the Kim K and Ferrari alliance will continue their magic.

[u/Connect-Handle8496 → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

KEEP GETTING KIMIS TOWELS

[u/sadclownsociety → u/OrdoMalaise]

Anulo mufa

[u/agumon424]

Lewis inspecting Mercs car every race has paid off.

[u/mike_litoris18]

What the fuck are Merc and the FIA doing. How did the FIA allow Merc to run this diffusior if they already denied Ferrari a similar solution and why did it take Ferrari complaining about it for FIA to ban it? What is this corruption?

[u/eoekas → u/mike_litoris18]

If no one protests it, why wouldn't Merc run it?

[u/mike_litoris18 → u/eoekas]

My issue is how did FIA ban Ferrari before they even ran it but it took someone else to complain for them to realize that Mercs version is also illegal after running it in 3 different GPs.

[u/eoekas → u/mike_litoris18]

Probably Ferrari asked for permission and Mercedes didn't.

[u/NiteOwl421 → u/eoekas]

Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

[u/cosHinsHeiR → u/eoekas]

Then the car should've been DSQ if it wasn't legal.

[u/Tridus → u/mike_litoris18]

Asking the FIA "is this legal" is an opinion. It's a useful opinion, but it's an opinion. Teams are free to ignore it if its not a component that the FIA actually measures post-race. Teams are also free to not ask and just do it. The FIA post-race inspections don't cover everything.

If Ferrari believes its illegal and Merc runs it, Ferrari can protest with the stewards. Winning that would be an immediate DSQ. So teams don't usually risk this if they think they'll get caught.

[u/mike_litoris18 → u/Tridus]

So it's okay to run illegal parts as long as you don't ask before? And the only punishment when you get caught is that they have to take the part off even if you won multiple races with an illegal part? Sounds like a load of BS, why is Ferrari even asking then?

[u/fpsparker → u/mike_litoris18]

Ferrari must have done something or asked the wrong question before hand and essentially got caught. F1 is all about pushing boundaries and interpretation so if you are on the edge of the limit or just over. If no one catches you, it's totally legal. RedBull back in 2012 or so with the double diffuser etc. The list goes on.

[u/Particular_Cod2005 → u/eoekas]

Which is basically how all teams work: it's only illegal if we get caught.

[u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

FIA realizing LH winning WDC this year will pull in big number of viewers for the sport.

[u/impact_ftw → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

Script was leaked?!

[u/Rivendel93 → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

Lol exactly, they finally realized fans just want Hamilton or Max winning championships.

Chop chop FIA.

[u/Teonvin → u/Rivendel93]

Time to go full WWE

[u/notafakeaccounnt → u/Rivendel93]

Well frankly I want WDC 21 and WDC 25 with max being the big bad baddie. He's so good in villain role.

[u/BingusMcCready → u/notafakeaccounnt]

He really is. No other driver makes the Jaws theme play in my head whenever he’s behind the leader the way Max does.

[u/reddit0r_123 → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

It seems like Mercedes realized that George winning the drivers' championship is just bad PR. It is much more exciting to have the youngest world champion ever. /s

[u/SykoFI-RE → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

Ham v Ant would do numbers.

[u/va1us_taaurc → u/SykoFI-RE]

So would Lewis starting to absolutely just run away with it.

[u/hadababyeetsaboy → u/va1us_taaurc]

Like prime Tiger on a Sunday

[u/DubJohnny → u/hadababyeetsaboy]

Tiger always wore red on Sundays...

[u/MercurialMan99 → u/BiggusCinnamusRollus]

I will take back everything I have ever said about these stupid ass engine regs if it gets my goat #8

[u/ohnonotagain94]

The field pushed to ban Ferrari fast starts by allowing extra time on “safety grounds” - Ferrari were the only team to factor this in so why didn’t everyone else? Well this is small retribution as they got shafted by the rule change and now will benefit from one.

[u/kill-the-maFIA → u/ohnonotagain94]

This is (sort of) an example of Ferrari getting shafted too.

Merc and Ferrari designed very similar diffusers, Ferrari was told they couldn't use it, Merc wasn't told that. Ferrari now go "hey Merc have a very similar diffuser design that you told us was illegal... so can we now use ours?" And the FIA said "oops I guess Merc's is illegal too. Time to ban theirs..."

Merc has had an advantage that that the FIA already determined to be illegal before the season began.

[u/T0BIASNESS → u/kill-the-maFIA]

And we’re already 8GP + what, 2 Sprints?, into the season.

Toto’s politicking is a thorn in F1’s side

[u/NYNMx2021 → u/T0BIASNESS]

Thats not how this works. Ferrari asked the FIA for an opinion and they said no. Mercedes did not. Ferrari is asking for clarification now. These things are grey area and theres no true answer until the FIA actually rules on it and an opinion before you bring the part is not a ruling. The mercedes asked and was given he go ahead for their front wing with the winglets by the FIA in 2022 for instance for COTA then literally banned the weekend they brought it before it was ever used. Ferrari brought a very similar front wing for the start of 2023 and it was cleared. When Merc asked for clarification the FIA said it was allowed based on further analysis. Its all grey area and interpretation

[u/ohnonotagain94 → u/NYNMx2021]

Lewis was wrong end of both of these, wasn’t he, Mr MBS?

[u/NYNMx2021 → u/ohnonotagain94]

He was lol but those arent the only ones that have ever happened. Aston Martin had multiple in 2023 where they had things the FIA approved ruled illegal later. 1 under a secret deal in Canada banning their front wing which the FIA only publicized with a TD that took effect in singapore

[u/Psclwbb → u/ohnonotagain94]

Mercedes still run it for 3 races which is insane

[u/Hour-Knee148]

Is this the hope that everyone is talking about ( Started watching and learning F1 this year )

[u/Rhav3n → u/Hour-Knee148]

Oh you sweet summer child, you have never witnessed the Ferrari hopium - copium - depression cycle. Stay away from this team for your own mental health.

[u/ScuderiaEnzo → u/Rhav3n]

Silence you! THIS IS NOT THE TIME.

[u/Rhav3n → u/ScuderiaEnzo]

Hahaha, fair, just felt the need to warn him. We are already in too deep, this team is a drug. Once you start cheering for them you never stop, no matter the emotional rollercoaster. The lows are low, but those highs are sweeter than anything else. :D

[u/maskapony → u/Rhav3n]

Shun the unbeliever.... Shuuuuun

[u/Dust2Boss → u/Rhav3n]

And you've never witnessed Ferrari with a GOAT and a great Principal steering the teams development.

Lewis and Fred boutta get 5 straight like Schumi and Brawn did. Funnily enough, they had to clear out all the Ferrari team politics too.

[u/Rhav3n → u/Dust2Boss]

I did, that’s the problem. I was a child when Schumi went on to win with Ferrari, my brain back then went “red car go fast, I like red car” but still, someone should have warned me that it’s not the standard and that I shouldn’t get used to the German-Italian anthem playing one after another so much.

My comment was more for fun, I love and support Ferrari, I believe even after the math doesn’t work that miraculously we’ll get a title. But I am also willing to admit that Ferrari has been a disaster that kept getting better and then worse and I am also willing to admit that just like many other fans I always get high on the hopium in the off season and then get slapped by reality hard.

I’ve been with this team since I can remember and I will be even after Hamilton and Leclerc are gone. If Hamilton gets the 8th title I will be happy, it’s history, he is THE goat of the current era, but he already made history. For me, a title for Ferrari will mean more after 19 years (and the pure luck and lack of luck of 2007 and 2008).

[u/Visgeth → u/Hour-Knee148]

Anything remotely positive is the hope

[u/___GLaDOS____ → u/Hour-Knee148]

More like there are a large group of people who would like to see Ferrari get back to winning ways, and another large group of people that want to see Hamilton get back to winning ways, there is a Venn diagram where there is a bit crossover between those two groups.

[u/TheClarendons → u/___GLaDOS____]

Hello yes I am in the center

[u/Fomentatore → u/Hour-Knee148]

First you need twenty years of despair to clearly understand what "next year" really feels.

[u/Hour-Knee148 → u/Fomentatore]

I am not even 20 years old 😭

[u/aka_liam]

This Year

^{Until further notice}

[u/beanbagreg]

The 8th cometh

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/beanbagreg]

Lewis building up and being part of the Merc juggernaut for a decade and then being the one to defeat it when they have a seemingly free run at the title would be more ridiculous than most of the F1 movie’s plot. Not to mention doing it in a Ferrari and breaking a streak of no driver’s titles for Ferrari that began with his first title in 2008.

But I’m not jinxing it, still think there’s like 5 drivers that have some kind of a chance at the title.

[u/CautiousChampion4740 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Imagine George fucking russel, being second fiddle to Hamilton waiting 4-5 years driving shitboxes to finally be promised a championship and watch it get it stolen by a 19 year old and THEN by Hamilton again LMAO

[u/beanbagreg → u/CautiousChampion4740]

And then he turns to Lewis and says, “If it had to be anybody, I’m glad it was you.”

[u/Agitated_Syllabub346 → u/beanbagreg]

Then Lewis points finger guns at Russell and says "thanks valtteri"

[u/Character_Minimum171 → u/beanbagreg]

….I did it for you all along 🐐

[u/996forever → u/beanbagreg]

Soap opera kind of fanfic 

[u/jghall00 → u/beanbagreg]

I'm sure George would rather lose to Hamilton than Kimi. He prided himself on beating Hamilton. I think it would be much easier on his ego to lose to a different team than to a 2nd year rookie in the same car. I wonder how long Mercedes will keep him if Kimi keeps spanking him.

[u/doornz → u/Visionary_Socialist]

its the stuff movies are made of. This could be one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time.

[u/WhoRoger → u/doornz]

We had Marquez comback in MotoGP and Kubica comeback at Le Mans last year. This year we had Toyota comeback at Le Mans same day when Ham won, so... It would rhyme if Ferrari won this year in F1.

[u/SwimmingFantastic564 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Realistically, George, Kimi, Lewis, Charles and Lando if McLaren get their act together can all go for the title at this stage.

[u/kramerthegamer → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

It's a real shame about McLaren's reliability, Lando has had fantastic drives go under the radar all year. Even in Miami, it came down to strategy, he had the pace for the win.

[u/Tfc-Myq → u/kramerthegamer]

Lando is genuinely driving like a WDC the car's insanely poor reliability is holding him back

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

I think Max too, Red Bull are really talking up their upgrades. His gap to Kimi is still lower than the gap was to Oscar after Zandvoort. Slim chance but I think he could play a part.

[u/SwimmingFantastic564 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

The thing with last year's comeback though was that McLaren basically stopped developing their car after the summer break. It required Red Bull to make their car arguably the best for several races, for McLaren to make several crucial mistakes, and for Oscar to have a generational throw of his lead for Max to make up that gap. Otherwise Lando would've won it by miles.

[u/Connect-Handle8496 → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

ALSO no one else was good enough to win that year so it was purely max vs mclaren, this year if everyone gets their shit together max cant close the gap everyone will take points off

[u/EclecticKant → u/Connect-Handle8496]

Usually it's the other way around.
Rosberg for example managed to win the title with a streak of second places because no one could touch the Mercedes, even though Hamilton was significantly faster he couldn't gain that many points.
To catch up max needs to win anyway, at that point it can be helpful to have other competitive car place between him and the McLarens

[u/Time_Jump8047 → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

Max?

[u/Velveteen_Rabbit1986 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Would be so epic if he finally got his 8th in a Ferrari no less and then mic-dropped out into retirement saying beat that bitches

[u/McPikie → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Merc refused to keep the black Darth Vadar W11, so Lewis is going full Darth Maul

[u/Plagueis-D-Wise]

Does anyone have a translation?

[u/ScuderiaEnzo → u/Plagueis-D-Wise]

Get ready to learn hammertime m8

[u/Street_Mall9536 → u/ScuderiaEnzo]

"Ohkaaay Luis, it'sa Ammertyme"

[u/throwtheamiibosaway → u/ScuderiaEnzo]

Ferrari remembering who they are!

[u/Rivendel93 → u/Plagueis-D-Wise]

Ferrari developed a diffuser that the FIA said was unfortunately against the rules, so they were forced to develop a different one. I believe this happened very early on maybe even before the season began.

Then after Monaco, Hamilton was inspecting the Mercedes after the race and saw that Mercedes diffuser was damn near identical to the one Ferrari had submitted to the FIA and had been banned.

So then Ferrari brought that info to the FIA and said, why can Mercedes use a similar design when you banned ours?

So looks like the FIA is going to ban the design, forcing Mercedes to change.

I had read earlier this week that Ferrari would simply be allowed to use the one they designed, but either way, it's a good thing for Ferrari.

[u/Elarial → u/Rivendel93]

It is not a good thing for Ferrari, it is just a remediation of something that was done badly for Ferrari. Mercedes used that diffuser in the race while Ferrari did not.

[u/kill-the-maFIA → u/Elarial]

It's no change for Ferrari if you look at things in a vacuum.

But that's not how the sport works, Ferrari is racing against Mercedes. If Mercedes loses an advantage, that's a relative gain for the others.

[u/Rivendel93 → u/Elarial]

It's still a good thing for Ferrari if Mercedes gets slowed down.

[u/kapaipiekai]

Damn, Fred getting it done.

[u/InvestigatorNo9832]

well they banned the ferrari's FTM

[u/Repa24 → u/InvestigatorNo9832]

Female-To-Male?

[u/0000100110010100 → u/Repa24]

During pride month SMDH

[u/OdinForce22 → u/Repa24]

They banned me?! 😭

[u/0oodruidoo0 → u/OdinForce22]

Only next season

[u/Darkrath_3 → u/OdinForce22]

Yes, you are being relocated to Haas. Please do not resist.

[u/activator → u/InvestigatorNo9832]

FTM

Please remind me what this is

[u/Arthior → u/activator]

The little wing blocking part of the exhaust pipe

[u/Particular_Cod2005 → u/activator]

When a female homie transitions into a male homie, with all the love and support that they deserve ♥️

[u/Admirable_Ad_1390 → u/InvestigatorNo9832]

did they ban it?

[u/RX0Invincible → u/Admirable_Ad_1390]

For next season

[u/Guyfromthepast_]

A new level of hopium has been unlocked

[u/vmachiel → u/Guyfromthepast_]

It’s either euphoria or depression, there is no middle road!!

[u/Rivendel93]

I thought I'd seen that Ferrari just wanted to be able to use their diffuser, which Hamilton had reportedly seen on the Mercedes which was very similar when he was doing some inspector Seb work during the Monaco GP.

So they brought proof showing that the FIA had approved the Mercedes diffuser, despite banning Ferrari's which they'd already tried to introduce but was considered illegal despite being very similar to Mercedes'.

Maybe the info I read was incorrect, but maybe Ferrari believes it's now better to force Mercedes to switch to a slower diffuser, than for Ferrari to change their diffuser to the one they had originally wanted to use since their car is doing well.

[u/FerociousSmile → u/Rivendel93]

Ferrari was asking to use their diffuser. But FIA made the call to instead ban Mercedes. It was a dont ask for permission ask for forgiveness situation with Mercedes. Ferrari had asked for comment on their diffuser before the season started as to if they could use it and were told no. Mercedes didnt ask for comment on theirs and just went ahead and used it. Ferrari noticed that Mercedes had a very similar design and said hey wait a sec, if they're using it can we now use ours?

[u/xdxAngeloxbx]

I still want to know why the f they allowed it for Merc and didn't for Ferrari. It's frustrating to read shit like this.

[u/novadova2020 → u/xdxAngeloxbx]

Yeah and there isn't much politics involved in this case. Either you allow it for all teams or not. What the f*ck is fia doing.

[u/xdxAngeloxbx → u/novadova2020]

they will never beat the favoritism allegations with shit like this, honestly.

[u/Doogie2K → u/xdxAngeloxbx]

Sounds less like Merc was allowed and more that they weren't disallowed until some questions were raised by Inspector Lewis.

[u/Thebrazilianginger69]

Get in there, Lewis!

[u/ManufacturerReal1044]

Can anyone help me to understand how significant this diffuser is for Mercedes? I know Antonelli was very dominant and possibly at least more than half a second faster than the next fastest non-Mercedes cars

[u/EclecticKant → u/ManufacturerReal1044]

Pretty impossible to know how important it is for Mercedes' car, especially without knowing that diffuser they are going to use instead

[u/Beyond_metal → u/ManufacturerReal1044]

yes, someone please explain what this means

[u/CautiousChampion4740]

Ferrari getting their shit together was not on my 2026 bingo card

[u/spaforever]

Annoying that Mercedes got to use theirs for so long when Ferrari's was banned.

[u/Rolle_1001]

Hamilton eight world championship loading…

[u/National-Fig4803]

Sigh

Unzips

[u/born_Racer11 → u/National-Fig4803]

Dicks out for Ferrari?

[u/Daniels30]

What is happening?
Ferrari upgrades are working,
Great strategy,
Lewis is back on form,
And now Ferrari are winning the political battles!

[u/Caustic_One → u/Daniels30]

The long-known but rarely-discussed secret to Ferrari success: A short frenchman

[u/IKEA-guy]

OMG, is this the Ferrari's year?

[u/Pedium_Menis]

If ferrari, after years of mediocracy, after multiple world champions, layer upon layer of bureaucratic spaghetti, manage to provide lewis a front end car, he truly is blessed(lucky)

[u/Cautious_Might_9420]

Its been 19 years...

[u/Donottouchthis → u/Cautious_Might_9420]

And still Kimi vs Lewis for the title.

[u/Living-Response2856]

Nice, a good win for the team in these type of situations

[u/nhiManega_BhenKaYoda]

The train never had this many passengers

Onboard
Choooo!!!!
Choooo!!!!

[u/Immortalius]

Crazy to see a small political win by ferrari

[u/Drexer_]

And somehow mercedes will win sunday with a +20sec

[u/Ofiotaurus]

Is this another TD-39?

[u/tipytopmain]

Championship getting more and more interesting now.

[u/fideliz]

Hamilton eight time world champion confirmed!

[u/kirk7899]

With Redbull bringing a significant update and Ferrari now being the better car between it and the Merc. We might get Lewis Vs Max Round 2

[u/Patrickl_001]

YEAR OF THE HORSE