If anyone fancies the Fantasy F1 thing:
https://fantasy.formula1.com/en/leagues/join/C3CVFRD6503
Oh, the forum’s turned it into a box full of unreadable nonsense. Anyway…STW league. (LOL, link created via a white dialog with white text and white popups also with white text… luckily I pasted the URL into the correct one. Ah, I love this site.)
The FF1 site isn't playing nice today, popups kept appearing and disappearing before I could read them. However I think I'm registered...Scuderia Multi Ventuno
Bump to see if thread kicks into life!! 😬
“GP2 forum!”
Bump to see if thread kicks into life!!
I predict that Saturday and Sunday on the forum are going to be a mad jumble like this:
Well most software issues are usually attributable to a problem in La Source code.
Sure he got cleared by a lawyer but not having done anything illegal is quite different to not having done anything immoral.
I'm no Horner fan but what was he supposed to have done? What line did he actually cross?
I know there were some What's App messages leaked (I haven't read them) but I'd be hesitant to condemn someone based on (probably) out-of-context messaging...
(I presume no one disputes that the messages were real and not manufactured...?)
Sure he got cleared by a lawyer but not having done anything illegal is quite different to not having done anything immoral.
I'm no Horner fan but what was he supposed to have done? What line did he actually cross?
I know there were some What's App messages leaked (I haven't read them) but I'd be hesitant to condemn someone based on (probably) out-of-context messaging...
(I presume no one disputes that the messages were real and not manufactured...?)
Even Horner doesn't deny that they're real....in Drive to Survive he implies he knows who leaked them. In most job I've had, a senior employee having a relationship with a more junior one would have been a big no no
IIRC, there was some discussion or allegation about "coercive behaviour" than the "relationship" though, and I find the use of "coercive" intriguing - it implies the junior employee was unwilling to do something that the senior employee wanted them to do. That dynamic happens all the time in business!
If my boss asked me to do something I didn't want to do, I'd leave the job if I felt that strongly about it rather than drag the boss/company through the dirt. It strikes me that their (her) action was motivated by something else
(I'm presuming the lawyer(s) determined there was nothing sexual/me too in the behaviours as that would/should have resulted in some sanctions against Horner...anyway, it just seems muck-raking to me and I dislike Horner!)
For those who like a bit of F1 nostalgia I spotted this YouTube channel last week - full F1 races from the late 80s onwards - enjoy!...
https://www.youtube.com/@F1RaceTime
. It strikes me that their (her) action was motivated by something else
That she couldn't afford to just walk out of a job? That she thought it was happening to others who aren't say anything? Could be any number of reasons she did what she did.
Anyway, where's the like button gone? The La Source pun needs one
I find the use of "coercive" intriguing - it implies the junior employee was unwilling to do something that the senior employee wanted them to do. That dynamic happens all the time in business!
Coercive behaviour isn’t that simplistic. It is generally rather more insidious. And whilst I don’t know the precise details of this case, I somehow doubt it fell into the realms of stuff that “happens all the time in business”. Assuming you’re a bloke, at least.
It was certainly interesting to see Geri walking through the paddock with him. All would have looked perfectly normal in still photographs for the papers, but the video shows the reality of that smile firmly and quite unnaturally frozen in place from the minute they stepped into the pit lane to the moment they reached the motorhome.
When the muck-raking and innuendo is more exciting than the racing...
Well most software issues are usually attributable to a problem in La Source code
This deserves credit.
I'm no Horner fan but what was he supposed to have done? What line did he actually cross?
The texts go from pretty standard normal functional work relationship, through jokey conversations and innuendo all the way to pictures taken by Horner of himself in hotels in towels or half undressed all in the space of about a year right from when she started with RB. The coercion allegation is that this 'relationship' all the way through was not consensual on her part and she felt she had to go along with it to keep her job. It was obvious from the get-go that RB were trying to keep hold of Horner, and were willing to go to any legal lengths to make that happen, which is why they employed a KC to lead (the totally secret and un-open) transparent internal enquiry.
Yahoo Weather is saying 66% chance of rain on Sunday in Melbourne
Omg was that Edward Norton?!?! That was amazing, loved that
There is still more to come from the Horner affair. A UK employment tribunal has been set for Jan 26 and in the meantime there is allegedly an injunction preventing UK new outlets from reporting. Be funny if Horner doesn’t see in the new tech regs!
That's ok - as someone once said, comparing James Hunt playing trumpet to a dancing bear, it's not so much that it's done well, it's that it's done at all. 🙂
Yahoo Weather is saying 66% chance of rain on Sunday in Melbourne
It's Melbourne, so there's no point in predicting the weather more than about ten minutes before.
Does anyone here bet on F1?
I’ve never done any sports gambling (other than a couple of random visits to the gee-gees) but it seems that every company seems to have appalling feedback and bright red Trustpilot ratings that barely scrape above 1. I think the highest is a bit over 3.
I was hoping to just download an app, stick some bets on, and take some winnings if there are any, but it seems like that might be a bit much to ask.
Any tales of experience?
I've used PaddyPower to bet on my football team this season, but I use their website rather than an app. S'ok - I managed to work it out, so can't be too bad (although be warned - my first two bets saw us draw then lose, and this is Birmingham City in league one, there shouldn't be a safer bet out there! 🙂 )
Looks like a load of posts are getting stuck again. Can someone put a shilling in the meter?
but the video shows the reality of that smile firmly and quite unnaturally frozen in place from the minute they stepped into the pit lane to the moment they reached the motorhome.
Is there anyone who saw that and didn't immediately think it was a publicity stunt?
Qualifying was a turn up for the books, an RB and a Williams ahead of both Ferrari's.
Can't see Lawson being allowed too many weekends like this before he gets booted.
Qualifying was a turn up for the books
Not quite sure it was. Same suspects at the front. Hamilton mid pack behind Leclerc. Although nice to see the Williams up there.
Big thing is going to be race pace and tyre management. People like Mark Hughes seem to think that McLaren have a big advantage in race pace. Among the cars behind them, whoever can manage the tyres best should fill that final podium spot. I'm hoping it's Albon, would be great to see a Williams sharing the podium with McLarens again.
Nice to see Williams doing well.
Oh, and rain tomorrow is likely to turn it into a bit of a lottery.
I wonder how mclaren are going to play the race, whoever is first into the first corner is safe for the lap, or let them race. Bearing in mind what happened last year at Monza when Norris went from 1st to 3rd.
It will take Ferrari a few races to work on their set-up. Going from push-rod to pull-rod front suspension is no small thing.
It’s probably been done now so they can perfect it for next season.
Lawson shouldn’t be making rookie mistakes as he’s no rookie.
Not sure how Haas have gone so badly downhill - they finished last season pretty well.
Can Lando get a decent start?
Depends how wet it is!! Rain forecast for start of the race. 🌧️
I hope they are aware they can be fined for driving in a cycle lane in Melbourne…
Just watching C4 highlights....why is George Russell yellow??
Can Lando get a decent start?
Oscar in P1 by the first corner if it’s dry. All bets off if it’s wet
Well Lawson has got one new fan...
It’s alarms slammed off - and away we go!… 😴😴
…wet start then - how many rookies will complete the first lap! 😀
(assuming it’s a standing start!).
That’s one gone!
Christ.
