The Official F1 2024 silly season *contains speculation*

[732NM]

They are considering it, according to gossip.

Keeps F1 in the press a few days after that boring stshow at Monaco.

[nordboy]

732NM said:

They are considering it, according to gossip.

Keeps F1 in the press a few days after that boring stshow at Monaco.

I think Ocon stays in his seat for Canada. The TP comments were very much made in the heat of the moment and I think things will calm down somewhat?

May well be that he's out of the team at the end of the season though.

[Adrian W]

nordboy said:

732NM said:

They are considering it, according to gossip.

Keeps F1 in the press a few days after that boring stshow at Monaco.

I think Ocon stays in his seat for Canada. The TP comments were very much made in the heat of the moment and I think things will calm down somewhat?

May well be that he's out of the team at the end of the season though.

Hopefully he will get offered a drive of a good car

[hondajack85]

Even though Ocon is a insolent troublemaker he is still better than all the names tossed about to replace him.
Dunno if he will be onboard next year though so what other team could he go to?

[thegreenhell]

He's rumoured to have been talking to every other team about next year, so he clearly wants out of Alpine. Joe Saward thinks he's Audi's second choice if they can't get Sainz.

[Muzzer79]

Adrian W said:

Hopefully he will get offered a drive of a good car

So he can regularly try and take his team mate out in that instead?

Ocon needs to learn that sometimes, just sometimes, going for the gap isn’t a good idea.

[thegreenhell]

Muzzer79 said:

Adrian W said:

Hopefully he will get offered a drive of a good car

So he can regularly try and take his team mate out in that instead?

Ocon needs to learn that sometimes, just sometimes, going for the gap isn’t a good idea.

Maybe Haas should sign him alongside KMag. The could trade tips on going for non-existent gaps.

[Milkyway]

thegreenhell said:

Maybe Haas should sign him alongside KMag. The could trade tips on going for non-existent gaps.

If you go for a gap that's not there... You're not a racing driver.

'O' Con.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 28th May 06:46

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

And how many times has he taken out his team mate? Number one rule, never hit your team mate.

Ocon is an absolute liability, I would not employ him if I was a team boss for this reason alone.

[Adrian W]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

And how many times has he taken out his team mate? Number one rule, never hit your team mate.

Ocon is an absolute liability, I would not employ him if I was a team boss for this reason alone.

Maybe Gasly could have backed out of it as well, Gasly is very good at getting on the radio and shouting,

They done like each other

[wiliferus]

Adrian W said:

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

And how many times has he taken out his team mate? Number one rule, never hit your team mate.

Ocon is an absolute liability, I would not employ him if I was a team boss for this reason alone.

Maybe Gasly could have backed out of it as well, Gasly is very good at getting on the radio and shouting,

They done like each other

Looking at the footage Ocon came left so aggressively Gasly had no where to go but the barrier.

I understand there were team orders in play that whoever was ahead stays ahead and the second car was to play the team game and create space. Ocon clearly not happy to play second fiddle to Gas.

Hiring them both was a massive, colossal risk that has exploded a few times just like many thought it would.

One of them needs to go and Ocon is certainly looking like the more vulnerable of the two at the moment, which pleases me as he comes across as a smug twunt.

[Muzzer79]

Adrian W said:

Maybe Gasly could have backed out of it as well, Gasly is very good at getting on the radio and shouting,

They done like each other

Backed out where? Ocon had him up against the barrier

There's a weird view pervading on PH at the moment - also seen with the Perez/Magnussen incident - that drivers making kamikaze moves on other drivers should have some form of leeway and that the driver they are kamikaze-ing into should 'back out of it'.

I agree that being in the right and out of the race is no good for anyone but you can't expect drivers at the peak of motorsport to just leap out of the way when another driver tries to force a crazy move.

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

Having just seen the following Video it would appear that is the 6th time Ocon and crashed into his team mate.

https://www.skysports.com/f1/video/30998/13144029/...

That is totally unacceptable.

[Still Mulling]

To me, Ocon is arrogant, entitled, and overrated. I’d happily lose him from the grid.

[TheDeuce]

Still Mulling said:

To me, Ocon is arrogant, entitled, and overrated.

Have you ever been to France?

[Milkyway]

TheDeuce said:

Still Mulling said:

To me, Ocon is arrogant, entitled, and overrated.

Have you ever been to France?

Perhaps he should have a horn fitted... or is that the Italians.

[MustangGT]

Muzzer79 said:

Adrian W said:

Hopefully he will get offered a drive of a good car

So he can regularly try and take his team mate out in that instead?

Ocon needs to learn that sometimes, just sometimes, going for the gap isn’t a good idea.

He must have learnt this from Max, was it Spa some years ago? Hopefully Max will have learnt that by now, who knows, he is rarely challenged at the moment.

[TheDeuce]

Milkyway said:

TheDeuce said:

Still Mulling said:

To me, Ocon is arrogant, entitled, and overrated.

Have you ever been to France?

Perhaps he should have a horn fitted... or is that the Italians.

Based on my experience of driving in both countries I would say:

The Italians use the horn more than the French, although the French use it often enough too.

The French seem to have more avoidable minor crashes than the Italians, or in fact just about any other race of people. And by 'avoidable' I mean, I think they often crunch into other cars because they simply don't care, or because it's convenient

Actually I can ramp up the stereotyping a little more - the Italians shout and scream and wave their arms around if they drive in to you. The French just get out and shrug.


Overall I guess I would say the Italians make better racing drivers.. But really you're probably better off with a Brit, German or Finn

[Nova Gyna]

Still Mulling said:

To me, Ocon is arrogant, entitled, and overrated. I’d happily lose him from the grid.

Agree completely. He's unpredictably dangerous. Some of the moves he pulled on Alonso during their time together were downright scary.

[Bo_apex]

MustangGT said:

Muzzer79 said:

Adrian W said:

Hopefully he will get offered a drive of a good car

So he can regularly try and take his team mate out in that instead?

Ocon needs to learn that sometimes, just sometimes, going for the gap isn’t a good idea.

He must have learnt this from Max, was it Spa some years ago? Hopefully Max will have learnt that by now, who knows, he is rarely challenged at the moment.

Crashing into team mate. Lewis learned that from Max

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/hamilto...