Martin

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[Martin @blaze7189]

This is unbelievable. If you want Argentina to win, just say that. And let everyone know how much they paid you

[Ruth Buscombe @RuthBuscombe]

Same flag, same corner, two different calls at Mercedes.

Verstappen crashed in the final sector. On a single waved yellow, George Russell lifted
right at the flag, 25 km/h off the throttle, then got straight back to it. His sector was
unchanged (+0.03s), but the dab is there in black and white. Pole stood. Kimi Antonelli read
it as a double yellow, where the rule is simple: bin any meaningful time or take a penalty.
He came off 61 km/h, lost about two seconds, and parked the lap.

Both were right for what they saw. A single yellow needs a clear, discernible lift, not an
abandoned lap. The benchmark for "enough"? Qatar 2021: Carlos Sainz gave up a measured 0.155s
on a single yellow and walked. In 2019 Verstappen kept it pinned through a single yellow at
Mexico, didn't reduce at all, and lost pole. Russell's trace looks like Sainz's, not
Verstappen's. Mercedes nailed the read.

If you the numbers have a look 👇

TECHNICAL NOTES

Session: 2026 Austrian GP qualifying, Q3. Single waved yellow in Sector 3 at the site of
Verstappen's crash (~3.9 km into the lap, final-corner complex).

RUSSELL (pole)
- Flagged lap (pole): 1:06.113. Clean reference run: 1:06.457.
- At the flag: speed drops to 215 km/h vs 240 on his clean lap = a 25 km/h lift.
- Local cost at the marshalling point (~300 m window): about +0.09s.
- Sector 3 net: +0.03s vs his clean lap so he recovered the time after the dab.
- Read: a clear, discernible reduction exactly where the flag was, on a single yellow. Cleared,
not investigated.

ANTONELLI (P4)
- Flagged final run: 1:08.215. Clean reference (his grid lap): 1:06.414.
- At the flag: speed drops to 178 km/h vs 239 = a 61 km/h lift.
- Sector 3: +2.07s vs his clean lap. He treated it as a double yellow and abandoned the lap,
keeping his earlier 1:06.414 for fourth.

THE RULE : 2026 F1 Sporting Regulations, Art. B1.8.4 (a)/(b)
- Single waved yellow: "must reduce their speed and be prepared to change direction... expected
to have braked earlier and/or discernibly reduced speed in the relevant marshalling sector."
No fixed numeric threshold (judged on telemetry, at the flag point.)
- Double waved yellow: must not attempt a meaningful lap time; in qualifying the lap is deleted
automatically (2026). Don't back off enough and it's a grid penalty.

PRECEDENT (single yellow, measured the same way)
- Sainz, Qatar 2021: +0.155s lift in the yellow sector. No action cleared. (The benchmark.)
- Verstappen, Mexico 2019: S3 -0.001s, no measurable lift, improved the lap. Pole stripped, -3
places. (The line you can't cross.)

WHY MERCEDES ARE CONFIDENT, AND THE EVIDENCE THEY'D PRESENT IF CHALLENGED
- It was a single yellow, not a double so an abandoned lap was never required, only a
discernible reduction.
- The car telemetry shows a distinct throttle lift and a 25 km/h speed drop precisely at the
marshalling sector where the flag was shown the "discernible reduction" the rule asks for.
- The magnitude matches the cleared Sainz Qatar 2021 precedent (~0.15s), and is the opposite of
the penalised Verstappen Mexico 2019 case (no reduction at all).
- Same-team control case: Antonelli, same corner, same flag, shows what a double-yellow-style
abort looks like (61 km/h, +2.07s). Russell's trace is plainly a single-yellow lift, not that.
- Supporting: onboard footage of the flag/panel state, and the marshalling-sector light status
by the time he arrived.

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[Lucho Yoma @LucianoYoma]

Ted Kravitz Sky Sports F1: Fred, Do you understand what's going on?

Fred Vasseur: Just no further action that race control decided that they slow down enough. We don't have access to the data of the mini sector.

Ted Kravitz Sky Sports F1: So at the moment, but then it said a lap time has been deleted of George for double yellow.

Vasseur: Deleted if it's double yellow, it was not double yellow.

Ted Kravitz Sky Sports F1: Okay, so you think at the moment that still stands that no further action and you need to, you need, and does that satisfy you that he seemed to have made, done a lift, lost a tenth of a second and yet still got pole position?

Vasseur: “To have a clear opinion on this you need to have the data, and we don’t have access to the data.” #AustrianGP #Ferrari #F1

[CL16 inside 🇲🇨 @CL16_inside]

🔴 EXCL: I was told that there’s not much to do. The FIA made this decision despite the fact that Russell didn’t slow down of 5% AND despite the fact that having a car in a dangerous position was deemed fine for a single yellow.

The track marshals said that the car was “far enough” from the track to not pose an immediate danger, so a single yellow was fine for them

Ferrari obviously protested, but without success…

#F1 #AustrianGP 🇦🇹

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 Iran captain Mehdi Taremi just exposed @FIFAcom and the US:

“This is a disaster World Cup. Infantino promised to fix everything in our locker room… he did nothing. We can’t stay in Seattle — forced back to Tijuana every time. They want us out.”

Visa denials for staff. Day-before travel from Mexico. No recovery. Constant harassment because Iran refuses to bow.

This isn’t sport. It’s political sabotage by the empire using the World Cup as a weapon.

FIFA claims neutrality while Infantino plays lapdog. Iranian players still fighting with dignity.

Expose it. Stand with the players.

[Martin @blaze7189]

@UtdMaI They didn't lose

[Football Fan Updates @FIFAWORLDCex]

🇬🇭❤️ The Ghanaian fans watching their team keep a clean sheet against England…

Every tackle celebrated.
Every save applauded.
Every second cherished.

Pure passion. Pure belief. 🔥🥁

#ENGGHA #BlackStars #Ghana #FIFAWorldCup

[Martin @blaze7189]

@IanChurm Who's been convicted? Benjamin Mendy? He wasn't.

[Martin @blaze7189]

#ENGGHA

Some people are sick. The racism being spoken is insane. The focus on Thomas being accused, ridiculed and judged before any conviction has been made.

Ghana played well defensively.
England showed in moments what they are capable of and are still favored to go through

[Martin @blaze7189]

@Andrewbrzezicki You have already investigated?

[Martin @blaze7189]

@Gracie_Blue89 @SaarNil72 And just like Benjamin Mendy wasn't found guilty, it's possible that it could be the same here.
The issue unfortunately is women. While this should always be taken seriously, some women abuse and weaponize it.

[Martin @blaze7189]

@Gracie_Blue89 @SaarNil72 Innocent until proven guilty. If or when proven guilty then lock him up. Until then, he's innocent. So we can stop the ridicule because if your son was in the same situation, your attitude would not be the same. I also see nothing aimed towards trump or anyone else in the E files

[Martin @blaze7189]

@DeanThulborn @DjedSpence Doesn't look like bollocks to me. The reality is he right now is only accused, just like Benjamin Mendy was. Let's wait until his judgement before we judge.

Let's also just hope that no one in your family ever is accused.

[Martin @blaze7189]

@supertanskiii How about we wait until the trial takes place?
What if he's actually not guilty?
Is this treatment then still warranted?

What if your son was in the same predicament? You treating him with this energy?

I support women against abuse, but women also weaponize this.

[Martin @blaze7189]

@supertanskiii @DjedSpence I hope your son is never accused. And if he is and he pleads not guilty, will you show him the same energy?

And while I support women in this, women do also weaponize this. That's just the reality.

[Martin @blaze7189]

@Gracie_Blue89 I hope he doesn't get accused of anything and is judged prematurely. Same goes for his kids.

If he's found guilty, then let him be punished. But look at the abuse Benjamin Mendy got, and after all that, to be not found guilty.

If the same goes for Thomas, then what.

[Martin @blaze7189]

@Isaacbolahjr23 @FabrizioRomano 🤣🤣🤣

[Martin @blaze7189]

@FabrizioRomano Well done Ghana