3 lost controversies from F1's cancelled Australian GP

Formula 1 was gearing up for three key controversies to develop at the start of the season, but those have been put on hold following the delays due to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. In this video Scott Mitchell explains what we were expecting to on behind the scenes before the cancellation, and the direction these controversies are likely to head in over the coming weeks and months as F1 waits to return to the track.

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[eclypse]

In November 2019, F1 announces to have a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030...by March 2020, they have achieved a no-carbon footprint!

[xpaddyx]

Sick opening shot of the Australian bull statue in the Australian outback there lads

[keyboardwarrior]

The reports coming out of Melbourne during the night were crazy. At one point before they confirmed the cancellation, I thought (or maybe was hoping) that we were going to get a 10 car race with Kubica driving the Alfa Romeo since Kimi had supposedly flown home.

[MudhaffarAdhwa]

F1 teams:*innovates*
F1: I'm about to end this mans whole career

[punman]

4:43 RPFI: “Mercedes, can I copy your HW?”
Mercedes: “Sure just make it look different so it doesn’t look like you copied.”
RPFI: *Just repaints the car*

[hta]

Last time I was this early, Corona is just a drink.

[TheFatSandwhich]

Genuinely, one of my biggest excitements first this season was to see how Racing Point would actually perform amongst the field. Not saying that I’m in full support of their design choices “PINK MERC HURRDURR”, but actually just to see how it would’ve all worked out for them.

[TheQuikMix]

4:15 "I don't know you that well m8, but I'll allow it"

[cre]

At least they got out of Spain in TIME !!!

[danonthestrings]

THE RACE predicted the opening round would be Austria with that opening image

[Rahul-kzfi]

I was hyped for my holidays but now everything is being postponed and closed and now I'm just sitting in my home room bored asf

[ianhowlett]

What kind of stupid rules system is it where a team can ask the FIA for an entire year whether something is legal, be repeatedly told that it is, and then at the first race it gets protested and found illegal? They need to get some consistency.

[Shifty_Malone]

I think if Redbull had have just offered Ricardio an extra $10M to stay, they would have beaten Ferrari anyway. Pocketing the $20M that they cost themselves by undervaluing Ricardio.

[bjoe]

Team: “Can I do this?”
FIA: “No”
Team: “But what if I did this?”
FIA: “No
Team: “Ok then, how about I just...?”
FIA: “NO!
Team: “Fine, I’ll just do this then?”
FIA: “Yeah mate, whatever”
Team: “You mean I can actually do thi”
Other Team: “Yo bro, if Team does that I’m out.”
FIA: “Sorry Team, that’s banned now”
Team: “But you said... WTF man?”

[NL]

from the opening image with the cars stacked you can see that the numbering style is not standardised... never noticed before!

[WjCLEY]

Missing F1 here in the States :( I Hope Everyone is trying to say Safe & Healthy!

[AmsterdamHeavy]

I think most of this is all of the negative side of F1. Protests and stifling innovation is the antithesis of what this is supposed to be about.

[minidanielx]

Hopefully mercedes will use the das system in Austria

[dadikkedude]

I find the last point you make interesting, that is not allowed to share drawings or designs between teams. How does that work with redbull and torro rosso? I'll be grateful for anyone that can explain that to me :)

[Fadedecho]

Wow the repercussions are so great in all aspects of this virus. Sad news.