Possibly under team orders, waiting to be "begged" to join in?

I saw him review a previous Mercedes electric car. He did it rather well, suppressing his often annoying style on TV.

Havent looked at any f1 related internet content since the end of last season, ive kept away from it to avoid all the vitriol and bile.

Looked at a few bbc articles this morning and then went looking for some info on when the new cars are to be unveiled. Unsurprising to see that the larger f1 websites still seem to be an absolute car crash of awfulness.

And that the fia are being so amazingly transparent that their investigation is a black hole of nothingness

Wether lewis starts the season is largely irrelevant, there are 19 other drivers to watch, and the man has said absolutely nothing at all. so where these journalists are getting all their inferred info from is beyond me.

f1 journalism is another utter shambles to go with the fia and race control. Im not very hopeful for any change, or for the 22 season

Masi is out on his ear, a rotating race director and a permenant assistant director will be his replacement.

On a more pleasant note, looking at the new cars, they are all different so far which is great to see. None of the redunculous sticky up bits in sight. The aston looks gorgeous and the ferrari looks blummin fabulous.
All pretty too, apart from the red bull cop out car, and the williams which looks abit wierd with its magic disappearing sidepods.
The merc tomorrow. Hopefully its not a cop out car like the rbr

A serious question from someone who hasn't followed the sport closely for years:  Does the Masi situation mean that the 2021/22 championship will be forever viewed as "tainted," or was/is Max Verstappen a genuine champion.

To me, as a relative outsider it looks to have been absolutely as bent as a nine-quid-note at the end, and for starters "they" required a new champion at any cost, to sex things up a bit. I also have to wonder at the possibility of illegal betting, and race-fixing, which are intertwined if present

I hope there is an investigation, and to be honest I hope everyone is GENUINELY exonerated, but I think the sport needs to clean house at worst, and show itself to be clean via an independant inquiry of some sort at best.

I've said it before, I changed from being a fan, and Sunday-night pub bore on F1 to not being arsed about the whole thing during the period when pitting and tyre-changes became almost more important than driving skill, and it was the pit crews who were winning races.

That's what I like about the Extreme E racing.  Everyone in the same vehicles, and some neat twists on straightforward racing.  Apart from inevitable equipment mafunctions, it's all about the two drivers in the team, one male, and one female.

The merc hit the track after its reveal, and wasnt a dressed up fom car which was nice
The car is different again, and looks pretty sleek and together. I read a piece on it by gary anderson on the race website in which he seems to think it is all on concept as a whole. He reckoned the ferrari was abit disjointed in its concept, like the arse end and the front dont quite match.

I know sod all about aerodynamics so i can only go by how any of the cars look, the merc, the alpha tauri and the racing point look 'right'if that makes sense, the haas and williams look abit odd, the mclaren looks the most innovative and the ferrari despite what gary anderson reckons looks fabulous. But how many fabulous looking ferraris have actually won anything. Mansells era fezzas were drop dead gorgeous but won sod all.

Conclusion, looks mean nothing.

Im also not sure why adrian newey is being held up as the car designer that will respond best to reg changes. yes the teal leyton house cars punched well above their weight, the 96 and 97 williams cars were the best on the grid, the 99 macca was dominant, and the newey red bulls that vettel took to 4 wdc wins were unquestionably dominant, but none of these were reg change cars. For the last 8 years, his high rake concept cars havent been competitive. Blame the engines all you want, but the car is a whole. The competitive ferraris were lower rake than what the other 8 competitors were building. It took an exceptional driver and honda throwing everything at one last try to get that wdc.
The merc designers dont get the credit they should for building 8 cars that were so good

I see the Russian GP has been cancelled.  Perhaps thay'll swap it to another of those nice friendly Arab states. 

That's the usual route.

F1 is attracted to money, which is a shame as some of the best circuits in the world have lost their F1 hosting due to lack of funds.