Sebastian Vettel to appear on BBC Question Time (Thurs 12th May)

There'll probably be a question about trees or something.

Does this mean I have to watch this **** show?

The retirement tour 

Edited by FirstnameLastname, 06 May 2022 - 04:51.

Good for Vettel, I’m sure he’ll do well.

Good for Vettel, I’m sure he’ll do well.

Indeed, I think it’ll be a great addition to the panel.

Really looking forward to it.

As an aside, is this the first time we have someone heavily linked with Motorsport on a QT panel? Did Max Mosley do it at all down the years? In the back of my head I have Jackie Stewart but I don’t think he has been on it…

Indeed, I think it’ll be a great addition to the panel.

 

Really looking forward to it.

 

As an aside, is this the first time we have someone heavily linked with Motorsport on a QT panel? Did Max Mosley do it at all down the years? In the back of my head I have Jackie Stewart but I don’t think he has been on it…

Max definitely did (you can see clips of it in his film on Netflix). 

Ahh yes, I remember it now!

‘Do the panel agree that it is hypocritical to complain about climate change while making millions of pounds via touring the globe on aeroplanes to race petrol guzzling F1 cars around?’

Considering as well for an entire 22 race season, 20 car grid, including all practice sessions, qualy and race, the amount of fuel the cars burn is roughly equal to one 747 flight from London to New York.

'Question for the panel - we've seen the awful scenes in Ukraine unfold over the last few months which has exacerbated the cost of energy crisis here in the UK, but what are your opinions on having multiple DRS zones at Grands Prix?' 

Indeed, I think it’ll be a great addition to the panel.

 

Really looking forward to it.

 

As an aside, is this the first time we have someone heavily linked with Motorsport on a QT panel? Did Max Mosley do it at all down the years? In the back of my head I have Jackie Stewart but I don’t think he has been on it…

Perhaps Seb could be a future candidate for President of the FIA or some other influential automotive/political position? I am not joking.

Considering as well for an entire 22 race season, 20 car grid, including all practice sessions, qualy and race, the amount of fuel the cars burn is roughly equal to one 747 flight from London to New York.

Airliners tend to have an outsize impact on the greenhouse effect too as they deposit their CO2 emissions higher in the atmosphere. Which makes a difference! Or so I've read.

Good chance for someone to ask if the front wing vortices of the Aston Matin AM22 is adversely affecting the airflow under the floor at medium to high speeds…

You mean to say, "The AM22"  runs like a dog?  

Good chance for someone to ask if the front wing vortices of the Aston Matin AM22 is adversely affecting the airflow under the floor at medium to high speeds…

I'm looking forward to Diane Abbott's thoughts on the matter. 

Or how about that Aston has seen a few people come and go in the last couple of months/weeks?

No surprises really!

In terms of politics, Sebastian Vettel is the most active Formula1 driver with no double standards.

Good chance for someone to ask if the front wing vortices of the Aston Matin AM22 is adversely affecting the airflow under the floor at medium to high speeds…

You mean this isn't taught in elementary schools yet? Tsk

Looking forward to seeing Seb on the programme! 

Edited by BRK, 06 May 2022 - 15:38.

Labour MP - "We didn't have DRS under a Labour government. Look what happened when the Conservatives were elected, within a year we had DRS and Pirelli tyres and we still have them today"

Conservative MP - "Under this Conservative government Lewis Hamilton has become the most successful Formula 1 driver ever. Who was dominant under the Labour government? A foreign driver racing for a foreign team".

Or how about that Aston has seen a few people come and go in the last couple of months/weeks?

Sssh.

I don't think he noticed me...

Question Time is hugely stage managed, with a hand picked soft left liberal audience whose questions have been carefully vetted.  No embarrassing questions will be allowed for Seb, only ones that show him as  a wonderful human being.  It will be all about his LGBTQ stance and his environmental activities.  No difficult ones about how he puts up with being Lance's bitch or how he manages to overlook racing in countries with dubious human rights record.  Let alone anything about F1's dire environmental impact.  

‘Do the panel agree that it is hypocritical to complain about climate change while making millions of pounds via touring the globe on aeroplanes to race petrol guzzling F1 cars around?’

As Seb seems to be well informed, and to have political views he's spent lots of time thinking about....I am sure he'll come up with an answer to any question like that.

I don't think I'll find myself agreeing with some of his political ideology (even if socially we're definitely on the same page) but from what I've seen he's got a genuine interest in several political issues. He is unlikely to be out of his depth and may well provide some interesting and insightful answers.

I still want to join him over a beer and my video collection.

I might actually watch for the first time in 20 years.

Edited by absinthedude, 06 May 2022 - 19:48.

Labour MP - "We didn't have DRS under a Labour government. Look what happened when the Conservatives were elected, within a year we had DRS and Pirelli tyres and we still have them today"

 

Conservative MP - "Under this Conservative government Lewis Hamilton has become the most successful Formula 1 driver ever. Who was dominant under the Labour government? A foreign driver racing for a foreign team".

You may say that but I couldn't possibly comment.

Or maybe ask him about his fashion sense?

Jenna Fryer sur Twitter : "Vettel, in addition to questioning if the jewelry ban is targeting Hamilton, also doesn’t like the new underwear rules. I think. https://t.co/xEChar1XXP" / Twitter

Seb has spent the day in jail preparing for the show. https://twitter.com/...804095499898886

Is Fiona Bruce really that scary?

Vettel is currently upsetting the right people on Twitter.

Nice to see he dressed up

Vettel is currently upsetting the right people on Twitter.

Not sure if it "the right" as in "correct" or right side of the political spectrum

Sebastian Vettel being significantly more eloquent and rational, in his second language, than the Attorney General, is impressive and also alarming.

 

https://twitter.com/...874503620284419

Ahh yes, I remember it now!

 

Wow, what a pandering idiot that James O'Brien guy is.

Poor Seb hasn't got much of a word in at the halfway point

Edited by romaincrouton, 12 May 2022 - 22:18.

Do you suppose Vettel's kids think of their father this way?

Yes, but what does Fiona Bruce think about the Miami track surface and what can be done about it? 

"Eloquent" and "right" are two different things though, just to be clear. 

Question Time is hugely stage managed, with a hand picked soft left liberal audience whose questions have been carefully vetted.  No embarrassing questions will be allowed for Seb, only ones that show him as  a wonderful human being.  It will be all about his LGBTQ stance and his environmental activities.  No difficult ones about how he puts up with being Lance's bitch or how he manages to overlook racing in countries with dubious human rights record.  Let alone anything about F1's dire environmental impact.  

The audience producer of the show has literally been caught out pushing far right propaganda as well as selecting young Tory activist disguised as audience members. Theres nothing left leaning about the show.

So how do we rate his performance? For me its 11/10.

Do you suppose Vettel's kids think of their father this way?

 

 

He's a multi-millionaire F1 driver. He can look however he wants IMO. James Hunt apparently used to turn up to corporate events barefoot.

I'm in hackney tonight, if Sebs around and reading these forums, fancy a pint?

I'd genuinely love to sit down with him and have a pint.