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[merlos]

Jean Todt ignores Alonso

 

h

 

deplorable

[OO7]

Jean Todt ignores Alonso

 

h

 

deplorable

Or perhaps he shakes his hand out of shot.

[NateF]

[kosmos]

Looks like Fernando is busy doing other things with his hands and Todt instead of waiting, he moved to the next driver.

 

I know that there is bad blood between Todt and Fernando but I don't see anything wrong here.

[meddo]

What bad blood Kosmos?

[Codeso87]

What bad blood Kosmos?

 

It is well known he does not like Alonso. He said he would never drive for Ferrari with him.

[f1RacingForever]

Ohh the drama....

[LuckyStrike1]

Handbags at dawn

[RedOne]

[SophieB]

At least it wasn't a Croydon snub, could have been worse. Also, this:

Looks like Fernando is busy doing other things with his hands and Todt instead of waiting, he moved to the next driver.

[Fastcake]

Did anyone else think Todt looked a little pissed when Bernie got to sit next to Putin?   

[El_Rápido]

Who is Jean Todt?

 

No hay mayor desprecio que no dar aprecio.

[Ross Stonefeld]

[johnmhinds]

The whole event at the front of the grid was an unorganised mess.

 

Why did Jean Todt need to shake everyones hands anyway?

[NoSanityClause]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[HoldenRT]

 

Lewis wishes he was Kanye, so it's funny to see a Kanye reference on this site.

 

On a more positive note, he drove flawless today.
 

[merlos]

Looks like Fernando is busy doing other things with his hands and Todt instead of waiting, he moved to the next driver.

 

I know that there is bad blood between Todt and Fernando but I don't see anything wrong here.

 

You can see better here. Alonso moves his hand to Todt but Todt goes directly to Vergne:

 

Edited by merlos, 12 October 2014 - 15:16.

[steferrari]

Before this, Jean went to say hello and he even gave him a pat on the shoulder, so case closed. 

Edited by steferrari, 12 October 2014 - 15:20.

[LORDBYRON]

He's justs super busy so he though i wil pas on him 

[f1RacingForever]

Seriously though, it not very professional even if you don't like the guy. Why is todt so sour?

[OO7]

You can see better here. Alonso moves his hand to Todt but Todt goes directly to Vergne:

 

Yeap, looks that way.  Thanks merlos.

[kosmos]

You can see better here. Alonso moves his hand to Todt but Todt goes directly to Vergne:

 

 

 

That GIF is much better, Todt

[Ferrari_F1_fan_2001]

As you can see, enemies for life

 

[RedOne]

You can see better here. Alonso moves his hand to Todt but Todt goes directly to Vergne:

Alonso, FIA president 2015 confirmed?

[NoSanityClause]

Alonso, FIA president 2015 confirmed?

Pretty much. Just a tweet away.

[turssi]

Alonso, FIA president 2015 confirmed?

Been óbvios now for a few months already!

[1Devil1]

Why should Todt shake hands with a driver who's not going to be in F1 next year. WE KNOW IT RETIREMENT  

[Ellios]

[discover23]

Lewis disses Putin. Good one haha.

[werks prototype]

You can see better here. Alonso moves his hand to Todt but Todt goes directly to Vergne:

 

 

If you watch the background carefully, some poor bloke gets put down.

 

Sugar high?

Edited by werks prototype, 12 October 2014 - 16:56.

[GoldenColt]

[Nonesuch]

*YouTube clip*

 
Let's not ascribe to malice what might be explained by him removing his helmet. It's still somewhat dumb, but I'm sure nobody involved really cares.

Edited by Nonesuch, 12 October 2014 - 17:01.

[Nigol]

Pretty much looks like he did so.

Edited by Nigol, 12 October 2014 - 17:06.

[Junky]

After this, Fernando will announce his retirement from F1.

[Jon83]

I feel outraged. 

[Ferrari_F1_fan_2001]

Lewis probably no idea who it was or was in the "I'm going to play it cool after my victory" zone.

He shook hands with Putin on the podium though so at least it means Putin wont be sending KGB assassins after him.

Things get over analysed in F1 though. Big time.

[TimRTC]

I'd love to think Lewis does it deliberately to make a statement, but given he was wearing a helmet he probably just didn't see who it was!

 

He does go and shake his hand a minute later.

[Maustinsj]

 

Not a lot of people know this, but Vladimir Putin has family roots in Croydon.

[404KF2]

Alonso should have shouted at him: "Yo, little big man, over here dude".

[Fastcake]

I'd love to think Lewis does it deliberately to make a statement, but given he was wearing a helmet he probably just didn't see who it was!

 

He does go and shake his hand a minute later.

 

I think he did to be honest. It's hard to imagine he didn't see Putin standing with a host of dignitaries in a normally empty room.

 

Edit: I also noticed Bernie slapping Bottas on the back to get his attention. I wonder if he also gave Hamilton the look as well, just in case he was planning to walk out with acknowledging Putin.

Edited by Fastcake, 12 October 2014 - 17:49.

[WelshSwan]

After Lewis took his helmet off and went to get his cap he did shake hands with him, I thought he was deliberately ignoring him at first too but he did end up shaking hands. All 3 drivers look kind of terrified though to be fair, I would be too!

[Nonesuch]

He does go and shake his hand a minute later.

Thanks for the clarification.

[xmoonrakerx]

looks more like Fernando ignores todt to me

[dweller23]

Threads like this one and the one about Rosberg's hat pretty much sum up how "good" and "exciting" this race was.

[redreni]

Ohh the drama....

 

Yet this is still a probably the third most interesting thing that happened all day, behind Rosberg's turn 2 error and the Sutil/Grosjean tap.

[jstrains]

Another Alonso bashing thread...

[Lazy]

No, there is a better gif, Alonso pulls his hand out to shake then has to put it behind his back again.

[turssi]

Before this, Jean went to say hello and he even gave him a pat on the shoulder, so case closed.

was this the case?

[Smile17]

Looking at Alonso's reaction, Todt clearly refused his hand. Some may say addo about nothing, but not shaking Alonso's hand on live TV does mean a lot. If not the least, it's done to give away a certain signal. A handshake is a symbol afterall.

 

We all know he had a chat with him on the grid etc, but that is just normal, ofcourse he's not going to just ignore Alonso. He will act like there is absolutely nothing on the horizon in such a moment.

[sopa]

As you can see, enemies for life

 

 

 

 

So THAT'S WHY Alonso has never won a championship nor even got a true top car ever since Todt has become FIA president! I knew there were some bigger politics involved!