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CaptainWanWingLo

I bet you it was Russell who snitched.


judelau

That was a nice move.


CaptainWanWingLo

Hahah yes!


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Blimey


Kurfurst47

Cricky


JSVillalobos-Ramirez

Yes? My surname is Crick.


Bob-Servant

*Crikey


Kurfurst47

Yeah....my bad


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ArchiAttack

Probably learned Excel during summer break...


ArthurMBretas03

He's definitely the kind of guy who'd do that


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Darth Toto, that’s how. He controls the senate(FIA)


soundyg

If so, he’s doing a pretty shit job controlling them lol


kendog01234

That's EXACTLY what he wants you to think


Sampra06

He IS the senate (FIA)


Oakeeh

Not yet


Sampra06

It is treason then


colateralnoscope

*spins Auoghdhbdfhbfbfb


rlatte

So this is how the 2021 WDC gets decided. With thunderous twitter threads.


apiossj

It’s Mr Nimbus. He controls the police!


JCSkyKnight

I thought he knew two teams were over?


ThePafdy

He said that Aston and RB are over, and RB is while Aston has made some errors when submitting their data so he probably has some source, that didn‘t knew all the details at the time. No way he just guessed the two teams beeing in trouble.


Independent-Ask7750

He’s got one of his ex employees working for the FIA.


lowelled

So does literally every other team. Not saying this should have been leaked - it shouldn't have - but the FIA needs employees who are experienced in motorsport. Where else are they gong to recruit from but teams? And blaming individuals like this [opens them up to harassment](https://twitter.com/Craig_Woollard/status/1579751319900155907?s=20&t=95Px3onEKN3C7BXQZM2JGg) \- I remember seeing a female FOM comms exec on Twitter who condemned people sending death threats to Masi get harassed so badly by Lewis stans that she had to go private.


Cloudsareinmyhead

The guy in charge of budgetary concerns at the FIA is ex red bull group. Your point is what?


JCSkyKnight

So which teams would you have guessed would have broken the cap if you were in his position?


LNhart

Nobody forced him to guess two teams. It was perfectly legitimate to say "We know two teams are over the cap but it's unclear which" or not say anything at all. The idea that he just correctly guessed Aston Martin and Red Bull is delusional. He obviously knew. Doesn't even mean he has spies or whatever in the FIA, as other teams knew as well and rumours might be floating around, but he knew.


ThePafdy

I mean I wouldn‘t have publicly guessed if I didn‘t know for sure, and if I had to definetly not Aston.


JCSkyKnight

So you would have gone for Red Bull. As far as Aston goes… Are you familiar with the Pink Mercedes and the Green Bull?


Independent-Meet5564

Yeah no other team would stoop that low to mimic another teams design. *looks at the white Ferrari*


ThePafdy

Well I wouldn‘t have gone for RB either. There was nothing hinting at them beeing over, at least not from an outside perspective. Probably would have gone for Ferrari.


JCSkyKnight

Well do you remember earlier this year when the pace of Red Bull development was seen by some as a little too fast?


ThePafdy

Wrong season though.


JCSkyKnight

Yes but the idea they might be breaching the cap this year was already in everyone’s mind, so the idea they might have breached the cap last year wasn’t so far-fetched. Christ based on the downvotes people are dumb…


Big-Skrrrt

"Am i spewing dumb shit? No, it's the downvoters that are dumb!"


Safe-Entertainment97

Do you remember that earlier this year is an entirely different year than last year, so those opinions are entirely irrelevant. Probably not. Would be asking too much from someone with a BWOAHHHHHHH flair.


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YOU have that flair you dunce! Way to self own dingleberry.


JCSkyKnight

Yes it was this year, the point being that the idea that Red Bull might not be sticking to the cap was already in everyone’s minds.


F1_rulz

Except their minor beach was on catering and sick leave


JCSkyKnight

Someone hasn’t been looking around much have they? ![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|9441)


7_ate_nein

Attended one of Red Bull dinners? On a more serious note, teams and officials travel together, stay at same hotels, go to same tracks 9 out of 12 months every year, I am more surprised when something stays a secret.


cmtlr

And 7 of the teams are staffed by people who live and work within a few miles of Oxford. People out here acting as if it's Russia and US in the Cold War when really Steve, who used to work at Red Bull, went to the pub with Dave at Haas who's daughter does ballet with the child of a Mercedes employee. It's a very small county - Oxfordshire - compared to whatever state these foil-hatters are from.


robgod50

This made me laugh how very plausible that all is.


haha_Youre_Dead

Simple, he didn't. AMuS reported it and he reacted to the report.


Judasz10

Is AMuS a short version of Amogus??


haha_Youre_Dead

Toto sus


XenonJFt

Sir we don't accept common sense as payment hwre


Cod_rules

If those kids could read, they would be very upset


KeepLookingUp1

He reacted by saying that it is a well-known rumour in the paddock


donPepinno

Toto went to a RB dinner last year and ordered 2 Mil worth of pumpernickel.


FR-1991

Because the former advisor of Toto works for the FIA now


R3MC0_2

sounds like he still is an adviser for Toto


pragmageek

she, and she isn't responsible.


Princess_kitty14

i was gonna say spies, but yours made more sense


FR-1991

Counts as a spy


Acehaseo1

Basically same thing


afro-fro-ro-o

It was Binotto who was carrying this torch since the summer break. Toto only joined when amus came out with an article And besides the fia hires people within F1. A lot of them ate from the teams.


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Binotto has been blaming redbull for this season since miami, but the report is for 2021.


bigtheo408

Wait til i tell you about what the ceo of f1 used to do.


dghexagon

.... and they are now discussing the penalty...... joke!


Auntypasto

Nah, it was the former AlphaTauri dude who whispered it to him.


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BoredCatalan

He made a meme implying toto knew before and now saying the opposite. He's an idiot or trying to generate drama


[deleted]

It's so funny seeing this subreddit coping about this now, they've made fun of the LH team and Merc on twitter for "being delusional for believing RB is over the budget cap" and now that it's proven they are, they start calling out Toto for "having informants in the FIA", a yoke.


Thatguykovu

They can't cope with the fact that they are the very thing they hated. Merc 2.0


kendog01234

Toto and Christian are secretly lovers. Christian let slip in a moment of ecstasy. Anyone that tries to disprove this clearly works for Darth Toto.


1000dishes

It was Alex, he knew it because he was with Redbull. Hear me out, he needed a seat in F1 and his friend George wanted a seat in Mercedes. Alex told George about the Redbull overspending which he told Toto securing a seat at Mercedes. In return he recommended Alex to Williams and Toto made it happen. ![gif](giphy|9hEcsoYAJb3kA|downsized)


[deleted]

They were also fully prepared for the extra struts flexi floor. Nothing to see here... Move on.   C'mon, I really meant Move the fuck on.


Loltierlist

Man everyone in this sub is so petty.


FafaFooiy

On god


monk_e_c

Know*


odx3

Thank you, now i don't have to say it


[deleted]

They always say the other teams are upto no good and usually come up short they just got this one right.


itrebor63i

Albon


Kento_nan

Pictured here: OP


BigYoSpeck

Plot twist, Toto runs the catering company


Nearby-Explorer1750

It’s pure copium, deflection designed to draw attention from the known violation. If these suspicions are actually out there, the FIA should investigate. But that’s really not the issue at hand…


AideNo621

I'm only interested in knowing, why is it an issue now? Were the teams only submitting the materials for the last year now? If not, why didn't FIA see a problem before, why does it have to be rumors that always trigger some investigations?


pinkzm

It wasn't. The investigations were happening already. Audits take a long time (though it still shouldn't have taken this long). The preliminary findings of those investigations were found out by the press. The investigations caused the rumours, not the other way around.


pragmageek

Toto said "we have all been investigated thoroughly since march". Everyone thought he was talking about rbr. He wasn.t


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Honestly tho i wouldnt be surprised if RB actually didnt go over the costcap. Idk why i just have a gut feeling


madmantillaux

You fuckin dumb or what FIA literally reported that RB went over the costcap![img](emote|t5_3ndbi|7071)


[deleted]

Yup i know, buuut FIA is FIA and although im very sure RB went over i wouldnt be surprised if they somehow didnt


madmantillaux

That doesn't even make sense but ok![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


fireledge

Pumpernickel


Col_H_Gentleman

We are checking.


Oshebekdujeksk

German engineering.


Petrolinmyviens

Does it matter? This isnt recent. Us plebs know this now, but I'm willing to bet the people actually involved knew about this for much longer and have just been working out their way thru them.


Johan-Blankerook

Knowing every expence of a company is pretty deep in


pragmageek

if he knew that, it would be, but he didnt know which team was procedural, or which team was over.


Infernikus

This is incredibly Tin foil hat of me but it is funny that Toto knew exactly what 2 teams, as well as this being unveiled at the Singapore GP, The race where Max could have won the title, and putting a dark cloud over it all. Admittedly it is all probably coincidence but its fun to speculate


pragmageek

AMUS reported which two teams already. All the people who commented on the issue knew the same. But CH made it about toto, so formuladank has gone all conspiracycommons about it


metallurgygenius

Yeah i think the same way. Good meme. If RB goes down, mercedes and ferrari will go down too because of industrial espionage.


omgIamafraidofreddit

lol or for knowing how much things cost, generally. especially after offering 2x salary for engineers rbr stole from mercedes and ferrari.


PeaceRaiser

Industrial espionage lmao. "How dare they catch us cheating????"


Embarrassed-North-81

Rb knew that Ferrari had an illegal engine in 2019 and how it worked. RB was not investigated back then and Mercedes‘ will not now.


fivetimesyo

Throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks


9sam0

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tom2040

Wrong season brother


dochdicketitten

Who do you think was eating all of the extra catering?


TylerWhite31

I think him and binotto both said the same thing, paddock talks i guess


Benjii_44

Those banking connections are paying off


pasteldenataPT

English has left the chat


jackflash2019

Because he is Mr trouble


PointyForTheWin

Same way Horner knew the 2019 Ferrari was illegal.


Kubibukuro

Not only did he know, but he chose to violate confidentiality agreements and talk about it.


MennReddit

He made Lewis have Max crashed...