A scintillating victory for ages to come

By: Chaksu

A controversial win which had all the drama and spice to it. To level this up, it was disputed by Mercedes that Mad Max was given an unfair advantage.

The controversy was centred around the fact that in the 53rd lap, Nicholas Latifi had an accident which led to the safety car being summoned for 4 laps. This allowed Max, who was second at that time, to quickly stop by his pit for fresher tires therefore leading to a huge advantage against Lewis’s worn-out tires. After changing tires, Max immediately was able to tail Lewis Hamilton until the end of the 57th lap and that’s where all the dissension began.

The rule in case of an accident states that “lapped cars will not be allowed to overtake”, however, during the delay in which

Max changed his tires, there were five lapped cars between the defending world champion and the Dutch man. Michael Masi, the race director came up with a decision that only those five cars must unlap themselves according to the usual regulat ions instead of all lapped cars. Mercedes contested that Michael Masi’s actions violated the sporting protocols, however, the appeal was canned by the stewards.

At the end of the 57th lap, the final lap began which would determine the world champion. Hamilton, who led for almost the entire race, was overtaken in the final lap as Max stunned the seven-time world

Sjaars 101: Coffee

By: Detonator Marge

We all have seen the memes at Alembic. In the Horst, but now still in Carré, there are plenty of memes hanging around the coffee machine. These memes try to reach all chemistry students, but we also know who they are really aimed for. When the coffee can is empty, we do not always know who exactly to blame, but we all know for sure that one of the sjaarzen is the imposter. If you have been around for longer than a year, you know that whenever a group of sjaarzen came by to collect coffee, the pot would be left empty. They leave before you notice that they did not make a new pot of coffee and so the endless cycle was born in which sjaarzen were always to blame whenever we ran out of coffee. Quite harsh to target this one group so proportionally more than the other students, but on the other hand, as all students once start as a sjaars, you might say it targets all students evenly.

We have asked the opinion of a few old board members on sjaarzen and their relation to coffee-making. The interview itself was quite harsh, as the relation was denied whatsoever. There might have been some swearing, but overall they complimented the current board for providing the majority of our caffeine.

The first years have not been through enough to have built up a proper caffeine addiction. That’s where the main issue is. They do not realise the harm they do to the other students. Every stressed out student, following the same cycl every year, who hasn’t had a proper sleep in ages, knows that coffee is the only source of energy that you can actually rely on. It all starts off so innocent, going for the occasional coffee with a friend. Just like in the movies, you say at first, not knowing that over time, it will stop being occasional.

Maybe I generalise a bit too much, stating that all older students have a caffeine addiction and the first years do not. If you are not sure for yourself whether you have this addiction, below are some common symptoms of a caffeine addiction: champion by winning his maiden F1 title. This prevented Hamilton from winning his record-breaking eighth title.

- The board mentions you visit Alembic a lot of times each day.

- You drink multiple cups of coffee before leaving your bed in the morning.

- You are a second year student or older.

- You chug an entire pot of coffee once in a while.

With the QR-code, all uneducated students can teach themselves how to make this delicious pot of coffee and hopefully, I have reached enough (first year) students to put an end to this vicious circle and maybe, just maybe, all students can drink coffee together in harmony again.

After the race, Mercedes planned to appeal and needed to notify the International Automobile Federations (FIA) whether they were going to take it to the international court of appeal. FIA said they would conduct “detailed analysis and clarification exercise” which reached no conclusion. As for Max, who showed his grit through out the season got his well-deserved title, leading to high expectations with the 2022 season approaching.

By: Casper van Dongen & Charlotte van Reijen