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The fuck did max do on that 2nd lap? The lap in which he almost ended up in the barrier was faster.
Ridiculous quali by the Hulk, Gasly and Bottas
He did say it.
We have had no third party come out and verify what happened between them. How can you make such a concrete statement is my question.
Shoving someone into the wall sounds exactly like something Max would do
Odd that he hasn't put anyone (other than himself) in the wall in Monaco, Baku, Las Vegas, Singapore, Sochi, Montreal or any other track with walls close by. Max often goes over the line when fighting with a car on traditional circuits and is often not punished appropriately for it but he much better behaved on street tracks because he knows the consequences.
Max is a hot head but do you really think that he would say that he would deliberately crash somebody out and put them on their head¿? Verstappen never went to this level even though he was sent to the hospital by lewis (for standard checks only). I somehow don't see him making that specific statement - both parts, the one about letting Russell through and about shoving him into the wall doesn't sound like something that max would.
Lmao. Man Yuki is a chill guy. If only Red Bull gave him a chance as a candidate for the seat
Yeah but the case with EREVs is that you have introduced a fundamentally different system into your powertrain. That adds an additional point of failure for the critical high voltage electrical system which is a stupid tradeoff to make when the system will almost never be used
Well you did get a banging, controversial shit show of a race so you start entertained either way.
The stewarding was unnaturally harsh this weekend. It started with the stupid pen for max in quali and then my god in the race. From the start, the 10 seconds penalty for stroll seemed excessive considering it was lap 1. Then the ridiculous stop and go for Norris and the drive through for lewis. The level of inconsistency in the stewarding is unprecedented. Great job by the FIA and bin Sulayem in firing all the competent people from the organisation.
I missed the race yesterday and just watched the replay and oh my god what a dumpster fire of a race. Really bad race directing and ridiculously over the top stewarding. Honestly what a shit show of a race.
The fact that no VSC was called for the debris on the track(which was there for so many laps) is almost criminal and then the shitshow with penalties added to the stupidity. We were robbed of a great max vs Norris battle.
Max didn't react to Russell. It was not like he slammed the brake or changed his line to block Russell. Russell could and should have overtaken by going off the racing line which is what cars overtaking on prep laps usually do.
Edit : Also the maximum lap time ensures that you can't 'block' the car behind for the entire the lap. You have speed up at some point to come back within the delta
Yeah I think this penalty is bullshit. Since both of them are on build laps, max is under no obligation to move over for Russell. As for Russell's argument that 'slow' cars should be off the racing line, no driver will drive off the racing line when there is no car on a hot lap to let through because it is dirty off line which will affect the tyre and ruin their tyre preparations.
This sets a dangerous precedent where cars behind will try to spook and bully cars ahead on build laps by rushing at them and making them either go faster and not get to prepare properly or go offline and pick up dust and rubber onto the tyre surface which again affects tyre preparations
Not at all surprised to see De Gea up there. If only he could pass.