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Exediron wrote:What does everyone think of the 'no investigation needed' for Max blatantly passing a Haas fully off track? Does anyone have a good explanation for why that's not a penalty?

With Max, they try to avoid giving him penalties. He sometimes makes it impossible but they try...

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I think it was decent performance 21secs off Hamilton and some 14secs from Charles. I think this was his best performance. But obviously RBR was really good here and probably the best car. IMO Max was the fastest driver this weekend and should have won the race had things gone his way. Since the su...

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Yes other drivers did similar stints to Lewis but the fact his floor was badly damaged seems to be ignored. Would have been having an impact on the car's performance so do think he deserves some credit We don't know how badly damaged it was. The fact that he won the race shows that it likely wasn't...

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Others who finished in P6 and P8. Hamilton won the race while holding off drivers in Ferraris and Mercedes with much fresher tires of the same compound. Jeez the negativity in here is palpable sometimes. Max pitted on lap 8 came out dead last and finished a minute behind, there was no skill to mana...

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I'm going to the next race so will probably see him take the title. Looking forward to it. Which grandstand, out of curiosity? I'll be there as well. Oh yeah? I'll have to check. I'm meeting up with my brother in Austin and he's the one who picked up the tickets. I'll find out though and get back t...

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. IF Max gets "driver of the day" then it shows how low the standard of judgement is ( almost as low as the stewards ). . Was what happened to him his fault? He's had a great comeback. Yes it was his fault actually. He got the puncture during that overtake of Bottas (a kamikaze move). I strongly di...

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For me, Vettel is the guy that started the issues on lap 1. Again his spacial awareness must come into question. Basically ran Hamilton off the road there and that's what caused things to get so close between Hamilton and Verstappen. Max will be frustrated by this race. This is his track IMO. He's ...

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For me, Vettel is the guy that started the issues on lap 1. Again his spacial awareness must come into question. Basically ran Hamilton off the road there and that's what caused things to get so close between Hamilton and Verstappen. Max will be frustrated by this race. This is his track IMO. He's ...

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tootsie323 wrote:
Greenman wrote:.

IF Max gets "driver of the day" then it shows how low the standard of judgement is ( almost as low as the stewards ).

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Was what happened to him his fault? He's had a great comeback.

Yes it was his fault actually. He got the puncture during that overtake of Bottas (a kamikaze move).

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For me, Vettel is the guy that started the issues on lap 1. Again his spacial awareness must come into question. Basically ran Hamilton off the road there and that's what caused things to get so close between Hamilton and Verstappen. Max will be frustrated by this race. This is his track IMO. He's p...

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I'm going to the next race so will probably see him take the title. Looking forward to it.

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Honestly, with the improved way that Max has carried himself throughout most of this year, I am a little disappointed by his foolishness from yesterday. Shot himself in the foot there. Oh well. The race is today and he still has a good shot at the win. . Actually, I am more concerned by the foolish...

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jimmyj wrote:I wonder what will take place between the 2 Ferrari cars. I wonder if there will be any sort of team orders.

There's a long enough drag to the first corner that Hamilton and Verstappen can get a good slipstream and attack them. I don't think they can afford to choreograph the start.

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Blathering Buxton strikes again. Will Buxton ‏Verified account @wbuxtonofficial Verstappen loses pole, picks up a 3 place penalty and will start P4. Leclerc inherits pole on an all Ferrari front row. Will Buxton ‏Verified account @wbuxtonofficial I adore Max but my God he can be frustrating. That f...

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It seems Max will be starting from 4th now. Still, expect a tasty opening few corners of the race! After the penalty Max will be seeing Red regardless of whether the Ferraris are in view. I am almost expecting a collision in the turn 1,2,3 complex on the first lap. I even wonder if Merc will be tel...

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I suspect he keep his foot down because of when and where the incident took place, i.e. He thought drivers that had passed it would have a chance to complete their lap and take his pole. It's the sort of thing that if left without any meaningful penalty seriously undermines the safety of those invo...

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Good call from the stewards. They had to set a firm precedent. Verstappen's press conference was so arrogant just dismissively saying that they can delete the Lap if they wanted as his previous lap was good enough. Yeah that was just disrespectful on Max's part. Seemingly he didn't even consider th...

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Are you.going to ask everyone the same thing who comments on what is an obvious risk to safety? I don't like to play the bianchi card but people found flat out in double waved yellow zones WILL end up sooner or later with someone getting killed... They don't have flags for no reason. I don't really...

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FIA say no investigation as Verstappen slowed down in the mini sector. Yet in the presser Max said he didn't. Odd. Indeed. Perhaps the he was slower on that lap in that mini sector than on his first lap and the FIA think that's enough but Max didn't actually lift but was just slower? Either way, I ...

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mikeyg123 wrote:I wish I was surprised about everyone moaning about Verstappen.

Not a peep when Bottas did it in Monza.

Actually there was quite a "peep" when he did it in Monza. Lot's of us talked about it.

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FormulaFun wrote:Leclerc very lucky there he could have been starting 5th or so.

Dunno about Max doing a purple sector 3 under yellow flags l, should probably get a penalty but we all know he won't

No of course not. The stewards would be tarred and feathered if he did.

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Yikes. Nasty looking crash there from Valteri. Should be an interesting race tomorrow. I think Max will have a very hard time keeping the lead at the start with the Ferraris right there. Carnage into turn one with that front row :] (I say this often and nothing ever happens) I think you'll be right...

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Yikes. Nasty looking crash there from Valteri. Should be an interesting race tomorrow. I think Max will have a very hard time keeping the lead at the start with the Ferraris right there.

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might be hard to see in the rain

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Maybe not but they will likely have cooling issues. The air is thin in Mexico City at that elevation and it will be very hot. They struggled badly in Austria and I expect more of the same. To clarify, I thought Mercedes had addressed this. Are you saying it is resolved at lower altitudes but remain...

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I'd say the trend has turned upside down when it comes to Mercedes and Ferrari. I'd say they've stuck for a lot of races... Ferrari strong in Bahrain, Spa, Hockenheim (before Ferrari blew it in quali), Monza and Canada Red bull strong in Monaco, Hungary, Austria So why not anticipate that probably ...

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People whining about the state of F1 extends much further back than that. Yup, nothing to do with Mercedes dominance, they were complaining about processions since the early 00's, at least as far as I can remember. There's an interview with Gilles Villeneuve from the very early 80s where they ask h...

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Covalent wrote:Why wouldn't the first season count?

Because every single driver in the field was in their first year. It's like saying that Giuseppe Farina won the F1 WDC in his rookie year back in 1950...

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But you have to get within a second to get the benefit of the DRS in the first place. In respect to Mercedes traditionally they've had a poor car when following other cars, not sure about this year's car? It's not just Mercedes. Look at the racing we have seen in the midfield in Singapore, Russia a...

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I didn't think Hamilton would pass at all, it's a horrible track for overtaking at the front, straights are not long enough and turn 1 has no hard braking zone. Mercedes pit Hamilton to keep team harmony and not have anything like Ferrari have experienced over the radio the last few grand prixs spe...

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Albon has yet to beat any of the top five drivers in the WDC when they have had a trouble-free race and he has beaten them on pure pace. Now today for example he did beat Leclerc fair and square in that Leclerc finished behind him due to an error by Leclerc, but if Leclerc had no issues, his pace w...

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The question is, would Mercedes have stopped developing their car so early in the season if the gap to Ferrari after Hungary wasn’t so large? If you're referring to the points gap then no, probably not. Mercedes' execution in the first half of the season was masterful and they milked close to the m...

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Albon has yet to beat any of the top five drivers in the WDC when they have had a trouble-free race and he has beaten them on pure pace. Now today for example he did beat Leclerc fair and square in that Leclerc finished behind him due to an error by Leclerc, but if Leclerc had no issues, his pace w...

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This season feels really strange to me in that if Ferrari keep being the fastest car until the season's end, then over the whole of the season wouldn't they have had the best car overall? I mean that would be pretty much the final 9 races in a row where they would be fastest, plus they were fastest...

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I just watched this race again for a second time with a keen focus on that last part of the race where they decided to pit Hamilton a second time and I am fairly certain that Mercedes cost Hamilton a win. It's kind of shocking to be honest. There were only 10 laps to go when they called him back in...

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Albon race pace was very slow and it looks unlikely he is going to trouble the top drivers. So I think he is just doing bare minimum of finishing ahead of the midfield teams. Nonsense. Albon has been solid. In case you didn't notice; Red Bull are off the pace. They can't match Ferrari or Mercedes. ...

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I just watched this race again for a second time with a keen focus on that last part of the race where they decided to pit Hamilton a second time and I am fairly certain that Mercedes cost Hamilton a win. It's kind of shocking to be honest. There were only 10 laps to go when they called him back in...

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I thought Merc would be better this year in Mexico because they have a good high downforce package. I’d expect Ferrari to struggle with Merc and Red Bull leading the way It's not really about downforce. It's a combination of the heat and the thin air at high altitude. You can expect the same coolin...

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I just watched this race again for a second time with a keen focus on that last part of the race where they decided to pit Hamilton a second time and I am fairly certain that Mercedes cost Hamilton a win. It's kind of shocking to be honest. There were only 10 laps to go when they called him back int...

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Like I mentioned in another thread; I think Charles felt that he got the short end of things in Austria when Max kind of shoved him off the track to take the win. Ever since then, Charles has been overly aggressive to the point of often compromising other drivers. I felt that some of his defensive m...

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