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19th April 2021, 20:10 #71
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Although bottas in retrospective indeed left enough space, he swerved more to the right than any other car at that point. More than russel could reasonally expect from someone who has no intention to hinder him.
Bottas tried and succeeded into scaring russel. He had every right to do this, since he left the space, so it was indeed a racing incident.
But it still was incredibly stupid from bottas to do this to someone who's already alongside you on a wet track. Either russel passed anyway, or he takes you crashing with him.
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19th April 2021, 20:47 #72
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I thought it was a shame that Verstappen was so aggressive at the first corner as he has now invited a similar treatment from now on. And Hamilton would definitely give him a good taste of this next time around. He has taken the duel to a place it did not need to go. We are now seeing a bit of the sort of scrapes we saw between Rosberg and Hamilton begin to brew so early in the season between Verstappen and Hamilton, and Verstappen has drawn first blood.
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19th April 2021, 20:57 #73
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It was actually a beautiful pincer move by the Red Bulls. Hamilton had to cover Perez and that left the door open to Max who got a great start to get in the mix.
Verstappen then is able to take the racing line and was faster than Hamilton and was able to get ahead. Lewis either had to backoff and let Verstappen to pass or go wide. Lewis chose not to give in and has goes wide over the kerbs and that is where he got his damage.
Regardless of the start, Hamilton still had a good chance to win, but Mercedes is not very good at pit changes. Still Hamilton had a chance, but Hamilton made a mistake and got into much a hurry and lost it - that ended his chance to challenge.
Verstappen better start, less errors, therefore better drive than Hamilton. Winner - Max.
It the same things we see over and over with Lewis, when he gets put under pressure and he get behind he makes overly aggressive moves and he usually screw up somebody else race - this time karma went against him and he screwed up his own drive.Last edited by F1nKS; 19th April 2021 at 21:02.
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19th April 2021, 22:09 #74
This is my exact view also. This is a WDC fight, its within the rules, the gloves are off, there will be no prisoners taken. I suspect Lewis would have done the exact same as he has done in the past..and will do the same to Max at some point in the next few races. In that event, as long as they steward it the exact same and not punish Lewis for it, its fair play for me.The emergence of the new 'Rainmaster' - Mad Max at Interlagos 2016!
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19th April 2021, 22:34 #75
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19th April 2021, 22:57 #76The emergence of the new 'Rainmaster' - Mad Max at Interlagos 2016!
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20th April 2021, 00:02 #77
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We might get to see if Hamilton is really the "sore loser" that Albon called him.
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20th April 2021, 05:27 #78
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Was it a shame that Hamilton did the same thing to Verstappen at the last race? The only real difference was the run off area vs the curbs, but they both knew that going into the corner.
It's racing, and they are allowed to race, and allowed to take the racing line. It's either allowed or it's not, and at that level I don't think either driver is going to back out when entitled to the line.
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20th April 2021, 06:54 #79
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20th April 2021, 13:38 #80
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The camera on Bottas' nose is fixed. The footage starts at 27secs. When does he swerve to the right?
https://youtu.be/vjdwQDXxrfY?t=27
How would any of the proposed changes from this silly working group have changed ANY of that in 2025 or 2026?
WRC main class in 2025