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    Quote Originally Posted by Duncan View Post
    Pretty much self-inflicted disaster for Vettel this race; although he can put a lot of his poor starting position on the team's strange tire decision in Q3, that move on Verstappen looked like a pure unforced error to me. All he had to do was wait for the exit from spoon 2 and he should have had a pretty decent shot at out-dragging the RBR up the hill. Lucky to avoid a penalty, too. He was driving a good race up until that point and had almost erased the deficit from the poor qualy; should have ended up on the podium.
    He didn't even need to overtake Max on track considering the RB driver's penalty. If he had just stayed within 5 seconds of Max, it would have been an automatic podium.
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    Max will chop anyone who dares to show him a wheel.
    He reminds me of my wife. Always someone else's fault.
    When I tread on her toes, I must apologise.
    When she treads on my toes, I must apologise for getting in her way.
    Just kidding.
    He's not that bad.

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    The first was Max's fault. The second was not.
    " Lady - I'm in an awful dilemma.
    Moe - Yeah, I never cared much for these foreign cars either."

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    Quote Originally Posted by gm99 View Post
    He didn't even need to overtake Max on track considering the RB driver's penalty. If he had just stayed within 5 seconds of Max, it would have been an automatic podium.
    True but they are racers. The drivers want to overtake for position.
    " Lady - I'm in an awful dilemma.
    Moe - Yeah, I never cared much for these foreign cars either."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warriwa View Post
    Max will chop anyone who dares to show him a wheel.
    He reminds me of my wife. Always someone else's fault.
    When I tread on her toes, I must apologise.
    When she treads on my toes, I must apologise for getting in her way.
    Just kidding.
    He's not that bad.
    You are a brave man .


    I'd never talk about Max that way .

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    LoL, what she doesn't know, won't hurt me. I'm only brave on the internet when she's not around. Ssshhhhhhh, here she comes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warriwa View Post
    LoL, what she doesn't know, won't hurt me. I'm only brave on the internet when she's not around. Ssshhhhhhh, here she comes.
    I get a free pass on F1 from my girl ......for some reason .
    She even took me and my boy to the '04 Montreal race , so I dare not rock the boat .

    Or , even ask why .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warriwa View Post
    Max will chop anyone who dares to show him a wheel.
    He reminds me of my wife. Always someone else's fault.
    When I tread on her toes, I must apologise.
    When she treads on my toes, I must apologise for getting in her way.
    Just kidding.
    He's not that bad.
    Verstappen is the one driver on the grid who never concedes position easily. And long may he continue.

    With DRS making passing too easy and false, everybody else doesn't bother to defend.

    Get rid of DRS I'd say and give the drivers of slower cars a chance to defend against fast ones coming back through the field. Then the penalties for stupid errors like Vettel and daft engine penalties will be more significant.

    Oh, more gravel please!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bezza View Post
    Verstappen is the one driver on the grid who never concedes position easily. And long may he continue.

    With DRS making passing too easy and false, everybody else doesn't bother to defend.

    Get rid of DRS I'd say and give the drivers of slower cars a chance to defend against fast ones coming back through the field. Then the penalties for stupid errors like Vettel and daft engine penalties will be more significant.

    Oh, more gravel please!!
    Yes, DRS needs to go.
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    Until we get cars that aren't so aero sensitive that they burn their tires off when they follow closely through turns, I think DRS is a necessary evil that has to stay. For once, maybe F1 needs to figure out how the IRL cars can put on close racing without severe tire deg.

    As for Vettel. I really don't know what to say. Ricciardo showed that he had chinks in his armor when they were together at Red Bull and Danny Ric dusted him up on several occasions. And last year he somewhat self-destructed while under pressure. But this year... he's taking it to a whole new level of choking. I hate to say that (even as a Hammy fan) cause I kinda like Vettel for his honesty and down to earthness (yeah, I know... probably not a word).
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