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    Complete waste of 6 laps. Alonso wasted his tires defending and now he will probably not pass sainz.

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    Sainz nearly took out hamilton with some terrible defending

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    Quote Originally Posted by truefan72 View Post
    Complete waste of 6 laps. Alonso wasted his tires defending and now he will probably not pass sainz.
    If Alonso hadn't held up Hamilton for those six laps, Hamilton would have passed Ocon for the lead...
    Oct. 31, 1999 - one of the blackest days in motorsports.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gm99 View Post
    If Alonso hadn't held up Hamilton for those six laps, Hamilton would have passed Ocon for the lead...
    Indeed. Alonso is the big hero to alpine here. His defence has stopped lewis from winning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gm99 View Post
    If Alonso hadn't held up Hamilton for those six laps, Hamilton would have passed Ocon for the lead...
    This is racing, Alonso is not paid to get out of the way. Besides, Alonso did Ocon and Alpine a huge favour. If he hadn't delayed Hamilton, Alpine would have lost the race. It looked hard but he was playing the team game.


    BRAVO!!!

    CONGRATULATIONS TO ESTEBAN OCON
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    I love it when we get a new race winner. It makes F1 so worthwhile.
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    Wow wow wow. Ocon!!!!!
    Is that a tear in my eye?
    Alonso cost Hamilton the win and p4
    It was an unnecessary defense that cost both drivers.
    Awesome day for Alpine nonetheless p1&5
    Awesome day for Alpha Tauri p6&7
    Awesome day for williams p8&9
    Lol gasly getting the fastest lap. That was a Helmut Marko call.
    A decent recovery for Hamilton.
    But the day belongs to Ocon.
    It was a special top 10 and a great way to go into the break

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    Quote Originally Posted by truefan72 View Post
    Wow wow wow. Ocon!!!!!
    Is that a tear in my eye?
    Alonso cost Hamilton the win and p4
    It was an unnecessary defense that cost both drivers.
    Awesome day for Alpine nonetheless p1&5
    Awesome day for Alpha Tauri p6&7
    Awesome day for williams p8&9
    Lol gasly getting the fastest lap. That was a Helmut Marko call.
    A decent recovery for Hamilton.
    But the day belongs to Ocon.
    It was a special top 10 and a great way to go into the break
    Well said. Finally, Williams have six F1 points on the board. Aston would be very pleased with another brilliant race from Vettel.

    I think this race has given Mercedes a peek at what they losing by letting this young brilliant racer go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
    This is racing, Alonso is not paid to get out of the way. Besides, Alonso did Ocon and Alpine a huge favour. If he hadn't delayed Hamilton, Alpine would have lost the race. It looked hard but he was playing the team game.
    I wasn't saying anything different, it was just a response to truefan72 who was wondering why Alonso was blocking Hamilton. Alonso did very well IMO.
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    Its funny how you cut off the rest of my post which was that he also cost p4 for himself which was clearly on the cards with a slower sainz. He chose to defend p5 where he could have had p4 easily. It wasn't smart racing. On his part. But with the victory celebrations it now seems clear that his job was to hold up the charging Hamilton for his teammate Ocon and that is fair if that is the case. So kudos to Alonso

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