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Thread: 2021 - Race 21 Saudi Arabia
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6th December 2021, 22:10 #191
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6th December 2021, 22:42 #192
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Oh , gimme a break , dude .
He knew what Max was doing . He dropped 3 gears , when both of them should have been racing , instead of playing "silly-beggar" .
He drove right up behind him , so what do you think his message to Max was at that moment ?
He was telling Max he wasn't going to pass before that detection line .
He knew Max's game by then and being so tight that even he , a guy with the reflexes of an adrenaline-soaked cat , couldn't avoid a rapidly slowing car ahead just wasn't smart .
They were racing to slow down , and the guy behind is always going to hit the guy ahead in that scenario .
It was a ludicrous moment for F1 .
Max , for sure , should not have hit the brakes .
But , his instruction was to slow down and Let Lewis by .
Lewis should not have been that close behind , but was told that Max would let him by , not that he must pass .
So , you see , a stupid situation set up by stupid DRS rules .
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6th December 2021, 22:49 #193
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6th December 2021, 22:56 #194
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6th December 2021, 22:59 #195
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The track workers suck , too , if I may say so .
When the head guy , Masi , has to be out there pointing out the oil on the track , then has to direct them to put down the stay-dry , and then has to direct them in the direction that they should be pushing the broom , you know that nobody is trained nearly enough .
He had to be on the scene everywhere to keep things together .
The Saudi organization was far from ready .
Nice light show , though .
I heard the fact stated during the telecast that it has been deemed the fastest "street-style" track in the world .
To me , that explained a lot .
A good advertising slogan is worth more than having a safe track , or a track where you can pass without DRS , or any remote chance of making it through the race without multiple safety cars and/or multiple lengthy red flag periods .
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6th December 2021, 23:02 #196
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7th December 2021, 04:46 #197
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7th December 2021, 09:00 #198
Should do away with DRS on the final lap, was unfair on ocon
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7th December 2021, 10:48 #199
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7th December 2021, 11:13 #200
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I think Hamilton suspected that Verstappen was up to something that could be bad for him if he pass. He knew he had to take precautions not to get into a race-ending crash. His hesitance was partly due to that and probably the DRS detection point as well.
Verstappen was driving in a very unusual way in front. He initially appeared to give way, then he moved into the centre of the track and slowed momentarily and sped up momentarily and slowed again then hit the breaks hard. Then after the crash, he sped off into the distance not giving up the place until he arrived at the next DRS detection point where he gave up the place properly just before the DRS detection point and immediately used DRS to reclaim the lead. Unfortunately for him, once he had used up the DRS, he did not have the speed to keep Hamilton behind on the following straight.Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
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