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30 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said:
Flip the story on its head, and it would have been “Lewis the ultimate racer keeps going right to the end and gets his reward, Max collapses under pressure as we all expected”.
The reaction from some folk who claim to have been F1 fans for years is astonishing, it’s like that was the first safety car ever deployed in a race - “Ridiculous that a 20s lead can be wiped out like that”. It’s literally what happens at every single safety car.
The only folk that can genuinely feel aggrieved solely by the decision not to let everyone unlap are those cars who weren’t allowed past. Everyone else made a tactical decision, for some it worked, for others it didn’t.
You can argue that the race director’s discretion has been stretched to the limit, but between the two options of “Finish under the safety car” and “Finish by racing”, he absolutely made the right decision.
Maybe the lapped cars should’ve been dropped to the back of the pack instead. I mean, what’s the point in unlapping them with a lap to go? Also, in 25 years of watching the sport I’ve never seen a SC period ending as soon as the lapped cars have passed the leader.
Interesting that Max called for consistency in stewards decisions at the beginning of the weekend then we witnessed a scenario that we’d never seen before which basically won him the title!
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20 minutes ago, Hammerafc said:
I think if Mercedes looked at the incidents today mirrored they would have had no issues. Would Mercedes have expected the FIA to act after the first lap incident if it had been reversed = Yes. Would Mercedes expected the lapped cars to get out of the way before the last lap if Hamilton had been in 2nd = Yes. Motor racing certainly isn't the fairest sport but over the whole season these things go both ways for the teams. It's not just 1 race.
I don’t think the problem is letting the lapped cars past but the rules state that once lapped cars are past the leader then the safety car returns to the pits at the end of the following lap, not half a lap later like what happened today. Basically they changed the rules so they could have one final lap of racing, which should have ended under SC conditions as per the rules.
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Looking at the regulations, specifically the last sentence here, which have basically been ignored and the SC should have stayed out one more lap.
Article 39.12.
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Game on!!
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Last throw of the dice from Max. Could get spicy if he closes on Lewis.
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Kimi
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Imagine Perez had taken Hamilton off there, cos they couldn’t do anything to punish Max for it
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At least he won’t finish last this weekend.
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3 hours ago, MacDonald Jardine said:
Did you see the support?
Yeah, Massive Wagons were alright. Better than most supports I’ve seen!!
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Wingman Lando starting directly behind Max
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The Darkness at the Barras was superb last night. Not everyone’s cup of tea but they never disappoint.
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1 minute ago, Mackie The Staggie said:
I was too young to fully understand the impact of this moment at the time......wonder if I'll see one in a weeks time.
I can imagine if Max deliberately takes himself and Lewis out, then he will be disqualified from the standing like Schumacher in 97.
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Might need a steward in a hi vis to keep them apart on the podium
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…and breathe.
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Abu Dhabi is going to be mental.
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They’re both gonna end up in the wall.
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What a knob Verstappen is.
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Surely if RB refuse to go behind Lewis on the grid then it’s a penalty for not giving the place back?
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Surely advantage gained there by Max?
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7 races in, and rage quit 4 of them. Not really enjoying this as much as previous games. Spending most of the time lighting up the rear tyres on the exit of slow corners and spinning.
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Agree with the previous comments. The first sector looks dangerous especially as the onboard shows the drivers can’t really see what’s round the next corner. If someone hits the wall and rebounds into the racing line, and there is someone 2/3 seconds behind with their foot to the floor with very little time to react to yellow flags, it could be a huge accident.
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