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Fun race. I think they were right to penalise Lando at the end. But there needs to be some consistency, there were a lot of similar moves that weren’t penalised.
Max also defended brilliantly on the whole, not a lot you can do when he defends so well. But again we see him over running his defence not making the corner and the other guy gets penalised. He knows what he’s doing.
But Lando also needed to be stronger off the start and cut Max off properly not the half hearted effort he did, then he probably wouldn’t be in that situation. I think he’s too nice at times and if he wants to win championships he needs to close the door, get his elbows out in those situations, not leave a gap up the inside.
Felt a bit for the Ferraris they had great races but weren’t really featured, but could be a 3 was play for the constructors.
Great comeback drive from George for 6th, maximised the points available to him. Would have liked to have seen Lewis’ first lap where he went from the pit lane to 12th, didn’t see what happened to get that snap, seemed out of nowhere. Shame as I was looking forward to seeing him scythe through the field.
Final word for Colapinto and Lawson, great drives.
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@themightyant yeah I agree with all your points. I think they might need to look at maybe adjusting the rules or something though. As Jenson mentioned, Max has learnt that as long as he has the inside he doesn't need to even make the corner and can break as late as needed and both cars will go wide and therefore not be allowed to pass. Think it's odd that we have not seen the onboard for Max for that corner.
Your right Lando was too nice at the first corner, probably thinking most drivers wouldn't try to squeeze in that gap and still make the corner. I think after the race he called himself a Muppet, or something like that, for his defending (or lack of)in the first corner.
That's the drivers title over for me. Only a Max DNF with Lando winning for the next race would put it
