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Nico couldn’t quite suppress a tiny smirk when discussing on track shenanigans.
Poll: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, Yas Island - Race 22
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Nico couldn’t quite suppress a tiny smirk when discussing on track shenanigans.
It was still the correct call though, subject to the rules the teams were following. It only wasn't because Masi just made up his own rule.
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I'm not sure it was deliberately to benefit Max I just think Masi panicked
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That was the biggest BS ending to a season ever. What a joke.
The FIA should be ashamed of what has happened, this is not sportsmanship.
Should run a 3 lap race for the top five or top 2 and let the racing do the talking.
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The FIA should be ashamed of what has happened, this is not sportsmanship.
Should run a 3 lap race for the top five or top 2 and let the racing do the talking.
Disgrace
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Yeah I've hit that cut off in the Palmersport cars. Thought the same myself. Could be dangerous but if there's rules on rejoining the track then it could be managed. Lot of margin for that system failing however, so likely never be implemented.
So you're entering a corner ahead of Max, you either a. have contact b. lose the place because he lunges and forces you off track with no ability to accelerate after braking
Obviously he is a human being and this is just sport. Twitter is toxic. But in terms of performance in a role, I would be sacked if I did my job as poorly as he has.
Lots of calls on twitter for Massi to be assassinated, some offering up to 10 bitcoin.
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I laughed at the message but there needs to be a reason to speak to the race director.
At least RB whinge about stuff.
Having open comms like that was poor by Merc.
Absolutely agree with that, though also agree with what someone said earlier that with Lewis at this stage of his career it's easier to be more magnanimous than young hot heads. That's not taking anything away from Lewis his reaction was spot on.
That was the first race I have had chance to watch for a while and it was all going fairly well until the end! I switched it off while they were recovering the Williams as it was either going to sit behind the safety car and be boring or be a sprint where Max had the tyre advantage. I presume that they just let some of the lapped cars through and not others then bought the safety car in that lap rather than the following one?
It is congratulations to Max and very bad hard luck to Lewis at this point
. Even with the protest it will be against the FIA for not following the regulations and it would not be fair to penalise the car that made the best of it. This then becomes where business meets sport as there are millions of pounds at stake between the winner and second and down the grid where the results may have changed for cars.
It is congratulations to Max and very bad hard luck to Lewis at this point
. Even with the protest it will be against the FIA for not following the regulations and it would not be fair to penalise the car that made the best of it. This then becomes where business meets sport as there are millions of pounds at stake between the winner and second and down the grid where the results may have changed for cars.
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Overtaking under safety car 5 second penalty is the safest solution for FIA. Sorting out the rest is a massive mess.
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Can you imagine if Max got DSQ for being about 0.03mm ahead of Lewis at turn 12 
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Exactly
Not so sure, although yes, Hanlon's Razor might well apply. Masi is clearly quite stupid.
If he had an ounce of common sense and wanted an actual proper fight at the end, he should have red flagged it and allowed for them both to get brand new softs. That at least would have given them a level playing field AND been within the regulations.
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