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Ferrari told Leclerc to give the place back on the radio
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Ferrari told Leclerc to give the place back on the radio
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Their race pace was over 1 second a lap slower than McLaren for large chunks of the race. They are still a long way off.
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Missed that, looked like Albon had pretty much overtaken on merit.
Tough one for Albon either way because he probably should have been given room and ultimately lost a place to another car in the whole process.
Yeah, from losing the lead early on, pitting maybe too early as the mediums seemed to come back to life (Most got to 25+ on their first stint as opposed to his 13 or whatever it was) to battling his way back through a load of cars to ultimately not being able to fend off his team mate on better tyres P3 is not too bad of a result. I didn't hear him moaning about it either?!
The problem with the outside overtakes, it's impossible in that scenario for Albon to demonstrate he could make the turn still, because there's a car in the way of where he needs to turn into, at which point it all becomes a bit subjective as to whether it was likely he could have done, if Leclerc had given space.
Need to see it again to see if he'd definitely got axles level, which is what he needs to be entitled to the space (doesn't need to be 'ahead'), but it looked very close on initial viewing.
They were stuck in Drs trains for vast majority. In clear air they were lapping similarly to them which is consistent with the race runs in fp1. It is what it is but their qualifying woes are playing into it.
I had some stuff to do so only just caught up. Super happy how the Ferraris salvaged something. Unsure on the Leclerc/Albon incident really.
The WDC could get a whole lot more interesting across this triple header.
This 100%. But even when the RB qualifies pole, leads the whole race (from two restarts) and is never bothered from the lead, you’ll still have the Max fanboys saying he’s spinning wine from water or something
The WDC could get a whole lot more interesting across this triple header.
The early pit stop was weird; I said earlier, Lando probably did more damage to his tyres trying to overtake George, so why pit Oscar INTO TRAFFIC?
+1 on him not complaining, even in the post-race interview. Dude just put his head down and drove.
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Its pretty clear that at the point the Safety Car came out that no-one expected it to stay out as long.
If it had been in and out within 3 laps there would still have been 16/17 laps left which sounds like it would have been a massive stretch on the softs.
By the time the safety car stayed out longer it was too late.
Look to me like a pretty clear cut case of Leclerc driving him off track. Who knows what the Stewards would have decided, but I think Ferrari figured that Albon was getting that place before the end of the race anyway so why risk a penalty? Better to give up the place and finish 6th than end up with a 10s penalty and potentially missing out on points altogether.
I'm baffled why it took so long. Didn't seem to be anything that needed such a long period.
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Feels like a tactical oversight to not know recovery procedures at each track.
There were 17 laps to go when Kimi stopped, so 1-2 laps for SC to catch Max, do a couple laps until the car has been recovered, another 1-2 laps for Bearman to unlap. Even if the recovery was faster, it's still 4-5 laps minimum, which is close enough to risk a bold tyre strategy.
First time I've seen a mistake by Piastri for a while... completely asleep for Max's brilliant move at T1. Have to say though Max looked very comfortable and a deserved winner and now on to the complete snoozefest that is Monaco. Nice to see Lewis looking a little more comfortable too!
Don't think he was asleep, more covering the wrong driver. Saw Max had a bad start and didn't think he was a threat so covered Russell instead. Big mistake, but that was something else from Max - beautifully and completely fairly executed.
nah, get Mazepin in, need some comedy gold for this season so we don't all die of boredom. Even Stroll isn't producing enough comedy to keep me watching to the end of the season
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That Red Bull is looking quick again. McLaren may have a fight on their hands, especially with their two drivers taking points off each other.
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