He probably wouldn't have stayed ahead though with the way his tires had degraded by the end
Poll: Italian Grand Prix 2019, Monza - Race 14/21
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He probably wouldn't have stayed ahead though with the way his tires had degraded by the end
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Cut the chicane, fly over the bumps, keep your place. Then weave and block, twice. Ok.
It was the chicane cutting for me. You can almost explain away the 'blocking' as taking your racing lines etc but cutting a chicane is cutting a chicane.
I'd probably agree with this. Although i don't think Charles' had too much left in them either. It was getting a bit tail happy on a few corner exits before the end.
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Dodgy but just about deserved win by Leclerc.
Always like to see a bit of competition.
Back to normal for the rest of the series, a Mercedes stroll in the park.
Always like to see a bit of competition.
Back to normal for the rest of the series, a Mercedes stroll in the park.
But isn't it just whether he gained an advantage? Which he didn't really
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And this was after his warning for not leaving room, the stewards really need to grow a pair.
That may be so but the stewards influenced the race through decision making to keep him out in front, I'd rather see a driver win on merit not getting help.
He's 1/50 on to win it. That's saying he has over a 98% likelihood of winning it.
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He gained a small time advantage according to the gap between the two, so yeah I guess he did.
The clean air would have helped with the tyre wear more aero so less sliding
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Haha, Hamilton - we pull away from Ferrari in the constructors. Nice dig.
I think Mercedes can afford to be magnanimous and not be seen to complain about such partisan stewards. So they get a few second/third places at their weakest tracks, and win everywhere else, and they've still bagged the championships. All while pretending it was a real battle they had to fight instead of a load of dodgy stewarding decisions.
Ahh, I was under the impression Hamilton closed the gap, if Leclerc did gain a time advantage then that's a different matter
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To save myself sounding like a broken record I may as well just make my signature 'Bottas is just ****'
Even if he didn't gain a time advantage after cutting if he had actually tried to take the chicane properly after his mistake he'd have lost loads of time and been heavily compromised down the next straight. The fact that he didn't really lose much time by cutting is the advantage.
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I call that racing? Cutting a corner and weaving to defend and block another driver? I bet you would be complaining about Hamilton if he had done the same