Poll: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021, Jeddah - Race 21
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Was that the first time that the FIA stewards have changed the driver order for a restart?
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Just watched the highlights on channel 4. Awesome race! So many crashes, so much confusion, and just great that Lewis finally ended up overtaking Max and winning it, especially with a damaged front wing. Funny how Max left the podium early without celebrating.
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Absolute farce. Been losing interest in the sport for years and only really carried on watching out of habit but right now I don’t even care enough to want to watch the last race.
2.4g braking force is massive. I didn't realise it was that bad. That is not a gradual slowdown.
What was Verstappen trying to achieve?
Surely the stewards should ask that question. Hamilton was truly lucky in that case he didn't completely lose his front wing.
What was Verstappen trying to achieve?
Surely the stewards should ask that question. Hamilton was truly lucky in that case he didn't completely lose his front wing.
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FIA stewards didn't get involved. Masi made the decision it as race director. I assume as Max didn't get chance to voluntarily hand the place back before the red came out.
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Verstappen wanted to take Hamilton, or both himself and Hamilton, out of the race so he could go to the last track with a significant points lead that meant he didn't have to finish any higher than fifth or sixth place to win the title, irrespective of where Hamilton finished.
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He was trying to let Lewis past in the way that worked best for him. That's all. It was dangerous because Max's judgement is dreadful most because he was trying to cause an accident.
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I have to say I'm on board with this drastic statement - Max is gaming the system, he can't quite take Lewis on the track so is doing stupid **** like 2.4g breaking when he shouldn't do.
Lewis deserves this championship by simply being the more sporting driver.
He slammed on his brakes with Hamilton behind to let him by?
Dunno, I don't think he had any intention at that point of letting Hamilton by, once he realised Hamilton was gonna have the run on him with DRS.
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Ah, good point. I was wondering if there was a precedent.
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He wanted to end both their race, but failed.
I was hoping that Lewis would go in to the final race ahead on points to prevent any shenanigans but I guess everyone can see Max for what he is… someone that’ll put you out of the race if it means you don’t beat him.
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My take on that is that Hamilton is not attempting to make the pass. He very suspicious of Max's "tactics" knowing he can't risk a DNF, with Max having an 8 point lead. At that point he doesn't know that Max is trying to hand the place back as he hasn't got the message.
In essence he's racing Max as if he's a petulant teenager in a Forza Motorsport lobby. That speaks volumes.
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Not that I can recall off the top of my head.
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Thanks. I couldn’t remember it happening before, but I’ve only watched F1 consistently for the last decade.
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Not the first time Max has taken the car behind out.
There's no way he'd expect to get away with that kind of thing. Most likely would be disqualification. With all the data these days, super hard to get away with intentionally causing an accident.
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Max knew Hamilton was faster and had better tyres, when he was right behind I think he saw an opportunity to try and take Hamilton out of the race, which would have meant he only needed P2 in the last race to guarantee the championship. Penalty was comically lenient but unfortunately not surprising.
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