The second burst of rain murdered them.
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The second burst of rain murdered them.
Yowzas!
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They just didn’t call it as decisively as Mercedes. Asking Norris on the radio what he wants to do - bit of a cop out IMO.
What a crazy end to the race. Max and RB will be utterly delighted with how that's ended. Gutted for Lando. High drama!
Bad race management by McClaren
Yep. They should be telling him to come in. They can see the weather coming.
Lewis caught up a 45 second deficit in about 12 seconds haha. Rain is always fun. Would have been nice for Lando to have been able to ride it out, but absolutely impossible.
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So id say this result makes Verstappen very much the favourite for the title. Hamilton will almost certainly have to take an engine penalty at some point and chances of him finishing second when he does take one are minimal.
Regardless of who wins it has been the best F1 season since 2012. Really high quality for the most part.
Indycar season finale @ long beach on later tonight as well, Grosjean has been looking really good of late.
Regardless of who wins it has been the best F1 season since 2012. Really high quality for the most part.
Indycar season finale @ long beach on later tonight as well, Grosjean has been looking really good of late.
Poor Norris!! Gutted for him!
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OK. Humble pie eaten. That was some way to bring up your 100th win. McLaren made a huge tactical error pulling Ricciardo in which completely transformed the race. Nonetheless those last few laps were about survival more than anything else and once again the two outstanding drivers on the grid demonstrate how the cream always rises.
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I think its just too close to call and it will be about who makes the fewest errors over the remaining races.
There will be bad getaways, slow pitstops, safety cars, and reliability all to contend with. But I'd agree that Max should probably be the favourite - the statistic that is probably most telling this season is number of racing laps led. Hamilton, despite leading the WDC has only led a fraction of the laps that Verstappen has. He hasn't had as many opportunities to win races. Again today he just manages to snatch the win leading just a few laps of the race, and in modern F1 you need to have a number of easy wins throughout the season because you can't alwaya rely on genius or luck to snatch the wins you need
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The collision then the rain has probably meant the difference between Hamilton having a 20-25 point to only having a 2 point lead. However there will always be swings over a season. I think Max is slight favourite but it's other cars that will decide it. I think Max will finish ahead in 4 out of 6 of the remaining races. Its just if other cars can get between as 1-2 is only a 6-8 point drop, 1-3 is 9-11, 1-4 is 12-14. Bottas/Perez could well be the key to the Championship. The McLaren boys as well. I think when Hamilton takes new engine will be key needs to be on a track where he can limit the damage.
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