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longers said:
Similar level of choke as this in terms of last corner bungle, although not so bad as it was in quali... this was on the last corner of the last lap of arguably the biggest race in the world.

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that's astonishing... navigating 799 out of 800 corners successfully and then bungles it on the 800th!
 
Despite Verstappen's crash today I don't think the championship outlook is looking too bad for him. Everyone expected Mercedes to steamroller this one, but Red Bull looks just as fast. Even if Hamilton takes the chequered flag tomorrow, if they can hold that form into Abu Dhabi then Max still has every chance.

Market reckons Ham 4/6 | Ver 6/4

Personally I see it now as about as close to a coinflip as you can get. Hamilton still has to do the business tomorrow, in a race that is likely to see SC periods, and then they have to bring their A game to A.D. next week. Despite Hamilton's momentum, Verstappen still has the clearest run to the goal
 
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evilwebby said:
These flag indicents are just getting ridiculous now. If they are going to be all over this, then they need a far more robust system in place than simply having a marshall waving a coloured square as the drivers zip by at 200+mph. The marshall flags should be one part of it, but they need far better checks in place.
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woomy said:
You would think in the time it takes to tell the dude to wave the flags, you could just press a button and up pops a light or sommat in each car, maybe with big sirens and whatnot?
Still wave flags, cause spectators and all. But in a sport full of technology, waving a flag seems a bit outdated.
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Isn't there mention in the Steward's report of "the yellow warning light was not visible on the driver's steering wheel"
 
The Red Bull looks faster than the Mercedes. Max lost 1/10th immediately in turn 2. Theoretical perfect lap was probably 4/10ths faster than Hamilton's pole time.

 

evilwebby said:
The Red Bull looks faster than the Mercedes. Max lost 1/10th immediately in turn 2. Theoretical perfect lap was probably 4/10ths faster than Hamilton's pole time.

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One lap pace is obviously irrelevant now, we knew RB was better switching on the softs or perhaps keeping them better for the end of the lap. Also Max was leaving nothing in hand whereas Lewis was leaving a couple percent margin.

It's all how the long runs go on the medium/hards and you'd think the Mercedes would have the advantage especially on hards.
 
The binman chronicles said:
One lap pace is obviously irrelevant now, we knew RB was better switching on the softs or perhaps keeping them better for the end of the lap. Also Max was leaving nothing in hand whereas Lewis was leaving a couple percent margin.

It's all how the long runs go on the medium/hards and you'd think the Mercedes would have the advantage especially on hards.
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Hopefully the Mercedes gains performance relatively on the harder tyre compounds.. that's usually the pattern we've seen throughout the year.

Anyone writing off Verstappen's chances of winning here is silly, though. I don't see Bottas being much of a problem. He still has a great chance if he doesn't have to take a gearbox penalty.
 
evilwebby said:
Hopefully the Mercedes gains performance relatively on the harder tyre compounds.. that's usually the pattern we've seen throughout the year.

Anyone writing off Verstappen's of winning here is silly, though. I don't see Bottas being much of a problem. He still has a great chance if he doesn't have to take a gearbox penalty.
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Any news on this?
 
Lewis's medium's are 4 laps older than Max's so Bottas has a big job keeping Max back to a pace Delta where Lewis can eek out more tyre life in the clean air whilst creating a few seconds time buffer for pitstops. Fully expect the safety car to mix things up too though. Can see Red Bull leaving Perez out as long as possible to hold Hamilton up too if they can. Expecting a few plot twists today.
 
The track looks dangerous and I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few crashes. Possibly Hamilton and/or Verstappen crashing out.
I hope not, but as I say.

Does any one think the way the pit stop exit lane being between two tight bends is weird?.
 

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