Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio De São Paulo 2021Formula 1
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Well Lewis just did the first part of his job....let's see how it all plays out in the sprint race tomorrow. From the pace he's shown, starting P5 or P6 (assuming he wins the sprint tomorrow) shouldn't be too difficult for him to manage. I'm sure he knows he will need to win this race in order to keep this championship alive.....if Max crosses that line first comes Sunday, it's theoretically game over for Lewis. The remaining races could just be formality because regardless of what Lewis does after that, Max just need to finish 2nd to bag this championship.
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Oh no! Not looking good for Lewis regarding DRS.
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That would partially explain how he suddenly pulled out half a second on Max.
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Merc have made a lot of odd mistakes this year.
I'm pretty much ready for 2022 now.
I'm pretty much ready for 2022 now.
Yup, pretty much been over for a while now but this is essentially the final nail. He'll start from the pit lane and get to 8th-10th at best, then drop another 5 places back on Sunday. Another recovery drive to P3 at best while VER wins.
Of course, as the legendary Murray Walker said anything can happen in F1 but for VER to lose this title now it's going to require a lot of bad luck from accidents and/or mechanical issues. On pace he's more than got it in hand.
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Most of the time Max lost was through positioning the car worse in one of the series of corners. I recently drove the track on GT Sport and it is amazing to see how accurate the characteristics of the track is as taking the line Max took causes similar issues in the game and if you manage to position the car like Lewis did, you gain a lot while also being easier on the tyres which should help for final sector too.
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Ladies and gentlemen i present to you...
Inspector Max!
What's interesting is that the Red Bull's DRS was quite clearly flapping itself about during the session, but then after Verstappen pokes at the DRS actuator attach point on both his car and Hamilton's after qualy while no-one is watching, it's Hamilton's car that apparently has DRS-gape issues...
I'm sure this all has an entirely innocent explanation though, and merely looks dodgy bereft of that.
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Max Verstappen is getting summoned to the stewards tomorrow morning. This just got interesting.
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Yes, I'm sure Max thought, "I'll just casually break Lewis' DRS right in front of Lewis himself, the Mercedes mechanics, the stewards, marshals, photographers, cameramen, spectators, and millions of viewers around the world and hope no one will notice."...
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Leave it to Max to do this on the weekend that the championship was pretty much wrapped up.
Coast behind Lewis in the Sprint race, take pole cause of his penalty, and the race is Max's to lose. Literally all he had to do this weekend.
Now the FIA is sweating because it's going to try to appease two very different and opposed fanbases, probably not going to go well. Chris Medland was getting harassed for just reporting on the situation.
Coast behind Lewis in the Sprint race, take pole cause of his penalty, and the race is Max's to lose. Literally all he had to do this weekend.
Now the FIA is sweating because it's going to try to appease two very different and opposed fanbases, probably not going to go well. Chris Medland was getting harassed for just reporting on the situation.
