He was definitely going faster that lap than any other - probably from using as much ERS discharge as possible - because... so was Verstappen.
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I have a feeling a team owned by a multi-billionaire that also owns a second F1 team in Alpha Tauri crying about losing $1.8mil isn't going to get them much sympathy. Even from a budget cap perspective it seems like a daft thing to complain about since it just shows they were so incompetent that they neglected to factor in a scenario that isn't all that rare (having to write off a car).Red Bull crash cost is double Marko's estimate | Planet F1
Christian Horner has confirmed a cost figure for the damage caused by Max Verstappen’s Silverstone crash – double the previous estimate.
If by freak you mean something caused by Hamilton forgetting this was the real race, not Gran Turismo, because that’s how bad his mistake was-not holding his line even though Max gave him room.
Many here are in the equal opposite “Hamilton is an angel” camp.
Hamilton wasn’t the only driver to take the battle into Copse, and he’s not the only one responsible for the contact between the cars.
Was it not apparent by Max climbing out of the car right after the accident?
I haven't seen anyone here expressing that sentiment or anything approaching it.
That's actually highly concerning. If Mercedes has made it up later to save face, it means they have also got access to a time machine which allowed them to go back and give Hamilton the chance to ask if Verstappen was okay (to which they responded that he was) over team radio during the red flag in the live broadcast.
He's actually making an excellent point. Any successful company absolutely factors in worst-case scenarios into their budget.
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Except for when Max didn't, which was when he decided to charge for the apex, fully aware of where Hamilton is, and attempts to cut in front of Hamilton's wing.
I highly recommend that you actually watch the race footage right before impact, because this tells me that you didn't even watch the race, let alone the footage.
Literally nobody has said that. Almost everyone has said that it's a racing incident caused by both drivers, with the exception of you and the aforementioned troll.
Max put out an exasperated radio message and hopped out of his car under his own strength. And before you mention it, his hospital visit was SOP. At no point was he fully hospitalized for injuries caused by the crash.
I'm going to assume English isn't your first language because the fact that Verstappen sent out a tweet is yet another indicator Max survived. I'll presume you mean that Max was Ok.
Right, because they are people who worship Hamilton and believe he is infallible, because that belief is in contradiction to the FIA. (You know them-it’s their job to determine fault.)
Can be literally flipped to other side.
Again, can be literally flipped. In which case, is exactly what you're not doing.
You've cited two, a YouTuber/Mansell, & Button. There have been opposite opinions from Hakkinen, Ricciardo, Alonso, & LeClerc.
Two rivals crashing into each other is not an indication of mediocrity, but the racing mentality. Neither driver was willing to give up track position so both are to blame for the crash, although to varying degrees. As the stewards said, Hamilton was "predominantly" to blame, but not entirely. You cannot say that Verstappen is totally innocent despite coming off second best. It sucks that the contact put him out but you can't deny his role in it.
If that were the case, you'd see a lot more posts here trying to defend Hamilton despite the obvious, a lot like what you're doing to Max.
Implying that the stewards never make a bad call.
And again, Max tried to close the door on Hamilton even though he was fully aware of where he was, and had plenty of track himself to use. You seem to be missing this important tidbit.
You know this how? The 2 of them have been the frontrunners in nearly every race this season. They would've been the frontrunners anyways if qualifying happened as normally. Considering that they're the 2 favorites for the title, and both Max and Hamilton are uber-aggressive drivers (funny how prevelant this double standard seems to be) it's extremely safe to say that incident wasn't a question "if," but "when?"
The same could be said about Max's move to cut off Hamilton, which seemed like a desperate attempt to stop Hamilton from catching him.
Again, what Hamilton worshippers have you seen here? @McLaren has shown that actual drivers (and non-drivers) are pretty much split down the middle, and @Famine has said nobody here is pushing the narrative of "Hamilton being an angel."
Considering how much information you've been blatantly ignoring while writing these posts, you have absolutely no room to accuse people of lacking objectivity.
You posted basically 2, which @McLaren has already addressed.
I edited them to showcase the ridiculous of them. What you are accusing "Hamilton lovers" of doing is the exact same thing one can accuse "Hamilton haters" of doing.
While Haas were never a rich team and thus would've suffered bad from a crash like this, Red Bull's current problem isn't that they don't have the cash. Their problem is they're capped at $145 million for the season and the development budget for '22 has to come out of that pot as well.
A racing team not budgeting for crash damage is like a restaurant not budgeting for having to throw away bad food. It sucks that it happens, it's not always under your control and it's insanely hard to budget for, but it's an inevitability and if you don't take it into consideration it will come back to bite you in the 🤬. The fact big teams are having to run like actual businesses is a sign the cost cutting measures are working.
I think revising the rules in that fashion would kind of defeat the whole purpose of the cost cutting measures as small teams would still have to take from their development budget while rich teams would get a free pass.
Oh absolutely, I agree 100% and I think it's a positive sign that the budget caps are working.
They wouldn't get a free pass on the money, they would in my suggestion get a free pass on the grid penalty. Any budgetary concerns would still remain.
This is normal for him. The high drama language along with ignoring any counter opinions makes him easy to ignore.
