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There was no cause to red flag this race. They only do that in specific circumstances, like when they need to repair crash barriers or there is too much debris spread all over the track that the cars can’t safely navigate through. IMO Hamilton had the same opportunities to pit as Max did if we're talking strategy.
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Negative . The model swapped him with another prick .
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By pitting, they would just be copying RB which some people have accused Mercedes in doing and also be giving up track position. In sports, you can usually pick out parts of a game, race or whatever where a a team should have done this or doing something else might have changed the course of the game. This race is not that. Mercedes had this from the go and it really needed something miraculous to happen for them to lose it. |
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Crazy what happened with the last 3 laps under safety car. Absolute disaster of a call in letting the lapped cars pass so late into the lap 56. Lewis got robbed IMO.
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The race should've ended however the rulebook dictated the handling of safety cars. Teams make a decision to pit or not based on track position. RB gave up track position to pit for softs and rejoined the track behind more cars. MB decided to stay out and keep their track position. Race direction decided to completely screw that up by removing the disadvantage RB decided to take by pitting. That is not how the WDC should have ended. If MAX/RB was kicking Mercedes butt all race with superior pace, I would say the same thing if HAM won the race that way. It's BS and ruins the integrity of the sport.
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If this was a back/forth race where each driver was trading positions, yeah, maybe Mercedes should have considered it but HAM was out in front for the entire race and the math for pace was accurate. |
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Max made his additional pits because he had absolutely nothing to lose. They were waiting for that "miracle." Mercedes didn't need to modify their strategy because by all accounts, Max didn't have the pace. As soon as the safety car came out, they had no chance because track position would have been lost. |
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FIA handing out championships blatantly now? At least they tried to hide it before.
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It's the usual recipe of Masi and his team in justifying their questionable calls changing rules midway during the race.
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MB didn't let their guard down, they would've won the race had it been handled the same way safety cars were handled in the past. They had no psychic ability to know that Masi was going to alter rules in RB's favor (neither did RB for that matter). If Masi didn't give a damn about rules and wanted a final lap showdown, he should've just red flagged the race and let HAM and MAX doing a standing start both on soft tires.
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The safety car incident was handled strangely, at least according to what appears to be the letter of the law (rule book). It makes sense from a racing standpoint, though. Unlucky for Lewis, maybe. Still very lucky overall this season.
Just gonna leave these reminders here for anyone who thinks Lewis deserved the title based on today alone... (also refer to lap 1 today)
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