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Probably better off doing the opposite and letting the cars just fall back behind the leaders for a quicker SC. I know it might affect points but it feels like the free pass car in NASCAR.
 
One of the better Spanish GPs in recent memory, great drive from Piastri, just had the pace over Norris all weekend, well deserved. Leclerc doing a Russel and just popping up when it matters.

Max, no words, absolutely stupid, lenient penalty, anyone else gets a DSQ and 6 points. So blatant as well.

Great drive from my DOTD Nico Hulkenberg, just reminding everyone why he's spearheading Audi's campaign, Bortoleto showed his ability at times as well today.

Nice to see Alonso finally chipping in with some points for Aston.
 
If Leclerc ends up with a minimum 5 second penalty for the contact with Max on the restart, it would put Hulk in P4
 
Whoever made the call for Max to let George through (very unneccessary), better run 😅
You don't want to cross paths with Max today
 
I think George should get a penalty for forcing Max off track at T1. But Max doing what he did basically rendered that null.
 
If Leclerc ends up with a minimum 5 second penalty for the contact with Max on the restart, it would put Hulk in P4
If Leclerc gets a penalty, then so should Russell tbh.
 
In the 2016 Spanish GP, Red Bull screwed Ricciardo over so Verstappen could win his debut race for Red Bull. In this year’s event, another Australian by the name of Oscar Piastri does NOT get screwed over and wins the race. Justice is served. Now win this bloody championship mate because I’ve dealt with enough heartbreak.
 
It's slightly odd that there is onboard footage for all of Max's race, as for every driver, but not it seems the collision with Russell.
 
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Hulk podium????
Uuugghhhhhhhhhhh, I want a Hulk podium so bad, but not in this fashion.

Also, thinking it over a little more, it's a bit wild to me that Max only got a 10-second penalty for purposely causing a collision, yet Russell got a drive-through penalty for intentionally missing the chicane a Monaco.
 
It's slightly odd that there is onboard footage for all of Max's race, as for every driver, but not it seems the collision with Russell.
I watched it back through F1 TV - at the time the rearward camera was live to show Russell. So nothing was broadcast from the front view, but the FIA should have access to it I guess
 
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Uuugghhhhhhhhhhh, I want a Hulk podium so bad, but not in this fashion.

Also, thinking it over a little more, it's a bit wild to me that Max only got a 10-second penalty for purposely causing a collision, yet Russell got a drive-through penalty for intentionally missing the chicane a Monaco.
It was a drive through because of the radio message saying he'd take a 10 sec penalty, not just missing the chicane. Stewards don't like being mocked. But yeah, Verstapped should've got a harsher penalty today.
 
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It was a drive through because of the radio message saying he'd take a 10 sec penalty, not just missing the chicane.
I feel like that makes the current situation even worse, honestly. That event showed that race control is more than willing to amp up penalties for drivers when they show a disregard for safety (even though the Monaco incident happened in no small part because it's Monaco). I have no issue at all with Russells Monaco penalty, but I don't get how an incident that is absolutely much more egregious somehow gets a lesser penalty.

Edit - Here's a fun stat that's meaningless in the longterm: Isack Hadjar has scored more Driver Points between today and Monaco (14) than Red Bull has Constructors Points in the same timeframe (13).

I genuinely hope Hadjar doesn't go to the main team and gets picked up elsewhere.
 
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In the 2016 Spanish GP, Red Bull screwed Ricciardo over so Verstappen could win his debut race for Red Bull.
No they didn't.

They did the same split strategy that Ferrari did in that race and funnily enough, both Verstappen and Räikkönen on the two-stop were faster than both Ricciardo and Vettel on the three-stop.
 
No they didn't.

They did the same split strategy that Ferrari did in that race and funnily enough, both Verstappen and Räikkönen on the two-stop were faster than both Ricciardo and Vettel on the three-stop.
Yeah I also remember, they put their #1 drivers on the strategy that was supposed to be faster, but it turned out differently
 
Russell was alongside at the apex, so the current rules say it's his corner, but he did make contact with Max. 50-50 for me.
Yeah completely 50/50, he was alongside, he was making the corner, Max hung it out round the outside, touched wheels etc. Plus it was from a restart and like lap 1 incidents, they always get viewed differently.

The bit of the radio message that I heard on SkySports about letting Russel through, I may have heard it wrong but it sounds like GP says "advice is to let Russel through", that could imply the stewards/race director have given that advice rather than the team, like a, let him through to avoid a penalty thing.
 
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