TNTHead wrote: ↑30 Jun 2024, 16:46
The Max haters creeping out of their holes again on this forum.
This is racing as it should be. Didn't we see a wonderful race?
Red Bull made it tough with the failed pit stop.
It definitely not the racing as it should be. Max did what Nico did to Lewis in 2016 at the exact same venue.
In the past when Lando didn't have the car to fight Max, he simply let Max go and people questioned why he does that. Now that Lando has the car to fight, he will fight hard and Max need to be a bit more matured in not fighting it too hard and let simple gap to see how it goes. Yesterday in Sprint, it was a great mug by Max, but today he was sloppy. But I am not surprised. As much a great talent he is, under pressure, he can still make the mistakes of the early career Max.
The drop in pace for that car was crazy. From the second stint, Lando started catching Max and one simple mistake in pit, brought Lando so much closer. It's not like Lando was on super softs and Max was on hards. There was probably 2 or 3 laps of stress on the Mediums that Max had over Lando, who had fresh ones. But the pace drop was quite significant. Max was so vulenrable that he was no in place to defend. Very very strange car behavior.
Hats off to my favorite Perez, he fought an excellent battle with a Haas! It was heartening to see that.