Vanja #66 wrote: ↑30 Jun 2024, 17:31
Having his hand forced with Norris getting close by luck of the pitstop and garage positions, I think it was a good strategical and tactical choice by Max to push to the limit and over it. He did move under braking in the end, but honestly I don't see him as predominantly at fault. But the penalty was a non-penalty in the end and he got 11p no less.
Norris lost his temper multiple times and failed to prepare his overtake across no less than 3 DRS zones and choosing to complain on the radio instead, I'm not impressed by that. Everyone knows Max races hard and over the limit, you've got to be prepared for that
In my opinion, it's good that Norris pushed and made a point, even if they had contact. So far, Norris never had this kind of aggressive fight with Max and Max had it a bit easy. Now Max knows that Norris would be willing to risk too. So it would be interesting to see how he reacts next time when are in a similar situation, which I am sure they will. Nico did that with Lewis in 2014 Belgium to make a point after Lewis pushing Nico out of race track far too many times. Max has to respect his oppotent and let it go at at times, or he would lose like he has done so many times. If it's a close championship battle, then Max would lose it. This is the first time for Lando, hopefully he has learnt some lessons. I called out how clean George was in Barcelona when he and Lando fought around for a so many corners on a track that we haven't seen before, respectfully. That's what we need, not mario karts like we saw today.