PapayaFan481 wrote: ↑29 Oct 2024, 07:51
OK. T4: Lando was 100% making that corner until Max forced him off the road. If Lando didn't open up his steering to avoid Max then they collide. It is that simple and someone has already kindly provided still frames of the corner in the other thread to support this. T5 UNDER THE CURRENT RULES, is a separate corner and has no bearing.
T8: Even Max has offered no defence there, only complained about the penalty. So you seem to disagree with even the driver you're defending. When experienced F1 drivers up and down the grid are calling the T8 move "dangerous" and crossing the line, why do you think you know better than them?
In T4 Norris opened up his steering wheel and immediately turned right to cut T5 to overtake Max. He had no intention of making T5, but I can't say of his intention to leave track right after T4 even though he'd have to apply brakes a lot more to have any hope of making T5.
As for T8, Norris was 50m earlier on brakes than he was the next lap (Max was on brakes at about the same place as usual, though couple of meters early as well) and instead of going wide to switch back he keeps himself alongside Max.
How did Max force Norris off track if Norris was so far back by the time they reach the track limit? What prevented him going right and wide a bit to turn left (yellow line) and let Max look like a total amateur for going off on his own? Nothing at all, it was his own choice to stick alongside Max and run wide, he was completely behind Max and therefore couldn't have been pushed wide because Max was already ahead. 10s penalty for Max has no legs to stand on, other than steward bias
I have no idea what you're on about all drivers calling the move dangerous, no one was asked. And if they were, they had no access to full telemetry or full video recordings like stewards do when they make their decisions
PapayaFan481 wrote: ↑29 Oct 2024, 07:42
So Horner argued that Lando should have gotten a penalty for basically doing what Max did last week without getting a penalty?
Seems about right for Mr Horner.
Not sure what you're on about mate. Lando got a (reduced) penalty for overtaking outside the track last week and should have gotten it now too. It was cut by 5s in Austin because stewards acknowledged he was forced outside the track, but still got 5s because he decided to stick with an illegal overtake. Did he not make an overtake outside the track in T5 in Mexico?