I can agree with that. When I saw Hulkenberg moving it was obvious VSC would be called off, the team should have been ready and instructed Norris to abort the pitstop if VSC ended. There seems to have been enough time for that.basti313 wrote: ↑04 Nov 2024, 14:07Well, that is a bit short, there were multiple points leading to the outcome and I do not see much "backfire":FittingMechanics wrote: ↑04 Nov 2024, 12:11Yeah, Max did really great to put himself into a position where he could capitalize on the red flag. He drove super well, he was patient when he needed to be and fast when it was important. But it could have easily backfired. Without Colapinto crash we probably stay under safety car and Verstappen needs to pit into traffic again to take new tires.
- What actually hurt Lando and Russel the most was the wrong call for the pitstop at the VSC. Russel clearly said it after the race and this really put both back. That cost both of them more than 10sec (I guess even more, I do not have the lap timing available now). The call was just blatantly wrong and there was enough time to correct when they saw Hulkenberg driving away.
But even if we got a perfect outcome, Norris stays out takes the lead and finishes the race P1, it is very likely that Verstappen would get P2. This would mean about 36 point lead with 3 races to go, the dream would be alive but it would be super hard to achieve it.
Verstappen with his drive from P17 sealed his championship.