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Lewis Hamilton has won the Brazilian Grand Prix, but it wasn't until Verstappen spun due to contact with a backmarker that he took the lead to victory. Verstappen ended a furious second, narrowly ahead of Raikkonen and Ricciardo.
Gasly may just humble him.zeph wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 04:34Verstappen is an entitled little brat. Without Ricciardo there to keep him honest, I fear he will go full-on diva mode next season.dans79 wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 03:36I get the feeling there is more to come on this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av1dH_ik8EU
My best guess is he will cut somebody off one too many times and ruin his own chances for a victory or even the WDC.
It reminds me of what we learn in driving classes - "you have to watch out for others' mistakes". And that seems to be true in what Lewis said as well - you have to always make sure there's room. As we know, Max got in F1 before any driving classes, so I suppose it's a completely different mindframe he has. Imagine if this were several decades back when there were all these unspoken, gentlemen's rules in racing instead of the written-rules we have today.cooken wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 03:23Oof. Massively clumsy by both.
Ocon probably shouldn't have got involved, but he also shouldn't have to sacrifice his own race just because he comes out behind a leader who is slower.
But...regardless of what feels right or wrong, it is ultimately the written rules that govern such instances, and per those rules I don't understand how Ocon gets a penalty. If the stewards decision was really "he couldn't make it stick in T1 so should have given way into T2 because it was the leader", well where do the rules say anything about that?? Only thing I can figure is that as soon as Ocon gets his nose ahead into T1, he immediately becomes a backmarker and is now subject to blue flags again and not allowed to impede. Tough situation, just super awkward.
Ultimately though...if Verstappen let's him past he still easily wins the race. So from that perspective he should only be blaming himself. The best thing anyone can do in a bad situation is focus on their own portion of responsibility, which is difficult to do but is the best thing for warding off bitterness and anger.
Yes, it's amazing but true. If Hamilton had driven 2018 with as many unforced errors as Max, and Max drove 2018 with the no-drama consistency of Hamilton, then Max would either be champion or would be taking it to Seb in the last race.(Renault power and all).
What specification of the PU did Merc run on their cars?
In the category with Mr. Schumacher?PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 05:30Max is Max. He might be champion one day but he will never be graceful champion like Lewis or Mika. I put him in another category.
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91JoW4mSiZo From what I remember, Bottas was running an older Spec (2?) since the oil leak scare. But it was also significantly turned down. Hamilton I'm not sure if he was running an older engine or not, but definitely turned all the way down as well for most of the race, if not the full thing. Bottas mentioned his engine being an older spec in his paddock interview (with Rachel?).
https://www.racefans.net/2018/11/11/ham ... m-failure/ringo wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 05:32Gasly may just humble him.zeph wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 04:34Verstappen is an entitled little brat. Without Ricciardo there to keep him honest, I fear he will go full-on diva mode next season.dans79 wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 03:36I get the feeling there is more to come on this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av1dH_ik8EU
My best guess is he will cut somebody off one too many times and ruin his own chances for a victory or even the WDC.
By the way about the race..
Lewis mercedes engine was one lap away from failure, how cool is that?
Makes the WCC even more special.
I am not sure which unit was in the car, or what was about to fail on it, but the team gave him some settings to manage it. Totto said everything let loose after crossing the line, but he didn't elaborate on it.
But I guess facts proved that it was not really a lap from failure.“They said ‘well, our exhaust is just about to fail’ and we’re over-shooting all the temperature limits as to what’s to fix and so they started to fix it turning the whole thing down. And then the stage temperatures went down to below a thousand, 980, but it’s still too high. Then he recovered another lap. That was truly horrible.”
And it only took him 5 titles (9-10 years since his first championship o_O)
Might not be so absurd if you go back and fact check the number of races he's had an incident with another car? No doubt he's talented, but he's also made some bad decisions on several occasions. Ocon was no where near battling for points. That he didn't have the presence of mind to cede to a front running car speaks volumes. At least it does to this matured, level headed fan of three decades.
That was a very interesting watch. Something I noticed: they were still very nearly neck to neck at the end of the lap. Hamilton was a little bit in front, while Vettel had a small speed advantage:yelistener wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 09:25Lewis Pole vs Vettel P2 onboard (using Juzh's clips)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viRhuquIKjw
