Restomaniac wrote: ↑06 Jun 2021, 21:04
Diesel wrote: ↑06 Jun 2021, 20:48
Restomaniac wrote: ↑06 Jun 2021, 20:35
So RedBull asked for a restart instead of getting an easy 1st place behind the safety car for giggles? Not because they feared another tyre may fail obviously. It’s all down to Masi damn him.
Your comment doesn't make any sense to me. I wasn't making any suggestion or accusation against Red Bull if that's what you are suggesting? My point was it was clear race control had very little control over the situation at that point in time, as evidence by that radio exchange.
RedBull stood by far the most to lose yet THEY didn’t want to continue on tyres that were clearly not safe so I imagine every team said exactly the same. Masi did exactly the right thing he got them all off tyres that were clearly no longer fit for purpose that’s what the Red flag did it gave everyone a chance to get rid of them.
Fair play to RB for suggesting the red flag out of concerns, even though a safety car finish might have been a preferred option for them (even with Perez having problems, I'd expect a SC-finish to be milder on the material than a restart).
But I was mostly surprised there was a restart at all - they could have just finished it with the red flag result. And to be honest, pretty much all a restart for 2 laps would do was lead to unsatisfactory results. Had Hamilton managed to make the overtake stick and get a win out of it, that would feel like he got 'handed' the win unjustly. Of course, he didn't, and while I am happy Verstappen still leads the championship, it doesn't feel like the right ending either. Hamilton deserved a podium spot, he drove a fine race on a circuit where his teammate couldn't get it to work, at all. A bit back, several people lost a place to Alonso, which would never have happened otherwise. Of course, these things happen with red flags and restarts, but to have such an impact so close to the end, it doesn't feel right. I'd have preferred they'd just call it a day after the red flag.