AR3-GP wrote: ↑20 Oct 2024, 23:41
To all, don't waste even a second arguing with the others about the race.
Today is a day to celebrate the driver. +5 points on the weekend to the nearest competitor. Verstappen's performance with the car he has been given this weekend was even more exceptional in hindsight. To take the sprint pole and sprint win....he had already defeated the faster Ferraris. To withstand the Mclaren in the GP lap after lap. It was really unbelievable stuff. I thought Max was finished with 16 laps to go. I thought he was finished with 0.5 second gap onto the back straight. I thought he was finished with 0.4 gap onto the main straight. There just aren't many drivers capable of surviving like this. Remember only 1 day ago, the Mclaren driver didn't last 2 laps in front of the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz before making an error and losing the position.
With respect to the car, they had 1 free practice session to dial in the upgrade. Whatever they changed between the sprint and the GP would have been untested changed. I know that sounds like cope but it's the truth. Let's see what they come up with for Mexico next week.
The intensity is getting similar to 2021 levels. When first clouds started to become evident sometime during the summer, I remember writing about this could be an other 2021 by the end of the season. I did not mean the point difference, or the controversial finale, but rather the desperate uphill battle against a faster car. It is really demanding to watch (to my nerves!), but it is also great to see at the same time.
Lando started from pole with a faster car and Max still outscored him. Max is certainly making his own "luck".
