Wick3d
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It depends on the car, he might need a gearbox change
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Yid-ol
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Not see it as had to stop watching to go pick my kid up! Was it a big crash or just a bump into the side?
chrissivad
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Bump into the side.
He had or was close to doing the same a few time on that lap already.
Wick3d
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I would recommend you watch the highlights, its definitely worth it! He was pushing his car to the limit and clipped the inside of the car in the last corner, which then sent him into the wall.
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Gb160
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Precautionary I think they said.
Hopefully his gearbox is fucked.
Yid-ol
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Is Max's gearbox older than 5 races? If so no penalty is what I understand, but if less than 5 it's a 5 place drop?
Gb160
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Both him and Lewis fitted new gearboxes for this weekend, and yeah its a 5 place penalty I think.
Yid-ol
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AHH so it's a brand new one! Knew there were talks of them both taking new ones but never seen them mention s 5 place drop, so assumed they were old but hadn't been done!
It is a 5 place drop, just seen the rule for it.
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I wonder what his time would've been if he'd just wound it back a fraction into that last turn? That was a serious lap time he was putting up there, hell of a shame for him.
Tomorrow will be either a race full of incidents or a bit of a parade - overtaking here must be absolutely terrifying.
edit: Once again, people putting as much effort into hating on Max as they appear to do yankin' it over Lewis - how has anybody got time for that? I don't want any cars to break, I want to see a race.
Tomorrow will be either a race full of incidents or a bit of a parade - overtaking here must be absolutely terrifying.
edit: Once again, people putting as much effort into hating on Max as they appear to do yankin' it over Lewis - how has anybody got time for that? I don't want any cars to break, I want to see a race.
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Was purple in both first & second sectors so you’d think he could have coasted that final turn and still taken pole but he woujdntvff he a e knoen that at the time and was pushing like mad.
Expecting very little overtaking but a couple of safety cars ‘should’ make sure the race doesn’t get stretched out too far. Some clever tactics by Horner and we could see it tight at the front (still not heard if Max’s car needs a new gearbox or not)
Rocksuperstar
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Watched a few replays and I wonder if he was out of shape coming into that turn - I can't find an angle that shows his approach or how on the apex he was and I wonder if pushing it on that long-ass left leading up to it put him a gnats cock off his line. It was such a glancing blow in the grand scheme of things, that could've been a serious wreck if he was just a degree or two less into the bend.
What kind of money can we get on rain?
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btw, I'm loving the amount of content the FIA have been throwing up on Youtube on race weekends this year. The F2 + F3 races are great fun
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Worth noting though, that Lewis in his pole lap gained nearly 2tenths on Verstappen after being behind in the first two sectors, so if you consider compared to lewis, he is storming the first 2 but lost the third, it would have been very tight
So despite having two tenths going in to the final sector, he couldn't let up whatsoever especially since Hamilton had dirty air in the first 2 sectors
Yid-ol
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I didn't see the race last year and know it's changed slightly so I am only going by practice and qualifying, but I was struggling to see great overtaking places, the track looks so narrow! And corners where they have to slow down in having no run off areas....I just hope I am wrong and we do see a good race. I just have in my head it looks like another Monaco
Gb160
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You'd be surprised how little time/effort is required to dislike an odious little toad like Max.
I really hope turdboy's gearbox is fucked.
After doing a bit of research on this, RB have a massive decision to make, as all they can do is visually inspect the externals of the gearbox, they can't strip it down.
