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I think that the fact that Verstappen is not Britsh and Hamilton is does not help him either. :stuck_out_tongue:

For the record, I don’t care who wins it because I don’t care about F1 and I do agree that Verstappen is an annoying tosser like his father and grandfather are who thinks that he is entitled to it but I get the same impression about Hamilton too who does it like it at all that Verstappen is chasing him for the title and is not afraid to drive him off the track like he did a few races back.

He got away with a 10-second penalty, Verstappen gets a grid penalty for the next race …

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If Lewis or Max make it into a corner first they take the best line, and that’s fair.

The difference I’m seeing between Lewis and Max right now is that Lewis will take a risky pass attempt, and bail out of it to avoid a pile up. Max on the other hand doesn’t bail out - like we saw yesterday. It’s like he expects everyone to just let him through.

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If you go to a Dutch F1 forum you only have to switch the names and you read exactly the same. :stuck_out_tongue:

To me, it is a typical ‘who has the longest’ … contest between those two, both are annoying little fuckers.

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It shouldn’t be complicated. If the track is wide enough for both cars to make the corner, you give each other space. If it isn’t, the person behind going into the corner needs to back off.

The incident earlier in the season Hamilton gave Verstappen plenty of space, Verstappen just ran off the track. At most that was a racing incident for me.

Yesterday, Verstappen tried to fit his car into a space that he knew wasn’t there, making a collision inevitable. 100% at fault.

Can you imagine a scenario where such a move (going round the outside of a chicane, not a bend) was considered reasonable racing?!

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I’m not sure about the others in this thread, but for me the fact Lewis is British and Max isn’t is entirely irrelevant. Lewis is the first Brit that I really got behind since I started watching F1. I wasn’t fussed about Button (albeit I like him). Too young for Mansell, Hill, Hunt etc. I did watch the back end of Damon Hills career, but again wasn’t fussed.

For me it was all about Senna then, before I took a liking to Hakkinen, and then Alonso.

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I can assure you that in the Netherlands racing fans watched the incident in a totally different matter. :grinning:

I have no idea who is right, just reporting that people look at this fight between the two from a different perspective.

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Hamilton did move out prior to the corner. I assume he’s allowed to do that? Borderline blocking I thought but happy to others greater knowledge on this.

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Yeah, he has to do that because he’s coming from the pit lane and is entitled to take the racing line as he’s ahead.

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Even though he is the slower car? I guess so as he was still racing for position when he did so.

I guess it’s quite exciting that these two dont get on.

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Lewis wasn’t anywhere as close to as petulant as Verstappen is.

Verstappen is an entitled cunt further being encouraged by his dad and Karen Horner.

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Yeah I conceded that and made clear where I was coming from :+1:

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They should deliberately soak the tracks with ten laps to go on every race.

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Gutting turn of events for Lando, surely his team should have insisted on him pitting.

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Gutted for Lando but delighted Lewis won that. Experience paid off, McLaren should have pitted Lando.

Max finishing second after all the madness is a great result. Was glad he looked to he finishing down in 7th. Championship staying very tight.

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Bottas with a thoroughly undeserved 5th. Glad he’s being replaced by Russell.

OK, so he’s never upset the internal dynamic at Mercedes but he’s always been pathetically easy to pass. I can’t remember him ever doing even a reasonable job at holding back rival teams.

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:eyes:

What a plank.

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Valteri Bottas

Open Door Hello GIF by I Love That For You

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I wonder what Gasly could do in a Mercedes? (or Red Bull for that matter but they don’t seem to need a pilote as they already have 2).

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This is getting further away from Hamilton. It has been an interesting season.

Both drivers have been at it. It is classic sport. Top dog, young pretender coming up to challenge. These are the cycles that add to the spectacle of it all.

My take is Verstappen is a bit more reckless. I expect both to go for it, and the racing to be hard, but fair. Verstappen slightly goes beyond what Hamilton is prepared to do.

My biggest gripe of the season so far was the race that didn’t happen, raining, just a couple of laps in formation, then points awarded when there was no racing. Think it may have been Belgium. That just seemed wrong to me.

Still time for Hamilton, and a lot can happen, so I will watch with interest.

Correction: with Australia canceled, time is running out. Not over, but Verstappen looking strong favorite.

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4 races to go - it’s getting to the territory now of Mercedes needing a DNF from Max to really give Lewis a chance. Next couple of circuits suit RBR too.

Really hope it goes to the wire. As a Lewis fan, obviously want him to win that 8th title.

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