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2678722, Another double for Mercedes. Secured the construstors
Posted by spenzalii, Mon Nov-12-18 09:35 PM
Lewis was definitely gifted that win by Ocon. Not great tire strategy, apparent PU issues plus Max's car being on full boil meant he should have been 2nd at best. But sometimes all you need to do is drive your race and let everything else sort itself out. While Bottas didn't have a great race, all he had to do was cover Vettel, who also had a crap race. So, five straight constructors championships for Petronas. Every one since the turbo era.

Hamilton has won half of all the races in the turbo ear (50 out of 99). That's absolutely insane. Anybody doubting his skills at this point is either racist or blind.

Max is a dick. He's fast. He'll get a chip at some point. But not right now. The incident with Ocon was a 50/50 deal. Ocon could have let the race leader through, but he did have the right to unlap himself. Trying the move in the corners wasn't a great idea for either of them. As for Max, Lewis pointed out very clearly in the cool down room: he had more to lose. I'm sure Max would have passed him later on in the lap. Mixing it up with anyone while in the lead is just not good strategy. But Max never saw a pass he wasn't going to take, so... The shoving match after the race and Marko's comments defending him were kind of bush league. Makes sense why Danny opted to leave. Wonder how Max will act next year when the Honda power isn't quite up to challenge Ferrari and Mercedes.

Bring on the finale in Abu Dhabi!