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Topic subjectFair enough. And everyone will have an opinion on said move
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2743340, Fair enough. And everyone will have an opinion on said move
Posted by spenzalii, Sun Jul-18-21 02:41 PM

>It wasn't a question of pulling out. It was a question of
>apexing the corner. Lewis chose to move off the ideal line and
>squeeze him wide. That's not up for debate: that's what
>happened. How dirty a move you think that was is up to you.

I'm not gonna call it all out dirty, and many a driver, Max included, have pulled similar moves to squeeze an opponent off and stay just on the side of the rules (or at least in that grey area where it's a judgment call). It was aggressive, maybe overly so, and Max got the worst of it. You hate to see it. But I'm not going to call Lewis a dirty driver or sore loser (thanks Albon) or call for a ban either. I don't think he intentionally sent Max into the wall, as they were both going at it hard that opening lap. Didn't like it though

Beyond that, Lewis had to drive his nuts off to get the win. It was made a bit easier with Lando getting screwed in the pits (Bottas knows that pain many times over) and LeClerc having drivetrain issues. Still, he had to close down 10 seconds and managed to do it.