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Originally Posted by NickyC
Hamilton straight blew through that corner, and he gained a large time advantage. He didn't slow down, he accelerated through the chicane and was far further ahead of Max than he was prior to entering the turn. Max had no shot at obtaining DRS at that point due to the advantage Hamilton gained and he also lost the slipstream effect going into the long straight.
I'm not arguing about whether or not Max forced him to cut the chicane. It's arguable he did of course, but it's also arguable he late braked into the turn and beat Hamilton to it. I'm simply starting that Hamilton full on smashed the throttle through the chicane and gained a huge time advantage at the start. Here's the video below, take a look at how close the cars were going into the corner, and then see where Hamilton is at the :30 second mark. He's basically a mile ahead, that was absolutely ridiculous and he should have been penalized.
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Thx for posting, I couldn’t find it. 18sec mark tells the whole story. If I was HAM I’d do the same, Max was a seething nut-job on the track last season, and especially during that race... you bet I’d keep my 10M car away from that dangerous half-drunk on adrenaline jackass. Hell yeah I’d gun it and cut the corner after that BS and put him in my rearviewmirror.
If it wasn’t for Max’s dangerous & erratic driving during that race, HAM wouldn’t have gone over the line and if he did, well he would have been penalized.
I don’t see how anyone can honestly blame Lewis for that move if you actually watched the race in it’s entirety and understood how dangerous Max was last season.
To Max’s credit, he’s way better this year… I’m guessing with a championship (albiet questionably won) under his belt, and I bet quietly the FIA or some others had some real sharp words for him about his shit driving last season… either way, he is very much acting like a professional F1 driver this year, not the dishonorable karting-deuche he was last year.