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Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
I will give some REAL race analizing tomorrow.
But just on this point.
There is no way he can help Perez next race unless he drives into Leclerc.
Perez and Leclerc is on equal point, so whoever finish in front of each other secure second.
If Leclerc is ahead of Perez Max cant hep him. If Perez is behind Max but ahead of Leclerc, there is no reason for Max to help him as he is beating Leclerc anyway.
If Leclerc is ahead and Max behind him with Perez behind Max, letting Perez past Max will have no influence.
So nothing Max can do to help in the last race.
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How quickly amnesia sets in.
How did Checo help Max in Abu Dhabi last year...
 
Slept on it...

Woke up feeling that something still wasn't right. I don't like what went down with Red Bull yesterday as the optics are terrible and it just tarnishes the brand even more.

I'm a massive Max fan, but yesterday was difficult to tolerate. Checo has been the ultimate wingman and returning the favour yesterday would've cost Max nothing.

And then, there's that team radio. I've never heard an employee talk down to the employer like that.

Bitter taste in my mouth.

But, as an aside, I think Red Bull should have yanked Max back after the 2nd DRS zone on the last lap. He still wasn't past Alonso and so had no chance of catching Le Clerc. The fact that Max was 4s ahead of Checo on the line meant he was too far anyways because he was still in "chase Alonso" mode.

But my first opinion stands. I wish it had not gone down like that. Social media fuel for the flames. What a clusterF of a PR season for RB.
 
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This weekend with the FIA and their decisions...
No penalty points give to GAS (yet every other driver speeding got points)
The 5s given to VER
Not allowing all lapped cars to pass (even after last year and agreements around it)

Feels like the FIA really needs to clamp down on what the punishments are.
 
FlashSA said:
Slept on it...

And then, there's that team radio. I've never heard an employee talk down to the employer like that.

Bitter taste in my mouth.
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This had me thinking. There was an ask for place switch in the sprint race. Wonder if it came up in pre-race briefing and VER said "I won't do that, here are reasons". Then to only be asked again would be annoying and pull the public facing pressure "to do the right thing" as it's over the radio.

It wont justify his stance on not helping PER, but it would explain his annoyance with the order.
 
Some folks believe Max has a grudge against Sergio for the latter's Monaco quali crash. Could explain Max telling the team he has given them his ''reasons'' for not playing nice with Sergio.

the-race.com

What happened in Perez's Monaco crash that annoyed Verstappen - The Race

Could Sergio Perez's Monaco crash have led to Max Verstappen snubbing team orders in Brazil? Here's a reminder of what happened back in May
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Harold_Crick said:
Some folks believe Max has a grudge against Sergio for the latter's Monaco quali crash. Could explain Max telling the team he has given them his ''reasons'' for not playing nice with Sergio.
the-race.com

What happened in Perez's Monaco crash that annoyed Verstappen - The Race

Could Sergio Perez's Monaco crash have led to Max Verstappen snubbing team orders in Brazil? Here's a reminder of what happened back in May
the-race.com the-race.com
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Even then, he's got the WC, so this was a **** move no matter how you put it.

Then again, no one becomes WC by being a nice guy.
 

1m37s, Max basically says he hit Lewis on purpose. He was really going all out on being as much as **** as he could be yesterday.

Say he got a 5 sec penalty but at least he ruined Lewis's race as he didn't have the speed anyway.
 
Naks said:
Even then, he's got the WC, so this was a **** move no matter how you put it.

Then again, no one becomes WC by being a nice guy.
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Oh definitely, total d-bag move when you consider what Checo done for him last year.

And true, elite sportspeople are rarely nice when out on track/on the field. They are, I think, by nature selfish.
 
Craig_ said:

1m37s, Max basically says he hit Lewis on purpose. He was really going all out on being as much as **** as he could be yesterday.

Say he got a 5 sec penalty but at least he ruined Lewis's race as he didn't have the speed anyway.
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Not a good weekend for him.

He has had such a polished season and people had started talking about how he turned a corner and matured as a driver .
 
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Naks said:
LOL, that's really not what he said.
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I'm paraphrasing, but that's exactly what it sounded like. He knew his car wasn't fast enough on the day and really didn't care if he ruined another drivers race.
 
Craig_ said:
I'm paraphrasing, but that's exactly what it sounded like. He knew his car wasn't fast enough on the day and really didn't care if he ruined another drivers race.
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Dude, he was alongside LH going into T2, the rule is the driver being overtaken must leave one car's width. LH did not, and drove into MV - clear as day.

Not the first time either LH has not left space - most notably against FA in Spa IIRC.
 
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