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Fully agree, race director turned the race into a farce.
I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere near Toto Wolf when he complained to the race director and got the response "Its racing Toto" |
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Regardless of the other anomalies, a safety car has always bunched the pack up and many times has changed the shape of the race by removing any distance gained by the car in front, There is nothing new about this part of the procedure, sometimes strategies are built around the probability of a safety car event.
All the part time spectators who suddenly shout foul when this happens on the first time they watch the sport need to understand this is part of the complexity of the sport.
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A safety car is normal, allowing lapped cars to pass the safety car is normal but only allowing the lapped cars between 1st and 2nd to pass the safety car isn't.
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It's a sport. If you cannot accept when things do not go your way, you should not be playing. There should be no right to challenge or appeal.
I feel that the driver who deserved to win, won. The sport is far richer because of him. End of. |
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Everybody is entitled to their own opinion.--I will stick to mine which was formed solely on the unfair advantage during the last few laps of the race and not on the seasons results.
I stated exactly how I saw it in my previous post. Hamilton was robbed. End of.----- |
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In your opinion, what happened between lap 1 and 48 does not matter? Equally, what happened in the previous races, ie their results, matters not also? Or did you simply not see any of the race beyond clips on news websites, or stills on tabloid newspapers? You speak of the unfair advantage of the last few laps only, how about the unfair advantage of the first lap gained by Hamilton? Only one driver can claim to be treated unfairly? By the logic of your opinion, there is no point in running any further races, and simply hand the trophy to Hamilton. You are entitled to your opinion of course, in MINE, yours is flawed based upon the whole ethos of any competitive sporting event!
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Paragraph 2---If Hamilton hadn't swerved there would have been a collision to Verstappen's advantage. ( A cunning way to become world champion.) Paragraph 3---Another race side by side over one lap: both on new tyres. Paragraph 4---I wasn't speaking about the whole Ethos; just the end of that race. My opinion. ---If all of the lapped cars had been allowed to pass, the race would have been over. Hamilton would have crossed the finish line first. Verstappen would not have had enough time to get to the front. Just letting 5 cars through took away the advantage Hamilton had by the last couple of laps. The controler's comment to Toto to let them race was rubbish because at that point one car had a tremendous advantage over the other.--( New tyres. ) My point of view coincides with that of Mercedes.--Unfortunately yours does not. As they say-----There's more than one way to skin a cat.--- |
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