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No way did Verstappen bump Hamilton off the circuit, No one knows more than Hamilton that when you exit a sharp apex you keep a straight line past the peak of the apex and then drift over to the far side of the circuit to maintain your momentum and speed. Hamilton made contact with him right at the peak of the apex then took an unfair advantage of a shortcut and should have given the place back .Verstappen got underneath him before the turn ,and rightly stayed within the white line perimeters of the circuit, putting Hamilton at fault for not allowing him space.Max bumped Lewis off the track and stewards say no investigation necessary as Lewis stretches out the lead.
Car 44 and driver stretching out the lead tires meaning nothing,
Not so, JF. Lewis asked about a tyre change but was told that he'd lose track position if he pitted. Mercedes obviously expected existing rules (those that applied when the race started) to be adhered to. THEY WERE NOT! The FIA said they wanted the race to finish, so they waived/changed the rules to Lewis's huge disadvantage and Max's huge advantage. Frankly it stinks!!That un-lapping rule has always been in the rule book for as long as i can remember, it was stopped about ten years ago and then re-introduced a couple of years later, i think its objective was to get lapped cars to the back of the field, giving the leaders a clear run.
As for tyres, Mercedes had the same opportunity to go onto softs as did Red Bull. At the time Red Bull seeing the remaining ten laps as a possibility of clawing some time back and putting pressure on Mercedes. This is race tactics.
Highly respected pundit and former team owner Eddie Jordan with a wealth of F1 experience, has said that what happened is WRONG!! Further, he is demanding to know WHO applied pressure and lobbied the race director to allow that farcical last lap. (Doesn't take a genius to work that out does it, Horner?) He also wants to know WHY it was agreed to and WHY ONLY FIVE cars were allowed to unlap themselves allowing Verstappen to close the gap on Lewis from 11 seconds to virtually nothing.Red Bull pressure from Horner?
Highly respected pundit and former team owner Eddie Jordan with a wealth of F1 experience, has said that what happened is WRONG!! Further, he is demanding to know WHO applied pressure and lobbied the race director to allow that farcical last lap. (Doesn't take a genius to work that out does it, Horner?) He also wants to know WHY it was agreed to and WHY ONLY FIVE cars were allowed to unlap themselves allowing Verstappen to close the gap on Lewis from 11 seconds to virtually nothing.
The media is awash with absolute outrage over this with many personalities crying "foul"; saying Lewis was "robbed"; many claiming it was an outright fix in a bid to end the Mercedes/Lewis monoploy. Safe to say that it looks like the only people outside the FIA who don't believe this result should be overturned are Red Bull, one-eyed MV supporters and most of Holland. Surprising that!!
All that is correct. Lewis asked to change his tyres and his request was rejected for two reasons;If I understand correctly, from the radio that I heard, Mercedes decided not to pit Lewis to avoid losing position on the restart. A tactical decision but one driven by the expected rules ... they have a fair reliance claim on their side ... then at the 11th hour the rules changed on them, they had no way to respond without further negatively impacting their position