So Jeddah is for sure a dangerous track for racing and, with the current cars at least, terrible for competition. Maybe the next gen cars with less dirty air generation will handle the track better, but Hamilton losing .7s to Verstappen in sectors 1 and 2 shows it just doesn't work for racing.
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Originally Posted by black73
Lewis didn't want to pass Max at that point on the the track so Lewis hit Max in the ass, damaging both cars. Max's fault? Lewis had control of his car? The car leading the race is at fault for getting hit in the rear?
Just call off the last race and hand the title to Lewis so as not to distress the Brits.
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Lewis hadn't received a message that Max was letting him by, so his championship rival, known for risky moves (and who would benefit from a double DNF), suddenly slowing on a straight while
also moving into the center of the track, sets off alarm bells. Debris? Is he trying a DRS trick? A crash ahead? VSC and I don't have the message yet? So many things it could have been.
Then, right before the accident, Max hit the brakes again as noted in the article leading to a 2.4g deceleration.
The FIA is also at fault in the accident for not giving MB the instruction before RB, but Max punching the brakes in the center of the track turned a miscommunication into an accident, as noted.