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16th September 2024, 09:16 #11
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You are usually right about these sorts of incidents. But maybe you should watch this one again. This is what SkySport F1 had to say about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnCgiVzg518
It is a shame since Sainz could have finished 2nd. He was the fastest of the top four cars at that stage of the race. Also a shame for Perez, who may have had his best finish this year and beating Verstappen fair and square in the same machinery. We missed out on some more interesting racing to the line. We will never know if a Ferrari win may have materialized in those last few laps.Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
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16th September 2024, 18:17 #12
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I saw what Sky Sports had to say live on air. I don’t agree with it and I wish Anthony Davidson was analysing that one as I think he’d be of the same opinion as me. They haven’t taken all factors into consideration. Overall I think the Stewards got this one right in not penalising either driver, however, I still must lay more of the blame on the guy who had 100% view of everything that was and could happen, not the guy who couldn’t see the other properly and had little room.
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16th September 2024, 23:55 #13
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18th September 2024, 15:10 #14
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That was my initial thought, but l took another look and thought Sainz could also have slowed down knowing it was not practical to carry on at speed with part of the car off track. They both put their foot down and Sainz in a compromised position risked losing it which he did and crashed into Perez. Why should Perez slow down or make it easy for Sainz? This is a race. It is up to Sainz to make a judgment call and realize that his dirty tires off track may compromise his chances of getting past Perez and possibly cause a loss of control.
The thing most are missing is that Perez would have to give up the slipstream from Leclerc, to make way for Sainz who would inherit the slipstream as a consequence. Perez did what any racing driver with a brain would do, hanging out to dry and forcing him to slow down or crash.Last edited by Nitrodaze; 18th September 2024 at 15:14.
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18th September 2024, 15:50 #15
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As an aside, isn't it interesting that the end of the race at Baku has some similarity with Abu Dhabi 2021? The stewards in this race followed the rules appropriately, with a safety car convoy to the end of the race as it has been done for years. But at Abu Dhabi, dodgy Masi allows them to race to the line with one lap to go.
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18th September 2024, 18:38 #16
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They wanted that drama in 2021.
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