Championship showdown this weekend. Will Lewis win his eight title or will Max win his first? All will be revealed on Sunday.
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Mercedes have called Special Counsel Mitch Connor into the stewards room.
Is it clear ? Martin brundle said the rule was brought into to stop lapped cars from interfering in the leaders which seems like what they let happen, but I think it could have been done in a much better and less messy way which to me is on Michael massi.
By only telling the cars between max and ham to get out of the way, which isn't in the rules. As explained many times. How else do you explain Masi throwing the rules out the window to put max behind ham and one more lap before it should have ran?
Whatever about protesting the result, protesting that Max might have put his car 10cm ahead under safety car is extremely petty and confirmation of what a horrible and unlikeable team Mercedes are.
Where did they say that. I haven't seen Merc comment on anything yet.
Mercedes being a bit like the petulant child in all this. I have decided to boycott Mercedes Benz road cars, convenient since I can't afford one anyway. I shall unfollow them on twitter as well, that will surely teach them to be better sports
Yeah but only if the message has been sent to all competitors via the official messaging system.
I'm not saying that did or did not happen.
Last sentence of second to last paragraph "once the last lapped car has passed"
George Russel have earned his bonus even before he races
And also the part where it states that once the lapped cars overtake then the safety car comes in the following lap.
Mercedes are terrible people. Just awful. What a lack of credibility they possess.
Mercedes now saying that it was unfair because Lewis was on worse tyres.
I must have forgot the part where the FIA held a gun to their head and stole all their tyres so they couldn't change them.
Mercedes and Hamilton are the worst losers going, total disgrace.
So Mercedes have brought a barrister into the stewards which is hardly for the whether max was ahead of Lewis. Nico not impressed by George Russell taking the Mercedes party line and he’s not left Williams yet.
Any cars that have been lapped will be required to overtake.
Some lapped cars did not.
Very simple, very clear.
The thing is, even if they discount the last lap, why should the race be finished a lap early, since Red Bull will then argue that it's not their fault that the race director made a wrong call, and they might have caught Hamilton anyway.
Even if you overturn the result here, then that's not fair on Red Bull as they were then deprived the chance to race the last lap and because of that, it means that Lewis Hamilton has been given an unfair advantage.
Yup. "Any" can mean some or all of a thing.
Taking a barrister in WTF Mercedes
Just like the last race when Mercedes pitted under Safety Car and Red Bull gained under the Red Flag?
It’s not. It’s to let the cars on the lead lap pass, which he did.
Yeah Horner Weakley and Newey gone to the stewards. Horner looked like he has been downing a few beers
Ah I just mean the last lap wasn't that dramatic. It was pretty much a decision that decided it.
It's a shame they couldn't immediately red flag, would have been amazing
The appeal ongoing?
So imagine scenarios
Lewis get's no penalty for taking a short cut which gave him a lasting advantage on lap one to keep the lead over Verstappen who family overtook him.
Verstappen get's a penalty for overtaking for 0.1 seconds by 10cm or so without gaining a lasting advantage under the safety car.
Red Bull should then lodge an official complaint with the FIA for the stewards not applying the rules as they are in the rulebook and inconsistent application of them.
Care to explain how and no he does not take it to consideration tyres. Also Lewis defended that overtaking horribly
With the argument over Max overtaking. He was definitely along side and went ahead for a second or so. Not much in that but Merc could argue that by Verstappen being there it stopped Hamilton warming his tyres and taking his desired line through that last corner before going green again.
This definitely isn't ending tonight. Whatever result comes tonight will be appealed
looking at the rule (48.12) the quote is "If the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message "LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE" has been sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system, any cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car"
Key here is "any" there is not mention os all or some so I dont see how Merc will have this overturned and for the record while i like Lewis i am delighted for Max, fair play to Red Bull for the gamble and it paying off. Some you win and dome you lose.
Are you so utterly biased that you genuinely don't care that rules weren't followed just cause your guy won?
According to the actual rules, race should have finished on yellow. Hamilton was cheated by Masi throwing out all the rules. He'd have won if the rules were followed. Its that simple.
Edit
Looks like Lewis has this. Body language from Red Bull is really not good.
Mercedes will be by far the most unpopular team on the grid next year.
Yeah I think Mercedes know this, which is why they’re putting the flimsy ‘Max was overtaking under a safety car’ challenge in too to try and get him a 5 second penalty.
Mercedes coming off as hugely unsporting here.
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