The first thing he did after scoring in the penalty shootout was turn to the crowd and apologize for missing the earlier one. So I’d be more inclined to believe he was frustrated for not wrapping the match and helping the team.

Have him start but be subbed out, that would probably be the best compromise. Similarly with Pepe, he’s still great at defending, but you can’t expect a 41 year old man to perform at WC level for 90 minutes, let alone the 120 he did in the last game.

McDonald’s sold more Big Macs in 2023 than Apple sold MacBooks. I think it’s time we recognize the real emerging Mac gaming scene.

It’s a world championship because it’s disputed all around the world.

Max paving the way for sim racing as a valid starting point for young drivers could have a very positive impact on the sport, potentially letting more kids from more humble backgrounds get picked up and show their potential. That might just be wishful thinking, though.

Outer Wilds.

That game absolutely hinges on you figuring out things for yourself and letting your curiosity guide you, so being offline, and thus not being able to look anything up online, only benefits it. You can technically finish it in 20-ish mins if you know what you’re doing, but the usual playthrough takes 20 hours or so.

You’re forgetting pit stops, it’s perfectly possible to be faster and finish behind. A driver on a M-H will be a lot slower than one on a S-M-S, but might still finish ahead.

The “we want hard racing” will literally watch a beautiful clean fight between two drivers and immediately turn around and say that watching two drivers shove each other off track at every corner is “great racing”.

Isn’t that what people told Max after Silverstone 21? I suppose Max FAFO’d there as well.

At some point you have to put your foot down, otherwise you’re going to be run out of the road every time. So yea, Lando should have jumped out of the way, but I’m glad he didn’t.

As I said, of course he can. As he can overtake cleanly and race wheel to wheel cleanly. He’s an incredibly skilled driver, he just often does it because it’s easier, and because he’s seldom penalized, usually only when a crash happens. I’m telling you that “he adhered to the rules in the past” isn’t exactly a good defense argument.

I edited mine in reply to yours… hence why I added the “edit:” part, so people know it wasn’t a part of the original comment. Besides that, reddit only shows the edited tag after some time (5 minutes, iirc).

But besides that, you are right. The problem is, RB specifically told him to hand the place back “strategically”, and he tried to do it before the DRS line. The stewards concurred as much that he tried to give the place back in a way to take it right after.

Why are you assuming that Max always defends like that? He doesn’t. This isn’t even about Max specifically, it’s not like he invented moving under braking, he’s just the most recent example.

Besides, saying “X driver has been overtaken without issue in the past” isn’t exactly a flex. It’s like saying “I’ve passed breathalyzer tests in the past”. Like, good for you, but it’s kinda expected that you’d pass all of them.

He got a 5 second penalty because he didn’t give back the place fast enough… not because of where he did it.

Also, if you want to say anything, add it in your most recent comment. Don’t just edit older comments after someone replied.

You see? It’s easy to talk shit, not so easy to back it up. Lando did fine, you can’t overtake cleanly when the guy ahead doesn’t let you. He’s not the first person to crash like this, and he probably won’t be the last either.

What positioning can he make? He tries to go on the inside, Max covers it, he switches to the outside, Max moves to the outside and squeezes him out.

Seriously, tell me specifically how you can overtake someone that weaves in the braking zone. No vague “just learn”, tell me how he should have acted.

Cmon, do you genuinely believe a brake check deserves only 10 seconds? Is it on the same level as last Sundays crash to you?

Not to mention that Max didn’t even give the position back properly. He tried to do it in a place before he could immediately take it back, which is illegal… And the remaining points still stand, it was a lot more than just one or two instances.

Edit: For Spain and Silverstone, both times Lewis had to leave the track to avoid a collision. Fucks sake, Horner himself said that both their races would’ve ended had Lewis not saved them both (in Spain). Don’t know how that is “completely fine”.

You’ve forgotten Spain, and Monza (lap 1), and Silverstone (turn 1), and Abu Dhabi (lap 1). Not to mention the entirety of Jeddah, about 3 illegal overtakes plus a brake check. So yea, indeed “so much”.

Wtf did you want him to do if Max turned into him in the braking zones? Teleport in front of him? This wasn’t an issue with Lando’s racecraft.

It’s been like this for years, it’s just more obvious now because they had to switch from the usual LH, Russell, Ocon hate/MV circlejerk to defense mode.

1. He understeered, not oversteered.

2. He had 1/2-1 cars width to the inside white line by the time they make contact.

3. Even after the contact, after the understeer and having his steering snap straight, he still made the corner within the white lines, which means that, without contact, he was 100% going to make the corner, most likely giving Max some space as well. That’s my point, even his most aggressive move was still mild compared to Max’s moves. The only reason there was contact was because Max closed the door, expecting Lewis to back out to avoid a crash, not expecting him to be so aggressive. Max always expects people to back out, but never does himself.

He got lucky, it could’ve easily been him to DNF, no Lando. It was pure, blind luck in an awful race for him.

Literally sent a letter to the FIA so unhinged they had to respond with concern…

Nah, Horner would say the guy who got shot was at fault, and then backtrack a few hours later and say it was just an inchident.

The guys in front crashed, he didn’t, so he deserved the win. Not his fault Max took himself and Lando out of contention.