His tyres were better than Max's at that point, hence him thinking / being faster. He still had his own race to run, even in 16th you want to move up in position.
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A bit split on this.
Obviously, getting involved with the leader of the race like that (and then not giving in when Max fought back) is unnecessary and extremely clumsy by Ocon.
At the same time, why couldn't Max just let him go? He was on faster tyres and would probably not have held him up. Max had the lead comfortably on much better tyres than Lewis. Max didn't need to fight to the inside like that.
Obviously, getting involved with the leader of the race like that (and then not giving in when Max fought back) is unnecessary and extremely clumsy by Ocon.
At the same time, why couldn't Max just let him go? He was on faster tyres and would probably not have held him up. Max had the lead comfortably on much better tyres than Lewis. Max didn't need to fight to the inside like that.
Maturity. He'll look back on it and he would thought that he didn't need to get involved there. Another lesson for him though in his development.
How come on the internet there are so many hypocrites on their high horses when in reality they have probably done stupid things at 21 over small things like losing in a video game, never mind a big car race on the international stage.
Humans are such annoying creatures.
Humans are such annoying creatures.
Because we are not under scrunity Infront of the rest of the world. He's supposed to be a role model
He's a grown adult and shouldn't be going that.
Ocon made a bad move, Max has reacted badly to it and posters are calling both out. As they should.
Ocon made a bad move, Max has reacted badly to it and posters are calling both out. As they should.
Deliberate in the way Ocon wanted to punish Max for something, not that someone asked him to do it.
Hehehe Max is is a bit of a twat. Id be fuming too though I guess.
Are they going to make him pick up the litter?
Max once pushed Ocon off the track in the 2014 Austria F3. Right at the start of the race, watch the first 30 seconds.
Ocon definitely did it on purpose, not for any Mercedes related reason but because of the pair's prior history. And if we're being honest Max isn't entirely undeserving of a little retribution.
Think we could be in for some phenomenal stuff in 2020 if we have Verstappen at Red Bull, LeClerc at Ferrari and Ocon at Mercedes.
Think we could be in for some phenomenal stuff in 2020 if we have Verstappen at Red Bull, LeClerc at Ferrari and Ocon at Mercedes.
That's it. Some revenge.
Mercedes used Ocon as a great blocker there, congratulations.
That was 100% personal, he'd never do the same if that was Hamilton in the lead.
That was 100% personal, he'd never do the same if that was Hamilton in the lead.
They're going to make him pick up the pieces of his car next time he crashes into somebody. Probably during the next race.
A good reportage from Hamilton's hometown (it's in italian). It says not many people in Stevenage like him. He is a person who is very divisive like many famous people.
https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/gener...o_origini_citta_natale_inghilterra-211279925/
https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/gener...o_origini_citta_natale_inghilterra-211279925/
Jealousy is a terrible thing.
It's a good insight on his hometown. You have to admit you love or hate him. There is no alternative.
Vettel is the same to me and many other people but at least Lewis is backing his arrogance on the track unlike Seb.
Why would the average person (with no specific interest/following of racing) love F1 drivers? They're about as far removed from the average person as you could possibly be.
They come from well off backgrounds, then have a career which leads them on to even more wealth. You're hardly rooting for a local underdog story.
They come from well off backgrounds, then have a career which leads them on to even more wealth. You're hardly rooting for a local underdog story.
I don't think Hamilton did come from a well off background. How lucky is Hamilton? Drivers are literally driving off the road to gift him wins and he really doesn't need the help.
Ocon is an idiot even if he wants to overtake you don't need to attack in a small space and do it cleanly otherwise you aren't fast enough. Max needs to learn from it, I regularly drive carefully on the road because there are idiots out there and I'd rather avoid a crash.
Ocon is an idiot even if he wants to overtake you don't need to attack in a small space and do it cleanly otherwise you aren't fast enough. Max needs to learn from it, I regularly drive carefully on the road because there are idiots out there and I'd rather avoid a crash.
Lewis wasnt super well off, but being bank rolled by McLaren his entire career put him in a position very few drivers will ever get. Senna was lucky in that regard too as his family was rather wealthy from what I understand.
I always love the story about Schumacher racing around on used kart tyres that others had thrown out because they were "worn out" flogging absolutely everybody.
Just had a chance to watch the Brazil GP highlights, especially the Ocon/Verstappen incident. I suspect I'm the minority given what the radio, podcast and pundits have been saying, but I have sympathy with Ocon:
- You're allowed to unlap yourself. Other incidents up the road, safety cars, rain etc. could still dramatically change the GP and he wanted position. He was faster, on fresh tyres, he didn't want to waste the fresh part of the tyre in the RB's wake.
- Verstappen didn't need to fight back. True he was trying to stay ahead of Hamilton, but in truth he was faster than Hamilton. He could have yielded it, got a bit of DRS from Ocon as well and let him drive up the road. On the next straight Ocon would have had DRS and been on fresh tyres, at which point the pass would have been inevitable.
- Ocon was literally a foot or two behind Verstappen going into the corner, if this was for position he wouldn't be expected to back off and Verstappen would be expected to give him room
- The fact Verstappen was the leader (or a lap ahead) I'm not sure is as important when a back marker is faster than when the leader is faster (i.e. the leader would be held up in the latter case). Imagine in football if the bottom club were expected to not tackle as hard against the top clubs as against relegation rivals.
Nasty crash in the F3... Full speed spin, backward over another car airborne over the barriers into the crowd a place where spectators/photographers/stewards were?
Yeah it looked a crazy crash. I just seen it from some fan footage in the crowd so it was hard to see what caused it
https://www.autosport.com/f3/news/140154/f3-driver-in-hospital-after-airborne-macau-crash
Some other source say that the driver sustains spinal fracture.
Some other source say that the driver sustains spinal fracture.
shocking footage and hope she makes a full recovery. I don't understand why she is going so much faster than any of the other cars at a corner like that
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She spun before the corner somewhere, either on some road markings, or a bump/divot and once you're spinning there is no stopping, the car is actually backward when it goes airborne I think
Wow, that is crazy. Something has to have failed for them to be going that much faster than everyone else into the corner.
Was just about yo post that, it was a crazy crash hope she recovers fully.
Could be career ending a crash like that, but looking ,she is lucky to be alive.
Could be career ending a crash like that, but looking ,she is lucky to be alive.
Holy feck that crash 
Agree.
Max is a massive idiot who's been pampered by Horner too much. I pray he wises up or gets kicked out of the sport before he causes a major incident and injures someone.
She is very lucky to be alive. Hope the surgery goes well.
How the feck does that even happen? Her airspeed velocity is insane