Yes he did, but he was too slow and packed them up to much.
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Yeah that was a big impact for Giovanazzi. The car in front just wasn't moving.
Not Bottas's fault.
Russell has a great chance at his first points ever I reckon.
Legal but fecking stupid by Bottas
I mean, the drivers behind him are paid to see whats going on.
If he's going slower, then they can also go slower
Because if he hits the throttle peddle from the exit of the final turn, Hamilton has him by turn one... it aint rocket science.
Not really, no.
It's how most of the restarts in F2/3 happened this weekend, it's on the drivers behind IMO not Bottas.
cant argue with you.
Watch some of the onboards, linking salary to super human reflexes is pointless.
You think Lewis or anyone else would have done otherwise?
maybe so, you dont normally see a restart so slow.
Christ the onboards from that, lucky nobody got hurt from it
Latifi or whoever it was deciding to race when there was no room was the problem
Someone in the back didn't read the traffic and just went in a little hard on the throttle, will be interesting to see who that culprit is.
Sainz was involved (no fault of his own) in two dangerous accidents in half a lap. Glad he isn't seriously hurt
Not too sure Bottas did too much wrong there. Drivers often back the pack together before launching. What was different was how late he left it to go.
Still not too sure from the onboards, but Latifi seemed to bolt way before anyone else and slam the breaks on causing mayhem behind. Wouldn’t be surprised if he gets the biggest slap on the wrist for this.
Still not too sure from the onboards, but Latifi seemed to bolt way before anyone else and slam the breaks on causing mayhem behind. Wouldn’t be surprised if he gets the biggest slap on the wrist for this.
That‘s how I see it at the moment too. It was Latifi that bolted.
I have to agree. Bottas has to protect his lead. Plus he’s done nothing illegal. Only thing I’d say is the lack of track experience hasn’t helped on this occasion for everyone.
What happens if we end up with 10 cars or less? Does everyone still get points?
I thought was standard tbh- was it Seb who ran into Lewis that time?
Maybe it's something they need to look at though, cos the Giovanazzi and Sainz crashes could've been way worse.
Huge green lights on the gantry signifies the race has started.
Yep
2 red flags in 2 weeks! Crazy! That second crash was absolutely insane. Very lucky everyone is okay.
Was so looking forward to this race. Shared the excitement of of the drivers re the track and within a manner of a few laps its pretty much done already imho. Unpredictability is nice - but not when it leads to a bunch of crashes that cause cars to drop out.
They have to be classified to get points I believe, so 90% distance
Is that what it means though.
Or does it mean safety car is in and the race can start?
Doesn't mean the race has actually started
What a mess that was - the rules need changing ASAP. The fact they’re allowed to weave half way down the main straight is just plain stupid, the back markers can’t see anything happening in front.
theres no reason for them to not have the safety car line end before the last corner.
theres no reason for them to not have the safety car line end before the last corner.
Sainz has just been interviewed and he thought the race had restarted. He was doing 280kph off that last turn.
What cars at the back can see though is cars in front of them still going x/mph.
The one person to blame is the one who decided to floor it, who I think so far is Latifi.
Nobody else did
Well he thought wrong.
I dunno what else to say
13 to go. Come on, we can do it!
280 and they hadn't restarted 
Ocon out as well now
Definitely needs a rule change.
Russell up to 10th would love to see him get a point...you have to think Vettel catches him though.
On the other hand, we haven't had a 1/4 of a lap yet, doubt these 14 all finish
On the other hand, we haven't had a 1/4 of a lap yet, doubt these 14 all finish
Vettel may nab a few points at this rate
Odds of a crash in turn 2 might be high.
Missed the start of the race but saw the massive restart crash, this is making things more exciting, obviously provided no one gets hurt.
Hopefully we get even more excitement throughout the race
Hopefully we get even more excitement throughout the race
I think it will be a cleaner race now from here on. Bottas better have a good start.
This track is an hilarious shit show 