I thought the penalty was for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, which is confusing as I thought that's why he was giving the place back. In the end he got the penalty and gave the place back.

Mental race, we all know this track would give drama but didn't expect this

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FIA big bottle job this weekend

Never come back here, put this track in the dumpster thanks

Wouldn't be surprised if the stewards give Max a grid penalty in Abu Dhabi

Bottas and Ocon tried their absolute hardest to extract the smallest possible crumb of racing they could from this shit show and it gets ignored. Epic.

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thats one of the most dramatic races ive ever seen in f1

but like, fuck me is it so hard to be on the same piece of track and get round corners so we can watch the 2 best race car drivers race their cars against each other

So Verstappen still has the upper hand for the title, because the tiebreaker is races won; he can decide to do a Senna if it comes down to it.

But he did and got the penalty.

he did drive off after the contact when he tried the first time, and then it was a few laps before the fia gave the penalty. he then gave the place back just after he was given the penalty but you cant really retract it at that point. his team said over radio that he didnt need to give it back after the penalty

Why do race director give message to car in front to let the car behind go by first? If the race director had said to mercedes first "We will tell Max to give the space back" and then tell redbull "Tell Max to give Lewis the space back" there would be no chaos like what happened. The only reasons for not doing this is it might make the gap between the cars a bit bigger than if they are telling the leaders first. They should have safety and clearity prioritized over someone having to slow down for a bit longer to give back a place.

A lot of things happened, but I'll just say get this atrocious track off the calendar.

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FIA atm

who tho?
https://strawpoll.com/h5kzc5uj4

Fia clown show

It's so inconsistent it's crazy

Hamilton Gave His Advantage Back Tho

Max fans are so delusional. You can tell most of them started watching f1 in the last 2 years

like, max lunges from so far back and doesnt even slightly make the corner
he also has one wheel on the track and people are expecting lewis to stay on the track?
its ridiculous

https://i.imgur.com/Mu30jGZ.png

how else do you pass?

I dont think people are complaining about lewis leaving the track but the fact that the stewards said he gave back the time gained when he really didnt

Checo is a beast. But hamilton is too fast unfortunately

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how else do you pass?[/quote]

by actually being ahead when you get to the corner, or by leaving a cars width so everyone can stay on the track and then everyone can race fairly

I dont think people are complaining about lewis leaving the track but the fact that the stewards said he gave back the time gained when he really didnt[/quote]

this is fair he kinda took the piss

kimi :(
now only alonso is left from when I first started watching, very sad...

Now we have a race (I hope)

well this just got very spicy indeed

not gonna clear fast enough imo
edit: LMAO LEWIS