FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO 2025.....Race..............▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Forcing LH off the track again he was nowhere near the apex... and he LH gets the penalty. As you say poor stewarding
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Constable Anthony you should contact the FIA with this freeze frame evidence.

 

Yeah site not working well

 

Understand that Its only an issue because lh is involved

 

Err excuse me... Chief Inspector please

 

I dont like LH either, when he trips up next time i will be just as vocal

 

LOL thats good!

 

started watching F1 in around 1968 and was inspired by Ferrari winning at silverstone, being 50% Italian i was connected!! Been a regular viewer ever since so seen a lot of antics.

Stewarding these last 5 years or so have aggrevated these type of situations for the worse, i dont recall so much intervention. I feel its done to spice up the show.

 

i was baiting you to add .....Ins Clouseau

 

You seem to be confusing breaking earlier with out accelerating. In fact Hamilton out decelerated Max, obviously, as he was going into a corner. Max went straight. He got pushed out on to the sandy patch by Leclerc (who was being squeezed left by Hamilton), and as you may know, braking hard when one side has no grip will spin the car meaning they all go off. So at that stage he had no other option but to NOT hit the brakes and keep the car as straight as possible which meant missing the corner.

If you remember 2021, Max, Bottas and Lewis were three abreast, and Max went around the outside, which in any case is the better line. So three abreast or even 4 is not a problem if they don’t push each other off.

 

No confusion here, he chose to go that route, nobody forced him, it was a clinical well thought out manouvre and he knew full well he couldnt make the corner and missed his braking point by a mile. Had he turned he would have hurt himself and lost a bagful of points effectively ruling out the 2025 WDC.



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There was room 1 seconds prior to your pic . He got squeezed off man

 

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you're literally showing a picture of Max having no room from being squeezed. Plus in that pic you can see the plank riding the curb and you can see all the dust from being so dirty, thus very low grip. All that would explain the brake lock up. Max may have planned to go on the outside but that's about it. Either way, he gave his positions back and gained nothing.

 

Yes he did get squeezed a couple secs after this snap, he was never going to make the RH corner from that far LH position.
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Trying to pass everybody on the outside by late braking and then cutting across to take the lead.
Perez tried to pull the same stunt at that spot a couple of years ago, if my memory is correct.
Would Perez or Vestappen have attempted that move if there was a solid wall on the outside ?
We all know the answer to that one ...

 

Perhaps you should consider what track position he should of lost having left the track for over 8 seconds, to return back on track without any loss is unfair in my book

 

Indeed it was 2023, but Perez got pushed into the air as he cut across Leclerc and retired.

 

We don't have to consider anything. He could have crashed the car or damaged the floor by going off track, we've seen it before. He could have tried to keep it on track and taken out half the field. Maybe if he didn't get squeezed he would have made a pass around the outside and had the preferred line in turn 2. Coulda woulda shoulda. I don't see the need to cry about a net gain of zero. Drivers go off track all the time. Are you going to write a letter about why George Russell didn't lose more time by diving bombing Verstappen in Austin? It's the nature of Mexico, especially on lap 1. We see it pretty much every year. You can send your complaints to the FIA to try and get the track changed, but singling out Max is pointless when he fully within the rules.

 

Your adding the coulda shoulda argument not me, he didnt crash and wasnt disadvantaged by the off road excursion.

Perez tried that move in 2023 and that was 3 abreast and ended up punted out of the race.



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Again what's your point? If you have a problem with the track in how it allows a bail out (even a risky one), then okay. If Max had cut the grass and claimed the lead and kept it without penalty I would be in full agreement with you. But he didn't. We had a thrilling run down into turn 1 with 4 cars, all 4 cars escaped without damage and fell into line in pretty much in the correct order. Only Charles could be considered out of place as he did gain ahead of Hamilton. I think they sorted themselves out quite well and more importantly, all 4 of the leaders were free to race. What's the problem with that?