captain red dog wrote:I do have a little bit of sympathy for Vettel, I do think Max turned in on him slightly. Not to mention that when there is an incident at the front, Max normally has something to do with it. Having said that, if one of the top four bodges an overtake it's usually Vettel.
Generally though I think Max is excused over aggression far too much. Vettel shouldn't have to be thinking about waiting for him to serve his penalty, just because Max is such a dangerous guy to overtake.
It does make me think though that Ferrari really should have gone with Danny Ric. Put that guy in a top car and I'm convinced he would be champion.
Anyway, Hamilton on the cusp of being only the 3rd 5 time champion and the first Brit to do so. Love him or loath him, that is bloody impressive.
Against one of the other top 3 cars spoon wasn't really a realistic overtaking spot, he made some good passes there on poorer cars but that's because he could just out brake them and still turn in. I do agree about Max as well, he's always on the limit (and quite rightly penalised against Kimi today) but I don't see that changing really. With the speed Vettel had today (put in a good recovery to climb from 9th to 4th, back down to 19th to eventually finish 6th despite the damage) he might have had a decent chance of following closely through 130R and putting a move on him in the chicane, or maybe even into 130R if he deployed all his battery power then. Obviously loads easier analysing it after the race but he was a little eager, worst case scenario he could have jumped him in the pits (maybe even tried to undercut him as well just to really put the pressure on Verstappen).
I'm really hoping Renault can make some good progress all round, be the definite 4th best team in 2019 (picking up the scraps when the top 3 fall out for the odd podium) and make it a top 4 in the near future. This would definitely help Hulkenberg finally get a realistic shot at a podium and both Ricciardo and Hulkenberg an outside shot at a WDC in a couple of years.
Have to agree about Hamilton as well, I'm not Hamilton's biggest fan (but don't despise him like some people I know do) but you can't deny how well he's driving and how he deserves the WDC this year.