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Verstappen ends long wait for victory as Russell’s title hopes take huge hit (www.gpblog.com)
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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (7 children)

IMO it’s pretty done as far as the WDC goes. 84 point lead for Kimi and 5-7 races to go, I don’t see even a DNF or two stopping him now.

Great race from Max, and really good strategy from Lewis (pushing back on the call to box). Also nice seeing Alonso with P8.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    and really good strategy from Lewis (pushing back on the call to box)

    Wonder who made the call to start on slicks

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I liked the call for slicks. It did seem like a coin toss at the time and if he was correct I think he ends up winning.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yeah it was a close call, and if he was right he puts himself in a place to win and when he was wrong it only cost him 1 place from his starting position. Definitely a fair play

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago

    It did seem like a coin toss at the time

    Only for those who went by gut feeling instead of closely inspecting the tarmac they were literally standing on.

    There are low tech means to figure our how wet even the pores are, for example by blasting compressed air onto the tarmac and hold a piece of cardboard next to it to catch droplets. That's kinda (minus the cardboard) what Nascar do to dry tracks because somehow in America they know that there is residual wetness in pores and the pinnacle of motorsports doesn't.

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