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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium
You are right about the reduced downforce . And that was because Daniel was in Max his slipstream . But by the reduced downforce of the slipstream , he had lack of grip from his front tires and his brakes locked up like crazy !
That's why we can see all the smoke from hell coming from his brakes BEFORE the collision , and before he SLIDED into Max.
You guys seem also to forget , that they came from the straight at topspeed and the apex was VERY NEAR (left 90° turn) was only 100 meters in front of them !
This was not the right place , and not the right moment to try something like an overtake !
*IF* Daniel could pass Max . He was not able to make it , at that speed through the left turn .
AMEN !
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I get it. You're a Max fan. But that doesn't excuse you not accepting the truth.
Just before entering the braking zone, Dani was pointing directly at an approximate 2 car width gap and was not in Max's slipstream. Fact.
Daniel was travelling faster. Fact
Daniel also has a supernatural feel for the brakes and demonstrated this repeatedly in previous races. You've witnessed this, right?
The collision was caused as a direct consequence of Max moving directly in front of Daniel and not leaving a car width gap. Fact.
Most pundits believe that Max moved more than once to defend and opinion is that this wasn't right.
(I believe that the only reason that Charlie hasn't penalised Max is that it was an offence that meant the RB Team lost *everything* already and that the Team need to sort this out. Penalising Max would penalise the RB Team further when they have already experience a significant loss themselves, so it would be harsh to penalise the Team even further.)
Finally, if anybody has the skill to overtake on the inside at turn 1, Daniel is top if that list at the present moment.
I'm not getting into debate about who is the better driver. They're both amazing. But the fact is that Daniel was the faster on the day. He'd already passed Max once. Brilliantly. Despite Max's clumsy antics. That wheel bash was totally out of order. Daniel was indisputably the faster.
It was Max's move that "stole" Daniel's downforce and caused the collision by leaving the faster car nowhere to go. He ought not to have done that. Particularly against a team mate.
Peace dude
Mark H