Formula 1 round 19: Brazil GP

This is true, but it makes getting to the front as he did a fairly handy task and probably not one of the drives of the century as some would have us believe. Maybe I shouldn't have looked at the Sky News website.

Apparently the Merc issue is that drop off happens quick and fast! This is why they haven’t been running them on full this season. Last season they could change power settings during the race as needed whereas that’s banned now, it’s set it and forget it now!

I’d equate it to running a car engine! You’d never run it at full revs all the time or else it’ll quickly be nackered! With 3 races and 2 engines… do they have one or two more weekends running at 110% before one of them is a paperweight? Practice, Qualy and Race at full whack? Even in the previous dominant years they never attempted that!

Footage from Max's car in that corner, it would be interesting to see the same from Hamilton's car

Not the quickest way through turn 4.....🤔

It’s clear he widens the curve going into the corner yes….. however, the steering wheel is always pointing left and never moves the other way….. His wheel was ahead going into the corner so he does have a right to take the corner as he sees fit! He didn’t make contact with anyone and Lewis could have bailed and tried the switch on the inside but opted not to! I think a racing incident myself! If you can’t defend then we don’t have racing!

Mercedes have seen the footage, it'll be interesting to see what the FIA do here

Imo he was only ahead because he braked way too late and had decided to push Hamilton off, as evidenced by him coming nowhere near making the corner, going miles off track and gaining a lasting advantage.

Should have been an easy penalty.

I think max Footage shows steering behaviour reasonably in line with what he might be able to do during the downchanges. Braking late and heavy would mean little ability to turn in.

I'd say it will be hard to prove whether he did or didn't deliberately run wide.

Either way, great bit of race craft to keep the stupidly fast Merc behind.

Pretty poor behavior from Mercedes trying to steal the championship in the back rooms but that is what you'd expect of them. They don't have a leg to stand on in terms of forming a credible case but we've seen many times that Merc hold a lot of influence over the FIA and they continually get favourable decisions or entire rule changes put in place to help them so it's hard to have full confidence in a fair outcome.

If they start down this route it really is going to invite other teams to further scrutinise the legality of their rear wing and we could end up with a lot of tit for tat legal battles in the final stages of the championship.

Pretty poor from Max to deliberately run his rival off the road. If Lewis hadn't moved to avoid him it could have been like the crash that everyone on here claims was an attempt on Max's life by Hamilton.

Max was always turning, but nowhere near enough to actually attempt the corner. He deliberately let the car go wide right and force hamilton off the track. He's braking point was also no attempt to make the corner. The only reason Hamilton went off the track was to avoid being crashed into by a driver coming from behind him and no where near a racing line. Max's actions were absolutely deliberate and absolutely the result he was looking for, if not possibly short of crashing Hamilton out.

It is genuinely laugable that people are defending what Max did here, after saying Lewis was at fault the time Max drove over his head. Max can do absolutely no wrong for some people. Absolute blind hatred of Hamilton. Its pathetic.

Maybe… the FIA aren’t the most consistent when dishing out punishments. As another poster alluded, the wheel is always moving left and he never moves it to the right, and that’s what the stewards would be looking for. I don’t think there is anything new in that footage that wasn’t already known! While I don’t think anymore action is needed, I would not be in the least bit surprised if a penalty was given.

I don't expect Max to get a penalty now at as its too late and would cause uproar. He definitely deserved a 5s penalty at the time. I expect the FIA will clarify th rules for the next race so everyone knows where they stand.

Strange how Mercedes are so desperate to have the titles just handed to them.

This race showed they have the superior car to secure both. Why the constant begging?

Honest question…. We know the car leading into the corner has the right to take whatever line they want (within reason of course) but when does the corner start? The braking zone? The point the car starts to turn? The point where the “racing line” would turn? Or do the stewards just decide on a case my case basis?

In the above still they’re still 75M short of the corner, so for me that’s not the point where it starts, but I could be wrong. Never realised that I don’t know the answer to this.