Sand it had been cooking for a long time in races, where victories and overtaking have been shared, it was seen on Saturday with a pass from Lando and a review from Max in the Sprint… and today the volcano has been unleashed between two great friends outside of racing, and who knows if from today two irreconcilable enemies.
Of course, Max has once again made it evident that to beat him it is not enough to be better that day and have the best car, he is capable of going to the end, you have to go over it, almost literally… and without literally. Tell Hamilton.
Both on Saturday, holding off Hamilton for 20 laps in the sprint race, and today, when he once again left him behind despite passing him on the outside at the start and giving him back the place in worse conditions (within DRS range) Carlos Sainz has reminded Mercedes what type of driver is currently without a contract and who they should sign instead of the 13th in F2, Antonelli, which seems still green even for the silver category, but they will know. A great podium, another one in the year of goodbye.
It didn’t take a minute for the stewards to sanction Fernando with 10 seconds (10 seconds a bit of a beast, right?) for causing a collision with Zhou, something unusual, which hit the Asturian with a blow. It wasn’t his race since the weekend started, it wasn’t the sprint, it wasn’t the classification, it wasn’t the engine either, man. Let’s turn the page because even the HAAS scored, the Alpine one too…
Two sanctions against Hamilton, a virtual one that he himself anticipated with Sainz, another 5 seconds for stepping on the white line at the entrance to the pit, it is not very common for Mr. “No further action”, since it seems that he will inherit, apparently, Max Verstappen, who has had so much trouble today in an ‘unsafe release’ ‘ at the limit, and then changing direction even when braking.
Lewis, in any case, lost the duel with Russell again. We don’t know if they will continue to boycott his car, as happened during the event in Spain, but she is out of distance with his compatriot, who today also found victory with him off the podium.
Ocon He met his two great enemies of the metaverse, Alonso and Gasly, at the same time, and he gave them both that 2 milligram ‘oconine’ that has cost him his position in F1: braking that almost made him swallow the 14 and that elicited a “wow” from the Spaniard’s radio, and in the same maneuver, the hated compatriot was thrown off the track, who roared again on the radio against the 31, which continues on its path, its life.
Then he touched wheel to wheel again with the 10, crossed in the middle of the straight and only gave way when Pierre had to pass him on the outside. Tremendous loss of time for the team, which was close to a double KO with two cars in the points. He doesn’t learn.
