It's like a club racer sneaks into F1 every other weekend. Usually, they sit at a computer a shout out a strategy. Sometimes, they dress up as a mechanic.
Pato Oward will drive a McLaren in P1 next year at the Mexican GP. I wonder what Palou thinks of that?
Man what a race ... and that ending?! Even after watching it over and over I'm like Sainz. What happened?? lol
That was the most “it takes two to tango” crash I’ve seen in a while. RedBull is going to have to start furloughing employees to even finish the year and come under the cap with Checo’s damage bill.
The person responsible for removing it was trying to when they signaled for the car to leave the garage. Just poor communication.
My friend pointed out that Sainz really should have followed LeClerc into that corner. He slowed them both down which gave Perez the drive that got him alongside Sainz for the festivities.
You can’t follow like that with cars that reliant on downforce. That’s why they all take weird lines where it looks like they miss apexes or cross behind a car, etc. Even something like a Formula Atlantic. Drivers I‘ve talked to about it who came from Formula Ford, said the first time they tried that in an Atlantic, they understeered right off the track. A F1 car would be much worst.
The front jack man should have never lowered the car with that still on. Or the guy standing at the front of the garage. That is a neon color for a reason.
Ironically, my friend raced Formula Atlantic with his son. I watched this link a few times: The commentator says the wide line had no grip and that was what slowed Sainz down. I still think he had a bit of red mist and was looking for a position. If he had covered inside, Perez would have been blocked and unable to pass. Not sure what would have happened on the following straight tho. My daughter was particularly animated by qualifying on Saturday. LOL.
Sainz could have taken a more late apex and covered the inside better and had a better run. Instead, he rim shot the outside of that turn and killed his exit speed. You know the old over and under switch when someone dive bombs you. Why he decided to move left when Perez was overlapping wheels is beyond me. Defending at that point is long gone. As much as I took Perez to task the last few years, he deserved that one. He out qualified Max, out raced Max and deserved to get a podium. Red Bull is a sinking ship, as much as it hurts to say that. I don't know if it was Jos being the first domino that caused us to get here, or Newey wanting to leave. But they are circling the drain and may end up being an Alpine, Aston or Williams second tier level team soon.