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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
Verstappen tends to bully people on the track (and very occasionally off track) so it's nice to see someone push back. The result was unfortunate but to claim Lewis was alone at fault I don't think is fair. Before they went into the corner Verstappen squeezed Lewis against the wall and then turned into him right before the corner. If I was to lay blame I'd say 55% Lewis to blame, 45% Verstappen. I think the penalty was fair although I'd be leaning more to 5 seconds. It's too bad that the penalty for Verstappen was a DNF and a trip to the hospital.
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Push back?
There's a differnce between some wheel banging and putting someone in the hospital (with the risk of injuringn someone very seriously)
Lewis' actions during the race AND after the race do not represent a 7 time world champion. You would've expect that from a young(er) Verstappen 3 or 4 years ago. Lewis took the inside line and if Max wasn't there he would've ended up either in the dirt or lost all of his speed to stay on track.
Max is a straight forward guy who says what he thinks en likes to race on the limit. In a sport full of hypocrites I think that's a blessing. He shook up a sport that was nearly dead.
He doesn't deserve a 'push back' for that I think.
What bothers me the most is the total lack of respect from Lewis after the race. Very unsportsmanlike. Again, that's not 7 time world champion.
Result is that we probably gonna see the fights between these two getting dirtier. (I don't hope so though)
No warm welcome for Lewis at Zandvoort...
(don't think he was getting that anyway
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