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Originally Posted by speede5
I can’t agree at all that this is motor racing or even remotely an acceptable way to drive through a corner and make a pass. He’s completely blown the apex and is forcing his opponent off the track. Nothing even remotely close to silver stone where Lewis was turning through the corner and drifted a couple feet. Max is still pointing straight ffs. Anyone can go balls out into a corner and play chicken that’s not talent it’s garbage.
It didn’t much matter as he wasn’t able to outpace the merc the whole race and the end was all about who decided to pit. It could have just as easily been ham with new tires and Max on old.
If Max was on the outside of that same pass he’d be crying the other way. It’s too bad these cars are so fragile I’d love to see someone just stay in there and say f u to those bonsai passes.
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Anyone can do the bolded while running off the track...very few can make it stick. There's no rule nor convention that you have to hit the apex or that your overtake has to follow the traditional racing line/fastest way to make the corner. You do compromise yourself significantly with this approach and it can often be countered [on-track].
Max didn't force LH off the track. HAM could have backed off and made the corner; if he'd seen it coming earlier he could have taken a wider line to crossover and easily re-pass Max since Max's exit was so compromised.
Danny Ric and Max have been lauded for divebomb passes for years. Thankfully, there are still lots of tracks where the defender can't simply blow the corner to regain the position.