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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
Yeah I think that wobble by Kimi allowing Norris to pass him on the penultimate lap may have saved Norris' bacon for the championship next weekend.
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As powderjunkie pointed out, it’s not inconsequential but may not actually matter all that much.
If kimi doesn’t run wide and max goes in 10 points down and we end up with the order in Abu Dhabi as max-Oscar-lando, then Oscar just moves and lets lando by.
Even now with the 12 point gap, if Oscar is between max and lando, he’ll just move over. That alone wouldn’t do it but the McLaren likely has the pace to overtake on track if necessary. Especially if they work together. What does make it more complicated for Max is that it’s highly unlikely that another team can challenge for one of the top four slots and get ahead of Lando.
The only scenario max realistically wins is if both mclarens have issues, get penalties or are so far back that Oscar moving out of the way won’t help.