I feel sorry for Max. Prodigiously talented, finally gets a car physically capable of winning a championship, and wiped out through no fault of his own two weeks after an accident that was 'predominantly' not his fault.
Couldn't believe seeing the one-car restart. Toto defended it, but to me that was a duff call. In changing conditions the golden rule is to be on the right tyre at the right time, even if you have to pit, pit and pit again to do so. To give one example, I don't believe Jenson would have declined the chance to pit had he been in Lewis' place. Anyway, it is what it is and Lewis made the best of the situation in the end.
Bottas screwed up, but looking at his mistake more closely, he had two cars pinch him suddenly just before the braking point, so abruptly lost both visual references, downforce, and freedom to pick his line. Also worth noting he's not really a first-lap nutcase, it's vanishingly rare for him to cause or get taken out in first-lap mayhem. So, much as I'd like to pile on the Valtteri hate train, I don't think it's an egregious error - the consequences were dramatically out of proportion to the misjudgement I think.
Originally Posted by FaultyMario
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