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YellowLedBetterMan

Did I just see a bottle of gorilla glue being used to fix Lewis' front end?

stickyfiddle

YellowLedBetterMan said:

Did I just see a bottle of gorilla glue being used to fix Lewis' front end?

Not just gorilla glue, but gaffa tape as well!

TimmyO

YellowLedBetterMan said:

Did I just see a bottle of gorilla glue being used to fix Lewis' front end?

Araldite. It's used in Carson fibre repairs a lot. On aircraft too 

Fretwired

TimmyO said:

I think Max just didn't realise Lewis had got alongside and turned in - racing incident 

I think it's Ham's fault. He'll get a penalty.

TimmyO

Fuck Horner by the way. 

It looks like Max having jinked right assumes that line is now not an option for Lewis - and was wrong 

GoldenEraGuitars

I wonder how hard the stewards will come down on lewis? He’s being made out to be the devil incarnate. 

TimmyO

Fretwired said:

TimmyO said:

I think Max just didn't realise Lewis had got alongside and turned in - racing incident 

I think it's Ham's fault. He'll get a penalty.

There are about 3 car widths outside Max 

stickyfiddle

From all these replays it’s a clear 50/50. Maybe 45/55 (not even saying which way!) but in no way penalty-worthy in either direction

Fretwired

Good analysis from Sky ... looks closer than I initially thought. It could be a racing incident.

Horner is a first-class jerk.

Fretwired

TimmyO said:

Fretwired said:

TimmyO said:

I think Max just didn't realise Lewis had got alongside and turned in - racing incident 

I think it's Ham's fault. He'll get a penalty.

There are about 3 car widths outside Max 

Yep, I agree having seen the Sky pad analysis.

menamestom

I think generally a racing incident but Hamilton didn’t seem to be quite in the right place to go for the inside line so will probably get a penalty.

stickyfiddle

Toto sending diagrams by email  

Fretwired

You've got to love Michael Massey - a no-nonsense Aussie .. "I don't read my emails during the race" to Toto Wolff ..  :-)

stickyfiddle

They may not have been literally side by side to the millimetre, but the amount of t’other guy’s front wing you could see in each of their onboards was basically identical. 

It would be a real shame IMO if they decide this is a penalty - if that’s the case they might as well penalise every single bit of contact. 

skullfunkerry

I think based on George Russell's penalty yesterday it's 100% that Lewis will get a penalty.

I'm watching on Ch4 today... lots of talk about "Lewis shouldn't have been putting a wheel up the inside there" but not really any mentions of how much Max was moving around, or how much he squeezed Lewis towards the wall...

YellowLedBetterMan

I'd love to see these "diagrams" on the email. I bet they're just crude MS Paint drawings with arrows saying "car go here" and "max car did bad here".

stickyfiddle

Otmar agrees with me  

Fretwired

skullfunkerry said:

I think based on George Russell's penalty yesterday it's 100% that Lewis will get a penalty.

You could be right .. but then Hamilton didn't have an accident with a Ferrari ... ;-)

thumpingrug

Its clearly not a clear cut penalty as the steward would have made that quickly.  Must be a lot of arguing going on.

stickyfiddle

thumpingrug said:

Its clearly not a clear cut penalty as the steward would have made that quickly.  Must be a lot of arguing going on.

Exactly. 

Also, I don’t dislike Red Bull but Horner makes it hard work…