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Originally Posted by M5Rick
Doesn't it occur to you that he turned into LEC with nowhere for LEC to go ie Checo's back wheel went over LEC's front. Hence, if he kept out of the way Checo would have bagged some real points and a possible podium keeping HAM at 3rd place in the championship with just 3 races to go and keep his boss Horner happy.
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This. We all get it, home race and all that so you want to race hard and try to win but you also have to be realistic and honest about it. What was Checo really racing for? VER was likely going to win anyways so as someone who is P2 in drivers standings, it’s about maximizing points to stay there especially with HAM receiving 0 points the last 2 races. Instead, he went for an overly ambitious pass and crashed out. You don’t try to win a race at turn 1.