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Originally Posted by G30M
but NOT when he knows he's wrong.
he plays by whatever rules the stewards come up with. if there is no rule (back in the day when he was newer to F1) he pushed the limits. FIA created rule after rule to clarify such limits. i read somewhere RB had a QA meeting with FIA (possibly during the wider team briefing) about a certain scenario and he was unhappy that the outcome wasn't what he was told at the brief. his anger was not at Oscar but what he believed he was told.
this is not a Perez intentional crash, this was a clean pass and he knows it. if there was a wall there he would not have driven into it, he'd be fighting Russell into T4. or if as you suggested he'd crash into Oscar he would have been heavily penalised.
of course he will race Oscar hard, but he knows the rule book better than anyone else on the paddock, which means he also knows what penalties are applied when.
he has more brains than emotions, unlike what you seem to think.
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If he considers that the competitor cannot be blamed, it's OK for him.
But if he considers that he got short-changed, he will strike someday.
His reaction post-race masked anger and frustration (especially because he suggested that he was not allowed to speak his mind). But he also expressed appreciation for Piastri's rise.
"Max Verstappen refuses to explain frustration at Saudi Arabian GP penalty for incident with Oscar Piastri"
https://www.skysports.com/amp/f1/new...-oscar-piastri