Ok with Seb's race it turned into a total disaster, firstly I have no arguments over the penalty for the rejoin incident, though I do have to ask others on here slating him for it, what else was he supposed to do?
The simple fact is waiting there isn't an option, as staying where he was - wasn't safe, obviously getting back on the track was risky as well, but it was the lesser of the 2 evils I thought at the time.
Unfortunately these cars don't allow the driver to see much from there cockpit's, and Stroll was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got clipped, who then did the same thing as Seb, but it was the same for Stroll he couldn't see Gasly was coming but he was also in a dangerous place and had to move.
Anyway moving on, yeah I'm now at a loss to understand what is/has happened with Seb over the last couple years, majority of the supposed incidents/errors he had from mid 2017 to the end of the 2018 season I certainly felt weren't as clear cut as some were suggesting, but this year its been pretty clear cut.
When I looked at the spin Seb had at Monza it looked similar to the Bahrain one, just suddenly losing the rear - I can only suspect he's just got caught out on those occasions or its a costly lapse of concentration.
Though something I've noticed and seems to be a common theme in races over the last few years is that it seems 9 times out of 10, whenever Seb makes an error it severely impacts his race and it normally stems from something minor in the grand scheme of things,
Yet when I've seen Hamilton, Mad Max, Bottas, Leclerc make a minor error they get away with it 9 times out of 10, the only race where the roles were genuinely reversed was Germany - Bottas minor error crashed out, Leclerc minor error crashed out, Hamilton 2 minor errors didn't crash out (somehow) but race ruined, Mad Max got away with a minor error (though minor error at Belgium cost him) & Seb actually made a minor error of his own on the final lap, but it didn't cost him.
But apart from that race, its been pretty one sided against Seb and when I see Leclerc who made 2 clear errors on Sunday and get away with them, it does make me wonder why. (as theres no such thing as a calculated error)
I know it sounds crazy but if there are such things as racing gods then there not being fair to Seb, as how else can anyone explain how he seemingly keeps getting severely punished whenever he makes a error in a race, (even if some are minor/small in context) and his rivals don't.
Vettel cam nowhere close to extracting the maximum from the package and I think that has been the case for a while now. Another unforced error. He's not a happy bunny, nor is he a great driver. He's had his arse handed to him in the best car on the day.
Disagree, firstly if your basing that on the last 7 GP weekends then going through each weekend:
France yeah, Austria no, Britain yeah, Germany no, Hungary no, Belgium yeah as for Italy no for qualy yes for race.
Anyway he had a valid reason to be unhappy on sunday, he gave Leclerc the toe at the start of Q3 but wasn't returned the favour, Seb clearly had the pace for pole and was denied the opportunity so understandably he would be unhappy, in the race his pace in the first 4 laps was the same as Leclerc's. (but then we all know what happened on lap 5)
Secondly Merc was clearly the faster race car on Sunday, it was only down to Leclerc's robust (shall we say) defending that Hamilton didn't get by, if he had he would have drove off into the distance - Leclerc's exit from parabolica and straight line speed was the only thing that was keeping him ahead.
Though let me ask you Steve, if in the future races Seb defends exactly the same way that Leclerc did against Hamilton, I take it you would not have any problem or complaints with it?
Vettels career...
Rising talent
Great potential
World champion
4time world champion
Regularly beaten by ricciardo
Leaves to join Ferrari
Mistake after mistake cost him world title
Beaten regularly again by another kid
Mistake after mistake making him look like a clown
Chucked dummy out pram at Canada
Takes max out
Getting seriously out paced by team mate
And finally rejoins the track like a noob and ruins another drivers race.
Taxi for vettel
Are you perhaps suggesting he's on a downward spiral LC?
Though joking aside after Leclerc's non pen call, I think Seb was right to feel aggrieved at Canada and as for getting seriously out paced by team mate line, in general it simply isn't true - unless your saying when Seb has been outpaced by Leclerc in a few races by a couple tenths on occasions, that counts as 'seriously outpaced'.
And finally like I asked earlier LC how else was he supposed to rejoin the track?
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