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[erikejw]

I was thinking the same.
I watched Norris slow down lap to hear about what was said. He only got info about the approaching cars that he let by. Really super slow pace, maybe saving tyres.

But when Oscar was approaching Norris, Norris went full speed again and started overtaking cars that just overtook him, very erratic, staying a couple of second ahead of Piastri for a few turns and definitely not saving any tyres.

Lando's strange slowdown, could he have been deliberately saving the soft tyres for tomorrow?

[erikejw]

I was thinking the same.
I watched Norris slow down lap to hear about what was said. He only got info about the approaching cars that he let by. Really super slow pace, maybe saving tyres.

But when Oscar was approaching Norris, Norris went full speed again and started overtaking cars that just overtook him, very erratic, staying a couple of second ahead of Piastri for a few turns and definitely not saving any tyres.

Piastri drow flawlessly but Lando just need to bag a decent amount of points tomorrow to inch in on the title.

The car was superior again, great prep work from the team, great execution throughout.

Lando's strange slowdown, could he have been deliberately saving the soft tyres for tomorrow?

[venkyhere]

If Max is not aggressive tomorrow then we probably moved to a parallel universe somewhere between Vegas and now. Max can't even race Lando properly when he is 60 points ahead, there's no way he doesn't go full attack when he is 20 behind. I really hate how Sky pushed the "friendship" narrative between them too. I have no idea what their relation off-track is, but on-track they are anything but friends. The only time Max has "played cleanly" with Lando has been when there was nothing on the line. Recent Max comments seem to have pulled a nerve too, since Lando lashed back at Max/RedBull for "sh*tstiring". Anyway, the point is, it seem like they particularly don't want to finish behind one-another in a race at all costs.

Going back to Sky. The commentary is hard to listen to at the moment to be honest. I understand the British bias has to be there, being a British media platform, but they seem to be hyper focused on how Lando can win the title all the time. Also, those tongue-in-cheek comments about RedBull supposedly sparking a little bit too much during qualifying. Like Crofty please, it's a Formula 1 car in a high-speed circuit. It will always spark.

A bit petty I would say. McLaren made a mistake and they were off the legal limits for plank wear at Vegas. End of story, no need to drag it on. It's not like RedBull scraped off McLaren's plank with a chisel.

You seem to take SkySports and DavidCroft epecially, too seriously. Absolute zero racing knowledge, zero technical knowledge, and talks total irrelevant stuff most times, yapping constantly. It's like watching an audio version of what you are seeing anyway, there is no 'interpretation' or 'why' to things we see. I watch races on mute, and only turn up the volume when there is an 'incident' or a 'possible penalty'. I so much yearn for Murray Walker in the commentary box - chose the 'moments to talk' well, and knew when to stay silent, and most importantly knew that commentary was about 'interpretation' rather than an audio description for the visually impaired.

PS : Alex Jacques is more knowledgeable & less yappy than Croft.

[Darth-Piekus]

I miss both Murray Walker and James Hunt on commentary.