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Max Verstappen what a win! Spain F1 GP 2016

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Dan_FR:
The opportunity of a win to any of the top 4 was gifted by the Mercedes drivers, which I firmly blame on Rosberg after watching the slow-mo analysis shown on Skyf1 after the race. No question about it in my opinion, and I'm no particular fan of either of them.

Max drove exceptionally well, regardless of his age. He was lucky that the 2 stop turned out to be the strategy of choice, as was Raikkonen, else it would have been Ricciardo on the top step IMO.

Overall, I wish they would just ban Mercedes and we could go back to having a proper race every weekend, not just a race for 'best of the rest' :signLOL:

omeydz:
Yep agree Rosberg is to blame.. Before making that corner they should be on the outer side ( left side for a right hand corner)

Commentary says they were trying to break the slip stream effect... but couldn't Hamilton have gone to Rosbergs left instead of right?

Also contention about dangers driving if drivers encroach on each others braking zones ..

Tough one.. both seem guilty but Rosberg is more at fault 

Adam0604:
That's not the reason Rosberg is at fault, because he was already on the inside on that long right hand sweeper. They take that as the racing line and drift out wide ready for the next right hand turn.

The reason was because Rosberg ventured well off the racing line and literally gave Lewis nowhere else to go.

New upgrades coming to that Redbull and Ferrari engine next race I believe, they're only half a second off the pace now. By middle of the season there won't be much between them I reckon in terms of performance.

rdfcpete:
Young Max is a big talent for the future, surely a world champion in the making... He drove a great race and probably would have been on the podium even if Nico or Lewis stuck around.

+1 for mostly Nico's error, he gave Lewis nowhere to go on tarmac and the grass was always gonna' equal tears.

Adam0604:
I certainly fancy Max to win a championship or two! With Redbull likely to tie him down to a longer contract, I just hope they can provide a car to challenge the Mercs sooner rather than later. Realistically they are still slightly behind the Ferraris pace as well.

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