New school racer here. Racing incident was obvious to me, but I am not shocked Lewis got the penalty. I've had this happen to me / done this in karting, and understeer is like sh-t... it happens. Max could have saved himself by going wide and giving up the place for the time being. He had the pace to under-cut during the pit phase, but that's the difference between being a WDC and not being one. I can guarantee every F1 WDC (maybe except Button) would have put that car where Lewis did and let Max decide on whether he wanted to crash or not. Before Seb's spin today, all of the champs on the grid were showing everyone else how it is done.
I was rooting for Leclerc as he was doing the best thing he can do, mind his damn business and let the others crash out, but overall it was a stellar comeback from Lewis. I definitely do not wish any ill will on Max and I hope he recovers well.
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