They still haven't gotten that shit figured out? Wow.
All in on 2026.
Yep. I blame the penalty system. It's what they all do these days, even when they might be better off just giving the place back, as they would have been in this case. The problem is, most times they come out ahead by just taking the penalty.
I also still have a problem with the whole 'the inside car had a 6" lead at the apex, so he doesn't need to leave any room at all on exit for the car on the outside' convention (no matter who is involved). As one of the commentators astutely noted during the race, 'If Oscar had been slightly behind at apex instead of slightly ahead, Max would still have had to leave the track. They were both committed'. I'll never understand why the same rule that requires you to leave room for a car that's alongside on the inside doesn't apply to a car on the outside. Change that, and/or require track design that enforces track limits, and the whole equation changes. It was also so close imho that neither driver had a slam-dunk claim to having been ahead at the apex. Again, require both drivers to leave room for one another, and then each of them will change the way they race that corner, and the hair-splitting over who's ahead at the apex will go away. It won't even matter in terms of legality or penalties.
Yep, imho.