And he had no reason not to expect that he was still there.Max had no reason to expect a backmarker to challenge him with a dive-bomb. Let him through.”Why? A sensor fault was diagnosed on Unlike the Mercedes and Red Bulls, both Ferraris started on the soft compound tyres and therefore were slower away from the line. The online Verstappen hate is laughable at this point.When Max was retiring from races he was breaking his car, when Ric is retiring from races its Horner sabotaging his car. It’s not hate, and I don’t understand why you think it is. So I guess both Team Principal and Consultant of RBR are quite bad at mentoring their young drivers. Verstappen also got around the outside of So as lap two began it seemed Hamilton had his team mate as a useful buffer against the Ferraris, whose harder tyres surely made them the greater long-term threat to his hopes of winning. It’s working so well for you up to now. Ocon cost Verstappen from winning the Brazilian Grand Prix (Image: Getty Images South America) ... Brazilian Grand Prix 2018 result. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. The onus was entirely on Ocon to not challenge Max so aggressively, and he, not Max, got a penalty. Mazepin got a race ban, and rightly so.But “After Mexico it was a welcome outbreak of genuine racing. He certainly got the raw pace and is an exciting driver but has to cut the mistakes and so far i dont think he is learning enough.He has got his act together after the mid season break and scored extremely well. However, so would Vettel.Well I apologise, English is not my first language and I so often miss humour, much as I try to catch it and use British humour myself!It’s not getting worse. It’s hard to work out that anger during race itself, as if you let it boil over on track you just over drive, lose yourself more time, and possibly get yourself in more incidents so you try and keep a lid on it. Why he should have expected a dive-bomb. After his early season problems he improved immensely and this will spur him on to iron out the remaining kinksAfter Mexico it was a welcome outbreak of genuine racing. As long as his attitude stays the same he we keep losing points this way.Only on tis sub people blame the raceleader who was taken out by a backmarker lolI have said before that I am not a big Max fan but he is a great talent and a future world champion but unfortunately there are times when he needs to see the big picture, giving Ocon a bit more space would have avoided the contact and Max would have gone on to a well deserved win, no he did not make a mistake but I think he did make an error of judgement.To compound matters he post race actions were unacceptable and to make it worse they were premeditated judging by his comments on the cool down lap.I really want to like the guy but he needs to grow up and like others on here I don’t think that will happen while he is under Marko’s wing.I hope he hasn’t learned a thing. I bet he is playing the sort of cynical politics that rely on the f1 fan to forget or forgive his actions. Unless the stewards used different reasons, then their decision is incompatible with the rules, and therefore not a valid component of considering the rights and wrongs of the drivers’ actions.Don’t worry too much, Max will get better after this incident. I really wanted to not dislike Helmut. HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix Red Bull brought Verstappen in on Lap 36, putting him on the soft rubber. Max was simply not expecting a fight of that degree from a backmarker. He will not let a passing car by with out clashing. 12th November 2018, 17:36 13th November 2018, 12:28 | Written by Keith Collantine I’m surprised Ocon wasn’t more aware Max was likely to cut across him into turn 2, he should’ve backed out. Max wasn’t obligated to leave space but Ocon was obligated to abort the move by braking and letting go of the corner as he wasn’t ahead.Max will be a better driver after this imo and this is a blessing in disguise.Nope. Why defend from a lapped car who is so much faster down the straight with DRS? There’s a special topic available.“Had it not been for what happened after the chequered flag, it would have been a great advert for Formula 1.”Above that “gem” of a line is a picture of Max with three wheels of the tarmac, “suffering” a lot more impact from the backmarker that he gave a few pushes afterwards.It was Ocon who recieved a severe penalty for an action that costed Max a victory and very much likely even a position in the final championship standings.But a few fluffy heat-of-the-moment-pushes ruined the advert?Keith I have a lot of respect for your work but your take on this is just wrong.More details on Merc’s exhaust problem on Hamilton’s car? But they were on the back foot even before the race began. This is underlined by Christian Horner saying Ocon was lucky only to get struck (an implied condoning of violence), which led to having to backtrack the implication by press release. They have it because blue flags exist. We all should take accountability for what we do and look at that. max got in his and ocons way.Agree we’re all armchair critics and heat of the moment while racing/afterwards is easy to reflect on in hindsight. This was a Mercedes-engine assisted lunge, which Verstappen did not need to expect or take heed of. But for all of Verstappen’s hot lappery whilst he’d been in front, Hamilton had been covering him, the Brit ending up three seconds ahead when the Dutchman emerged from the pits.