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Yeah largely agree, Max came into the fold during an era of Merc dominance and he showed what he could do with an ok car. I do think as someone mentioned recently that the RB chassis has flattered a lot of drivers but to pull off wins has normally taken something special. He does push limits and he has failed spectacularly taking others with him but i think the notion of fair racing in F1 is somewhat misleading given the performance gaps and i think the Merc era would off been a bit shit without him.
Optics probably plays a role as well, up until this year i suspect he's been involved in more battles/overtaking than any other driver.
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I enjoy watching max. He is aggressive no doubt but to say he is any worse than any other f1 driver racing for the championship, i dunno.
Theres so many ways to spin any situation in f1 so theres really little point. Lewis was also very tough when he had to be. But often he did not as his car and skill package did not require him to be for many seasons. I often feel like one would require "var" to see who actually got the racing line or which wheel is where at what point etc. Cant be easy to do at those speeds for the drivers.
I think max beeing on top and mercedes is lagging is a good thing for F1 tho and tbh i like Lewis more now than i did 2 seasons ago. I think he has shown tremendous patience despite beeing in the situation he is in. Champion stuff no doubt imo.
Found myself hoping he would win (which i havent for quite a few seasons, guess im a fan of underdogs) and i think he would have if not for that safety car. Just felt like he had the advantage before that inching away at that small lead the Ferraris had at that point. Emediate reaction was ofc that it would be to Lewis advantage when safety car sign appeared but turned out on fresh softs they were all equally quick so his speed on the previous set was a bigger advantage and a clean race from that point would have been more beneficial for him in hindsight i think.