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Looks guilty as sin in that one. Just floored it for a split second and bonk, gentle tap on the wall, session over.
Amazed it hasn't been picked up till now. Was there no chatter at the time?
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If you think that's damning, check out the throttle telemetry here: https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Technical/comments/yuhak3/throttle_telemetry_data_for_all_of_checos_laps/
Going into the corner a fair bit slower too, apex speed 76km/h vs 86km/h on the previous lap. Bit odd for a final quali lap after getting a banker in!
There was a bit of chatter at the time, but it wasn't like Ferrari or Red Bull were going to launch a protest about it!
mmccarthy
Again, it's all complete rumours at this point, but on the Max side of things the only things I've read are that he found out after Mexico. Which makes more sense than him just sitting waiting for 6 months to be asked to move over for Perez. Should be interesting to see what comes out of this. There's already a bunch of videos up comparing the throttle traces of Perez before the crash and there seems to be a very purposeful blip of the throttle mid-corner.
This one seems pretty clear: https://streamable.com/m97q3i
And while it feels like I really shouldn't need to add this at this point, Max is still fucking daft for what he's done here. Created a complete clusterfuck for himself and the team. Though at this point I almost feel like I'm saying that Perez should've gotten away with it if he did do it on purpose.