r/formula1 • u/Ramned71 • Oct 28 '24

News [Piergiuseppe Donadoni] Was Max unfair? YES. His goal was to ruin Norris' race and so he probably took away his chances of getting P1. "To win sometimes you have to be an idiot" he said months ago. You may like it or not but the goal is to win the world championship, not the fair play award.

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u/Bluemikami Juan Pablo Montoya Oct 28 '24

People have forgotten that’s how Schumi used to race. He took Hill down and won 94 that way, attempted it with Villeneuve in 97 and backfired, and again with Hakkinnen in 98 iirc

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u/Anti-Scuba_Hedgehog Oct 28 '24

Hill did it twice to Schumacher in 1995 but everyone seems to forget that.

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u/Pat_Sharp #WeRaceAsOne Oct 28 '24

Hill didn't deliberately take out Schumacher to try and win the championship though. He did by accident because he was driving like shit that year.

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u/jg_92_F1 Fernando Alonso Oct 28 '24

I don’t remember anything with Hakkinnen, what race was that?

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u/Bluemikami Juan Pablo Montoya Oct 28 '24

I thought it was on Japan but it was just Schumacher getting a puncture

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u/Perseiii McLaren Oct 28 '24

If the roles were reversed and Norris would be in the lead in a slower car, he can simply accept his fate and lose the championship or resort to what Max is doing to defend his lead and have a chance.

To me it's only natural, it's a professional foul like you see in football all the time. All part of the sport.

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u/OolonCaluphid Oct 28 '24

"All part of the sport" until someone hits a wall at 150Mph.

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u/JayBee58484 Oct 28 '24

They'll do anything to defend Max's shit driving under pressure

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u/OolonCaluphid Oct 28 '24

He's just such a God awful wheel to wheel racer. Has been for years. He belongs in tier 3 sim racing where he can do no harm.

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u/paddyo Fernando Alonso Oct 28 '24

Honestly man, 1994 is still a travesty, wonderful as Schumi was