re: F1 2019 Season Thread (Next race: Dec. 1 Abu Dhabi)

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Horner insists they made the best decision to give Max a chance. He could be right, Hamilton just had better overall pace today.

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He's right.

Max would have had to put on softs to have a chance at passing Hamilton after his 2nd stop. Max may have been able to pass, but Hamilton would have come right back in the final laps when those softs fell away after being driven at attacking pace for 15+ laps.

Just the way the race shook out. At that point in the race, there was nothing RB could do except hope for some sort of frick up from Mercedes. Hamilton was just too quick today. We know how shitty these cars perform when they are within a second or two of the car ahead. For Hamilton to be able to hang with Max for so many laps just shows that Hamilton was quite a bit faster today.