Thread: Official Driver of the Grand Prix: Made in Italy Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix 2021
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Old 29 Apr 2021, 12:46 (Ref:4048452)   #69
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Originally Posted by wnut View Post
Would love to see the levels of hysterical condemnation if you substituted Vettel's name for Hamilton on Lewis' race.

Took pole position car, flubbed start, clattered it over the curbs on the second corner and damaged the underside, fell off lapping back marker, pulled forward in gravel and drove into outside wall wrecking front wing, went a lap down, given lap back under safety car, and took car to second setting fastest lap of race.

Vettel, Germany 2018, just short on sheer dumb luck.
I think the key difference here is:

'took car to second setting fastest lap of race' vs 'locked the rear brakes and went straight on into the barriers, taking himself out of the race'

Luck, talent or whatever - the records will always show Hamilton scoring 19pts and Vettel picking up a DNF from his own accident.
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