“What he’s doing here is he’s stopping Charles from opening up the corner. Charles wants to be on the outside so he can swing into the left hander that’s coming up and get the most speed through the corner. But because Max is alongside, he’s going to have a much better reaction time because there’s less distance he can lose, he can have a nice view of when Leclerc is going as well and he’s stopping Leclerc from getting to that outside line.
“Max doing his little weaving, Charles is accelerating and braking on the throttle and brakes all to try and get the tyre temps up. But the whole way through this, Max is just sitting there alongside. He’s just being an absolute nuisance for the race leader.
“Finally, Leclerc manages to just put a big squeeze on him into this final corner and they’re quite close to touching. Without the DRS on a Safety Car restart he can’t quite do enough to make an attempt but the intent is there for Verstappen and it’s a tactic he’s been doing for a while.”
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