tdgeek:

 

Batman:

 

you really should watch the interview at the end. a changed man. it was like from the early on the race he didn't think he would be able to pass max so he didn't expect to pass and hence very accepting.  maybe he also knows he has another engine penalty coming but i don't want to think too much, just want to see how the next 5 races play out.

 

 

I watched the stand up interview, from what I recall he said max was too fast? At the time I thought that was a bit odd, as while Max got pole, it was close, and Merc is faster, and ran less wing so was a lot faster in the speedtrap, RBR was 3rd slowest in the speed trap, and he cruised up to him with plenty of laps left. yes, he did downplay it (as usual) but it was more a strategy loss. As Brundle said, Merc is a faster car and and you have DRS and you have the tow, its indefensible for Max

 

i don't think Lewis got within DRS, so no he did not have DRS.

he had the ""faster"" car because the stupid people at RBR decided they want max to do 30 laps on a tyre. so no he did not have the faster car - you can see at the start max was all over Lewis until the time he did the undercut and then he pulled away like crazy. they know full well that max is not Lewis. Lewis can do 50 laps on a tyre. max will burn it to the ground in 5.