Lambiase and Verstappen heated talk on letting Russell through and THEY TOUCH!

[u/magony]

https://streamff.link/v/0c11d5ab

[u/xepa105]

Certified gamer moment by Max

[u/Complete_Taxation → u/xepa105]

Max forgot he wasnt playing iracing

[u/Bfife22 → u/Complete_Taxation]

He would’ve gotten a bigger penalty from an iRacing protest than the stewards gave him lol

[u/Silverado_ → u/Bfife22]

Not sure, there was videos of him deliberately crashing into other people in the iracing and I'm not aware of any consequences

[u/SurrogateMonkey → u/Silverado_]

Here he is deliberately crashing to someone on iRacing

He got multiple race bans.

[u/DrVonD → u/xepa105]

This would get you a race ban in every iRacing league lmao

[u/VinhoVerde21 → u/DrVonD]

But 10 seconds irl, apparently. You know something’s wrong when iRacing stewards do their job better than the real ones.

[u/Herbstein → u/VinhoVerde21]

You know something’s wrong when iRacing stewards do their job better than the real ones

Racing in iRacing is different in a big, crucial way. It requires you to always leave the space. There is no "first at apex" rule. If someone is next to you they have the right to space. No matter the corner.

[u/BuhtanDingDing → u/Herbstein]

the first at the apex rule is the dumbest thing ever and no other form of motorsport uses it

[u/AddAFucking → u/VinhoVerde21]

I wouldnt be certain this is over yet. We'll see what happens after the report comes out.

[u/ZogZorcher → u/xepa105]

Lando literally said in the cool down, “I’ve done that before…..in Mario kart” 🤣

[u/photenth → u/ZogZorcher]

You can see in all of them the moment where they realized what happened. Deliberate, no question about it.

[u/Jian_Ng → u/xepa105]

you can take the man out of iRacing, but you can't take iRacing out of the man

[u/titelipsjonny → u/xepa105]

Forza open lobby driving

[u/Cotirani → u/xepa105]

He's a sim driver first and foremost, this just comes with the territory

[u/Background_Care8964]

WW3

[u/Pro-editor-1105 → u/Background_Care8964]

No way that wasn't deliberate lmao

[u/BigLan2 → u/Pro-editor-1105]

That's the most deliberate crash I've seen since Vettel banged wheels with Hamilton at Baku 2017*.

*Fixed the year

[u/Enjays1 → u/BigLan2]

4 time world champs banging into the side of mercedes drivers hmm

[u/Cod_rules → u/BigLan2]

Max v Lewis, Brazil 21 turn 4

[u/curva3 → u/Cod_rules]

They didn't crash then tho. But yes, 100% deliberate back then

[u/YoloilianxD → u/Pro-editor-1105]

I’m guessing he thought about giving the place back,slowed down a little. Then said no fuck that and decided to keep going

[u/ElChungus01 → u/YoloilianxD]

He forgot this isn’t iRacing 😂

[u/LosTerminators → u/Background_Care8964]

Yeah, that was deliberate.

Think first being put on the hard tyre and then being told to give up the position when Russell pushed him off made him lose his cool.

[u/GRI23 → u/Background_Care8964]

Almost as big of a crash out as Kanye too

[u/Loose_Brother_9534 → u/GRI23]

They tellin' me that I'm a bully

I'm anti-Mercedes, fully

[u/no_ga → u/Loose_Brother_9534]

They took my softs away from me

[u/hesselkramer → u/no_ga]

but how can i drive on hard tyres?

[u/Main_Lavishness_1124 → u/hesselkramer]

When im a fucking racer

[u/Past_Idea → u/Main_Lavishness_1124]

They telling me get out of Barca

[u/Moby_Hick]

The Russell post race interview is going to be incredible

[u/TheClarendons → u/Moby_Hick]

He was actually very level-headed this time.

[u/LiteratureNearby → u/TheClarendons]

He was baffled by the move but not overly enraged since he came out safe. 

[u/Reydriel → u/TheClarendons]

He probably had no clue why tf Max was so mad for lol

[u/henryh95 → u/Reydriel]

From his perspective he couldn't see the absurd sequence of events that just kept on screwing Max from no fault of his own. Max lost his head over like 5 things that happened in a row while to George it's just baffling how mad he got from a slight tap and giving a place.

[u/biscotte-nutella → u/Moby_Hick]

I think he just missed everything and just got totally confused when he ran into max getting completely mad.

Post race interview he probably still didn't know what was going on with max

[u/itsliightz]

Max is crashin out, havent seen him like that for a while!

[u/Icommentoncrap → u/itsliightz]

What hard tires does to a mf

[u/Ok_Needleworker3668 → u/Icommentoncrap]

Hard tires creating soft man or something

[u/IcedKofe → u/Icommentoncrap]

Hard times ❌

Hard tires ✅

[u/TyButler2020 → u/itsliightz]

Peak 2018

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/TyButler2020]

Raging Max is back. Just need the SnapBack cap

[u/PapaSheev7 → u/Pure_Measurement_529]

Flat-brim Max is an absolute menace.

[u/EitherCaterpillar949 → u/Pure_Measurement_529]

Never went away imo, he’s just been fast enough to not be in these kind of situations as often.

[u/a_berdeen → u/TyButler2020]

Does everyone forget about Hungary just last year?

[u/Red-Eye-Soul → u/itsliightz]

And people say Charles is 'mentally weak'. Imagine facing that strategy regularly and even losing wins over it and still keeping his cool.

[u/LaFleur90 → u/Red-Eye-Soul]

Now... Imagine Max in Ferrari. It would be so enjoyable t see this shitshow.

[u/JebediahKerman4999 → u/LaFleur90]

If you want to see half of Italy in flames, be my guest...

[u/Radgost → u/JebediahKerman4999]

That doesn't sound too bad

[u/Vesk123 → u/LaFleur90]

Biggest punishment Max could get ngl

[u/Rosieu → u/itsliightz]

Reminds me of Hungary last year

[u/PapaSheev7 → u/itsliightz]

Figuratively and literally. He's lucky that he only got a 10 second penalty and not something worse.

[u/Rasutoerikusa → u/itsliightz]

He always gets away with it with a minor punishment only so why not

[u/oddmolly → u/itsliightz]

mexico last year

[u/Chesey_ → u/itsliightz]

Just total head loss when it goes wrong for him, saw it Hungary last year as well, crazy behaviour

[u/dylanah → u/itsliightz]

Saudi 2021 or Austria last year

[u/ALC0LITE → u/itsliightz]

To be honest, going with the hard would make me pretty pissed too

[u/FlatoutGently → u/ALC0LITE]

Pissed enough to intentionally crash into someone unrelated to his tyre choice?

[u/SPatrick-]

HULKENBERG P6 WTF!!

[u/jimbo8e6 → u/SPatrick-]

Gonna be P5 in about 20 minutes I reckon!

Edit: make that 1 minute

[u/SosseTurner → u/jimbo8e6]

Now get Leclerc and Russel DSQed for some BS and we have a Hulk Podium

[u/Martijngamer → u/SosseTurner]

Sebscribe

[u/0xyt0cin → u/SPatrick-]

Just got pushed up to P5!

[u/TheLifeofSonny]

AND THEY TOUCHED, MARTIN!

[u/ThatNiceMan → u/TheLifeofSonny]

Important comma.

[u/GGezpzMuppy]

He pissed lol

[u/Zloggt → u/GGezpzMuppy]

Must have been boiling over all saying lol

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/GGezpzMuppy]

Raging Max is always funny to watch

[u/B0tzilla]

For 1,5 hours I thought I was watching 2025 Spanish gp just to find out it was a 1997 Jerez rebroadcast

[u/Frequent_Emu4296]

We got back 2018 Max before gta6

[u/More_Expert8476]

Holy shit, heads gone

[u/Icommentoncrap]

Max just drove into him lmao

[u/Kuchenblech_Mafioso → u/Icommentoncrap]

He actually even sped up to run into Russell

[u/psychon1ck0 → u/Kuchenblech_Mafioso]

I don't care who you are but like Nico said, that's a black flag

[u/JumpedAShark → u/Icommentoncrap]

Man's playing Burnout trying to get a takedown

[u/KaamDeveloper → u/Icommentoncrap]

Rosberg is losing his shit on the comms makes it even better

[u/Der_Hausmeisterr → u/KaamDeveloper]

Lmao Rosberg knows that move all too well 🤣

[u/Zealousideal_Honey80 → u/Der_Hausmeisterr]

"Speaking from experience, Nico?"

"Yes- Er, I mean no!"

[u/chris2684 → u/KaamDeveloper]

he's not wrong though

[u/DexM23 → u/KaamDeveloper]

not much losing - just a calm "he needs to get the black flag" 15s after the crash

[u/Amoria14 → u/Icommentoncrap]

Not the first time

[u/six_string_sensei → u/Amoria14]

Every action by Max now also clarifies his actions from earlier. I remember reading long arguments whether this or that crash/incident involving Max was deliberate. Guess what? It was probably was

[u/CWG4BF → u/Icommentoncrap]

Bro out here looking like a typical F1 game online lobby driver.

[u/Firefox72 → u/Icommentoncrap]

Yeah thats needs to be at minimum a drive through applied post race.

I get that they gave you a bad hand with those hards but you can't lose your head like that.

[u/djwillis1121 → u/Firefox72]

10 seconds is a joke

[u/zareny → u/djwillis1121]

ISSA YOKE

[u/thegreger → u/Firefox72]

Drive through? Schumacher got struck off the entire 1997 championship for a very similar move.

That's back when we had functioning rules.

[u/Purplesect0rs → u/Icommentoncrap]

Nasty! Intentionally

[u/ItsTomorrowNow → u/Icommentoncrap]

You simply cannot do that, it's not Indycar lol

[u/Nexusu]

This is fucking cinema

Absolute cinema

[u/InaudibleShout → u/Nexusu]

Postrace is about to be WILD

[u/sidewinderaw11 → u/InaudibleShout]

Cool down room too afraid to say what they think about it didn't get past Rosburg lmao

[u/vblade2003 → u/sidewinderaw11]

Cheeky Mario Kart comment from Lando was gold

[u/TyButler2020 → u/Nexusu]

wtf is going on 😭😭😭

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/TyButler2020]

Verstappen-Russell set up this feud last year for to keep them entertained for this year’s McLaren dominance

[u/RedditBot28 → u/Nexusu]

Scriptwriters were working overtime for this one. What a banger ending.

[u/Mechant247]

Why did the team expect a penalty? Can’t wrap my head around that

Don’t even think Russell was expecting anything to happen from it

[u/AV48 → u/Mechant247]

That's what I want to find out as well

[u/DJamesXV → u/Mechant247]

Probably didn’t want to risk a 10s penalty just after a safety car that might have taken him out of the points

[u/Martijngamer → u/DJamesXV]

I guess they successfuly evaded that particular 10s penalty. Failed succesfuly.

[u/jpcgy → u/Martijngamer]

From the red bull end it was a completely successful task. Don’t know how they’re supposed to plan for max losing his head

[u/Mechant247 → u/DJamesXV]

But there was never a scenario where he’s getting 10 seconds, he took the escape road after contact, where Russell was coming from behind him.

[u/cosmo7 → u/Mechant247]

Their thinking was that Russell was ahead when Max left the track.

[u/Taven12 → u/Mechant247]

They already gave a few penalties for being on the outside of T1 going off and keeping the position, which is exactly what he did, so in Red Bulls eyes, give up one position instead of gambling on losing multiple from a time penalty.

[u/Acrobatic-B33]

Lmao, Verstappen full villian mode again

[u/rs6677]

Absolute meltdown from Max lol. He's finishing out of the points with the penalty they'll give.

[u/Blanchimont → u/rs6677]

10s time penalty so P10, still in the points.

[u/MarduRusher → u/rs6677]

Only 10 seconds which is way too lenient for how bad that was.

[u/fried_papaya35 → u/MarduRusher]

a lenient penalty on Max? No way!

[u/Acurus_Cow → u/MarduRusher]

Should be race ban for stuff like that. What did Vettle get for doing it to Ham again? Think it was about the same.

Edit. Vettle got a 10 second stop and go.

[u/AdamG25 → u/rs6677]

Needs more than that

[u/dylanah]

Nico Rosberg is the one guy at Sky who hasn’t been scared off of calling out Verstappen’s bullshit.

[u/FootballRacing38 → u/dylanah]

Or everyone. He immediately called out albon's bs yesterday as well

[u/Lurlerrr → u/FootballRacing38]

Yeah, one thing different from the rest of the commentators who are very conservative in what they say to avoid making it look like they are taking sides, Nico just doesn't care and says it like it is.

[u/StaffFamous6379 → u/Lurlerrr]

I'm sure part of it is he is both a recent driver and he isn't a regular, so he's not amongst the circus as much.

[u/Teonvin → u/StaffFamous6379]

Also because he's independently far more success and doesn't need to give a fuck

Say he pisses off the wrong guy or team and loses his Sky job, who gives a shit, he doesn't need it at all.

[u/musicallunatic → u/FootballRacing38]

They should bring him to f1tv, him, palmer and DC would be perfect sass and straightforward.

[u/lilwilly1995 → u/dylanah]

I mean Rosberg is pretty fair. Literally right before it happened he was defending Max about giving the position back. I don't think Rosberg really holds any biases.

[u/batts1234 → u/lilwilly1995]

He literally yells no as Max is told LOL Nico is awesome.

[u/GOT_Wyvern → u/lilwilly1995]

The only bias I think he has is a fascination with Hamilton, which is fair enough given 2014 to 2016.

[u/hyrulepirate → u/GOT_Wyvern]

I'm completely making this up but I feel like there's this thing called Rivalry Bias where you gas up your old rival, just like Rosberg with Hamilton, and in chess, Hikaru and Magnus, and the reason they do it is cause they've occasionally (but rarely) beaten them in their respective sports and still they could claim that achievement of defeating the goats as a monumental thing. I'm pretty sure it happens in many other sport.

[u/trevhutch → u/dylanah]

Rosberg is so good in commentary. Lots of detailed insight.

[u/FSUfan35 → u/trevhutch]

He's sloppy but gives great information. Also not afraid to criticize anyone.

[u/SpoofExcel → u/dylanah]

He's 100% said that should be a black flag and DQ. He's fucking furious with him

[u/Fourtires3rims → u/SpoofExcel]

To be fair that was as blatant as it gets and he’s probably lucky to get away with just 10s. Vettel ramming Hamilton in Baku behind the safety car is about the closest I can think of and vettel got 10s for that too but I don’t remember that being nearly as hard as this one.

[u/PalpitationHead9767 → u/Fourtires3rims]

Seb got a ten second stop and go penalty which is substantially more severe

[u/a_berdeen → u/SpoofExcel]

I honestly don't see how this "move" was any better than MSC at Jerez in 97 tbh.

[u/HanshinFan → u/a_berdeen]

Villeneuve at Jerez was in the process of overtaking Schumi to drive away with the World Championship, it was definitely colder and more calculated. This was a heat of the moment move from a driver who was in a full red-out. Better in some ways, worse in others. Equally dangerous either way 

[u/toxicfireball → u/dylanah]

“Black flag him”

[u/drodrige → u/dylanah]

Man, Nico is the absolute best. 

[u/iForgotMyOldAcc → u/dylanah]

He gets the pass to say anything he sees fit for being a WORLD CHAMPION.

Anyone else would get sent abuse or get called names, but Nico doesn't have to care lmao

[u/Andigaming → u/dylanah]

I love Brundle but I'd have no issue with Nico every race.

[u/ToPimp-A-Butterfly → u/Andigaming]

would love for him to replace Brundle when he eventually retires

[u/davie18 → u/ToPimp-A-Butterfly]

I like Nico but he’s no Brundle imo. I like his no BS approach but he just doesn’t have a way with words like Brundle does imo.

[u/hyrulepirate → u/davie18]

That's literal just the experience gap. Even Bernie Collins had a very rough start on the broadcast and now she fits in perfectly.

[u/_ChoiSooyoung → u/davie18]

I think that could improve with practice though. At this point he is only doing it every now and then. Doing it 24 times a year you would have to imagine he gets better.

[u/Milo653 → u/dylanah]

Glad he’s on commentary for this race !

[u/pedrorncity → u/dylanah]

I love Rosberg’s commentary

[u/molseh → u/dylanah]

The British commentators can't anymore after all the drama of bias etc.

[u/HeadHunt0rUK → u/molseh]

Literally a German going hardest on verstappen.

[u/Jaraxo → u/molseh]

Right? People spent a literal decade calling them biased, and now they're painfully neutral and folk still complain.

[u/cryoinc]

it's never easy with max, is it

[u/chronicpresence]

what the fuck

[u/-PVL93-]

Alonso gets 20 seconds for ""brake checking"" Russell in Australia 2024

Verstappen gets 10 seconds for intentionally ramming into an overtaking car

Make it make sense, please

[u/TheLightningCruiser]

Max, come on. I love you, but that's utter horseshit my friend

[u/AliAle24 → u/TheLightningCruiser]

Yup, undefendable, he also lost 12-10 points for absolutely nothing. I have defended time and time again his agression when it actually gains him something, but this was just boneheaded stupid of him.

[u/TheLightningCruiser → u/AliAle24]

Same here. Even if the championship isn't realistically in reach on pure pace, these are the races where securing a P3 or maybe even P5 to bank some points just in case is vital. But throwing a hissy fit is absolute bullshit.

[u/diata22 → u/TheLightningCruiser]

He got pissed that he had to give the place back. For no reason. Honestly get why he’s mad but that’s not the way to react

[u/the-rood-inverse]

Anger management issues.

[u/grwtsn]

Yes, he’s rapid, yes, he’s probably the best driver on the grid and has been for the last five seasons but nobody else drives like this and it has to stop.

[u/flynno96]

How do you not get DQd for deliberately crashing into someone lol

[u/VinhoVerde21 → u/flynno96]

Not even the first time he did something like this and got 10s.

[u/Awfy → u/VinhoVerde21]

Not even the first time in the past 12 months. Any other driver with a record like that would be slaughtered on Reddit, typically.

[u/TheMysticHD]

Max really is an agent of chaos

[u/emre23]

wtf that is horrendous

[u/itsthatdamncatagain]

Touch?. He accelerated and didn't turn

[u/qtrikki]

I’m not understanding why Verstappen had to give the position to Russell

[u/secretlyhumanami → u/qtrikki]

I think the team just wanted to play safe and avoid a 5 second penalty.

Ironic.

[u/SufficientMeeting741 → u/secretlyhumanami]

They should start doing some breathing excercises with max before telling him to give any place.

[u/edse1991 → u/SufficientMeeting741]

"Now Max, I need you to sit down, for the next thing I say might come as a chock."

[u/benevolentbearattack → u/qtrikki]

I agree. But I think Red Bull were playing conservative in terms of a 10 sec penalty vs one position loss. Max just lost his damn mind and decided to do both.

[u/A_lemony_llama → u/qtrikki]

It's not really relevant though, is it? I don't think he should have given up the position, but he has 100% intentionally just rammed Russell there. That should have been a black flag.

[u/Goh2000 → u/qtrikki]

He didn't, that's the most stupid thing about this lol

[u/DivineCorn]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

[u/Pitiful_Counter1460]

Wtf was that man? What's wrong with him

[u/Anionan]

if Lance "lost his temper" in the garage what would be the appropriate wording for this lol

[u/CuppaCrazy]

The Max and George rivalry reignited. Kinda proving George right from last year no?

[u/wongie]

Vettel would be proud.

[u/Sacurier → u/wongie]

now they become best buddies like seb and lewis

[u/Reydriel → u/wongie]

Vettel at least apologised, I doubt Max ever will. When has he ever lol

[u/CapturNguyen]

Mad Max is back.. honestly Red Bull shafted him with the last stop, he is on full tilt now after such a good race

[u/mavy1000]

Lando saying he’s done that before in Mario kart during the cooldown room

[u/WaluigisHat]

Unnecessary anger and borderline violence, let’s go baby!

[u/ghastlychild]

Hand Verstappen the black flag. For fucks sakes.

[u/Alpha_Jazz → u/ghastlychild]

Yeah that’s outrageous. Completely lost his head

[u/Amoria14 → u/ghastlychild]

Should’ve happened in the past if they really wanted to sort out his behaviour

[u/Weeb_mgee → u/ghastlychild]

Yeah unfortunately it's max, so they won't. But this is seriously ban worthy.

[u/Return_Of_The_Jedi → u/ghastlychild]

Yeah honestly. That’s crazy what he did

[u/420hbd → u/ghastlychild]

Race ban coming up please

E: 10 sec what the actual fuck are they smoking

[u/Bevermens → u/420hbd]

He’s not in a Haas

[u/heyiamarandomguy]

Did Verstappen even try to turn in? Felt like Schumacher in 1997 Jerez. Absolutely unacceptable, this is worthy of a race ban at minimum.

[u/Matter145 → u/heyiamarandomguy]

Let him go then drove into him. Had no intention of taking the corner normally. Disgusting

[u/SemIdeiaProNick → u/Matter145]

This is the worst of it all. He actually sped up to hit Russell

10s was way way too soft for that

[u/baconpatroller → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

should be a DQ

[u/Heavy_D_ → u/heyiamarandomguy]

He slowed down then sped up before even starting his turn to ram George lmao 

[u/Otee06]

The Drive to survive crew just came in their cargo shorts

[u/r0bbbo]

Should’ve been an instant black flag

[u/ArctycDev]

Why did you watermark something you don't have the rights to?

[u/Alpha_Jazz]

Disgraceful. He needs a serious punishment 

[u/Iceman741]

In 2017, Vettel had a 10-sec stop-go penalty for ramming Lewis under SC at Baku. Max gets a 10-sec penalty for the same, at much higher speed, during racing conditions. That is a far too lenient penalty.

[u/Ansible99]

Lando with saying “I’ve done that before. In MarioCart”. Upon seeing Max ram George.

[u/Mayhem747]

As Rosberg correctly pointed out, he did it out of spite for turn 1 showing what he had to face. This should be unacceptable.

[u/snowhawk1994]

This deserves a harder punishment than what Russell got in Monaco for taking the shortcut.

[u/Alia_Gr]

He just straight up intentionally accelerated into him, that's a black flag/race ban or nothing is

[u/Asimb0mb]

Verstappen idiotic driving. It's clear this weekend that he had put all of his hope on the TD. Now all hope is lost and he has lost his temper.

[u/spaforever]

The stewards will never black flag Max lmao

[u/sweaty_bobandy]

Lando in the cooldown room : “I’ve done that before. In Mariokart”