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[Matt2725]

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Looks like George is being too dramatic over his speed being capped.

Happened at Silverstone too where his top end froze around 305 IIRC

[Quantum]

https://streamable.com/yy85du

Looks like George is being too dramatic over his speed being capped.

Happened at Silverstone too where his top end froze around 305 IIRC

His speed was capped though....

308kmh pegged. Then a sudden burst 200 meters before the corner. So he had battery but it simply wasn't deploying fully. Kimi even lifted and got a higher top speed.

[Big Tea]

https://streamable.com/yy85du

Looks like George is being too dramatic over his speed being capped.

Happened at Silverstone too where his top end froze around 305 IIRC

His speed was capped though....

308kmh pegged. Then a sudden burst 200 meters before the corner. So he had battery but it simply wasn't deploying fully. Kimi even lifted and got a higher top speed.

I think what bothers George (and many others) most is the inconsistency of it. If a driver knows that at a point he is not going to have any response, he can drive around it somewhat, but it seems to be a completely random event. Do I get a boost or a lag? must be unbalancing even when nothing happens because they are waiting for it, or not to have it.

[karana]

https://streamable.com/yy85du

Looks like George is being too dramatic over his speed being capped.

Happened at Silverstone too where his top end froze around 305 IIRC

His speed was capped though....

308kmh pegged. Then a sudden burst 200 meters before the corner. So he had battery but it simply wasn't deploying fully. Kimi even lifted and got a higher top speed.

I can imagine the sudden burst was possibly caused by Russell pushing the boost button. The power can otherwise not legally be increased under full throttle.

[johnnycesup]

https://streamable.com/yy85du

Looking at the video, Kimi's speed went up to 318 when he was very close on the slipstream and dropped back to around 310 when he went past.

While Russell's speed went up closer to Les Combes when there was a few cars side by side in front of him, making a big hole in the air for him to attack.

Adding to that the fact that Russell was faster on the run to Eau Rouge than Kimi without a significant tow since Max was absolutely flying, my take is that Russell and Kimi shared roughly the same deployment issue in the start of the lap. Notably, Russell and Kimi pressed what I assume is the boost button (Left thumb on the yellow button) on the exit of La Source and on the beginning of the Kemmel straight but it didn't make that big of a difference compared to Max before Eau Rouge and McLaren/Ferrari on the Kemmel Straight.

[FW17]

Russell's radio messages after crash, completely censored by the Brit TV production team.

"I'm out," declared Russell. "What the f*** happened with the SoC [State of Charge] down the straight?

"I had no f***ing battery down the straight! Guys, unacceptable. Un-f***ing-acceptable this whole weekend."

The same Brit production team that replayed Max Verstappen's radio over and over again at Silverstone just for the pleasure of making him look bad. Anyone against a Brit driver will have a narrative attached to him.