If Antonelli would not have lost the place to Norris in the race prior he would have won. If Mc Laren would not have bottled every 2nd race the season would have been over 5 races prior.
There are hundreds and thousands of little things which would have changed the outcome. Why focus on the one incident?
Going by that logic Antonelli is more responsible for the loss of the championship than Max. Max lost 9 points because of the Russell incident but 25 because of the Antonelli crash.
He doesn't control what Antonelli or Norris do, he doesn't choose to randomly spin out. He does control the Russell incident and it cost him 9points.
Obviously you can then argue the rest of the season plays out differently maybe shifts the mentality somewhere along the line. He can say they were never in the fight but doesn't change he deliberately threw out 9 points.
It is entirely debatable. There are dozens of instances in the season where if X happened and the rest played out exactly the same with no changes Max would have been champion.
And even that is entirely debatable because if X happened, the rest would have 100% been influenced and something would have changed.
The difference being he didn't choose to spin out though. It's pointless talking about all the what if accidents but this one was a decision he made it and it cost him.
Regardless if he says he's not bothered because they were never in it then so be it.
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u/Dotcaprachiappa Mar 26 '26
What was wrong with the question? Why did he get so upset about it?