For serious, though, I pointed out after Austin last year that cutting across the entire track at the first turn of the first lap is awful racecraft from Sainz, and got shouted down by Russell-haters.
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F1 is not the only motorsport in the world, so go ahead and post your shitposts about WEC or MotoGP or IndyCar or ralley or Polish Speedway or whatever. Even Formula E, I guess. It needs some love, too.
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As is often pointed out, the team radio messages are sent in the heat of the moment, and when the red mist comes down every driver is quite sure they're in the right. Piastri also came across team radio asking WTF Sainz was doing chopping across the apex out of nowhere, when by the strict reading of the rules Sainz did in fact have the right to the racing line. Rules aside, though, it's just poor racecraft to move around unpredictably at race start, and frequently ends with you throwing your race away on the first lap.