I rather wait for the decision fo the FIA stewards. I am quite sure it will be deemed racing incident.
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Also needs to be said that Williams done a very good move replacing Sergeant with Colapinto.
Also Bearman in points for his first two races in F1 with 2 different teams. All time record, nobody else done it in history
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They should replace Magnussen with Bearman.
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I would think that the other teams have made very good developments and updates after the summer break.
And Redbull may have rested too much because of their previous dominance. And thought they didn’t need to update the car too much this season.
Now they are running behind the music
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I am quite pleased for Alonso though. Been a while ago since he finished as high as sixth. 
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Look how far Sainz drifts from the wall, Perez is in line with Charles further down the road, plenty of space for Carlos as well
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The only positive thing for them is that with Leclerc, Norris and Piastri there are now three drivers “stealing” each others the points so it will take a long time until one of them will catch Verstappen. If it will happen at all.
From that video it looks that Sainz loses control and the car steers rapidly to the left. Could maybe also be some defect? Maybe something on the rear broke?
No, he didn’t steer at all, that was when Perez’s front wheel touched his back wheel and obviously spin him over. That’s when the contact happened and he started to spin
As it goes now, and if, and that is an if, that pattern will continue, nobody will catch him. 
With todays result McLaren can no longer declare a No.1 driver.
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Why not, is still Norris who has the bigger chance, no ?
I believe that they will be handled both the same , what counts is the constructors title which is in their hands now
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It is hard to say if the contact was caused by Sainz already losing control or Checo hitting him. Sainz car already looks in some kind of uncontrolled state in your video.
The most likely is that the both of them will be handed socalled equal status. Makes sense since the constructor championship is the real King. 
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Yes as Piastri has the momentum at the moment it would not be fair to make Norris No1
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From Perez’s cockpit camera, you can see that both are riding wheel to wheel in a straight line. And that Sainz leaves his line a few millimetres to the left and the wheels touch a fraction.
Nevertheless, I don’t want to blame either of them.
But the two drivers are so experienced that it would be better for the team to secure points than to jeopardise everything with such an action.
However, this is racing and great for us motorsport fans 
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It was clearly Perez touching him. Perez was driving slightly to the right while Sainz was following the best route. Look from above and from behind. A very weird accident