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Originally Posted by M3WC
I see Lewis and Toto saying they could have won if he hadn’t had contact on first lap.
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'Hadn't this, hadn't that'. Hadn't Verstappen encountered DNF engine issues in Bahrain (lap 54/57) and Australia (lap 38/58), his lead in the WDC would have been even more dominant by now.
'Hadn't this, hadn't that'. The Merc W13 engines were overheating in Barcelona as the race moved on. Russell and Hamilton could have ended like Leclerc: DNF. In the final stages of the race the team repeatedly asked both drivers to "lift and coast" ("PU is getting hot", "this is a DNF risk", "50% max load", "critical").
With P5, Hamilton took his third top-5 finish of the season, but it marked the end of his streak of five consecutive race wins in Barcelona.