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    1. In all seriousness, the rule has been that avoiding action onto the runoff has been allowed on the first lap for years. This was used to great advantage by Max in France and Alonso in Russia.
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    Alonso explicitly said that gaining several places on lap 1 in Russia was intended to show how absurd this rule was. Alas.
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      Wow, Checo put in a clinic about how to hold up your rival.
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        Notably Checo strategically allowed Lewis to pass him before the DRS detection zone *without* any contact.
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          Holy shit that was a manufactured end.
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            Even worse, Lewis had Max down the second back straight. He should have gone down the inside and forced Max wide
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