The Dutchman lost pole position after his best lap was deleted for going beyond track limits. He also lost victory in Bahrain at the opening race of the season after he passed Hamilton by going over track limits and had to give the place back. Hamilton, meanwhile, was lucky with the timing of a red flag at the second race at Imola, which came at the perfect moment just after he had lost a lap by going off track and breaking his front wing. Like Mercedes, they expect the advantage to fluctuate from track to track through the season. But for track limits that we didn’t see anybody else have the penalty Max did, he would have achieved that lap.”.

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