I think - understandably - the pressure is starting to get to Oscar. Trailing Norris home would have only cost him a point, but he made a risky move trying to flip that round. He’s lucky the consequence was to also take Norris out or otherwise it probably would have cost him 6-7 points.
I wonder if Zac's reaction was partly to cover his backside re Papaya rules and Lando's rest of the season consequences. i.e. If Zac had publicly said it was Oscar's fault then he would have faced, I assume, harsh consequences or Lando would be furious.
McLaren have contributed to the pressure Oscar feels in my opinion, at some point I think they’re going to have to acknowledge they’re not as smart as they think they are and let go of the reins. If not I fear this could spiral out of control.
That’s a huge result for Max, Oscar has a real tricky race on his hands tomorrow and Norris trailing Verstappen home in the race would probably ramp the pressure up more than any other result. Obviously it could all go differently tomorrow, but I think he’ll sleep well tonight.
