This Is Where the Rulebook Got Ugly.
Inside Line F1 PodcastNovember 12, 202500:01:23

This Is Where the Rulebook Got Ugly.

Oscar sends a clean-ish move. Kimi closes. FIA says “not alongside at apex.” Leclerc disagrees. Oscar insists he’d do it again. So… is the rulebook protecting racing, or policing it to death?
The restart mattered — Kimi botched it, two cars pounced, Oscar locked a wheel, and suddenly he’s the villain. The intent was pure racecraft: take the gap before it disappears.
We dig into the 80% overlap, late-apex geometry, Leclerc’s POV, “spirit of racing,” and why locking up flipped the verdict. Full breakdown’s insane — watch the whole episode for the blow-by-blow.

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