Maldonado
has forgotten how to drive...
After
emphatically winning in Spain, many were talking up Maldonado’s chances around
the Principality, (cough) but he quickly silenced all his
believers with a couple bonehead moves in the final practice session. First by
swerving into Sergio Perez and then wiping off a couple corners from his car on
his very next tour.
Whichever story
you want to believe about Maldonado’s swiping story it doesn’t look good. He
either threw his car at another driver out of frustration then blatantly lied about it, or he was telling the truth about
his cold tyres and he’s proven himself unable to keep the thing pointing in a
straight line as if he was a rank amateur, two weeks after displaying
immaculate car control to win fantastically in Spain. The fact is Maldonado has
form in this area before, taking a swipe at Lewis in Spa last year. The truth
is out there, and I dare say the telemetry revealed it when the stewards
decided on his 10 place penalty. I just wonder how many more times he is going
to weaponize his car before they take a harder line?
Whoops
