Even a stopped clock is right twice a day and both my predictions for this one were spot on for once. Marred by safety cars, plus re-starts, and Verstappen showed at least three times that he was happy to crash if Hamilton didn't let him pass/stay in front. He was lucky only to get two penalties.
I don't think there's any doubt that unless he can scamper off at Abu Dhabi, he will use the same tactic - if both fail to score, Verstappen will be champion on countback.
I haven't heard the Channel 4 commentary and summary yet, I expect Coulthard will be more supportive of Verstappen, but Jolyon Palmer on BBC radio was quite clear that one driver simply refusing to be overtaken is not good racing.
Palmer gave the "brake test" episode as 50/50 but that was before the data came out showing Verstappen braked at 2.4g on one of the fastest parts of the circuit.
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