Yeah, I kind of miss those sorts of things happening. Used to get a load of engine failures too, seeing the telltale puff of smoke and then two laps later it destroys itself on the straight. Plus things like getting stuck in 5th gear and still dragging it to the podium, or three quarters of the field going out so Derek Warwick in an Arrows is three laps down but inexplicably in the points.
Yeah, I already thought he was pushing it a bit much as I imagine he must feel under pressure. Found the sight of the car afterwards more shocking than the onboard.
Felt like it was a bit strange that it went to yellow flag for a few seconds first. Would have thought it would have been red straight away, unless they can’t red flag that quickly.
Verstappen was potentially quite lucky, with all of those drivers jumping up the positions to the top. I guess it would have depended on how close he was to the car in front when trying that final lap.
Not that I’ve seen anything, but I’d assume a yellow is more or less an automatic reaction to virtually any off and can be triggered multiple people, while a red requires a little thought and can only be triggered by the race director.