Nothing a driver can do at such speed to avoid such a bird impact. I think Max didn't even saw the bird , he just felt the impact and it's not the first time this happened in F1 and most likely it will not be the last time. Unfortunately , I remember that only the one who were leading the race were having sad impacts with birds so next time Max , please be 2nd or 3rd
Well, Max Verstappen doesn't really want something like this to happen I think he will avoid the bird if he can but this little bird was really close to the front of the F1 Car, that it is really inevitable to avoid it, and it really happens even though Max Verstappen doesn't want it to happen there is nothing he can do,
From some of the past races I have seen some close calls when it comes to birds being on the track.
The most talked about one on this very track was a gopher or it could of been a beaver since the track is so close to the river way being hit on the track.
Now this would cause heavy damage to an F1 vehicle traveling at such high speeds so you would not want to hit an animal at anytime during your career during a race because it can cost you those milliseconds off your lap time plus cause downforce the engineers have tried to minimize during the season.
As for being saddened by these incidents @YuginKadoya . Think about how many animals get killed on normal highways considered as a part of everyday driving as they penned the term road kill.
Well, I really felt sad about it but thinking about it the 2nd time it is better to hit some small creature than hitting larger ones or worst even people, and I remember what @jakelson said about the Azerbaijan Grand Prix incident when Esteban Ocon nearly hit the F1 personnel on the pit stop, it is surely the securities and management fault and not Esteban Ocon but that incident can be avoided the bird incident can not,
I feel sorry for Sergio Perez for having a hard time catching up to Max Verstappen, surely Christian Horner really is giving him some advice on what to do, to stay calm and not worry about anything, I think Horner surely is giving Sergio Perez sometime before giving the Verdict in evicting him to the team, there are still Red Bull fans that want Sergio Perez to stay as the 2nd driver for Red Bull, but I think even though Horner is giving Checo the advice you can not take out the pressure that Checo Perez is having right now if you are on his position I think you would like to feel the heat because your teammate is doing great with the RB19 while Checo Perez is stuck at not getting some improvement,
Sergio Perez needs to improve if he doesn't want to be dragged to the bottom again if this keeps up then the option for Red Bull is pretty much clear saying goodbye to Checo Perez, but Horner is very patient with him but that patient surely has it's limits so Sergio Perez needs to know his problem or else it is not really looking good for him,
In the Philippines not only have animals been killed by road kills mostly a person was killed, I can say by killer busses because they intentionally will kill the person they would hit by their bus so the bus company will just pay for the funeral service of the victim and not the lifetime support if the victim becomes bedridden for life, sad but it is the truth
So I think it is more OK to hit some animal than to hit some person in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Esteban Ocon take evasive action to avoid hitting F1 personnel in the pit lane, this is a dangerous scenario that could lead to a gruesome incident, so call it harsh but it is always OK to hit animals than people,
I know the incidents on the Bus but for me, it is really gruesome to tell it here, but it is a true story I heard of it for sure, and for me, the government should investigate this,
That Azerbaijan incident should never happen again and personnel and the Management doesn't want that to happen for sure,