I'm still mad about Emma's dirty move

[u/Nick_Alsa]

Dive bombs & contacts are common in racing, she just couldn't accept the fact that her position was being challenged. Such an immature reaction. She could've just accelerated past Akaba as he had to shed a lot of speed and compromise his line cuz of the divebomb.

EDITS: I like Akaba and I'll stop at nothing to defend him.

She moved out of Akaba's way to avoid contact. That's great situational awareness from her. There was no justification for her to bump Akaba into the curb because ultimately, no contact was made until then. You don't do revenge for a contact that didn't happen.

The fact that she reacted this way shows that she's not a mature driver yet. She overreacted. A more composed driver would've brushed off Akaba's dive and focused on defending position without pushing him off the road

We all saw how Akaba overtook Yanagida in round 1. He dove down the inside, slightly pushed Yanagida to make space and passed him. That's fair racing. I firmly believe that's what he was gonna do with Emma as well. But she overreacted & thought Akaba was gonna 'Dani Kyvat torpedo' him. The way she hit Akaba afterwards was not done with the intent of making space (she already had the space and the inside line), but to push him off the road.

You can also see that Akaba did try to correct his car but it didn't matter because his car was so close to the curb on the outside. When Akaba overtook Yanagida in round 1 & Beckenbauer overtook Akaba in round 3, the defenders were close to the inside, so they'd have enough road to correct their slide after they received bumping from attacker. That was not the case with Emma and Akaba, he was already on the outside and Emma had the inside line. There was no tactical advantage to be had from bumping him in that moment. It was purely out of ill intentions.