FORMULA 1 PIRELLI BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021 - SILVERSTONE - THE RACE - ▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS▄▀▄▀▄▀.

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Are we seeing 1994 all over again where good old Damon needed help from everywhere to make the championship interesting?!?


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I think the car understeered coming in from that angle…Lewis did brake before Max (but he would have had to taking the inside vs the outside line)
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Purple helmet almost killed Leclerc the same way

 

Tragic levels of understeer in the Merc from that shot

 

Yes…I meant that, not “oversteer” jeez!

 

"Almost side by side" so that Hamilton's front wheel pushes Verstappen's rear wheel - clearly the most important word here is "almost"
By the way, I guess Verstappen almost won this race...

 

Oh boy, and most of those involved running into/off Ferrari....

 

It's still not sinking in is it, by the time Hamilton has committed he can't do anything else.

Verstappen then pulled a gap because he had a faster line, what else could Hamilton do, disappear?

 

Toto's intercepted email to Masi.

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No, it has sunk in. Your grasping at straws now. Here's the official letter from the stewards. Let that sink in.


Stweards say Hamilton was on a line that did not reach the apex of the corner and did not avoid the contact when Max turned into the corner.

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How to win a race by Lewis Hamilton and get universally praised:

Step 1 - Crash into your championship rival at 300km/h.

Step 2 - Repair your car under Red Flag.

Step 3 - Take a mickey mouse 10s penalty.

Step 4 - Benefit from team orders.

Step 5 - Overtake a midfield Ferrari with DRS and a massive engine advantage.

And people call this an amazing drive????

 

Karma may come to visit at Zandervort

 

Leclerc easily the driver of the day just a shame he could not hang on.

 

Funniest damn thing coming from Ferrari fans.

 

What a wonderful Grand Prix. I loved it.
Top marks to Lewis and great, composed drive by Charles under difficult circumstances.

 

Charles was brilliant today! I was surprised he held off Lewis in the first stint even with engine mapping issues.

 

There are some quotes floating about that indicate some parties feel Max’s ‘over-aggressive driving’ contributed to the incident (I.e. contact made while attempting passes prior to Copse). Suggestion is that LH decided not to concede that corner (as he had on earlier attempts). I can see that being the case… but I don’t know if that’s the corner you decide to take a stand.

 

. . . . Annnnnnd just like that no one is discussing the Sprint Racce.

 

Merc saving tires. They have overheating issues without a hot day, so they were trying to keep in contact until the switch to hard tires. Still, the Ferrari was strong for a large part of this race and was equal or better than Merc on the medium tires. That’s a big step forward from last season.

 

Well a disappointing finish from my POV. Max and Lewis were both driving to win...at 10/10ths they touched, and Max came out the worse for it. I smell ego from both drivers...they both knew it was just the first lap.

Don't understand why Leclerc could hold Hamilton off for the first have of the race, but not for the final 10 laps.

Hamilton being able to fix his car under the Red flag is nothing that any other driver would not have also done.

Considering both drivers were at fault, the 10 second penalty was certainly less than Max suffered, but it was
not too lenient, but appropriate under the circumstances and consistant with what other drivers have been given
in similar situations.

Max is just not going to get a cake walk on the way to his first WDC. He's going to have to be faster and smarter.

 

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It’s on! The 2 brats going at each other’s!


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Prost/Senna 2.0

 

Yep!


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51 was likely an instantaneous reading of a sensor fixed to hard structure. Which means nothing as far as what Max felt (i.e. much less).

 

Long season ahead, and the Red Bull remains the class of the field. Today's outcome was not an indication of the inherent speed of the cars or the drivers, but that's not terribly unusual for an F1 race. Overall, the season thus far does not bode well for Mercedes or Hamilton. Perhaps this was behind the hysterical post-race celebration by Hamilton. Happy for the British fans, genuinely pleased that they have something to smile about on such a lovely, sunny day in the country side. Heaven knows after the last year, the British deserve a moment in the sun. No sarcasm intended. We all need a big smile right now.

The only real loser here in the long run is Hamilton. In retrospect, he'll not consider this to be his finest hour...