He was comfortably ahead at the only places remotely suited for overtaking, always faster out of corners and in straights, where he needed to be.
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Monaco should stay on the calendar for the appearance of Princess Charlene alone. What a beauty.
Happy for Kvyat. Felt so bad for him the way he left RB. Looks quite content these days. Good to see.
They're definitely considering it. Prince Albert mentioned it last year, but said any changes would be years away. I saw some sort of possible future design where a high speed section curves over the water joining onto the existing track. The idea being to give an overtaking opportunity / longer DRS section.
https://wtf1.com/post/monaco-could-end-up-changing-the-track-layout-in-future/
Did you not hear his onboard comments after 60 laps or so? That’s a 34 year old man who’s won 75 GP’s, whining like a little fecking girl that he’s not going to win and immediately starts putting all the blame on his team, all because a bloke in an inferior car puts a little bit of pressure on him.
You mean like you are doing now !
Pot kettle black!
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The sound of these cars is glorious.
Fair enough!
Still though, the guy chasing him had a five second penalty coming in as well, which was quite an unlucky incident on itself by the way and it makes you wonder what the penalty would've been if Bottas didn't get a punctured tire.
No way Lewis was ever going to lose this though, freak accident aside.
Surprised nothing more was made of this with Perez nearly running over a couple of marshals.
feck that is naughty. Shouldn’t happen.
A travesty of a race.
No way Bottas was inside the allowed SC gap before pitting. Any other driver would get a penalty for doing that but not Mercedes. Not even investgation. I honestly don't recall when was the last time they got a penalty. They can do no wrong, even when they do wrong.
The biggest losers here are Liberty. The sport is dying and their investment will be worth nothing in 10 years time.
No way Bottas was inside the allowed SC gap before pitting. Any other driver would get a penalty for doing that but not Mercedes. Not even investgation. I honestly don't recall when was the last time they got a penalty. They can do no wrong, even when they do wrong.
The biggest losers here are Liberty. The sport is dying and their investment will be worth nothing in 10 years time.
No idea what Mercedes were thinking putting the mediums on. Massive drive by Lewis to see it home.
Lucky escape there for those marshals
I’m a Ferrari fan and I think that Lewis doesn’t really get the praise he deserves sometimes, but what he did today wasn’t all that impressive in my book.
Anyone on the grid could preserve their tires beyond what’s expected of them when they can drive 3-5 seconds a lap slower than what the car is capable of for 50/60 laps. If Ricciardo can stay ahead in Monaco while being down 200hp I expect Lewis to be able to stay ahead there as well while having worn tires.
He did well but it’s hardly a miracle like he was saying.
Anyone on the grid could preserve their tires beyond what’s expected of them when they can drive 3-5 seconds a lap slower than what the car is capable of for 50/60 laps. If Ricciardo can stay ahead in Monaco while being down 200hp I expect Lewis to be able to stay ahead there as well while having worn tires.
He did well but it’s hardly a miracle like he was saying.
Apart from the fact that the last time a driver was penalised for driving too slowly under the safety car in order to not lose time when double stacking, it was Mercedes and Hamilton. Maybe it was less of some grand Mercedes conspiracy and more that Bottas didn't slow erratically like Hamilton did 2 years ago.
What?
Excellent response.
Another mighty performance by Lewis.
There will be those who will always decry him but unfortunately they simply don't understand how difficult it was to stay ahead of Max when his tyres were shot.
Who else would have been able to do that when even his team admitted he was on the wrong tyre.
Excellent win.
There will be those who will always decry him but unfortunately they simply don't understand how difficult it was to stay ahead of Max when his tyres were shot.
Who else would have been able to do that when even his team admitted he was on the wrong tyre.
Excellent win.
Lewis is the best driver on the grid, but about 40% of the drivers there would be able to do it. See Ricciardo last year, or how difficult it was for LeClerc to overtake cars 2+ seconds slower than him.
It's like Schumacher in the early 2000s. He had one tough year 2000 (and maybe 2002 or 3) but his car was so quick he could probably drive at 80% and win easily.
Understood. But I still feel that was no easy win and Lewis thinks it was one of his toughest. Not going to argue with that.
It wasn't easy, and the fact he had Max behind made it worse who is capable of a brilliant overtake but also capable of ending both their races. Either way, backing him up was not a good option. Lewis was under severe pressure for a significant period and it dealt with it masterfully. It wasn't made any easier form the pressure he put on himself from wanting to delicate the win to Lauda.
Rossi absolutely smashing it. 2 laps to go.
Wow, Rossi 2nd. Pagenaud takes it. That was brilliant.
A good understanding of the situation. Well said.
Makes you wonder who does the voting on f1.com. Lewis put in such an impressive display today he wasn't even chosen as the driver of the day.
Don't make people laugh. As if others don't watch F1 races.
We hear this crap from Hamilton every time he's not cruising to victory. No'one is getting fooled with his tyre talk, no one but his die hard fanboys.
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He needs something new to make people believe he's actually in trouble.
He knew Max was going to try a move at some point and it might end up taking him out of the race and that's what got him more and more nervous as time went by.
He is the only champion I ha e ever seen that needs 3 people calming him down on the radio when things are not perfect. Either thst or it's all a good show.
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The state of affairs when people resort to criticising Lewis for complaining about his tyres in what is essentially a 'private' communication the public can eavesdrop on. Stomach it haters, nothing going to change anytime soon.
The state of affairs when people resort to criticising Lewis for complaining about his tyres in what is essentially a 'private' communication the public can eavesdrop on. Stomach it haters, nothing going to change anytime soon.
What are you on about? He does it almost every race and then cruises to victory. At one point (long tome ago) it became obvious what he's doing. You be amazed and I'll just laugh at him.
Oh and another news flash for you. It's not private communication. Every team has people listening to other teams radios constantly.
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Still got my knickers in a twist about that unsafe release incident though, mostly because I was really hoping and expecting a podium finish for Red Bull today and also put some money on it and the five seconds just completely killed it.
It's clearly not some grand conspiracy to favour Mercedes. But I have no idea what Red Bull could've done differently other than wait which doesn't really makes sense either. They simply did the fastest pit stop, and then basically got punished for it.
There's a lack of space in Monaco compared to say Barcelona, otherwise they might've avoided it altogether and Max would've been ahead of Bottas without breaking rules. And I really think if Bottas doesn't get a puncture from the incident they would perhaps been more mild reviewing it.
Hamilton was definitely setting the 'miracle drive on bad tyres' narrative to off-set the 'safety car would have won the race' narrative that it should have been.
He's the best driver on the grid and fully deserved the win with his performance on Saturday but he's hard to listen to
He's the best driver on the grid and fully deserved the win with his performance on Saturday but he's hard to listen to
I knew this would be misinterpreted. I put it in inverted commas because I meant that the communication is intended for his team only, so the fact that he is complaining to his own team, shouldn't be misconstrued as some grand act of dramatism to a wider audience. He wanted to win, he was nervous about is tyres and he vocalist it. It is what it is.
Really?? You sure someone with 76 grand prix wins (now 77) is insecure enough to resort to falsities to make himself look good?
Given his past... yes... The guy is the epitome of a social media queen. He tries so desperately hard to be liked by everybody that its borderline embarrassing.
I’m just a fan of the sport, not Hamilton over the cost of all others. I appreciate him for the brilliant driver he is, but can easily see why some people don’t like him. But Christ, your posts are just so, so bitter. It’s a little sad. You really need to chill. It’s not worth getting so worked up about.
Tbf I suspect that Lewis was just being emotional in view of the death of a friend. His emotions are frayed and was just probably letting off steam after a traumatic week.
Noticed how quiet he was even after being congratulated by his team? He normally would yell out loud etc if he had really had to grind out a tough victory. Not this time.
I am pretty sure, tears were shed.
He’s an emotional driver who questions things all the time, I guess we just want robots that silently obey to victory.
77 wins and counting.
77 wins and counting.
I'm merely pointing out facts, just like fanboys are twisting them to make Hamilton's performances look better then they are.
When Lewis Hamilton goes to radio and says his tyres are gone, it's literally a confirmation he's got it under control.
It's really identical to Toto calling Ferrari favorites before every race and then finishing 1 2 with ease.
If you're like me, a fan following the sport without having a favorite driver, it's impossible not to see the repeating pattern. That stuff got old long time ago.