Mercedes are lucky they have a driver with the skill of Hamilton in that car.
F1 2021 Season
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Going to be a nervy finish.
Lewis seems to be flat out. I don’t think his tyres will hang on
Nah he's never going to make it.
I think that's guaranteed already after that first lap incident.
LeClerc's helmet camera is amazing, at least everyone agrees on that.
True that!Who's your money on??
Yeah bit weird.
I don't think luck comes into it when it comes to Hamilton.
Nah, Mercedes handed the initiative to Red Bull. Put Lewis in for fresher tyres and Max would be forced to pit too, you can't hold off a car which is faster and has fresher tyres for too long.
Yet another race that Mercedes will rely on Lewis to bail them out of their shit strategy.
Lewis and Merc need another SC or VSC I think .. even then, would Max now catch him?
not catching quick enough. This is over.
I'm hoping it makes for an Interesting last couple of laps.
If they didn’t, Max would have run away with this title long before today anyway.
Lewis seems to be lapping quick enough to fend him off. Just dependent on how tyres hold up. Let’s see!
Verstappen @ 9/4 for the Drivers championship feels like good odds right now.
That's why even after you spend a few hundred million in R&D to build the fastest car, you still spend another 60 million to stick the best driver ever in it.
Every time I see a situation like this I always think of the leaders tyres going away and always forget about the chasers tyres degrading. This is going to be tight.
I really don’t mind who wins and yet I’m sat here with a beating heart!
I really don’t mind who wins and yet I’m sat here with a beating heart!
Nah this ain't over just yet. Hold your handbag, there will be scenes.
No issue? If they were both on a brand new set of softs I'd still back Max to crash into an overtaking Lewis rather than watch him go past.
With Max on a worn out set of hards, it's not even a question.
He’s staying at around 14secs behind it’s not happening.
Max's are 24 laps fresher, it won't degrade as much as Hamilton's.
This current pace from Lewis is scintillating. If he keeps this pace he’s ok. Question is, gonna be such a nervous end if they hit the curve. Given the load on the straights too… gotta be stressing about a puncture.
VSC would save Lewis, SC ends the race
mmmmh, why are they telling Perez that. 
Conspiracy mode enabled.
Conspiracy mode enabled.God knows how hard Lewis is pushing these tyres now. Chance may be taken out of his hands in 10 laps or so.
I'll ofer you 5/1 ....
If the tyres drop off, you can make back 3, 4, 5 seconds a lap no problem.
No one knows what is going to happen.
Lewis using his experience here.
Sound like an F1 commentator, me.
Sound like an F1 commentator, me.
Backmarkers coming up now
Then Verstappen likely stays out. Being a VSC he would have ~10 seconds advantage to Hamilton, and another chance to tangle with Hamilton on track.
I think Hamilton has this on pace in either scenario, but we've seen time and again that the driver in 2nd has an advantage.
Hamilton holding out here. Verstappen not gaining quick enough!
Doesn’t look like Max has the pace
You should be getting 5/1 though.... Smarkets/Betfair
I want Max to win but Lewis has comfortably been the better driver so far today, can’t really complain. Still a prick though.
will lewis’s tyres last though?
Yeah it would've been over ages ago.
I have a feeling Lewis gets a tyre failure...
That is the question, on paper they should but who knows this year!
Quick reminder how useless Bottas is
Agree with this.
Strategy has always been do the opposite for RB. And best not for Mercedes to give up track position for the simple fact of the scenario of having to overtake Max.
Even with new tyres he can't handle the pace from Mercedes, crazy.