Leclerc should get DODT for this race and the next for doing what he did after the safety car with a broken front wing and old hards, fantastic drive.
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Sainz has his race win but going Ferrari need to tailor the around Charles if they want a shot at the WDC.
Agreed. The car isn't there yet and might not be for the rest of the season.
they’ve decided after all the stick they got for decisions last year just to not make any decision this year. a bold strategy.
He must be so pissed with ferrari. They are epically screwing up his WDC chances.Leclerc getting a telling off
Very much so. For the last few laps it was as good and close racing as I can remember.
Bet the drivers loved it.
I hope this rule change brings the Top 3 closer together, when it’s 3 up front it’s so much more fun.
cruise looks like old perez.
I don’t understand how Perez escapes a penalty? Only thing I can think of is that he was forced off by LeClerc?
I have to say, I thought Le Clerc did an excellent job on the hards there at the end. And his fight with Hamilton showed what proper hard racing, whilst also being respectful, should be.
I have to say, I thought Le Clerc did an excellent job on the hards there at the end. And his fight with Hamilton showed what proper hard racing, whilst also being respectful, should be.
This race proves to me that Charles need to be a clear No.1. I'm very happy for Sainz, he is a good driver. But he is not WDC material. The quicker Ferrari make that call, the quicker they come close to winning one.
Amazing race. Absolute joy to watch.
Sainz should have kept his NFL helmet for this moment.
It’s sad for Sainz because he is probably at the better end of the spectrum for no. 2 drivers, but Ferrari do need to make this call really.
oh god is that dorries? prepare for her to walk over to perez after being told to give the trophy to hamilton.
Tom Cruise just casually hanging round is a bit bizarre
On a sidenote, the entire grid will be desperate to know what was damaged on the redbull to cause it to become so slow. Not obvious from tv and RB will be desperate to keep it a secret.
Without a replay, he was ahead of Leclerc going into it having passed then alongside Leclerc at the apex so went offline either outbraked or to avoid. Leclerc was on the outside anyway on a tight corner and they both lost out to Hamilton but were able to come back.
We’ll see on the replays but nobody is really shouting about it on TV so that’s why I asked. And cutting the corner… He rode over the kerb on the second phase of the corner so I don’t think it’s clear cut with Leclerc so close, drivers are constantly going off track when overtaking and sometimes that’s to avoid touching.
Max only lost 6 points compared to Leclerc in what it looked like lost race after they discovered damage on the car. Nice damage limitation.
Happy for Sainz and happy that Perez got some luck after unlucky start.
Happy for Sainz and happy that Perez got some luck after unlucky start.
She’s on the podium.
He's making a racing biopic.
Days of Thunder II?
Well done to Perez.
Went right to the back of the grid, got his head down, didn't wanna quit the race, finishes 2nd
Went right to the back of the grid, got his head down, didn't wanna quit the race, finishes 2nd
The answer is clear. F1 is more exciting when there is a SC. Have the race in quarters. At the end of each quarter the pack is bunched up then set off again for the next quarter, and so on.
True that. To be fair I wouldn't mind Perez winning WDC so not worried about that.
Yeah in context it's very good damage limitation but man probably should have been his win.
That's Bahrain AUS and now Silverstone with major lost points to reliability/damage
Really good point, they will have an army of engineers studying photos of this race.
Curse of the safety car strikes Hamilton once again. Only a couple of secs behind both Ferrari with much fresher tyres would have given him a great chance for P1.
Yeah, he would have won IMO
In the end I think he’d have finished second ahead of Sainz if there was no safety car.
The person who benefitted most was Perez who otherwise would have had to stop anyway.
Mercedes will be a real threat in austria to both TB and Ferrari. No high speed corners where they suffer bouncing.
Next three tracks are all smooth surfaces. Wouldn't be suprised if Hamilton or Russell won one of them.
Next three tracks are all smooth surfaces. Wouldn't be suprised if Hamilton or Russell won one of them.
I don’t think he’d have caught LeClerc. But Sainz for sure.
I'm not sure. There was about 6 seconds between Lewis and 1st place, and he'd have needed to get passed 2nd too.
Think he'd have come 2nd personally, but don't think he'd have won it.
Nah I don’t think it will, it’s all straight line and they are not with RB/Ferrari. Austria is pure Max territory, he will dominate it.
wasn’t the direct hotline to the stewards as both red bulls were a bit lucky with calls at the end there.
You do wonder when the abu dhabi saftey car curse will be broken for lewis. I think p2 would be the maximum today. But its a shame we wont know as his Hards were 10 laps younger than those on leclrec and sainz.
Best race of the season, full of action and close racing thanks to that safety car. Silverstone always delivers for me.
Sainz a deserved victory today, Perez played a great long game and was lucky to not get a penalty on the move on Leclerc. Hamilton could of won today without the safety car. Verstappen could have easily won it today and it goes to show how much RB are playing on the floor to deliver performance.
The directive from France will almost certainly close the pack up, so thankfully we have proper race circuits (not street circuits) so we can see some decent racing.
Deserved points for Mick today, could of had 7th at the end also but looked solid.
Sainz a deserved victory today, Perez played a great long game and was lucky to not get a penalty on the move on Leclerc. Hamilton could of won today without the safety car. Verstappen could have easily won it today and it goes to show how much RB are playing on the floor to deliver performance.
The directive from France will almost certainly close the pack up, so thankfully we have proper race circuits (not street circuits) so we can see some decent racing.
Deserved points for Mick today, could of had 7th at the end also but looked solid.
It happens. Until the championship is decided by those things like it was nearly last year I don't put to much emphasis on it.
This season Leclerc had 2 DNFs, Perez had 2 and Max had 2 so it's the same for all of them.
They need to look at Silverstone and see what they can do at other tracks if possible if the cars are going to stay the same size. What struck me was the number of racing lines possible due to the width of the track, there were times when 3 cars were all taking different lines and had space to fight out of the corners afterwards.
Best race in quite a while for me. Only down part was the restart making it easy for Perez to get on the podium.