Good fecking race that
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Silverstone is one of those rare tracks that was actually improved with major changes and they were prepared to lose an iconic corner (Church) in order to improve it.
they could have double stacked and chose not too! Worse than I thought
Best race of the season hands down. Glad Zhou is ok as well, so too Albon.
That’s the key but we got too many countries / cities wanting to host street races so you just can’t replicate a true racing circuit.
Wow what an incredible race, best of 5hr season! The crowd going nuts when Hamilton overtook charles.
Still in shock zhou walked away from that horrific crash!
I love Silverstone, never fails to disappoint
Still in shock zhou walked away from that horrific crash!
I love Silverstone, never fails to disappoint
Also about Zhou crash. Am i wrong in thinking it benefited Zhou that he launched past barriers and was put to stop with the bottom of the car to the barrier since they are pretty much lying in those cars and impact surface was at maximum.
I don’t see Mercedes doing that well next time out. This is a mighty circuit for Red Bull, and the Red Bull Ring is a bumpy circuit in comparison to Silverstone, especially turn 5.
Not a bad shout. Possibly. Will will probably find out the g force impact of it eventually.
Good point well made.
Just thinking about that crash with no HALO is scary
Hamilton just said two of us went through no problem into Copse.
The cheek of him haha.
He was miles from the Apex last year and this time he hit it. That's the difference. Hamilton was the difference in it this season not Leclerc or Max.
That said I rate the trolling. I'm sure he knows it was completely his fault but won't ever admit it.
The cheek of him haha.
He was miles from the Apex last year and this time he hit it. That's the difference. Hamilton was the difference in it this season not Leclerc or Max.
That said I rate the trolling. I'm sure he knows it was completely his fault but won't ever admit it.
What a race, I'm tired. Too bad Mick didn't get Verstappen there. Ferrari are so useless, absolutely frustrating.
Also why do so some still insist calling him Le Clerc? It's like you couldn't afford the license and have to use a made up name. Van Stappen next maybe?
Also why do so some still insist calling him Le Clerc? It's like you couldn't afford the license and have to use a made up name. Van Stappen next maybe?
Sky should interview him while showing them side by side. Would make for funny viewing to see how he'd dance around it..
Man is taking that one to his grave haha
They could not adversely affect Leclerc chances any more than they seem to be doing.
Apparently the just stop oil protesters made it on the track during the first lap.
From a different perspective
fecking idiots. Imagine Max/Sainz fighting down the straight, car pulls out of the draft at the last second and plows into those muppets sitting there.
Wtf did they expect? that could have been an absolute bloodbath on live tv.
Yeah that red flag saved them, would have had fatalities.
What fecking idiots. They can make their point without putting themselves and others in major danger.
Does not bare thinking about, you would have had dead protesters , maybe dead drivers, debris from the cars, could have injured stewards and or spectators.
What goes though the heads of these idiots.
Feel for Hamilton. Could have been a win easily, timing of safety car, slow pit and bad restart ultimately put paid to it.
Perez lucky to keep P2 given Leclerc incident.
Perez lucky to keep P2 given Leclerc incident.
They can risk their life all they want, but they could easily have put the drivers at risk as well, if things had gone slightly differently. I wonder how they will be punished.
feck me , you never want to see a car in this position, even worse with the driver still in.
Would pay see Helmut reaction.
Lucy Boy!
He’s so lucky that the fuel cell remained intact, I couldn’t see a quick extraction there.
What a race. Hats off to Max squeezing every point out of a damaged car.
Sainz had a couple moments of good fortune this weekend but took advantage. Hopefully a confidence boost and starts challenging Leclerc.
Lewis has had rotten luck this year with timings of SC. He was in with a shout before it but I'm sure he would have taken 3rd before the race.
Thank heavens for the halo this weekend. Couple of lives saved by looks of the crashes. Hopefully Albon is ok.
Sainz had a couple moments of good fortune this weekend but took advantage. Hopefully a confidence boost and starts challenging Leclerc.
Lewis has had rotten luck this year with timings of SC. He was in with a shout before it but I'm sure he would have taken 3rd before the race.
Thank heavens for the halo this weekend. Couple of lives saved by looks of the crashes. Hopefully Albon is ok.
What a race! I was buzzing after watching that one. Very thankful Zhou was okay after what was one of the scariest crashes I've seen in F1 on a long time.
Delighted for Sainz to go and finish off what he started yesterday. Obviously a bit of luck on the way too. Crazy race. So much going on.
Delighted for Sainz to go and finish off what he started yesterday. Obviously a bit of luck on the way too. Crazy race. So much going on.
Great race, the last 10 laps were fantastic. This forums bizarre bitterness at Sainz aside, until the last lap he had pole in qualifying, fastest lap and the race win. You can't take away from that, and trying to excuse it with 'oh but he only did it because Max slowed under yellows' is pathetic. Max wouldn't be leading the championship if it weren't for Leclerc getting screwed by DNFs when he had 1st place wrapped up. Shit happens all season long and you can only race the people in front of you and he did. 2 of his DNFs were absolutely not his fault, getting hit by other cars and ending up in the gravel etc, all things considered he's a fine number 2.
Good on him to tell Ferrari to feck off on that bizarre team order to leave 10 car lengths, Leclerc is probably my 2nd favourite driver on the grid but it was clear Leclerc did not have the pace today when he wasn't behind Sainz benefitting from DRS with the front wing damage, we saw his pace diminish quite a bit when he didn't have that DRS anymore so Hamilton would have potentially just overtaken Sainz and then eaten Leclerc for dinner. Knowing that Hamilton was going to take a free pit for softs, giving them to the car that wasn't broken was absolutely the right call although Ferrari's calls generally leave a lot to be desired.
Great to see Mercedes upgrades putting them a bit closer, that 3 car fight at the end was great to see. With 10 laps to go I was genuinely happy for any of the top 6 to win and a good result for Mick, I reckon he could have done it had Max not gone super aggressive, think he had enough of being passed and said feck off not today.
Good on him to tell Ferrari to feck off on that bizarre team order to leave 10 car lengths, Leclerc is probably my 2nd favourite driver on the grid but it was clear Leclerc did not have the pace today when he wasn't behind Sainz benefitting from DRS with the front wing damage, we saw his pace diminish quite a bit when he didn't have that DRS anymore so Hamilton would have potentially just overtaken Sainz and then eaten Leclerc for dinner. Knowing that Hamilton was going to take a free pit for softs, giving them to the car that wasn't broken was absolutely the right call although Ferrari's calls generally leave a lot to be desired.
Great to see Mercedes upgrades putting them a bit closer, that 3 car fight at the end was great to see. With 10 laps to go I was genuinely happy for any of the top 6 to win and a good result for Mick, I reckon he could have done it had Max not gone super aggressive, think he had enough of being passed and said feck off not today.
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Also, I dread to think what would have happened to Zhou there if there was no halo, fecking hell.
Was just thinking that myself. Thank feck it wasn't a lot faster. If it was a Grosjean situation he had no chance. Full tank of fuel too.
When Leclerc overtook Sainz he gained around 4 seconds in 7-10 laps from what I can remember, Sainz couldn't stay in the DRS zone behind him. Leclerc made fastest lap few laps in a row, which Sainz couldn't do before Leclerc overtook him, I am not sure why some of you are saying Sainz was faster. If Ferrari let him earlier he would gain far more, and would easily win the race. Ferrari screwed Leclerc with latw team orders and not pitting him, probably unintentionally but still screwed him a lot.
If it wasn't for SC Sainz would have been done, he would probably finish the race in third or maybe even 4th place. But fair feck to him, he did good after the SC, and even if it wasn't the best day, he still won the race.
He had a broken car, he couldn't overtake Sainz even with DRS and had to rely on asking 5 times for team orders to be given the place. He clearly wasn't this speed demon you think he was in the race. Some of you talk as if he's as slow as Stroll and to anyone with eyes that's clearly not the base. Leclerc hung with him because of DRS, and as soon as he pitted, he was clearly not as fast.
Saying things like 'if it wasn't for SC Sainz would have been done' is just irrelevant. If it wasn't for SC then Max wouldn't be champion. If it wasn't for engine failures then Leclerc would be leading the championship, if it wasn't for your dad feeling a little horny that night you wouldn't be alive. These things are just the lowest form of counter argument. You can only deal with the hand you have, and he dealt with it well. If he had listened to his team orders he'd also have been done but he accepted them when it made sense and pushed back at the right time when it didn't make sense and that also aided him in his win. He qualified first, he set a better pace than any other driver out there including Leclerc, he had the fastest lap right at the end, he's 11 points behind his team mate, closer to him by some distance than the gap between drivers at Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren. The bitterness is just not deserved. He isn't flailing his team mate by 60 points he's right in the mix and keeping up despite having an extra DNF. In races where they've both finished, they're tied on outscoring each other 3 races to 3 this season. The stats just don't show this gulf that posters here make out, as if the current Ferrari situation is like Verstappen and Albon. If you take Baku out where they both DNF'd, then Sainz has outscored Leclerc 3 races in a row. Clearly Leclerc is the better driver, but Sainz fully deserves his seat.
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Eh I think your forgetting Max also Had 2 DNFs plus today where he lost major points due to bad luck with unavoidable damage.
If you remove those items for both Max and Leclerc it would for sure be closer but considering Imola which was a Charles mistake it's quite likely Max would still be leading.
Leclerc had Spain wrapped up but despite track position Max was probably favourite for Baku considering the Red Bull looked the slightly quicker car. That 1st wasn't wrapped up in any way.
Their luck has both been terrible with Reliability/Damage.