Feels the top 8 are fairly set now. Piastri the main one who might move up but I suspect the hards will last well.
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mclaren have blown a 1-2 finish. should have pitted piastri straight after lando.
Norris and Max look nailed on for top 2
Piastri Needs to pull his finger out to get on the podium.
Piastri Needs to pull his finger out to get on the podium.
Easy past Russell
What do we think, one or two stops?
Yeah, in general they did well, but I think they should have pitted 2-3 laps sooner maybe if the situation was better, if they are going two stops anyway.
Yeah, in general they did well, but I think they should have pitted 2-3 laps sooner maybe if the situation was better, if they are going two stops anyway.
What on earth is that 
That was insane - cutting to 5 cars coming down the straight.
I’m hoping Hamilton stops to put on a boot of softs towards to end to make it fun. He should end up with a gap big enough to do so.
I'd be very surprised if Lewis is doing a 2 stopper now. He put the hards on in lap 24. The people that started on mediums did so around lap 25.
I missed Stroll getting a penalty?
Racing is dangerous.
I hoped he might. He should have a gap on do a pit stop later in the race. Might get a fastest lap point and who knows if he’s super fast might cause some concern / disruption to make it interesting.
You might be right. Now that you've said it I hope so too should he not get Carlos in the next 15 laps.
Perez quietly having another pretty poor race. Wouldn’t be surprising if he ends up 8th.
Is Hulkenberg pitting again? I’m confused how he is where he is with a big gap
It’s a pretty dull race , even with quite a bit of overtaking
It can’t just be McLaren moving forward this much. Red Bull must have regressed too, just strange.
Him and Alonso should really be a separate category of decent drives in shitty cars.
Lewis should definitely pit for his fresh set of softs at some point.
I also thought the same.
They did have a very good car , their upgrades have took it to the next level.
RB looked to have slightly regressed
What’s a pit stop here? 25 seconds?
Pitting Lewis is a no brainer, free pit on new softs
There it is! Quite early I thought. But makes sense
Not stopping Perez is a massive vote of no confidence in his abilities. The only reason to not do it is because they think Hamilton would pass him.
But quicker 20-22 I would say
Yeah, that was how much Hamilton lost. Thought he might have to wait a bit longer to clear Hulk. Only just over a second a lap to catch up to Perez. Might be doable.
Ferrari seem to have had the edge on Mercedes in the race today.
Pitting Piastri for new mediums would be a gamble , but those ones in front would be on old hards
Odd move from Russell. He’s surely got no chance of catching Sainz and probably won’t catch Perez. Must have been struggling.
Well he’s catching Perez pretty damn rapidly. Not sure about Sainz though
It feels like Hamilton and Russell will pass Perez at this pace no?
Aston Martin the amateurs of the day, should’ve converted a top 10 start into a double points finish but they’re both out of it currently.
I know people will focus on Piastri’s pace compared to Norris but remember Norris is in free air and, honestly, that Leclerc Ferrari is surprisingly faster than anyone expected.
Russell will catch him but on fairly worn softs by the time he gets there.
True that
Pretty dull race tbh
I’m not really sure why they pitted Russell. Hamilton made sense but Russell was weird.
We need Sergeant to do his thing.
They must have felt both Sainz and Perez would catch him but it does look odd to give up track position when he seemed on similar pace to Perez at least. Hamilton may well get Russell and Perez.
If this carries on we could be seeing Mercedes level dominance
Hamilton held up quite a lot there. Probably puts Perez out of reach.