I would agree with that to an extent. He’s still young enough and he’s not as rash as he was when he first came into F1, if he wins the championship this year I think you’ll see a more mature driver next year.
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i wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some behind-the-scenes stern words for both of them from the powers that be, they’ll be terrified of someone getting seriously injured, there may be some serious threats of punishment if there isn’t a bit more common sense applied
Really good race today.
Poor Lando!
Absolutely gutted for him. He kinda brought it on himself by refusing to come in but the team should've been much more forceful. The whole team will learn a lot from that today though which is no bad thing.
I was massively impressed with Max today on that damage limitation job he managed to pull off. With Lewis likely having to take an engine penalty at some point within the next few races it really is game on in the drivers championship.
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It’s looking like a wet race today. Hamilton starting down the grid should make this a good race.
Toto says its Scottish rain lol 😆
Howler of a decision from Mercedes. Absolutely no idea what was going through their heads. Lewis right to be enraged.
If Hamilton had came in when he was first told to he would’ve had had a much better chance of finishing 3rd. He was 1.5 seconds a lap slower than all the cars around him. Even if he’d stayed out he’d have been passed by all the other cars. Occon didn’t pit and was 4 seconds slower than the car behind him on the last lap.
Great battle. Championship going to go to the wire.
Brilliant tactical battle there. DRS at the end helped Max over the line but overall great race for him and Lewis.
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I really thought Lewis was going to pass him, but Max had just enough left. The next 2 circuits are traditionally strong for Red Bull, 2 wins for Max could see him very close to his 1st world championship. Somehow though I don’t think it will happen like that, there’s been so many twists and turns this season it will almost certainly go down to the last race.
Good win for Max but it was a pretty dull race. The first lap was good, but it was a bit of a procession after that.
Verstappen can afford a DNF now I reckon
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Hamilton surely starting at the back of the grid if his DRS was opening too wide.
Max should be nowhere near Hamilton’s car and has just muddied the waters. He should all but secure the title this weekend.
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Great drive from Hamilton today, but there’s a lot of questions to be answered. Are Mercedes’ cheating? That car is unbelievably quick, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a car make up that many positions in such a short space of time. Right now Hamilton will win the race tomorrow as long as he doesn’t crash.
Post race Norris mentioned that his fight is not with Hamilton so wonder how much fight there was in many today.
That said, temps were down and he has a brand new engine on a track where DRS matters so was able to push.
Still a fun drive to watch
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I think there definitely was a fair few drivers not wanting to ruin their race and just letting him past, added to the fact that Hamilton had absolutely nothing to lose probably worked in his favour. Time will tell whether Mercedes are up to no good, either way it should be a cracking race today.
That was a Senna-esque drive. Phenomenal.
Simply sublime from Hamilton.
Sure he has a rocket powered car under him but to pull off so many overtakes in two races to end up winning is just ridiculous.
How Max never got a 5 second penalty for that move at turn 4 is beyond me!
Red Bull had the best aero which was shown in the second sector and last week. The Mercedes is a bullet on the straights which came through.
Both teams playing F1 politics which just adds to the drama.
I must admit that I am amazed that Hamilton was able to plough through the field but that was down to forgetting how strong straight line speed was at the circuit
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Considering all the furore over Hamilton at Silverstone and how he wasn’t going to make the apex etc. it was even stranger. They didn’t even formally investigate the incident.
Even without the on board it was clear as day Max didn’t attempt to hit the apex and then deliberately ran wide on the exit.
Mercedes were clearly annoyed and just as well it didn’t impact the result. Lewis was smart though and he knew Max would try something so was ready for him, he wasn’t going to let Max do a repeat of Monza and use the oldest F1 trick in the book of causing a DNF of your opponent to keep you in the championship lead.
Mercedes also clearly using this and the DRS thing to create a bunker mentality. Love them or loathe them you have to admire their sheer determination to keep on it. To get an organisation to stay so focused after such a long run of being at the top is really impressive.
Can’t wait for the next instalment of what’s been a classic season!
Bottas to crash in to Max in next race at start if it’s possible.
Two new tracks coming up is an interesting one, not quite sure who that benefits.