yup pretty miuch this... lewis did all the right things pushing the other teams strats and putting himself in the position to win only to get cherry picked at the end. he said he had plenty of paced on both stints when he pitted... and there was no HAMMER TIME as well.... i think had he was given that codeword he wouldve been behind george much sooner... also seeing that he stuck behind him for the last few laps there was a general expectation that george wouldve let him by easier instead of die hard defence.madsonit wrote: ↑28 Jul 2024, 17:18It’s not really that simple. If Lewis, in what was probably the third fastest car this weekend, didn’t make the right passes at the right time and didn’t keep the lead, if the McLaren was p1 they would’ve went in the distance since they had the better car and there would have been no chance at all for George to win. Lewis has a lot of merit in this team result and the team should’ve played nice with him and repaid his great work for the team in the first half of race. But it’s clear the team don’t care about him that much. Also, probably they didn’t even tell him George was on a one stop so he managed his race thinking George would stop. There is no way to go around this, Merc screwed Lewis on this one and he drove the best race out of anyone on the grid today. He deserved that win on merit. George was great, but got the win on the gamble more than on his driving.AR3-GP wrote: ↑28 Jul 2024, 17:12Hamilton is just looking for someone to blame. Russell refused the 2 stop.SKYnRacing24 wrote: ↑28 Jul 2024, 17:11That Lewis interview..... As i said, No other team would of done that to there lead driver.
Good drive by both drivers. Russell made the decisive call. This is a pattern in Hamilton's career compared to Russell. Russell always prefers to make the strat calls. Hamilton prefers to let the team make the call and then complain when it doesn't work at the end.