2021 Spanish Grand Prix - Catalunya, May 07 - 09

[Hoffman900]

Twice now Verstappen has punked Hamilton at the start....

...he’s still the champ, but surely Hamilton can’t feel good about that...

I mean, the second spot is a lot of times the best place to start, especially on tracks with long runs to T1.

[godlameroso]

Verstappen is starting to gap Hamilton. Surely Mercedes and Hamilton are the fastest combination.

[matt_b]

Twice now Verstappen has punked Hamilton at the start....

...he’s still the champ, but surely Hamilton can’t feel good about that...

Yeah but Lewis punked Max In Bahrain and Portugal in a slower car so he cant feel good about that

[SmallSoldier]

Verstappen is starting to gap Hamilton. Surely Mercedes and Hamilton are the fastest combination.

Gapping? There is 1 second between them... It’s just tire management


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[Juzh]

Verstappen is starting to gap Hamilton. Surely Mercedes and Hamilton are the fastest combination.

Obviously. No way you're staying at constant 1-1.5s window unless you dont have some tenths inherent advantage.

edit. gap is now below 1s so obviously some tyre management going on back and forth. Hamilton in drs on main straight.

[Hoffman900]

Verstappen is starting to gap Hamilton. Surely Mercedes and Hamilton are the fastest combination.

Why does everything here result in a d**k measuring contest? Don’t you have some fake aero analysis to share?

Last I looked, none of us are the drivers or paid by the teams, so I really fail to see why people’s views on all of this are so narrow.

[Mogster]

Twice now Verstappen has punked Hamilton at the start....

...he’s still the champ, but surely Hamilton can’t feel good about that...

Yeah but Lewis punked Max In Bahrain and Portugal in a slower car so he cant feel good about that

To finish first first you have to finish...

[Hoffman900]

Braking zone into T1 has a lot of marbles.

[Hoffman900]

Lewis, “tires are blistering” - fastest lap-
Max pits: “tires are okay now”

[El Scorchio]

This seems like a huge error from Mercedes to keep Hamilton out. The long pit stop for Verstappen presented an open goal.

I guess they may be gambling on getting a better chance of an overtake with fresher tyres late in the race.

[Spacepace]

This seems like a huge error from Mercedes to keep Hamilton out. The long pit stop for Verstappen presented an open goal.

Yeah they are making a mistake

[Restomaniac]

I’ll say it again. Get that idiot off the track.

[Hoffman900]

This seems like a huge error from Mercedes to keep Hamilton out. The long pit stop for Verstappen presented an open goal.

Yeah they are making a mistake

We don’t know that yet.

Their strategists seeing a lot more than us forum strategists.

[El Scorchio]

This seems like a huge error from Mercedes to keep Hamilton out. The long pit stop for Verstappen presented an open goal.

Yeah they are making a mistake

We don’t know that yet.

Their strategists seeing a lot more than us forum strategists.

Very true. However he could come out behind Bottas

[Juzh]

Hamilton will get Verstappen after his later pitstop. Just wait and see. Tyre + inherent pace advantage will be enough.