Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen came together in the first lap of the British Grand Prix, and despite a penalty, the reigning World Champion won his home race. Charles Leclerc finished a close second as Bottas came home in third.
Sainz is too close to him for that on speed and his racecraft has been very shaky. He has made too many easily avoidable contacts. At this point in his career it is time to start having less of those. He is a fighter, but a bit too much.
Nailed that response. Something a lot of us objectively have seen. Which is why the fanboy responses “doomsday”/“it’s lost” or “domination” are so laughable. It fits into the whole extreme narrative that happens on social media these days but reality is always more complicated.f1316 wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 08:54Yes and I don’t agree with the sentiment was the only track where RB was faster (and that it’s all about altitude). I will however agree that Mercedes returning to competitiveness should not be a shock, nor is it entirely attributable to the upgrade, as - per the original comment - they were arguably the quicker package in Paul Ricard. This is less a factor of altitude and more circuit type - ie more fast, long corners - and we can track Mercedes’ strength in these across Barcelona, Paul Ricard and Silverstone (not just this year but EVERY year) so it should be no surprise that they’re back at the front.ispano6 wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 08:46Baku Azerbaijan is 92ft below sea level.Artur Craft wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 07:46As predicted, Honda is not perfoming well without the altitude, hence Tsunoda being knocked out already on Q1 and even Gasly was very modest this time around.
Perez is only there with the Ferraris, Mclarens and even Russel!Max did a fantastic job to be up there with the mighty Mercedeses, their engine works too greatly in this track, always have, tbh.
Bottas´s time is reasonably close to pole so I think Max should be focusing on holding his P2 instead of desperately trying to get P1. Mercedes is just way too quick. On Paul Ricard, RB only won because they didn´t follow Pirelli´s recommended strategy as Mercedes was way faster. On the sprint race there will be no room for strategy so Max´s goal should be to hold Bottas and that´s it, he won´t even be able to keep up with Hamilton, nevermind pass him.
The only track where RB was really faster was the RBR, due to the altitude. Even at Monaco Mercedes was faster(Bottas would have gotten pole with the mini sectors he was doing prior to Leclerc´s crash)
It’s also not necessarily a sign of things to come because it is still track specific to a degree - ie this doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily be strong In Hungary, but it is likely they’ll be strong at Suzuka.
Sainz is a really good driver, I've been saying that since 2016.Sieper wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 11:06Sainz is too close to him for that on speed and his racecraft has been very shaky. He has made too many easily avoidable contacts. At this point in his career it is time to start having less of those. He is a fighter, but a bit too much.
I think McLaren may well have a set left. They never ran the softs in FP1. Deliberately, as they mentioned it on team stream that it was different to everyone else on the grid
True but what was the fuel load? And how do the higher day temps effect the wear
didn´t LH qualify 2nd, behind Leclerc?
Why didn´t they just bring back Friday QLF, the 1 hour session where we don´t get BS Q1-Q2-Q3 and the grid is defined solely by outright speed?! I certainly would love Friday and Saturday QLFs as we had up until the early 90s
If you recall the early 90s, you will remember that most cars were just sitting in the garage until 5 minutes before the end of the session. No one will do more than one hot lap unless you force them to.Artur Craft wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 11:51Why didn´t they just bring back Friday QLF, the 1 hour session where we don´t get BS Q1-Q2-Q3 and the grid is defined solely by outright speed?! I certainly would love Friday and Saturday QLFs as we had up until the early 90s
It´s so sad to see this myth being constantly spread aroundnotsofast wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 12:04If you recall the early 90s, you will remember that most cars were just sitting in the garage until 5 minutes before the end of the session. No one will do more than one hot lap unless you force them to.Artur Craft wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 11:51Why didn´t they just bring back Friday QLF, the 1 hour session where we don´t get BS Q1-Q2-Q3 and the grid is defined solely by outright speed?! I certainly would love Friday and Saturday QLFs as we had up until the early 90s
These are the quali battles up to the 9th race.Sieper wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 11:06Sainz is too close to him for that on speed and his racecraft has been very shaky. He has made too many easily avoidable contacts. At this point in his career it is time to start having less of those. He is a fighter, but a bit too much.
All attendees of the GP have to be double jabbed and have a recent test. Still a risk, but if the drivers have had their jabs, should not be very highStarkblood80 wrote: ↑17 Jul 2021, 07:23I doubt they would risk catching rona mid season for a stroll around the great unwashed.
