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payback for silverstone. congrats to max.
i'm not sure what happened on that overtake. HAM acted like he was not expecting the dive bomb up the inside and then backed off once he saw VER next to him. It looked to me like he was ahead at corner entry and just gave up the position rather than holding his line.
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They gambled on the race not restarting, and they were wrong. Or, perhaps they thought HAM had enough pace left to manage over one lap even if it did restart. They opted to maintain track position. Betting on a field of lapped cars between HAM and VER could not have been an element of their calculation. You'd never assume that. What you heard from Toto at the end was him trying to desperately cling to that final advantage. I'm not trying to be overly harsh on Merc. Obviously, it wasn't a no brainer either way. But in the end HAM needed to be on softs and in the fight. You saw how competitive he was during the final lap on nearly expired hards. I don't think VER would have had an answer.
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Another shambles from Massi.
It's the job of the race director to enforce the rules as they are written down not to invent some new ones for the purpose of TV.
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This is what I wrote in last' race topic on the Saudi Arabian GP where HAM was the lucky one :
I feel I was right back then..
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I think Lewis bet on Max not making the corner by giving up the inside and taking a better line for the exit.
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Fact is Max and Ham started the race today equal on points. The championship was to be decided by their performance today. Lewis was the superior driver today, Mercedes had the superior car. They had the race won. RB was given the win by Masi, that's how this will be remembered. All the racing incidents earlier in the season mean nothing when it comes to the rules being altered for the final laps of the season to only benefit one team. |
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Not only that, if MB pitted and ended up behind Max, who's the say the safety car would've even ended? They would've let the race end on the SC and Max would've won. If fact, that's what MB would've had to assume would happen because that is most likely scenario according to the rules.
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One driver was given a final equipment advantage to go hunt and win the wdc, and that's what happened.
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Hats off to Max for resisting temptations to torpedo Lewis the whole race though.
I honestly thought Prost v. Senna in Suzuka would replay in lap 1.
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wish i could congrat Max and Red Bull for deserving a title.. but how regulations were followed just put dark shadow on this title..
if those 4-5 cars will be allowed to pass through they had to join back of the queue.. FIA chosen "show" over what everyone agreed to follow through.. FIA handed over Max a tittle.. this year hasnt ended in a fair way.. and the funny part even cry baby FIA hater Horner says "we trust in FIA".. you can understand how twisted things are now..
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And no one would've expected the safety car to let all pass if HAM was behind Max. I'm not even sure why I'm debating with someone who starts his sentence with "in hindsight". Hindsight means nothing. They did what they did with what they knew at the time. The idea of letting cars by eliminating advantage doesn't exist. Before the safety car, HAM was 4 cars and 12 seconds ahead of VER. A safety car eliminates the 12 second advantage already. Making a radio call to eliminate the other traffic advantage is what's wrong, and the only comment I made when that happened was "this is just for show". The headlines are nice, fantastic, a big SHOW. That's not what F1 is. This is what Harlem globe trotters is for. 22 races. Not a last lap decision or photo finish. |
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Again, what you were hearing from Toto's radio message on that final lap was not the deterioration of their unlapped cars buffer strategy, but his desperate attempt to hang onto the only remaining advantage.
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IMHO July 17, 2021 was the pivotal moment of the 2021 season of the Hamilton - Verstappen / Mercedes AMG - Red Bull Racing 'feud': the first "Sprint" ever, held at the Silverstone circuit, featuring a laurel wreath for the winner + a victory lap in an open truck for P1, P2 and P3.
Hamilton lusted for that first ever "Sprint" victory before his home crowd. Verstappen lusted for that victory too, especially because it was before Hamilton's home crowd. Verstappen's victory must have tremendously hurt Hamilton, like a splinter in his mind. We all know what happened the next day: Verstappen and Hamilton both lusting hard for winning that race. Bold moves by both. Verstappen ended up in hospital after a 51G crash, Hamilton won the race and celebrated the victory abundantly. That very "Sprint" event with all the symbolic decorum on July 17, 2021, was IMHO a prime example of a casus belli. July 17, 2021 - Silverstone: July 18, 2021 - Silverstone:
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Toto a bit too involved today, no? Veil has been lifted and begs the question what other Toto requests have been granted in the past. He seems quite comfortable issuing multiple requests.
He should have given his driver new tires to compete vs lobbying for no competition.
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My mention of hindsight is merely an acknowledgment that the decision wasn't a no brainer at the time. As it turns out, HAM needed to be on softs, as evidenced by the final result.
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“Noooo Mikey nooooooo” lol.
I can’t tell which was more miraculous for redbull - the Checo hold up or the safety car shenanigans….
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