F1 Official Thread - Grand Prix of Britain

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man it was some luck at all ends of the spectrum today

 

[pmtotheam]

I really doubt it'll happen but it'd be interesting if Lewis took a sabbatical, and returned to Merc in 2022 with the new regulations for his 8th title. Put Bottas up against someone like Hulk or Perez for a year and see what happens WDC keeps their seat for 2022 against Lewis. Just spitballing here

 

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Marshalls

FIA and Race control need to give themselves a penalty for this.

 

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What I wanna kno is, why did they pit Checo when he was in podium position and drop him down to 7th during the SC??

 

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^ I think RP were playing it safe and didn't want the tyres to cool down too much during the SC. I guess the logic was to get fresh boots and try to pick off the guys in front on much older and colder tyres. It's the trade-off... track position or faster tyres.

Marshalls

FIA and Race control need to give themselves a penalty for this.

Yeah, that was really shocking. Lance was going at full-speed there... and it wasn't his fault cuz he would have expected the track to have been clear. In Seb's onboard, he was alert enough to notice, slow down and radio in what he saw.

 

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Racing Point's strategy team is awful. Should be a priority during the offseason.

 

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Did Albon really say Sainz hit him from the back to cause him to spin out after the restart? Lol.

Give that seat to Perez already. What’s taking so long?

 

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^ I think that was just Alex's initial reaction when his car snapped. The way his car suddenly oversteered, it probably felt like he was hit.

@ Kimi's engineer.

 

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Lewis staying out long and getting some luck

Danny Ric coming on strong lately...good on em

Fernando has to be pleased with Renault’s performance as of late.

You heard it here first, but Danny will compete for a title next year in his Mercedes-powered McLaren.

 

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Fernando has to be pleased with Renault’s performance as of late.

You heard it here first, but Danny will compete for a title next year in his Mercedes-powered McLaren.

I would love that.

Ferrari have tried and so has Red Bull.

Mercedes vs Mclaren at the front will be a joy.

 

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Russell writes letter of apology to Williams team for Safety Car crash

George Russell has sent an internal letter apologising to his Williams team after crashing out of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix behind the Safety Car.

www.racefans.net

Imagine if Grosjean or Maldonado wrote letters for all their dumb crashes

 

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To fair, we, as a fanbase, are pretty hypocritical when it comes to drivers. We treated George's crash very differently than when Romain did exactly the same thing. We give Kimi a lot more leeway when he says or does things, but if it was someone else, we'd call them an arrogant AH. Even Senna, with his aggressive moves and whatnot, we tend to praise, when in reality, they were pretty dodgy at times.

 

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Hmmmm... controversial.

 

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If Barcelona does stay on the calendar, it should be a doubleheader with Portimao, since the articles about Vietnam being dropped mention the replacement being one of the tracks that appeared on the calendar this year.

Still doubt all these races will actually happen next year, especially Baku, Montreal, Austin, Mexico City, and Interlagos.

 

[kanyeezy411]

they should've called it provisional calendar and not just do so behind closed doors

 

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After the new races we've had this year, that calendar looks underwhelming for some reason.

This must be the feeling people get when the drugs wear off.