F1 Official Thread - Grand Prix of Britain

[rolaholic]

Get in Lewis

Not over just yet

Also happy to see Alonso back on podium

 

[D Double]

Happy that Jeddah is in 2 weeks. I need a break.

 

[kanyeezy411]

Reason for the horrible start from Bottas…

 

[Sinner]

I'm so annoyed.

 

[chippedtoothsmile]

How the hell gasly start p2 and didn’t even end up in points. Same with his teammate

 

[kanyeezy411]

When **** stirring goes too far

 

[Sinner]

"Rogue marshal"

 

[Sinner]

How the hell gasly start p2 and didn’t even end up in points. Same with his teammate

Looks like they had the 1-lap pace, but not the race pace.

In hindsight, looks like the 2-stop was the way to go. All the 1-stoppers got a bit fortunate with the VSC.

 

[the natural mystic]

Get in there Lewis won this without the spicy engine from Brazil.

how many starts has Bottas botched this year

another horrendous weekend for Mclaren. Not sure what’s going on. Especially with Danny Ric.

 

[Sinner]

Daniel had a fuel issue. Not sure if it was a miscalculation by the team or if it was a technical problem... but he was basically forced to lap 2s/lap slower than normal... which led to tyre temps dropping below their operating range... which is never a good thing.

Basically a triple-header to forget by the whole team.

 

[zeroregret]

Get in there Lewis won this without the spicy engine from Brazil.

how many starts has Bottas botched this year

another horrendous weekend for Mclaren. Not sure what’s going on. Especially with Danny Ric.

I think Bottas was stuck at the start because everyone was trying to get away from the dirty side of the track. He prob would've had better luck had he been on the left side. The tyre situation also sucked. Think a lot of teams over estimated the tyre life when they tried to run longer.

 

[Sinner]

Apparently, Bottas' poor launch was due to revs being too low.

 

[Nawzlew]

the pettiness

 

[salacious crumb]

 

[kobeoverbron]

with a fresh engine for the next two races and only an 8 pt lead for Max..
Lewis looking good for his 8th.

 

[D Double]

Unless Max does a Schumacher.

Need Bottas on the front row for protection but we all know that's not happening

 

[deleted user 7639]

I know most are calling for Lewis to win, but this isn’t over, still extremely close. And that goes for the driver and constructor championship. It’s the unpopular opinion, but it’s mine. Looking forward to the last 2.

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Far from over. Merc seems to have the upper hand right now in terms of performance, but we all know Max might’ve caught Lewis in Qatar if he had started on the front row…

 

[D Double]

I don't think Max would have caught him. He was pulling away from him.

Max is definitely still favourite though. Just needs to win one and cruise in another one. Lewis needs to be inch perfect and can't get hit.

Max would definitely try and drive bomb especially if he gets a good start and control it from there

Lewis has the "spicy" engine so passing may be possible.

It's too close to tell

 

[rolaholic]

 

[kobeoverbron]

this is a big boss move. wow

 

[kobeoverbron]

Far from over. Merc seems to have the upper hand right now in terms of performance, but we all know Max might’ve caught Lewis in Qatar if he had started on the front row…

basing off their pace, Max was basically losing half a second per lap during that first stint.
The gap was just growing between him and Lewis.

 

[Sinner]

 

[deleted user 7639]

Damn,

 

[rolaholic]

Time flies man...

Been really cool to see him continue to race in IndyCar since then because it genuinely looked like we were watching the latest motorsport tragedy in real time in Bahrain.

The shot of him climbing out of his flaming car and hopping over the railing is something that I'll never ever forget, so glad that he came out of it so much better than it looked at the time.