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erebus said:

Some nice racing (despite the penalties)

Which were all 100% correct. That Perez guy should have been penalised with a 10-sec stop-go.

Get_Right

Yeah, I have mixed feelings about that race.  I want them to race, but "forcing" another driver off track is very dangerous. Again, just no space on that track for the modern F1 cars. At least the stewards were consistent. Very happy for Honda's success and for the competition amongst many more drivers this year. And what about Riccardo throwing dirt on LeClerc?  I think he did that at least twice. Not sure it was intentional but it sure looked like he was aiming for that spot.  

Get_Right

Well, that was some weekend at Silverstone.  Qualifying Friday, for a sprint on Saturday, which determines the grid for Sunday.  I liked it.  First few laps of the sprint was nuts! And the battle on Sunday was insane. Max's crash looked scary.  Glad he walked away from that.  Not sure about the penalty for Lewis, looked like clean racing to me when I watch it at full speed.

goldrush

I feel a little sorry for Leclerc, he led every lap apart from the last 2 but was hunted down. Great drive from Lewis to win it after a penalty.

Max's crash did look really scary, they said it was a 51G impact. I don't think Christian Horner did himself any favours though, whining like a child in his interviews. "I hope Lewis is happy with himself" just sounded really bitchy. If it had gone the other way he would be praising Max.

It looked like a racing incident, Lewis saw a gap and went for it. An aggressive move yes, but Max is an aggressive driver who has forced his way through smaller gaps than that in the past.

Get_Right

I like this analysis of the crash.  Spot on.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.palmer-the-hamilton-verstappen-clash-polarised-opinion-but-i-believe-it-was.4YywgtRgaAvT9WUvXiKGCg.html

eddiec

Get_Right said:

I like this analysis of the crash.  Spot on.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.palmer-the-hamilton-verstappen-clash-polarised-opinion-but-i-believe-it-was.4YywgtRgaAvT9WUvXiKGCg.html

I agree somewhat, but shouldn't the area of the incident be taken into account as well? 
This wasn't a slow corner. The result of a potential impact should weigh on both drivers. For me, it's a racing incident in most cases, but in that corner, I believe Hamilton should have backed out because the result could have been worse.

Get_Right

eddiec said:

Get_Right said:

I like this analysis of the crash.  Spot on.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.palmer-the-hamilton-verstappen-clash-polarised-opinion-but-i-believe-it-was.4YywgtRgaAvT9WUvXiKGCg.html

I agree somewhat, but shouldn't the area of the incident be taken into account as well? 
This wasn't a slow corner. The result of a potential impact should weigh on both drivers. For me, it's a racing incident in most cases, but in that corner, I believe Hamilton should have backed out because the result could have been worse.

Aggressive driving by both drivers in a high speed corner. Your logic being that since it is one of the fastest corners there was no way they could have gone through side by side and since Max was ahead Lewis needed to back off or otherwise yield to the racing line? That makes some sense to me but when I watch it, Lewis was not that far from the inside and it just seems like Max thought he was clear but wasn't. It is not like Lewis drifted into the middle of the track to push Max wide (like he did with Leclerc).

eddiec

Wow. Not happy with Bottas, but it's made this one hell of a crazy race.

erebus

yes, crazy start. We will see some backfielders getting some points today

Red Bull has no luck. If you can’t beat them, take them out lol. (I kid) just like Ferrari in the past lol

i would prefer to see Max and Hammie going head to head, not losing points to incidents, but that’s racing

lastexitlondon

Great  race

erebus

Again, great race. Congratulations to Ocon and Alpine. Great comeback by Hamilton, but he is such a whiner. 

erebus

Vettel DQ’d over technicality and loses 2nd place.
it is a rule, but hopefully they can appeal 

Get_Right

Wow, mercedes has a new race strategy - take out the Red Bulls.  That fuel rule is total BS.  Russell ran out of fuel, asking for a sample at the end of a race is ridiculous. I wonder if it was Horner or Wolff that asked the FIA to take a sample.  Otherwise great race, very entertaining.

Rygar

Vettel appeal dismissed.

Speaking of Vettel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9yXEpoMEw

Get_Right

Very cool and impressive!

Rygar

Everyone bored with summer break, or what?

Get_Right

Not bored at all, bummed about Japan GP being cancelled. 

Rygar

Yeah that is a downer for sure, it will be interesting to see if they manage to find a replacement.

In the meantime I've been playing a good bit of Microsoft Flight Simulator if anyone wants some F1 trivia!

Get_Right

Last chance to win at home for Honda, real bummer.  Could mean an additional weekend in Austin.

Rygar

Since you mentioned Austin!