Points for Mick! Vettel was so happy for him. Crazy good race. Stoked to see Sainz win, Max not do well, Haas get points, Zhou survive. So many great results in this race.

It was just a good intense racing battle

What was a weird call was resetting the field after the red flag

They haven't completed a proper lap yet, so it's reset to the first completed lap, which is the formation lap.

Great race! Max still way out ahead in points so I'm still good for now.

I was truly happy for Carlos, he even said that his pole position time for qualifying he felt was he wasn't pushing as hard, it was a surprise to him. I'm glad he was able to over ride the team orders and get the W.

That crash by Zhou tho, damn, holy shit. +1 for Halo and that thing they put around to keep their body pinned in the car.

Amazing drive by all drivers who survived lap 1, constant position changes, tire strategies etc.

Checo really lucked out with the safety car.

Lewis with a solid drive, going pretty long on the first stint with medium tires.

Gutted for Max, still a good drive with a busted car. Pretty crazy how sensitive the aerodynamics are with the new regulations. Reminded me of last year's Hungarian race when Max drove with his entire right side barge board and floor destroyed.

No kidding, this would have been an easy win for him on such a slick track. He lost parts of his floor around lap 20-22, I think there was a radio message. Crazy to see how the floor made that much difference, I think there were a few out there who did the entire race on damage wings.


edit: In all honesty, I loved seeing Max v/ Mick, even though I was so scared for Mick, because we all know how Max drives with elbows out when he feels threatened.

Max also went thru the wringer this week with all the racism things from Piquet's comment (then his defence of the comment), then GF's uncle's Insta post that Kelly liked. Then the shit with his dad. I gained a lot more respect for him this week because of how he kept his cool with all the shit flying around.

Also gained like x100 respect for Russell, sacrificed his race to ensure that Zhou was safe before he left his side. Dude is an absolute legend for this. I'm sure he will hear about it in the briefings, but apparently its a trait of his, he had done this in Karting as well.

He didn't gain a lasting advantage, there was a lot going on there, and it was just pure racing, they just ran out of road a few times. I think they were fine.

This was on reddit, thought it was an interesting compare since Ham and Ham fans were touting how Leclerc raced more fairly and left more space than Max

https://preview.redd.it/rcaxzhzuhi991.jpg


http://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank/...ile_max_wasnt/

It's really great to see Merc is starting to be a lot more competitive as F1 is far more interesting when there's 3 teams at the top fighting it out. Hopefully Silverstone is a sign of things to come.

being a ferrari fan, congrats to Charles, damn that sticky pedal towards the end made it more interesting than it needed to be.

but looks like Ferrari finally responded correctly to the yellow flag for once....

Minimal damage to Max's lead, red bull should still be very comfortable.

Carlos' engine impolding spectacularly... feels bad man

I don't see RB winning either title this year. Ferrari is way faster and should be well ahead if it wasn't for their poor strategies and bad luck.

If Ferrari wants a chance at winning anything, they'll need to reign in Sainz. Sprint qualifying was already a sign that Leclerc will drive elbows out teammate or not. If the two Ferrari's keep driving this way, it's just a matter of time before they crash into each other or they give away too many points racing each other.

Now that Sainz has his pole and his win, F1 pundits are expecting team orders to start coming in for Ferrari after the summer break and all focus towards Leclerc's campaign for the WDC.

Ferrari has tons of competition on their hand. They have to compete with

1. Ferrari strategists
2. Red Bull
3. Reliability

:lawl:

Skipped through the race pretty quickly last night when I got home. Those last 4 laps or so I was just waiting for Charles car to explode, luckily he made it over the line lol

Really hope by the end of the year we dont get a championship decided by how many grid spots drivers are having to give up due to mechanical penalties.

Rich

Lol

Trust me, I want RB to win as I'm a big Honda fan. So hopefully I'm wrong, just like how I bet 50 bucks on the Bruins in 2011 hoping to never see that money again. :lawl:

^ as much as I am a Ferrari fan boy 24/7.

I want to say RB probably gonna take home both titles this year.

Doesn't matter how fast the Ferrari is, consistency wins championships. Looking past the 5 races and you will see how Ferrari will hand over the championship on a silver platter...

And as Nammer said above... Ferrari (Leclerc) is gonna lost due to (in this order):

1. Ferrari strategists
2. Ferrari reliability
3. Sainz (not because he is slow, but because he is fast enough to take points away from Charles) I didn't have a driver preference going into the year, but the amount of points given away by Sainz already (sometimes not his fault) should already be clear to him that he is there to take points away from Max, but should let Charles thru when given the circumstances
4. Max Verstappen, as much as I hated him for stealing Hamilton's title last year. Not that he doesn't derserve it, because he is a very fast talented driver in the correct car. But to win it in the way he did last year is just not the way to go. Well he is even in a better car this year now, so yea, he is gonna win...

FML I just wanted Ferrari so trample over everybody like back in high school when I got into F1 seriously lol... (still bitter when Vettle stole that title from Alonso lolol, fucking red bull and their fast cars hahaha). I love Vettle though lol...

//end rant

Max won the title last year because of a blown call that made up for 6 blown calls in Hamiltons favour. He never should have been that close if they didn't favour him to get there. I say that as someone who would never want max to win a single race, never mind a championship.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNuJW6uu/?k=1

LOL this is great, Murray Walker commentating on Damon Hill eating a pizza

So it’s going to be hot Af this weekend in France

Feels like another Ferrari DNF.. lol

LolClerc!

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the scream. crazy.

i like Charles - a lot. but man, it's getting tough.

Scuderia - wat is you doing on the pit wall w Carlos.

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How many points, wins, and championships has Ferrari thrown away for their drivers in the past decade? Just astonishing.

Sometimes strategy is just a matter of luck like a SC coming out just as you're closing on pit lane but boy, Ferrari, seems to always make the wrong call. No luck and no genius.