Was a fun race to watch for my lady and myself (Lando and Charlie fans). Lando showed up and drove through that penalty. Charlie making more ego-driven decisions but still looked like a mad man out there able to hang in it. Mid-field was a great race, IMO.

Thank God now the F1 is more exciting and someone really giving Hamilton a run for his birdie!!! Lol

If Mercedes captures the crown again this season!! Thats the end of F1 for sure!
Its game over! Lol

IMSA baby!

Mid grid racing made it very interesting. Happy we had that to see lol!

Very much so.
My wife and I are both fans, and I bought her an HPDE day in my track car last month. Since then, she's even more into the racing, understanding a lot more about how lines and traction work (or don't, as the case may be).
So it was great to see those battles go on and on, long enough for the producers to focus on them.

Just saw this thread. I usually don't go to the USGP as it's kinda old news now (and I hate dealing with the traffic), but if some come in town for the race I would be down to meet up with a few people.

Oh Lewis
 

Lewis.....setting expectations at Silverstone.

Don't expect too much from me at Silverstone

So, in other words, they have brought secret upgrades and fully expect LH to win. ;-)

The drama of it all!!!!

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LOL I doubt it man. Red Bull just has the better package all around. Fair play to them.

But yeah, I'll wait and see if Lewis is BSing. He's usually OP at Silverstone, regardless of what car is underneath him.

LH44 mind games
 

Lewis really knows how to play the game outside the race track. F1 mind games at play.

Max is walking away with (it) - Sir Hamilton

Weekend plan for Silverstone. Sprint race weekend #1.

Hamilton: Silverstone F1 upgrades not enough to close gap to Red Bull
By:
Jonathan Noble
Jul 6, 2021, 3:55 AM
Lewis Hamilton does not believe the Mercedes upgrades coming for Formula 1’s British Grand Prix will be enough to close down the gap to rival Red Bull.

After a difficult outing at the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend left Hamilton trailing Max Verstappen by 32 points in the drivers’ standings, the world champion is in no doubt about the tough situation he faces.

And while Mercedes is set to bring some developments for the Silverstone race in a bid to cut the deficit to Red Bull, Hamilton is sceptical about their impact.

“We have a little bit coming, but it’s not going to close the gap enough,” he said. “We’ve got to do some work.”

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ha...-bull/6626469/

An upgrade push by Red Bull has helped the Milton Keynes-based team win the last five consecutive races, with Hamilton having not triumphed since May’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Mercedes has no doubts that Red Bull has the quickest car right now, but Hamilton is also hoping that track characteristics have also shifted things towards his rivals recently too.

“These past races have been difficult, and obviously he’s pretty much just cruising ahead,” added Hamilton.

“So, there’s not really much I can do about it.

“Of course, I’m praying for a different scenario in the next race, but if you look at their car, it’s just on rails. So we’re giving it absolutely everything.

Nice review and assessment of this race, future race in UK next and 2022 impacts for RedBull via BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/57715522

Notable is this - At the same time, though, there is no doubting Red Bull have made a significant step forward with their car in recent races, with developments to the floor, diffuser, front wing, nose and barge boards, and Mercedes have brought none.

Enjoy....

So here is another example of the best driver i the best car leaving all others wanting!!!;)

More.

Hamilton will be up there with him.

Please let this be true lol



https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/88795...ualifying.html

Formula 1 has reportedly scrapped the Q2 tyre rule in qualifying. That's what some observant Formula 1 followers on Reddit claim after digging into the new rulebook.


The drivers who qualify for Q3 in the qualifying session have to start on the tyres with which they drove the fastest time in Q2, according to the current rules. Many teams find this unfair, as it gives a big advantage to the teams just outside the top ten. They have a free choice of tyres for the race.

The FIA seems to be aware of this as well, as according to Reddit users the new rule is no longer in the regulations. If this rumour is true, it means that from 2022 onwards the top teams will have more opportunities to determine their strategy for the race and in this way have an advantage over the competition.

Check out this youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/GhostF1/videos

Someone has ghosted qualification of
Norris vs Ricciardo
Norris vs Max -- actually Norris had Max to the last turn for pole
Max vs Hamilton
Max vs Bottas

Interesting and fun to watch

The FIA has announced that the World Motor Sport Council has approved the introduction of Pirelli’s new rear tyre construction for the rest of the 2021 Formula 1 season.

After Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen suffered high-speed tyre blowouts at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Pirelli introduced a “more robust” rear tyre construction that was tested during practice at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Pirelli’s new rear tyres will officially debut at next weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

July 15 - new 2022 car reveal (officially, as up to now it's only been teasers and renderings).

I'm not finding Friday's quali for Saturday's sprint race on ESPN. Anyone knows where else to go/stream?

British Grand Prix
First Practice - Friday, July 16 - 9.25AM - ESPN U
Qualifying - Friday, July 16 - 12.55PM - ESPN2

Second Practice - Saturday, July 17 - 6.55AM - ESPN2
Sprint Qualifying - Saturday, July 17 - 11.25AM - ESPN2

Grand Prix Sunday - Sunday, July 18 - 8.30AM - ESPN
British Grand Prix - Sunday, July 18 - 9.55AM - ESPN

Eastern Daylight Time, I presume?

Thanks for this. Going to have to watch the sprint.

This I pulled from ESPN.CO.UK

Not certain the zone it is for. Seem comprehensive.

I don't want to drink the kool aid too soon, but that was...fun.

Max's brakes on fire at the start and kinda running for his life in the first lap. Seems like there was more action overall without being too sloppy like I feared.

Great quali for Mercs, MCL, and Alpine. Although VER got pole, Honda teams overall sucked.

HAM caught sleeping and made another excuse for losing a spot.
BOT facepalming after giving HAM a lift for pole only to lose it before the first corner. I gave you a nice toe :) but you didn’t nail it.
ALO deserves to be in a better car. He was fun to watch.
PER is just trying too hard, the pressure of securing his seat I guess.
MAZ' HAAS looks like this when he is inside......


[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ef25d244_o.jpgMAZ by Raf, on Flickr[/IMG]

:icon18:

overall the sprint was entertaining, regardless of what Hamilton did on the start,
I am getting close to giving this year to Red Bull and Max...
Simply they are more hunger for it, my 2 cents....
PER -- a bit of a disappointment, agree with you on the pressure... does funny things to a person....

See how todays race goes....
enjoy the race

What a race! Glad Charlie got on the podium, but wish he could have stayed in P1!

Hamilton drove in the zone and like a maniac to end it. Hats off.

Hope Max is OK. Looked woozy for a bit and needed someone holding him. My uninformed opinion is concussion related, but we shall see.

I am digging the sprint format.

Son told me impact may have been 51G, was a good race and Hamilton does what he does...

My only question, is that happen to letting them race? Two alpha drivers and neither one was going to back off, to me it's simply a racing incident....

The penalty seemed particularly well timed to allow Lewis to still win but make him earn it. Enjoyable race although wish LeClerc could have finished in front.

Hope Max is ok. I agree with most that it was a racing incident although I don't mind the penalty. With a bold attempt like that Lewis needs to give room if he doesn't quite make it. It sure felt like LeClerc was scared Lewis was about to do the same thing to him on that last pass and you know he'd rather get 2nd than a DNF.

I feel like if roles were reversed, Max would've been hit with a harder penalty.

Now the flood gates are open. The gloves are off and HAM pulled the trigger. If you can't beat him, send him to the wall. Shows how desperate he is. No more gentleman's agreement between the two. Can't wait for Hungary.

LMAO, do we want racing or not? In all other racing that would have been a racing incident. Lewis was all over Max before the incident and should have expected nothing less and he would have done the exact same thing. Max has the faster car and the championship lead, he is the hunted and need to be smarter. He should have given room and suffered the consequences and fought for the win later in the race!

Let these guys race!!!

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Yeah one or two turns before the incident I was saying to myself 'damn.. that's some great racing..' then boom. It seemed that Hamilton had gained enough on Max to earn space.. I wish they could have raced hard like that for longer than <1 lap.

I agree on Leclerc fearing another Hamilton smash near the end.. maybe Hamilton's strategy. Not saying he intended to crash Max out.. but used it against Leclerc when he could.

Sprint :thumbsdown:

No Marko and The Twit Horner would have SCREAMED for a racing incident LOL. They have no business talking about this at all.

Max was on the outside and crossed back onto the racing line to avoid exactly what happend to Charles.........running off the track. He didnt think LH was there and is equally at fault - so much for let them race on lap 1.

They were both very very aggressive entering a turn and LH was on the side just prior to the corner. Natural understeer for that corner is to the outside.

Max didnt want to yield or leave the track. LH was on the inside and drifted out and Max turned and they touched. LAP 1 Racing Incident. Too bad they didnt take each other out and let some other cool driver win!!

From another gent I converse with -

It’s obvious that Ham was at fault as he got a 10 second penalty. That’s not my point. My point is that Max could have avoided this incident completely, had he been thinking maturely and strategically about his priorities which should be to win the WDC. Instead he lost his head and defaulted to the usual immature Max attitude of having to win every battle at every race.

I don't agree that Lewis was at fault just because it was deemed so. That said they did their job by pissing everyone off! I totally agree with Max's lack of forward thinking and now him and his team look like a bunch of cry babies with their ridiculous comments.

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