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2021 Formula 1 Season Thread
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If you're a HAM/MB fan it will definitely go down as Bottas' best race...
Poor Lando. He was looking good for 3rd ...
Poor Lando. He was looking good for 3rd ...
Will be interesting to see how Toto views this. Could mean WRC Tour for Bottas in 2022 as well.
You can't say Bottas isn't a team player. 😂
You have to laugh at Bottas taking Verstappen out indirectly but I’m sure some will think it’s deliberate. It’s just an unfortunate consequence of misjudging the grip. Can’t really penalise him as I doubt he wanted to crash out.
Will be interesting to see if Red Bull can get the car working properly again under the red flag. Hopefully their mechanics and engineers are better run their PR department lol. This is looking like an interesting year finally after so much predictability.
Will be interesting to see if Red Bull can get the car working properly again under the red flag. Hopefully their mechanics and engineers are better run their PR department lol. This is looking like an interesting year finally after so much predictability.
it was clearly a big mistake by Bottas. Nothing deliberate.
Grid penalty definitely at Spa. Unlikely any points on his SL.
Five Place Grid Penalty for Bottas at Spa.
And a new contract with Mercedes, as well?
And a new contract with Mercedes, as well?
So good to hear these guys battling after so long
.Hamilton not happy on a block from Alonso but the 5Live commentators think it was fine. Unfortunately for Lewis he is the only driver on the grid that is not allowed to be frustrated on the radio without being labelled a ‘crybaby’
Hamilton through to 4th!!
Okay, how high can Lewis go now that he is past Alonso...
Surprised Vettel cannot get past Occon - the pit stop delay probably cost him the win.
Surprised Vettel cannot get past Occon - the pit stop delay probably cost him the win.
Anybody out there still think Lewis is mediocre and only performs well due to the car? I’ll head over to the Facebook comments for the absolute gems 
This race sounds awesome, can’t wait to see it later!
This race sounds awesome, can’t wait to see it later!
Congrats to Occon for the win. Shades of Olivier Panis at Monaco 1996.
Hard to honestly call this one a "great" race considering Botas' mistake effectively took out Verstappen and did take out Leclerc, Norris, Perez and himself so at that point Lewis really had no competition who could touch him. But it was a very interesting race.
Not sure why Mercedes decided not to pit Lewis with the rest of the field as even if he had come out mid-pack, he would have been able to take folks relatively quickly and I think won the race.
Also surprised the cars were not allowed to change off the Intermediates in the pits (I fast-forwarded through the Red Flag period).
Hard to honestly call this one a "great" race considering Botas' mistake effectively took out Verstappen and did take out Leclerc, Norris, Perez and himself so at that point Lewis really had no competition who could touch him. But it was a very interesting race.
Not sure why Mercedes decided not to pit Lewis with the rest of the field as even if he had come out mid-pack, he would have been able to take folks relatively quickly and I think won the race.
Also surprised the cars were not allowed to change off the Intermediates in the pits (I fast-forwarded through the Red Flag period).
Great race to watch. In the end, it was superb driving from Alonso that cost Lewis the win. Another couple of laps and he would have easily won the race.
You don’t often need all the best guys in the best cars to define a race as great. This gave some very talented guys an big opportunity in their usually inferior machines. Hamilton did what he needed to do and recovered well.
Congrats to Ocon, Hungary claims another drivers first F1 win!!
Congratulations to Esteban. Great job holding off Seb.
Best race of the year. Hopefully it continues after the break.
Fernando at 40. Best defensive drive of the season. 😉
Best race of the year. Hopefully it continues after the break.
Fernando at 40. Best defensive drive of the season. 😉
It was solely Lewis' decision whether to pit or not, there's no radio contact on the formation lap.
I'm sure they were allowed to change during the red flag, they just wanted to see what the track was like first.
With all that happened today, maybe it got lost that Russell got his first F1 points by finishing 9th. And also offered to sacrifice his race to help his teammate.
I do agree with Horner that the FIA needs to look at possible financial punishment for teams that cause a collision when there's a cost cap. Racing incident, yes. But Bottas' mistake has cost other teams a decent amount of their budgets today.
I do agree with Horner that the FIA needs to look at possible financial punishment for teams that cause a collision when there's a cost cap. Racing incident, yes. But Bottas' mistake has cost other teams a decent amount of their budgets today.