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2021 Formula 1 Season Thread
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WHAT A RACE.
Congratulations to Max and the RB16/RA621H.
Mercedes had the better strategy. Great drive by Lewis. Just came up short.
I hope the 2022 Cars are significantly better in dirty air following.
On to Mexico.
Congratulations to Max and the RB16/RA621H.
Mercedes had the better strategy. Great drive by Lewis. Just came up short.
I hope the 2022 Cars are significantly better in dirty air following.
On to Mexico.
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Don't you think that Red Bull had the better pit stop and tire management strategy? Lewis was in the lead at the beginning, had the better start, but Max overcame after the pit stops.
The broadcasters tried to suggest more drama for the final laps but really Lewis couldn't get close enough to Max.
The broadcasters tried to suggest more drama for the final laps but really Lewis couldn't get close enough to Max.
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Max was my driver of the race for those last 4 laps! Literally by the width of a hair kept Lewis's DRS turned off.
Great race all round with some fantastic battles! Good track this US one, has overtaking chances and is nice and wide with good corners and elevations. Plus it punishes the tyres!
I said for the last race who wins that one can win the championship. A few races left though.
Great race all round with some fantastic battles! Good track this US one, has overtaking chances and is nice and wide with good corners and elevations. Plus it punishes the tyres!
I said for the last race who wins that one can win the championship. A few races left though.
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Wow Perez had no water to drink from lap 2! Poor fella that must have been hell in that heat. And he still brought it home to a third place.
I think that the physical demands of racing these 'cars' is far beyond what any of us can fully appreciate. The acceleration, deceleration, cornering g-loads are incredible. The in-car cameras are now finally giving us a small glimpse of what it's like, but that's just the tip of the iceberg, I think.
I haven’t seen it but Lewis is getting a massive amount of praise on my feeds. Guessing he drove pretty well? lol
No, I think Red Bull should have left Max and Sergio out 2-3 more laps.
Lewis had fresher tires the last lap. I just don’t think he had what it took today. I think he laid back a lap too long recharging for a last lap push and didn’t have it in him. He‘s not getting any younger.
Max demonstrated his tire management skills today. Lewis simply couldn’t get the job done. Mercedes gave him all the tools.
Class act by RBR to put Asaki on stage with Max again on the Podium.
the RA621H is a masterpiece. ?
Oh absolutely they alway have been. It's not the speed per se, it's the fact they do 180mph round corners! And are ridiculously responsive and the fact you HAVE to drive them hard, foot to the floor, to make all the components actually work properly.
It's great to see overall this year the real ubiquity has been pretty good too. Worst thing to see is a car fail. We had one this race but it seemed to be a suspension issue.
I like this track and the show they put in, I hope F1 visits it again. I know they've been very ambitious with wanting to hold a record number of races next year, I just hope Covid doesn't stop that again like it did this year. Mind you most teams thought they would all be out of a job and no racing would happen in 2020 when the world locked down.
He said “It was the most difficult race of his career” in a post race interview.
Interesting as they pretty much copied Mercedes strategy from one of the races at the beginning of the season.
They put Max out in front twice. In the end though Max just had it, fast enough to stop the DRS on the Merc.
Speaking of physical demands. Saw a bit of MotoGP today. Interesting that they have lean angles superimposed with a line when showing the drivers from the inbike camera. I can't believe that these guys are leaning close to 60 degrees!
Well, that was an interesting race. To me, in the latter laps, near the end, am not 100% sure Lewis was giving it his 'all'. Didn't even hear Bono with his usual, "Right Lewis, it's Hammer time...".
It almost felt as Lewis had already settled for 2nd, and would simply work on the next race to get back into the title fight.
Am not a Max fan. However, he did very well to not lose his composure and hang on till the chequered flag...
It almost felt as Lewis had already settled for 2nd, and would simply work on the next race to get back into the title fight.
Am not a Max fan. However, he did very well to not lose his composure and hang on till the chequered flag...
Races of late have become more strategy dependent than on track racing yes. Is always more exciting when more than one stop is needed. Was thinking the other day how about a new rule that each driver always had to use all three (dry) tyre compounds per race. Would certainly spice things up.
Or simplify further. One dry and one wet tyre type. Everyone gets two sets of each to use whenever they want.
No love for Mexico? Usually a RBR track, but really surprised to see a Mercedes 1-2 in qualifying. Had to wait for the rerun this morning. The race is on at midnight. Not great, but I’m off work again tomorrow, so at least it’s not too bad.
Hoping Lewis can close the gap. A couple of points difference going into the last race is the dream.
Hoping Lewis can close the gap. A couple of points difference going into the last race is the dream.
The start was brilliant for Max, removed the possibility of a scrap if Lewis had been in front of Max after the first lap. Less drama than we would otherwise have seen but a deserved win for Red Bull.
Great race for Perez, on the podium. Too bad he couldn't overtake Lewis for second!
Shame that Valtteri was bumped down so far, relegated to a last lap effort to get fastest lap - congrats for that!
Great race for Perez, on the podium. Too bad he couldn't overtake Lewis for second!
Shame that Valtteri was bumped down so far, relegated to a last lap effort to get fastest lap - congrats for that!
Text book for Max, that start! Mercedes left that hole wiidddeee open for him. Sergio said he could actually hear the crowd when he drove through those centre part corners with the grandstand around it! That's mad, shame he couldn't quite get the second place.
But man this is beginning to shape up to the finish we all want, right down to the wire..
Sad Botas got swiped then spent most of the race behind the guy who hit him!
Oh cool they've got the winning car in front of the podium. Hope it doesn't get sprayed with Champaign too much lol.
But man this is beginning to shape up to the finish we all want, right down to the wire..
Sad Botas got swiped then spent most of the race behind the guy who hit him!
Oh cool they've got the winning car in front of the podium. Hope it doesn't get sprayed with Champaign too much lol.