Formula 1 2021

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Hamilton now on his rear bumper lap 34/66

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Norris up to 9th. 

[Goofyboy 3293]

Lewis is waiting for a mistake by Max. Long game.

[52-80 19205]

21 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

How awesome would it be to be the safety car driver? Getting paid to drive an AMG around a F1 circuit.

and get yelled at by the drivers for going too slow

 

 

 

possibly the coolest ever

 

 

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Ocon seems pretty solid today, all alone in 8th, for now but Norris is creeping on him.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

2 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

Lewis is waiting for a mistake by Max. Long game.

I thought that too when the announcers mentioned that Hamilton's charge had stalled, for now.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Hamilton into pit.

[TonyTexas 10518]

4 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

Lewis is waiting for a mistake by Max. Long game.

Don’t think he’ll need a mistake. 

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

now it gets interesting. Will Max stay out to the end? 22 laps to go.

[Jive Turkey 12630]

"at this rate, you'll catch him on the last lap"

this gunna get good.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

I'd like Max to hold on

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Will Hamilton's tires start to lose a bit towards the end?

[Goofyboy 3293]

Norris slowing up Sainz.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

A bit strange by Bottas.

[Goofyboy 3293]

If he (Bottas) ignored team orders, I’d replace him with Russel.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Kind of an invisible day for Aston.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Both right rears for Hamilton and Max look a bit yucky.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

9 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Will Hamilton's tires start to lose a bit towards the end?

Lewis just mentioned it, 58/66, and they responded that Max will have less tire left.

[TonyTexas 10518]

4 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

Kind of an invisible day for Aston.

They have really gone backwards this year. At the rear of mid field teams. 

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Hamilton like a shark just waiting.

[RPM 26327]

Hamilton P1

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Mercedes is just too good.

[Goofyboy 3293]

Get in there Lewis!!!

[RPM 26327]

Just now, PittsburghTiger said:

Mercedes is just too good.

We'll see next year when they can't outspend everyone else.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

1 minute ago, RPM said:

We'll see next year when they can't outspend everyone else.

Oh you won't get an argument from me concerning the $$$ spent. I like Mercedes but, and on the record saying I can't root for an English driver in a German car. I am also on the record saying I want competition, all through the field. It's not good when a team can spend $200,000,000 more than anyone else.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Very quiet, but successful day for McLaren.

[Goofyboy 3293]

Get in there Lewis!!!

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

No points for Aston.

[52-80 19205]

100 poles, 98 wins, nobody is touching this motherfucker for a long time

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Mercedes is too too good.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

Spending cap can't come soon enough.

[Goofyboy 3293]

If you’re Lewis and Toto... do you joint “retire” this year at the top? Do you pull an Alanso / Vettle and drop down for a big paycheck? Or, do you stay and see if you can continue to dominate?

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Spending cap can't come soon enough.

It’s already in effect.

[PittsburghTiger 6192]

2 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

It’s already in effect.

Well, yeah. I should have said, "spending cap effects can't come soon enough".

They have had such an incredible lead with their cars that one year of the cap isn't going to even up things.

[wood 11230]

Awful strategy (or apparent lack thereof) by Alpine, for both Ocon and Alonso. Wow.

[Buzzrock 14935]

Hamilton like a shark just waiting.

More like The Terminator. He will not stop, ever.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Oh man, I just realized we have to deal with Mazepin at Monaco. That might be bad.

[pops 7005]

Just now, Anton Chigurh said:

Oh man, I just realized we have to deal with Mazepin at Monaco. That might be bad.

Hopefully he is suspended by then. Hass should be embarrassed that this is what they are putting on the grid. 

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

15 minutes ago, pops said:

Hopefully he is suspended by then. Hass should be embarrassed that this is what they are putting on the grid. 

Covid/F1 really screwed the small teams by pushing back the car changes a year. 
 

It’s a lame duck season and they really don’t have a choice except to simply accept it. F1 should have given them an extra token or something to use this year only. (Williams/Haas)

[wood 11230]

15 minutes ago, pops said:

Hopefully he is suspended by then. Hass should be embarrassed that this is what they are putting on the grid. 

Their last driver pairing was the worst in F1, & that didn't stop 'em. I've never warmed to this team, as I felt early on that they were pretenders at best. They're just a sad, sad joke.

[Bone3421 716]

Welp, good season...everyone go ahead and congratulate Hamilton on breaking the most championship's record

[faps 806]

Why not pit Max just few laps after Lewis' stop and put him on softs? Max could at least try to chase Lewis down instead of being a sitting duck on much older mediums. 

https://racingnews365.com/marko-red-bull-did-consider-soft-tyre-switch-for-verstappen

Edited May 9, 2021 by faps
Looks like they did consider it

[ChickenSandwich 9843]

His only shot

would have been to pit the following lap and hope he could pass. Bottas wasn’t going to just let him by either. Would have been close but they basically had 80seconds to make the call. Well played by Merc and made possible by Bottas in 3rd and Perez out of the picture. 
 

They had the long run covered while Lewis tried to chase down Max on a shorter run. 

[RPM 26327]

20 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

His only shot would have been to pit the following lap and hope he could pass.

This. After that lap went by they were screwed. 

[wood 11230]

1 hour ago, ChickenSandwich said:

His only shot

would have been to pit the following lap and hope he could pass. Bottas wasn’t going to just let him by either. Would have been close but they basically had 80seconds to make the call. Well played by Merc and made possible by Bottas in 3rd and Perez out of the picture. 
 

They had the long run covered while Lewis tried to chase down Max on a shorter run. 

Yep. But even then, the Merc is too quick in race trim. The F1 press keeps trying to sell the premise that RBR is quicker or at least as quick, but that dog ain't gonna hunt.

[Goofyboy 3293]

Yep. But even then, the Merc is too quick in race trim. The F1 press keeps trying to sell the premise that RBR is quicker or at least as quick, but that dog ain't gonna hunt.

Agree. The Merc with Hamilton driving is the fastest out there.

[wood 11230]

23 minutes ago, Goofyboy said:

Agree. The Merc with Hamilton driving is the fastest out there.

Yep. Put a driver with a pulse in that other seat, & then we could have some fun.

[VABuckeye 2472]

7 hours ago, faps said:

Why not pit Max just few laps after Lewis' stop and put him on softs? Max could at least try to chase Lewis down instead of being a sitting duck on much older mediums. 

https://racingnews365.com/marko-red-bull-did-consider-soft-tyre-switch-for-verstappen

Why not pit him immediately on the next lap and put on softs?  He had the 22 second advantage and would have come out neck and neck with Hamilton. Red Bull is now becoming fucking Ferrari with their terrible tactical decisions.  Instead of acting they said “Hungary” over the radio. Guess what Horner?  The exact same fucking thing happened in Hungary.  God, I can’t stand ineptness. 

[VABuckeye 2472]

Really solid race by LeClerc today.  He was prepared to make those mediums last 40 plus laps and only took the final pit because he’d built such an advantage.  

[utee94 15835]

I used to think Bottas was a really good driver.  Now it seems apparent he's just an average dude in a great car with a great team.