F1 2021 Round 4 : Spanish Grand Prix

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Well once he got there that was very easy

klose

Boo

artanevilla

And he's gone.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Hamilton to go handy but pass Verstappen around lap 60.

Called it. :P

Itssoeasy

Easy.

namloc1980

Harika wrote: »

First they have to overtake

And did so easily. Masterclass by Merc today.

Tzardine

VER to box, and then fingers crossed for an immediate safety car.

klose

TheDoctor wrote: »

Does Russell have a shot at 10th?

Wtf now has a 14th?

McFly85

I feel for Max, for years now he’s essentially been a one man team.

dmakc

Formula tyre management

Tzardine

Seems like business as usual for the rest of the season.

HAM finishing almost 30 seconds ahead of P2.

Cool_CM

Hats off to Lewis and Mercedes. Jaysus that huge midfield battle

namloc1980

namloc1980 wrote: »

And did so easily. Masterclass by Merc today.

TBH they had a lot of pace in hand. If ya look at when Verstappen pitted first time around Hamilton was all over his gearbox coming out of the second-last corner, likely would have got Verstappen down the straight. Even just look at how Hamilton closed up after the first stop when he had clear air. Red Bull are flattering to deceive in qualifying, Mercedes still have race pace in hand.

Inquitus

Red Bull have done this to themselves, 100% their own fault, they had a car that could have won the race and they fluffed it.

MadYaker

Potentially dangerous from Stroll on Gasly there

Charlie-Bravo

Tzardine wrote: »

Seems like business as usual for the rest of the season.

HAM finishing almost 30 seconds ahead of P2.

I may as well do something else than watch these races if it'll be completely dominated by Merc for the rest of the year.

Inquitus

Inquitus wrote: »

Red Bull have done this to themselves, 100% their own fault, they had a car that could have won the race and they fluffed it.

What should they have done?

2011

Fantastic strategy by the Mercedes team again. Very frustrating the way Redbull let Max down again with poor strategy:(

Tzardine

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

I may as well do something else than watch these races if it'll be completely dominated by Merc for the rest of the year.

I feel the same. I dont see myself investing a lot of time in it this year. It already seems to be a foregone conclusion.

Fingers crossed the new cars next year will change it up.

klose

Fcuk off bono you bore

Itssoeasy

Well that was different.

namloc1980

Normal service has very much resumed.

Itssoeasy

Hopefully Monaco and it’s severe lack of overtaking might help if max can get ahead.

namloc1980

klose wrote: »

Fcuk off bono you bore

"Get in Lewis"!!!

Santan

Have red bull poached some Ferrari strategists by mistake, for years they made great decisions, but not so lately

2011

2011 wrote: »

Fantastic strategy by the Mercedes team again. Very frustrating the way Redbull let Max down again with poor strategy:(

What could/should they have done?

They pitted Verstappen when his tyres were shot and Hamilton looked like he could do him down the straight.

Charlie-Bravo

Get in there Lewis. You can't deny the class act Merc pulled today.

Alas, see you next year lads.

Joeface

They really caught Redbull asleep and they had no answer for it.
Hamilton is a machine really in that car . at least it made it Entertaining .

quokula

Excellent drive from Verstappen but the Merc just has far too much pace. No possible way to win in that Red Bull, it was an extraordinary effort to make it look competitive for so long.

Inquitus

Not having a decent 2nd driver is absolutely killing Red Bull this year to date. I love Checho, but he really needs to up his game and make this a 2 v 2 competition not a constant 2 v 1 which gives Mercedes all the extra strategy options.

McFly85

Once again, thank god for Max Verstappen. Phenomenal drive considering what he was up against. Great start and kept it interesting for a while. Merc had their strategy on point today, but I still feel had Max pitted again after Lewis the Merc was far more comfortable on the mediums.

Looking like a bit of a procession for Lewis 8th title, shame, for a while there it looked like an actual competition might break out.

TheQ_Man

The second red bull seat has been jinxed for a while now.

Inquitus

McFly85 wrote: »

Once again, thank god for Max Verstappen. Phenomenal drive considering what he was up against. Great start and kept it interesting for a while. Merc had their strategy on point today, but I still feel had Max pitted again after Lewis the Merc was far more comfortable on the mediums.

Looking like a bit of a procession for Lewis 8th title, shame, for a while there it looked like an actual competition might break out.

It is a track that historically favours Mercedes, so all may not be lost, Monaco will be the same as it has been for the last 30 years whoever qualifies on Pole will win and then we'll get into some real racing at the tracks after that Baku, Canada and France.

Tzardine

TheQ_Man wrote: »

The second red bull seat has been jinxed for a while now.

I dont think the seat is jinxed. I think it is just that VER is in a different class and is able to really outperform anybody else in the same car.

Burkie1203

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What could/should they have done?

They pitted Verstappen when his tyres were shot and Hamilton looked like he could do him down the straight.

One lap after Hamilton pitted for 2nd time they should have brought Max in. They had just enough of a window. Once he stayed out 2 laps, the race was decided.

TheQ_Man

Inquitus wrote: »

It is a track that historically favours Mercedes, so all may not be lost, Monaco will be the same as it has been for the last 30 years whoever qualifies on Pole will win and then we'll get into some real racing at the tracks after that Baku, Canada and France.

Canada isn’t happening

Burkie1203

Inquitus wrote: »

It is a track that historically favours Mercedes, so all may not be lost, Monaco will be the same as it has been for the last 30 years whoever qualifies on Pole will win and then we'll get into some real racing at the tracks after that Baku, Canada and France.

Canada was cancelled

Inquitus

TheQ_Man wrote: »

Canada isn’t happening

Good point, wherever it will be it won't be Barcelona, and it won't be Monaco, that's got to have something going for it!

namloc1980

HAM VER BOT for the 3rd out of 4 races this year.

Burkie1203

Burkie1203 wrote: »

One lap after Hamilton pitted for 2nd time they should have brought Max in. They had just enough of a window. Once he stayed out 2 laps, the race was decided.

I haven't the race recorded but I'm pretty sure Hamilton was less than a second behind when he pitted and gained over a second on his out-lap.

namloc1980

Apparently this is Hamilton's best start to any of his seasons in F1. :pac: So much for it being close!

McFly85

Burkie1203 wrote: »

One lap after Hamilton pitted for 2nd time they should have brought Max in. They had just enough of a window. Once he stayed out 2 laps, the race was decided.

Just heard that RB only had softs, so it’s arguable that Lewis would have caught him anyway.

Santan

McFly85 wrote: »

Just heard that RB only had softs, so it’s arguable that Lewis would have caught him anyway.

Ok that makes a lot more sense of what happened today then

Doctors room ghost

Hamilton is the Donegal footballers of formula one.

skipper_G

On the face of it yes its just another Hamilton and Mercedes win but that was more interesting than people are suggesting

Doctors room ghost

skipper_G wrote: »

On the face of it yes its just another Hamilton and Mercedes win but that was more interesting than people are suggesting

A Donegal fan would say 600 handpasses in a game was interesting too. The rest of the country wouldn’t though

McFly85

skipper_G wrote: »

On the face of it yes its just another Hamilton and Mercedes win but that was more interesting than people are suggesting

It was because of Max’s start, but there was an air of inevitability about it all

Joeface

^^^ oh yeah it was definitely one of the more interesting Races , Watch the gap close to the front and then flick to the Alonso DRS train for some other entertainment .

There were some nice battles going on the track . between different groups for most of the race.

namloc1980

skipper_G wrote: »

On the face of it yes its just another Hamilton and Mercedes win but that was more interesting than people are suggesting

If Hungary 2019 hadn't happened then yes. RB caught flatfooted again and had no response in a similar situation - even Horner mentioned it in the radio "this could be Hungary all over again".

flazio

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Hamilton is the Donegal footballers of formula one.

More like Dublin wouldn't you think?

As a neutral I found that great fun to follow.
Charles, just sneak over to C4 this could take a while.