F1 2021 Round 10 : Silverstone

Right or wrong thats the rules, red bull would do the same.

Max's onboard is fairly clear-cut. You even see him steer left to avoid the impact. Max's radio afterwards shows he was clearly in pain.

Lewis on the radio saying he is proud of the win. He afterwards claims to have been ahead at the time of the impact. How can he possibly be ahead when the front tire impacts the rear of the other car? Only Lewis could be "Proud" of winning that...

The FIA obviously thought Lewis was at fault, hence the penalty. But 10 seconds, in a car that's much faster than anyone around him (except Bottas) is a joke. It should have been a 10 second stop and go. They definitely need to tweak the rule about making changes to the car during a red flag. It was an extra bonus for him.

So todays lesson is if you want to remove your competition make sure you fcuk it to red flag levels for maximum profit.

That’s horrible to watch, seeing someone in pain like that and the guy who caused it celebrating. The FIA really should have come down hard or someone will be more seriously hurt next time.

So Hamilton feels there is no need for Max to be so agressive, but for himself there is nothing that is going to stop him from being agressive.

Suppose there should be blue flags all around when there are no team orders.

Yup - I'm no big fan of Hamilton and his off-track shenanigans, but the level of hatred in here is disproportionate - compounded with the people going around with raging hard-ons for Max.

Calling it an "intentional punt" is downright idiotic, end of it. Nobody wants to make contact in Copse as you have no idea how it's going to end up; Horner saying it's not an "overtaking spot" is ridiculous (F1 drivers have ALWAYS overtaken at Copse) and Marko...well, "pathetic" doesn't even describe it. I guess some people really think Hamilton should be taken around the back and shot - or something like that.

In any case, this was long time coming and it's likely not the last time. Every time these two have been near one another on track, until now, it has been Hamilton to be the one to lift off and comply; it was guaranteed that sooner rather than later, he would NOT.

Now, Red Bull has a superior car and Mercedes clearly have some issues of their own with tyre wear and consistency (they couldn't even keep up with Leclerc in the first stint), so unless something major happens during the summer break, Verstappen is going to run away with it in the later season; But if him and Hamilton get closer again, expect some additional fireworks.

Hard to imagine he could have left the door any more open though, Hamilton had about two car widths from the apex and didn’t use that space. He was also way behind - his front wheel only in line with Verstappens rear.

Red Bulls would be best immediately heading for the run off and leaving Hamilton the whole road.

Lewis was very good at spinning Albon if Albon dared get within range.

Im actually loving all these salty posters. Max is the most aggressive driver on the grid and has pushed Lewis off at least 3 times this season. Lewis usually back off when max dives in. Anyways just 8 points in it now looking forward to Hungary!

Yeah I don’t understand why so many people are acting like this isn’t entirely Hamilton’s modus operandi when people actually race him. He did it with Rosberg plenty of times but Nico was generally compliant and jumped off the road - they collided when he didn’t. And back in his McLaren days he had more incidents than you can count with people like Webber and Massa.

The big difference is this is the first time I can recall him doing it at such a high speed corner, which put his rival in the hospital.

Not the first time Hamilton has benefitted hugely during a red flag this season…. Didn’t he go into the gravel and damage his front wing in Imola? And get to both repair the damage, and unlap himself because if the Bottas/Russel bump which happened seconds later.

What I see from this season so far is that Merc have had some massive slices of luck, while at the same time the real bad luck has hit RB…. Yet at the summer break RB still lead both the drivers and constructors championship!

Even the commentary described it as a stop go, saying it would cost him 30 seconds.