F1 2021 Round 13: Dutch Grand Prix

Saw it on the onboard, it appeared he was warming his tyers and weaved left just as Latifi came last!

Might it have been enough to cause Latifi to react? I dunno. (It wasn’t noticeable from Latifis onboard I’ll admit)

Lovely stuff and I’m not sure but I think the crowd are happy about that.

Great job by Max.

Had he not improved his time then Hamilton would've match his time with his lap but stayed 2nd due to Max setting his time first.

Surprised how much time Lewis gained and Valtteri lost in sector 3 of those last laps. Did they manage to slow Bottas and get him in a position to give Hamilton a tow down that last straight without being too close the rest of the lap?

Love how the track looks and the on board footage is great. Q1 was a complete farce though, the current breed of F1 cars is really not suitable to classic tracks like this. Would have been incredible to see them racing on this circuit in proper F1 cars a decade or two ago.

Looks like the explanation for Lewis bigs gain in that sector was that Verstappen’s DRS failed. Doesn’t explain why Bottas was so slow but presumably he made a mistake or just backed off when it looked like he wouldn’t get Max.

Perez....

How is he not setting a time that's safe from elimination with his first lap??

Redbull a bit premature with the contract extension? I wonder do they have their own performance clause in his contract like Max has in his.

Old school track where mistakes are being punished .... We don't need any more runoffs the size of Kerry airport

Awesome lap by Max, he had more time but for the double upshift and DRS failure. Merc to split their strat as well at the front but if Max can get away quickly then he should be good. Although the last time Lewis and Max started on the front row...

Absolutely there is. There was the guts of a second in track evolution in Q1

Interesting, thanks.

Albon must be sick watching Tsunoda make a balls of it almost every week while he's watching from the garage. Have they confirmed Tsunoda for next year? Another year in another formula might be the best thing for him, assuming he has the talent.

Yet again RB has promoted a driver too soon and he's floundering. That car was good enough for 4th in Gasley's hands and Tsunoda made a balls of it.

An interesting challenge of Zandvoort: it’s by far the tightest pit-lane on the calendar. Only 40m available, compared to 60m in Monaco. Drivers talking about not being able to pit if the team beside them are.

https://www.racefans.net/2021/09/05/teams-braced-for-challenge-of-zandvoorts-tighter-than-monaco-pit-lane/

Given the gravel traps and lack of run-off, I’d say a safety car is pretty much nailed on which could cause absolute chaos in the pit lane.

You mad so instead of being in a competitive car he would go down to the second last best team on the grid. Yes they are improving and George Russell is doing amazing things in it but it would still be a downgrade. Gasly said himself over the weekend that he would like to get back to driving beside Max at Red Bull.

He’s completely right, too. Whatever happened previously if Gasly is given the opportunity to drive one of the top cars on the grid they he should grab it with both hands. As a driver you should always be looking for a better seat.

I could see him at Alpine at some stage post Alonso retirement, especially if they can nail the car with the new regs.

Didn’t know that! Gaslys in a pretty precarious position then. I’ve no doubt he’ll stay in F1 but will he be able to get a good drive outside of RB?

It was noticeable in the first season of D2S that Perez and Ocon couldn’t look eachother in the eye, there was clear animosity between them…. Ocon has always appeared to me to be a bit of a petulant little brat… so maybe having an even bigger petulant brat of a teammate in Alonso keeps him in check lol!!

Well at least it’s not raining so we will get a race which is good.

He’s very enthusiastic in fairness.

I am going to go with Lap 1.