Championship showdown this weekend. Will Lewis win his eight title or will Max win his first? All will be revealed on Sunday.
TV Times:
Qualifying Live: 1PM. (Sky Sports)
Race Live: 1PM. (Sky Sports and Channel 4)
Bring! It! On!
Probably.
Open to correction but ..
The other point is that on similar tyres with back markers no chance. With no back markers better chance. With better tyres it was a done deal. Double whammy.
You could argue Red Bull had nothing to lose and everything to gain by Pitting, that's not true for Hamilton.
The decisions gave Max every advantage. Which he took with both hands. But tires make an enormous difference.
I have been following F1 for over 30 years, A number of years back myself and a friend ran a F1 website that was for a time number 1 in Europe and Ireland/UK and 3 in the world for news and information. We had Press access to every team and ran competitions with teams supplying us prizes including broken wheels and wings from Jordan in Monaco when crashed and other car parts. In all the years i have been watching that was an amazing finish to one of the best seasons in a log time.
No matter who you support then you cannot deny the drama and excitement, RedBull enjoy and well done to Max, Merc accept the loss and move on, there is always next year...
Wasn't it a sex shop that he actually ended up outside instead ?
Good to see you’re a different way.
Irish people are happy to see Max win because Lewis is a co ck as are a lot of non Irish people.
Ultimately the best driver won
Rubbish, the way it happened especially Totos epic meltdown makes Verstappens victory all the sweeter.
Shh, Susie doesn't know about that yet.
It was a landscaping business haha
So you care more about Toto's meltdown more than Max actually winning it.
Thank you for proving my point.
He will be the first caller on LiveLine tomorrow apparently.
Plenty of non Irish people are not 🐓s and plenty of Irish people are 🐓s. This isn't an "800 years" issue here.
I care about all of it, it was most enjoyable.
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Do people actually think every other team wouldn't do the same?
You’re not getting it. It’s nothing to do with English Irish BS. It’s to do with Lewis being an absolutely fake human being. He’s a disgusting human being.
So he wasn't saying "Michael noooooooo" - it was "talk to joooooooooooooe"
Toto's behaviour on race radio this year has swayed a lot of people, especially his childish behaviour today
In Baku when Max crashed, RB asked for a red flag to allow every one change tyres
Today Toto didn't want a SC when there was a car in a run off which required marshal's on track. Just let that sink in.
His ranting in the last few laps was pathetic.
Sun reporting that following today's result, Hamilton might retire.
Highly speculative, and terrible source, but still.
100% he'll be back to try for number 8. If things look a hit dodge after the regs change and there are more teams in the mix I think he will bow out.
Hamilton said something about 'we'll see about next year' during the interview at the end of the race, which is what I'm assuming they're going with.
Bit OTT that…
Hasn't he signed a contract extension for at least another 2 years?
I’m English, I think Lewis is a bit of a plum, likewise I think similar of max! The behaviour of both this year has been generally poor, I think a neutral would find it difficult to say who has been worse over the season.
I actually think Lewis is the better driver but that’s just opinion and it’s o be honest I am definitely a casual F1 viewer, so happy to be shot down here.
I just got back in to watching F1 again this year after a break of almost 15 years. Was mad in to it during the Jordan years and stopped watching when they bowed out. I have mostly enjoyed watching this year and the battle between Hamilton and Verstappen has reinvigorated my interest in the sport. My own thoughts on a couple of things:
The season - largely enjoyable and exciting. The championship going down to the wire has been a good thing for the sport. Not so much a Verstappen fan but I am glad he won. At the outset I was hoping someone would break Mercedes' hold on the championship. On the downside I think they need to look at the rules and penalties. The sport looks over regulated and it has been frustrating at times seeing the volume of steward calls and penalties being applied inconsistently deciding races, particularly towards the end. Also not sure if I am a fan of DRS.
The race - although it was obviously very dramatic it is a shame to see steward calls being the talk of a race yet again. I think they got the call on the first lap wrong and Hamilton should have had to give up the lead to Max. The ending with the safety car I don't know what to make of it. It's been debated to death already by people far better informed than me so really feel I have nothing to add other than say it was an unfortunate way to not just end a race but decide a championship. Hamilton from lap 2 onwards was the quicker driver and deserved to win on race pace. Mercedes possibly could have done better with their strategy but credit to Red Bull who took full advantage of the good luck they got. Credit to Perez also for the job he did holding Hamilton up.
I don't know why you're implying that I'm defending Toto here because I'm not. The SC call in particular was pathetic.
What I am saying is the indecision of the stewards has taken everything away from Max's win. Nobody is talking about that now and that is wrong in any sport.
Who doesn't want to give the sun a click. Their assessment is based on this interview
"I've felt great in the car in the past couple of months. We're still in the pandemic and I just want everyone to stay safe and spend Christmas with their families.
"We'll see about next year."
How is Hamilton a disgusting human being?
Can’t believe I’m on here defending Hamilton, but a disgusting human being? Seriously, what is wrong with some people. He’s a F1 driver and a very good one at that, how could someone you will never meet be so much in your head that you would say that? It truly baffles me how people get so worked about people they see on the tv a few times a year.
Toto won’t be speaking with the media tonight, no surprise I’d imagine he’s going absolutely nuclear
Will be first thing he will be asked in Melbourne
Emma Raducanu will win, won Us open in tennis as a qualifier.
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