2022 Formula One British Grand Prix

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Silverstone is the site of the tenth race on the 2022 F1 calendar, with Red Bull and Max Verstappen looking dominant and two British drivers for Mercedes feeling optimistic.

A late safety car last time out in Canada looked to be the best hope for Max Verstappen's domination to be threatened, but even that wasn't enough to upset the reigning world champion.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was following Verstappen closely through the closing laps in Montreal, but Verstappen looked as poised as ever and held off the Ferrari threat. That battle seems like a microcosm of how the season is currently unfolding.

Verstappen now holds a 46-point lead over Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in the driver's championship. It's a commanding lead, but Leclerc will bring a power unit to Silverstone that is only one race old, so this will be a great opportunity to narrow the points gap.

A DNF from Sergio Perez of Red Bull at the Canadian GP helped narrow the constructor's gap, but Red Bull is still 76 points ahead of Ferrari.

Mercedes' two British drivers will be hoping to carry momentum from Canada into their home Grand Prix this weekend. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell took third and fourth last race, respectively. It has been a challenging year for the Mercedes team, who had won eight straight constructor's championships entering 2022, but have yet to find the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari.

Russell is having an outstanding year in his first full-time seat in a competitive car, and finds himself ahead of Sainz in the driver's standings. This is an impressive feat and is largely due to his consistency in placing in the top five in each race so far this season.

Further down the order, the tight battle between McLaren, Alpine and Alfa Romeo continues. Alpine and Alfa Romeo claimed the sixth through ninth finishes in Canada, while a botched pit stop for McLaren held drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo back at a critical point in the race.

Entering the British Grand Prix, there are still lots of questions left unanswered that will shape the remainder of the season. Are Red Bull's reliability issues enough to threaten their driver's and constructor's leads? Will Leclerc's upgrade help him close the gap to Verstappen? Will Mercedes' strong showing at Canada carry forward to Silverstone?

Let us know your thoughts on these matters or anything else F1 related in the comments below.

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Okay, ummm

Dude, stop trolling, lol. They are both world class drivers and have made mistakes. LH also made plenty last season. They both got better, calmer and more calculated on track as their careers progressed. The fact is, LH had such a long career and MV is already on or around his level and has still so much time to 'grow or 'mature' or what have you.

Just cherry picking 2 examples and then concluding MV is folding under pressure, lol.


But hey, if you view it differently from me. That's fine.
 
What do you mean stop trolling? Everyone on this site is on Hamilton all the time trying to diminish what he's done in the sport, and on top of that (like the rest of F1) trying to pit him against Verstappen as if he's is the greatest rival in Hamilton's career, he's not and I'm sure that Hamilton feels that way. My last comment was the exact truth period. And yes Lewis made mistakes last season, but - "Still I Rise". He fought back, he course corrected himself and got even in points but had his 8th WDC taken away by someone who broke the rules, and by people who allowed it to happen. So In the end the mistakes he and his team made meant nothing because they fixed them in time.
 
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Oh look who is back!

You are right, he shouldnt worry about Verstappen, he can't touch him this season so far! He should worry about Russell though, he might be yet another teammate that beat him in the same car over a year :)
 
I don't know. I mean since they have gotten the package the way that they want Lewis has shown more with the car than his teammate. I mean even when Lewis was languishing with the bouncing he at least finished every race without incedent. Now he looks strong again with two great performances in a row. Last two races he's beat young George in qualifying, and in the race, with one drive being a podium over a Ferrari.

Worry, I don't think so..... He might need to pray for engine problems for Lewis. I mean it worked for Rosberg.
 
Sad that you cancelled everyone of us.

Some of us are real car enthusiasts. And it makes us sad that you say otherwise.

Sad that you left before you hear the rest of us agreeing with you.
And even trying to make their voices heard about Latifi getting death threats FOR HAVING LEBANESE IRANIAN origins.

Sad that neither you nor the millions said anything when Mahaveer was made to look like a joke and a meme among F1 fans, starting from his Indian accent and not ending with the way he moves his head.

I care about Hamilton. I think he is a nice driver (who knows if honest or playing compassion game, I just see him as nice at times). And he is a GREAT driver. And my dream is that he gives me the honor of an hour of practice.

But again, this doesn't mean that he's privileged or that he matters more than everybody else, eastern or western, old "archaic" or young.

Sad that you left and you won't listen to this.



BIG EDIT: I have only finished reading CMGARAGE two VERY LONG posts and there is a third, longer one, and there is a third page. It's almost impossible at this point to read everything, so god knows, but in short it sounds personal about two members, namely about silencing them. And maybe he wants to ask everyone to leave RD in the next comments page.
:laugh: What is that mate? So surprising! to say the least. Let everyone say what he wants mate. It's the F1 weekend now.

I want to reply specifically to your post, line by line, because you seem to misunderstand my statement, just to clear the air:

"Sad that you cancelled everyone of us."
I didn't "cancel" anyone; I don't have that power nor do I want to. I just said I won't participate in this week's F1 thread, as is my right, since it went off the rails in less than 5 posts. Me not reading your posts does not affect you or anyone else (I still read them all anyways). I contributed to multiple threads on RD this weekend, just not this one (again, my right).

"Some of us are real car enthusiasts. And it makes us sad that you say otherwise."
I said: "sorry to say, as I like talking about the race with supposed racing fans"...nothing in that statement says I think you're not a car enthusiast or racing fan (two separate things by the way). I'm all about talking about that stuff...but go and read the first page and tell me how much actual car and racing stuff was being discussed...that's where the "supposed" part came in...it was all character attacks and nothing about cars or actual racing.

"Sad that you left before you hear the rest of us agreeing with you.
And even trying to make their voices heard about Latifi getting death threats FOR HAVING LEBANESE IRANIAN origins.

Sad that neither you nor the millions said anything when Mahaveer was made to look like a joke and a meme among F1 fans, starting from his Indian accent and not ending with the way he moves his head."

When did defending one driver being insulted racially means that I don't care about Latifi or Mahaveer or anyone else being insulted or threatened? Do you not see the level of assumptions in your statement? Implying that I saw all of this and didn't care? I can't stand racism or prejudice in all forms, against any person, period. Furthermore, there was ZERO mention of Latifi's death threat in this thread before I posted...so what "voice trying to be heard" did I miss exactly? Please show me the post that talks about it. For the record, I've been against all the hate Latifi got and continues to get since Abu Dhabi...he made a mistake as all drivers do, nothing more, nothing less.

"I care about Hamilton. I think he is a nice driver (who knows if honest or playing compassion game, I just see him as nice at times). And he is a GREAT driver. And my dream is that he gives me the honor of an hour of practice."
Cool lol

"But again, this doesn't mean that he's privileged or that he matters more than everybody else, eastern or western, old "archaic" or young."
This sounds almost like the "Black Lives Matter somehow equals other lives don't matter" madness again...Me calling out prejudice/racism directed to one person, doesn't not mean I am okay with prejudice/racism for other people. I never said he matters more and AFAIK he's never said that either. The issue is whenever Hamilton, or someone that stands with him, mentions problems with race relations/opportunities/death threats/etc...it's always met with "what about-isms"...but watch this:

Anyone noticed that RD immediately stood in support against the war in Ukraine (poor people dying for no good reason...for months), which I fully support RD for...and generally it's viewed as a humanitarian gesture? All the similar mods/skins/etc that came out was also generally met with the same support, backed by RD and also viewed as humanitarian (again, I agree with all this!)...

...but when all the cell phone footage of the USA murders of black people happened (poor people dying for no good reason...for centuries at this point) and the BLM movement started, almost immediately some people struck back with "...what about non-black lives? Don't they matter too? ALL LIVES MATTER!"...Many RD members in many threads (namely F1 threads) echoed this sentiment and also got upset with Hamilton, BLM supporters and anyone in F1 that really stood with them publicly (guys like Vettel, as opposed to some other drivers that said vague one-time soundbites...somehow their authenticity is never questioned) for bringing "politics" to their sport, to their source of leisure/entertainment. Just ask yourself: how is standing against senseless killing of one group of people is generally viewed as humanitarianism, but standing against the other is to be despised, ridiculed and distorted to somehow mean black lives are superior than other lives? That's all I'm saying...fair is fair.

Hopefully @azaralamouri you can now understand my point of view. I expect people will attack what I've said, but hopefully most will read it in the spirit of mutual understanding and tolerance.
 
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Azaralamouri you're very quick to throw accusations of prejudice around and Brandon has answered your post so let's close this now, and hopefully get back on topic.
 
I don't know. I mean since they have gotten the package the way that they want Lewis has shown more with the car than his teammate. I mean even when Lewis was languishing with the bouncing he at least finished every race without incedent. Now he looks strong again with two great performances in a row. Last two races he's beat young George in qualifying, and in the race, with one drive being a podium over a Ferrari.

Worry, I don't think so..... He might need to pray for engine problems for Lewis. I mean it worked for Rosberg.
I think it's pretty stupid to write off Lewis at this early point of the season as we count the points together at the end. That said, until Silverstone George was alot more consistent - maybe also a bit more lucky - compared to Lewis while finishing every race is the top five. Lewis has been pretty unconsitent not just due to bad luck but due to getting into problems caused by poor qualifying performances compared to Russel. And if you watched not just the races and qualyfing sessions but also practice sessions you might have noticed that George is a tad faster than Lewis and more on point. In Canada George was the faster driver during Q3 being over a second faster in the same car, on the same tyres in the same lap during the same conditions. The only thing that cost him to finish better than Lewis was to send him out on slicks. Ofcourse it's his own fault, but Mercedes sending him out was equaly stupid.

As for Nico Rosberg and his title: I don't like what he has become with his business mindset and promoting electric vehicles whenever possible, but 2016 he beat Lewis fair and square and deserved the title after two years of bad luck. People will allways pull out the engine failure but forget that Lewis had a pretty poor start to the eason due to being simply not as fast as Rosberg. You don't win or loose title due to one single event. It's called a season for a reason. Maybe you also forgot that Lewis took out Rosberg while trying to overtake him on the grass? In the same way I could argue that Lewis lost the title in the gravel trap at Barcelona.
 
I think it's pretty stupid to write off Lewis at this early point of the season as we count the points together at the end. That said, until Silverstone George was alot more consistent - maybe also a bit more lucky - compared to Lewis while finishing every race is the top five. Lewis has been pretty unconsitent not just due to bad luck but due to getting into problems caused by poor qualifying performances compared to Russel. And if you watched not just the races and qualyfing sessions but also practice sessions you might have noticed that George is a tad faster than Lewis and more on point. In Canada George was the faster driver during Q3 being over a second faster in the same car, on the same tyres in the same lap during the same conditions. The only thing that cost him to finish better than Lewis was to send him out on slicks. Ofcourse it's his own fault, but Mercedes sending him out was equaly stupid.

As for Nico Rosberg and his title: I don't like what he has become with his business mindset and promoting electric vehicles whenever possible, but 2016 he beat Lewis fair and square and deserved the title after two years of bad luck. People will allways pull out the engine failure but forget that Lewis had a pretty poor start to the eason due to being simply not as fast as Rosberg. You don't win or loose title due to one single event. It's called a season for a reason. Maybe you also forgot that Lewis took out Rosberg while trying to overtake him on the grass? In the same way I could argue that Lewis lost the title in the gravel trap at Barcelona.
I don't deny any of your points with Hamilton this season so far, but every driver doesn't thrive under the same sets of circumstances as another and yes Russell seemed to handle the nature of the bouncing car better then Hamilton. It's a fact and that is fine, but now they have ironed those issues out and Lewis looks much more comfortable in the car as is apparent from the past two races in both qualifying, and in the race.

As far as Rosberg goes everyone has an opinion simply because it is in relation to the man, the myth, the legend Hamilton. BUT many feel that Rosberg was helped by engine problems within the team - including Wolff himself. Some even surmise that giving him a championship was a way of getting him off the team so that they could move forward, as he may have been planning to leave anyway, but we'll never know. I take nothing away from Rosberg though because he fought tough and did what any driver should do in any race - his job. You can see that he holds that victory as the greatest accomplishment in his career and talks about it quite often, Button talks about it as well, and they should be proud of something like that because it is a big thing.

It's funny though that Rosberg is retired, and has been for some time now but he still talks about Lewis on any platform he can, whether it is Youtube, TV telecasts, or social media, while Lewis seems to have forgotten that he ever existed. He even followed Lewis into Extreme E for pete's sakes. It is as though without some form of competition with his old childhood friend he isn't a complete person or something.
 
I don't deny any of your points with Hamilton this season so far, but every driver doesn't thrive under the same sets of circumstances as another and yes Russell seemed to handle the nature of the bouncing car better then Hamilton. It's a fact and that is fine, but now they have ironed those issues out and Lewis looks much more comfortable in the car as is apparent from the past two races in both qualifying, and in the race.

As far as Rosberg goes everyone has an opinion simply because it is in relation to the man, the myth, the legend Hamilton. BUT many feel that Rosberg was helped by engine problems within the team - including Wolff himself. Some even surmise that giving him a championship was a way of getting him off the team so that they could move forward, as he may have been planning to leave anyway, but we'll never know. I take nothing away from Rosberg though because he fought tough and did what any driver should do in any race - his job. You can see that he holds that victory as the greatest accomplishment in his career and talks about it quite often, Button talks about it as well, and they should be proud of something like that because it is a big thing.

It's funny though that Rosberg is retired, and has been for some time now but he still talks about Lewis on any platform he can, whether it is Youtube, TV telecasts, or social media, while Lewis seems to have forgotten that he ever existed. He even followed Lewis into Extreme E for pete's sakes. It is as though without some form of competition with his old childhood friend he isn't a complete person or something.
Don't worry, once Lewis retires, he will also be quickly forgotten by those who stay on the track, it happens to every one of them, no matter how big they are before they retire. So no, i don't see that as some "rivalry for the ages" that Rosberg misses. He talks about Lewis because he is asked about him, because he is still in it.

In fact, if it wasn't for the english press and Toto crying and wailing about it all the time, he would get as much atention this year as he trully deserves. As an also ran that is trailing his teammate in results and is not even in the title fight at least until now.
 
Don't worry, once Lewis retires, he will also be quickly forgotten by those who stay on the track, it happens to every one of them, no matter how big they are before they retire. So no, i don't see that as some "rivalry for the ages" that Rosberg misses. He talks about Lewis because he is asked about him, because he is still in it.

In fact, if it wasn't for the english press and Toto crying and wailing about it all the time, he would get as much atention this year as he trully deserves. As an also ran that is trailing his teammate in results and is not even in the title fight at least until now.
If you ask me I think he is not even in the title fight now because I think Russell still performs a little better than Hamilton. In Silverstone it was just misfortune for Russell that he was involved in that Crash at the start.

But yeah... Its just my opinion. I'm neither a Russell or Hamilton fan. Nor Mercedes. But in my opinion Russell is the better driver of them. :)

Best regards!
 
Don't worry, once Lewis retires, he will also be quickly forgotten by those who stay on the track, it happens to every one of them, no matter how big they are before they retire. So no, i don't see that as some "rivalry for the ages" that Rosberg misses. He talks about Lewis because he is asked about him, because he is still in it.

In fact, if it wasn't for the english press and Toto crying and wailing about it all the time, he would get as much atention this year as he trully deserves. As an also ran that is trailing his teammate in results and is not even in the title fight at least until now.
That is the narrative that you want to push. Lewis has become the formula, the blueprint, the measuring stick for this sport. You know that no other driver is as talked about as Lewis. No driver in history is as scorned, loved, hated, or admired, and for many reason, his color being the biggest, his stance, his off track endeavours, all of it. The old guys of F1 just can't seem to stay quiet about him, and his life outside of F1. Bernie Ecclestone and Jackie Steward so quick to offer him their dumb advice to the press, as if he is actually listening to those old cranks and headcases.

He doesn't give two craps what they have to say, or what they think about him. He never takes anyone's advise if you listen to him, and the only ex-driver he was ever cool with was Lauda. Brazil looks to him as their second coming of Senna, giving him honorary Brazilian Citizenship. They love him as they did their Brazilian son Senna. I could make a list of all of the envious drivers who mention him, and some support him.

People and the press can't leave him alone, hell I start to worry about his safety at times with so many people having their opinions about him, calling him racist names and all. People are either as jealous as hell of the man, or they just don't have their own lives. Rosberg had to see a doctor at some point from his struggles with Lewis. I guess that's one way to cope. You can wish that he will be forgotten, you keep the proverbial hope alive if it soothes you to do so - but it ain't gone happen.

We all know why he is so damned good at what he does though. It stares them in the face evrytime they look at him, and it burns them to their souls - MK.
 
That is the narrative that you want to push. Lewis has become the formula, the blueprint, the measuring stick for this sport. You know that no other driver is as talked about as Lewis. No driver in history is as scorned, loved, hated, or admired, and for many reason, his color being the biggest, his stance, his off track endeavours, all of it. The old guys of F1 just can't seem to stay quiet about him, and his life outside of F1. Bernie Ecclestone and Jackie Steward so quick to offer him their dumb advice to the press, as if he is actually listening to those old cranks and headcases.

He doesn't give two craps what they have to say, or what they think about him. He never takes anyone's advise if you listen to him, and the only ex-driver he was ever cool with was Lauda. Brazil looks to him as their second coming of Senna, giving him honorary Brazilian Citizenship. They love him as they did their Brazilian son Senna. I could make a list of all of the envious drivers who mention him, and some support him.

People and the press can't leave him alone, hell I start to worry about his safety at times with so many people having their opinions about him, calling him racist names and all. People are either as jealous as hell of the man, or they just don't have their own lives. Rosberg had to see a doctor at some point from his struggles with Lewis. I guess that's one way to cope. You can wish that he will be forgotten, you keep the proverbial hope alive if it soothes you to do so - but it ain't gone happen.

We all know why he is so damned good at what he does though. It stares them in the face evrytime they look at him, and it burns them to their souls - MK.
Does he also speaks to you in your dreams? Maybe from a cross? Did he gave you some set of rules on some boards for you to spread the message? :roflmao:

Take it easy, he is just another driver. Valentino Rossi was much much bigger than him, and since he retired, he is news for his other racing endeavours, but the motoGP paddock is not talking about him on a daily basis, even if he has riders of his academy and his team on the series. And no, don't even dare saying Lewis is/was bigger than Rossi was, i was never a fan, but the guy had clout and fans that Lewis can only dream of.
 
Does he also speaks to you in your dreams? Maybe from a cross? Did he gave you some set of rules on some boards for you to spread the message? :roflmao:

Take it easy, he is just another driver. Valentino Rossi was much much bigger than him, and since he retired, he is news for his other racing endeavours, but the motoGP paddock is not talking about him on a daily basis, even if he has riders of his academy and his team on the series. And no, don't even dare saying Lewis is/was bigger than Rossi was, i was never a fan, but the guy had clout and fans that Lewis can only dream of.
So this is just another one of my opinions, but:

I think he kinda forgot Michael Schumacher? Because he also said "You know that no other driver is as talked about as Lewis." I dunno how it is in other Counties on the world but here in Germany (well he is German, yes but all in all he achived very much in F1 and is very very popular) you are still talking a lot about him. Especially since Mick came to Formula 1.

But yeah. Maybe I missed that point where he said something about Michael Schumacher. But in my opinion Schumacher is better than Hamilton. Just because Schumacher drove some Cars that Hamilton never drove in a Race (such as the early 90s cars) those were a lot more difficult to handle and did not have the amount of downforce which you have today.

So yeah. In my opinion Schumacher is clearly the better driver. But if you think its different please let me know with some of your arguments :thumbsup:

(I just noticed that I repeated some parts over and over again. I'm very sorry for that)

Best regards!
 
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So this is just another one of my opinions, but:

I think he kinda forgot Michael Schumacher? Because he also said "You know that no other driver is as talked about as Lewis." I dunno how it is in other Counties on the world but here in Germany (well he is German, yes but all in all he achived very much in F1 and is very very popular) you are still talking a lot about him. Especially since Mick came to Formula 1.

But yeah. Maybe I missed that point where he said something about Michael Schumacher. But in my opinion Schumacher is better than Hamilton. Just because Schumacher drove some Cars that Hamilton never drove in a Race (such as the early 90s cars) those were a lot more difficult to handle and did not have the amount of downforce which you have today.

So yeah. In my opinion Schumacher is clearly the better driver. But if you think its different please let me know with some of your arguments :thumbsup:

(I just noticed that I repeated some parts over and over again. I'm very sorry for that)

Best regards!
You forget Stefan Bellof..to me he is the most talented German racing driver, well..with Walter Röhrl ;)
 
If you ask me I think he is not even in the title fight now because I think Russell still performs a little better than Hamilton. In Silverstone it was just misfortune for Russell that he was involved in that Crash at the start.

But yeah... Its just my opinion. I'm neither a Russell or Hamilton fan. Nor Mercedes. But in my opinion Russell is the better driver of them. :)

Best regards!
I'm not quite convinced yet..Russel is certainly very good but in the rain I don't know. Lewis is just a good rain driver
 
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Does he also speaks to you in your dreams? Maybe from a cross? Did he gave you some set of rules on some boards for you to spread the message? :roflmao:

Take it easy, he is just another driver. Valentino Rossi was much much bigger than him, and since he retired, he is news for his other racing endeavours, but the motoGP paddock is not talking about him on a daily basis, even if he has riders of his academy and his team on the series. And no, don't even dare saying Lewis is/was bigger than Rossi was, i was never a fan, but the guy had clout and fans that Lewis can only dream of.
Hamilton and Rossi admire the heck out of one another. Sky sports brought them together to swap rides, sort of as a way of bringing the two giants of their respective sports together to swap their on-track rides. They are both respected in motor sports, and they didn't think to get him together with another driver in F1, it was Lewis for a reason kiddo.

Now as for your question about... what was it... does he speak to me. No I just watch all of his interviews and check out articles to see who's putting words in his mouth next. I see the questions hurled at him and how he graciously answers. I especially pay particular attention to interviews of when he is asked about an article of what someone has to say or what one thinks of him and his answers are sharp but intelligent. The guy has a very cool demeanor the way that he HANDLES people in a sport where there is no one else is like him, or looks like him. It's cool to see Lewis handle those people.
 
I'm not quite convinced yet..Russel is certainly very good but in the rain I don't know
In the rain I think Hamilton is better because he has more EXP. But in the whole season Russell seems to be better. Well he is now (I think) 18 pts in front of Hamilton but I think it could be more if Russell wouldnt be in the Crash at Silverstone.
 
In the rain I think Hamilton is better because he has more EXP. But in the whole season Russell seems to be better. Well he is now (I think) 18 pts in front of Hamilton but I think it could be more if Russell wouldnt be in the Crash at Silverstone.
I think Russel handled the evilness of the Merc better than Lewis. Remember, Russel came from car that was not well sorted, Lewis has been driving the best car in the field for most of this decade. Now that Team Merc has dialed out some of the car's problems, Lewis had out qualified and outfinished Russel in the last two events. I think we'll see him pull even fairly soon.
 
I think Russel handled the evilness of the Merc better than Lewis. Remember, Russel came from car that was not well sorted, Lewis has been driving the best car in the field for most of this decade. Now that Team Merc has dialed out some of the car's problems, Lewis had out qualified and outfinished Russel in the last two events. I think we'll see him pull even fairly soon.
Yeah, could be. For sure. I dont wanna argue with that. I also would think you are right. But we'll see (or not see) what Hamilton is doing in the rest of the season :thumbsup:
 

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