Alright when was that again.....?

5-Card-Major · Jul 5, 2020

I watched it on ESPN... First F1 race I watched beginning to end.

Happy for Bottas, Norris, McLaren, and LeClerc, sad for Albon.

farjam · Jul 5, 2020

BP said:
Oh yea, I know it was a dangerous situation...but the wheel coming off Kimi's car was hilarious to me only because I instantly thought of this:

With all the accidents and failures, didn't this feel like a Dry Hockenheim 2019?

Kimi had an almost similar incident i believe,, don't remember if it was at nurburgring or somwhere else.

ZeroTheNorth · Jul 5, 2020

muzikant said:
Not a Hamilton fan... but Albon overtake in a corner where you not cant overtake.

Well, Leclerc did overtake Norris around the outside at the same corner. No issue.

muzikant · Jul 5, 2020

romanos- said:
Lando wonderful under pressure, what a last lap!

Bad move from Lewis, and I will always say that 5 seconds is too little for a penalty.

And... what a race. So much excitement. Even if Merc proved they are 1s faster than everyone on race pace, this is going to be a great season.

And now... let's do it again next week!

Yess but it is to much risk you know where it ends

Chris Down · Jul 5, 2020

muzikant said:
Not a Hamilton fan... but Albon overtake in a corner where you not cant overtake.

This corner is a perfectly fine corner for overtaking. Sure, it has camber, but that doesn't mean it's automatically ineligible for overtaking.

Plenty of people in the race used it for overtaking, so that simply doesn't match reality

Tim Meuris · Jul 5, 2020

Very nasty move from hamilton, he knew exactly what he did, knew exactly where he was going to hit albon. That's twice in 3 races time. In Brazil it was being too eager but this was so thought through. Really disappointed in Hamilton. I always found him a very fair racer but this was such a Schumachermove...

Alexandre · Jul 5, 2020

At some point, people start to cheer tor the youngers and weaker, normal.

Lando did a nice job, like Charles, but they did nothing that wasn't expected for they in their cars.

About Albon, is clear to me if was Verstappen in Hamilton's shoes nobody (almost) would blame him. Strange, no?

muzikant · Jul 5, 2020

Chris Down said:
This corner is a perfectly fine corner for overtaking. Sure, it has camber, but that doesn't mean it's automatically ineligible for overtaking.

Plenty of people in the race used it for overtaking, so that simply doesn't match reality

Let them race, not again a penalty season please

David Jessat · Jul 5, 2020

ZeroTheNorth said:
Well, Leclerc did overtake Norris around the outside at the same corner. No issue.

And Norris did actually avoid contact by braking. That corner is one of the best overtaking opportunities on this track.

AncalagonTotof · Jul 5, 2020

F1 is back, that's for sure, I was able to take my usual nap.

Leonardo Chaves · Jul 5, 2020

Charles for the salvage.

romanos- · Jul 5, 2020

Alexandre said:
About Albon, is clear to me if was Verstappen in Hamilton's shoes nobody (almost) would blame him. Strange, no?

I would! Austria 2019 was not okay, you gotta leave a car width! Glad stewards somewhat corrected the precedent today.

muzikant · Jul 5, 2020

Chris Down said:
This corner is a perfectly fine corner for overtaking. Sure, it has camber, but that doesn't mean it's automatically ineligible for overtaking.

Plenty of people in the race used it for overtaking, so that simply doesn't match reality

Perfectly? Realy? Waith 5 coners to a better overtake

romanos- · Jul 5, 2020

muzikant said:
Perfectly? Realy? Waith 5 coners to a better overtake

Alex should have been patient but that doesn't mean he didn't pass fair and square, Lewis should have left the room.

And honestly I can think of many cases where taking the 5 seconds is worth it (for example if there were no safety cars today). It's got to increase in the future.

michelforest · Jul 5, 2020

Leclerc for me, considering where he started from and how he managed his race. Norris, Bottas and Albon were also great. Vettel showed why he was dropped by Ferrari for 2021.