Geestar
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Won't make a difference if it is 5 or 10 secs..... still 4th
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[Other Sport] Formula 1 2019
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Geestar
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Voting for driver of the day
Leclerc 3rd
Retired about 40 laps ago
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Leclerc 3rd
Retired about 40 laps ago
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BensGrandad
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It could surely if he overtakes Hamilton in the last few laps due to LH tyres.
Sky commentator has spent the last 60 laps willing a Verstappen win & Hamilton tyre collapse. In the end I turned the sound down a fair bit.
Great race.
Great race.
Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Very enjoyable race.Well done Lewis,those tyres looked older than me at the finish.That race made the Honda critics look rather silly-shedload of points,and if Red Bull had pit-stopped Gasly 5 laps earlier,a podium.They seem to be over focussed on Max.
Worried Man Blues
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Hamilton should have let Verstappen pass on the last lap and go 4 secs ahead!
Icy Gull
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Looking at the state of Lewis’ front tyres at the end, there is only one driver who should have got driver of the day
Icy Gull
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It wasn’t, he wrecked Bottas race and then Grosjean gets the same penalty for crossing the pit exit line when no cars were within sight. No idea how Red Bull got away with that but it made for an exciting last few laps.
Two Professors
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Apparently,the 40 Ferrari mechanics around Vettel unsighted the Red Bull team.I only counted 37.
That crossed my mind too.
Must’ve boiled down to racing pride and their instinctive competitiveness. Similarly Verstappen knew about the 5 second penalty, but was ‘driven’ to pass the chequered flag first.
Worried Man Blues
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Love to have heard Toto explain that to Hammy....just let Verstappen pass won't you!
The ice cool management by Toto and the director talking to Hamilton was astonishing. They were proved right.
Worried Man Blues
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Yes, but really surprising from Hammy that he didn't see pitting would lose him 3? places
Did he envisage a tyre blow out or disintegration, or a resultant hitting a barrier ... giving him nil points?
You could literally hear his negative demons ... he under rated his immense ability. Whereas his Mercedes bosses knew it was the lesser risk to take.
Of course he did, and he said as much in the post-race interview with Coulthard as soon as he jumped out of the car.
"I wasn't coming in - I was either going to win or crash" is what he said.
Worried Man Blues
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I thought Hammy was asking to come in?
Icy Gull
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Nah, he was just moaning about the tyres they’d put him on and was looking for reassurance they’d make it to the end. He clearly wasn’t convinced and he does have history of the team fecking up on tyres (not Mercedes, it was McLaren)
Funnily, Ferrari spend €410m a year on F1, but haven’t won a title since 2008. The relentless pressure from Mercedes (who spend the same) on race weekends, has led to a year or two of countless Ferrari faux pas.
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Geestar
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And then his team mate wouldn't have got 3rd?!?
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