As nothing else has been posted, I figured I’d open this up to discussion.

A brilliant race, I thought. Lots of fantastic battles. An intelligent strategy from Ferrari. Not too chaotic or arbitrary. Albon fighting on 40-lap old tires for a huge P7.

How’d everyone else enjoy it?

  • bazpoint@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Such a great effort for Albon… easy DotD, and huge for Williams in the lower WCC battle. Hope it’s a sign that the Williams upgrades are decent & we may see more of it.

    Russell cracked under the pressure of trying to stay on the back of Alonso… absolutely insane that the car almost finished the race after that hit… I was surprised it finished the lap! F1 cars are made of strong stuff these days.

    Max mega as ever… ominous that Newey appears to be fully invested in F1 again after a few years where he seemed to drift away.

  • WFH@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m glad to see that the gap between RB and the competition is slowly closing. Maybe it was a one off, maybe they expected rain all weekend and went with a setup that favors stability over performance, maybe it was a dead bird, maybe Aston’s and Merc’s upgrades really work.

    Ferrari took a gamble and DID NOT FUCK UP. That was a refreshing change of pace, especially after being in full Ferrari fuck up mode all weekend (all year so far?).

    The battle between Alonso and Hamilton was epic, as were the ones behind Albon who held onto his spot by sheer will and raw pace.

    De Vries being De Vries, taking himself and K-Mag out on an open online lobby divebomb…

    All in all, a great race :D

  • Welsh_kiwi10@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I know Max doesn’t need the help but my god Perez does not deserve that Red Bull put Norris in it or something.

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      1 year ago

      +1 for putting Norris in as a fan. However if I was Red Bull management I’d keep giving him one year contracts until be becomes a liability. They’ve got constructors nailed on and a clear driver hierarchy. It’s ideal for them.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah they need what Bottas was to Hamilton, up there but never making a serious challenge for number 1 like Rosberg did. Then again Max is so dominant that maybe fixing what’s not broken isn’t an issue.

  • GoatTnder@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Favorite moment was Alonso’s pit telling him Hamilton was just 1.9s behind. “Okay, leave it to me.” And then suddenly it was a 6 second gap.

  • ghose@foros.fediverso.gal
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    1 year ago

    I enjoyed the race. Being honest Max was on his own race as usual, but not that far.

    The fight ALO-HAM was very intense, many many laps doing qualy laps each other and putting pressure on the rival. ALO managed the gap brilliantly IMO given the circumstances (lift&coast)

    Ferrari’s dice was right in this race 😄 Very good and consistent race pace, just marginally slower than podium cars on a diferent strategy. Kudos to them.

    Albon: Driver of the Day on merit.

    Plenty of action in the race despite the DRS trains