F1 Spanish Grand Prix - May 9, 2021

[NSWCROW]

 

[happy_eagle]

Yeh I dont think he will get there

Well played Mercedes. Better team strategy

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Have to hand it to Mercedes here

 

[Forward Press]

This Lewis guy is a pretty good driver just quietly.

Mercedes' strategy was top notch today.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Yes, congrats you managed to win a race by pitting rather than by driving. This is what is wrong with F1. Pitstops mean more than driver talent. Bring back tyres that go the whole GP.

 

[Aussie pie]

Red bull really stuffed that up.

 

[Clubs are trumps]

This is racing

 

[CrowInFiji]

What a delightful cavalry charge

 

[Magma]

another complete non event.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Alonso has the largest elbows in F1.

 

[lionbear]

This might be the least boring Spanish race since Rosberg crashed with Lewis 5 years ago.

Pretty boring race still, soon as Hamilton came in for the tyres there was only one result.

 

[Clubs are trumps]

Ric been driving in his mirrors all race. Will be good if he can hang on to 6.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Mazepin 40sec's behind his teammate showing why pay drivers shouldn't be on the grid

 

[CrowInFiji]

Mazepin 40sec's behind his teammate showing why pay drivers shouldn't be on the grid

Only 40 seconds? Is he improving?

 

[Bradesmaen]

Mazepin 40sec's behind his teammate showing why pay drivers shouldn't be on the grid

He's a decent driver, clearly struggling on the step up. Look at his history, pay drivers are normally guys like Roy Nissany who don't win anything.

 

[Acinath]

Solid from Leclerc today too, although we've barely seen him

 

[Forward Press]

Pretty boring race still, soon as Hamilton came in for the tyres there was only one result.

Mercedes took a gamble. Red Bull could still be leading the race if they pitted straight away, we know how difficult it is to overtake if the cars are similar enough in pace. Hamilton just way too good and Mercedes' strategy paid off.

 

[Gak Attack]

Solid from Leclerc today too, although we've barely seen him

Ferrari's been quicker than McLaren's. Luckily for Dan it was a track where you can't overtake

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Get in there Lewis!

 

[Boxhead_31]

30sec's from 3rd to 4th tells you everything about modern F1

 

[lionbear]

Mercedes took a gamble. Red Bull could still be leading the race if they pitted straight away, we know how difficult it is to overtake if the cars are similar enough in pace. Hamilton just way too good and Mercedes' strategy paid off.

Mercedes still a long way ahead of Red Bull, Red Bull closer, but I think you can call the world championship already, Max doing well to keep up with them as well as he has so far, but the Merc’s have a lot up their sleeve.

Hamilton have to drive in second gear instead of first this year. This will shine through later when engine usage starts to come into play.

 

[Acinath]

I'm so ****ing sick of "get in there Lewis"

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Well done by Ricciardo hanging on to 6th. Redeemed himself somewhat. 33 seconds ahead of Norris.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Mercedes took a gamble. Red Bull could still be leading the race if they pitted straight away, we know how difficult it is to overtake if the cars are similar enough in pace. Hamilton just way too good and Mercedes' strategy paid off.

No they wouldn't have. The undercut is a second a lap at least and he came in at 0.5 behind Verstappen. Verstappen's only chance was to hold on. Standard F1 making pitstops more important than anything else. We want on track action, not pit stops deciding who wins.

 

[Boxhead_31]

I'm so ******* sick of "get in there Lewis"

#blessed