Starkblood80 wrote: ↑26 Sep 2021, 17:26
e30ernest wrote: ↑26 Sep 2021, 17:20
Ugh I feel so bad for Lando. I really wanted him to grab the win here. Unfortunately, it was his call to stay out. I do wish McLaren had been more firm in their decision to bring the driver in. They have the weather report, they would have known what was coming. Merc did that to Lewis and Lewis trusted his team enough to comply.
Lewis despite his poor start did really well I think. He looked really cautious and that cost him places at the start. However it paid back well towards the end of the race. I guess it helps that he had a good pace advantage over the other cars around him. It's weird he couldn't pass Daniel though. Maybe at that stage of the race, he didn't have the straightline speed to take Ric off the straight or enough downforce to keep closer on the twisty parts. That said, he experienced the same issue when he crept up behind Lando.
It just goes to show how much these cars struggle when following each other. Hamilton was miles quicker than the McLarens today but got stuck behind them once he got in the 1-1.5 second window. It’ll be interesting to see if the same thing happens with next years regulations
Fundamentally disagree. Lando was quite able to put in the fast laps when it mattered. Yes maybe on average he was a couple of tenths slower per lap, but absolutely no way that was 1-1.5s. He had the ability to push when needed.
Gutted but they’ll bounce back (I hope). Someone needs to get a bit better in the garage to check the weather radar. Seems most teams spotted the increased rain. On top of that, the radio message to lando was wishy washy. Pretty much leaving it to him. Shame he didn’t come in (even a lap too late). Would have secured second place that way