zibby43 wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 03:23
Marty_Y wrote: ↑01 Aug 2021, 22:56
zibby43 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2021, 22:13
P2 for Hamilton. Shame it had to be at Seb’s expense, but those 2 points mean it’s an 8-point lead heading into the summer break.
P2 is ok I suppose given the circumstances, but I still feel disappointed given the pace the car had, Lewis should have won the race easily. Got to give credit to Alonso for some great defence and wheel to wheel action, it was a brilliant move from Lewis to take the position from him in the end.
There's no point being too disappointed though, it could have been worse.
It’s all relative though. Gap could’ve been bigger had he won (by 7 points, assuming the DSQ stands).
But if they finished in the starting order, or Max would’ve claimed P2, Hamilton would be either leading by just a few points or trailing by 1 still.
Best thing from today is that the car is really starting to come to life!
Totally, I was thinking the same after I posted that, I guess I was just a bit disappointed that Lewis didn't get his 100th win but as you said if he had won and Max came second he wouldn't have the lead in the drivers championship.
It's a shame he didn't get the chance to beat Max on the track because it just gives the Red Bull Honda trolls an excuse to act bitter and twisted, and make out that it is all luck or some kind of elaborate conspiracy against Max or cheating in some way etc.
Not just today but the whole weekend the W12 has shown massive improvements in loads of areas like using the softer compound tyres effectively in qualifying, following and overtaking on a track which is considered to be the second hardest to overtake on, operating well in different temperatures including hot conditions, and just generally having great pace.
I was reading this article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58050498
Another bad sign for Red Bull is that for the first time since the Spanish Grand Prix in early May, Mercedes had a clear performance advantage in Hungary.
To make their car balanced and driveable, Red Bull had to take off rear downforce and run a smaller rear wing, something a team would never normally do in Hungary, where what's wanted is as much downforce as possible.
Mercedes expect this will be a one-off. But there is no doubt that an upgrade introduced by Mercedes in Silverstone has moved them forward, and at the same time Red Bull seem to have lost the prodigious straight-line speed seen in France and the two races in Austria. Mercedes do not understand this, as they have not added any more power.
The bit about Mercedes saying they have not added any more power intrigues me because James Allison said that there's a bit more to come from the power unit, so if they are telling the truth and they haven't added more power yet and it's not just that the car is more aerodynamically efficient is the performance coming from better deployment?
It's good to be going into the summer break with the lead back in both championships and the W12 looking like a race winner again.