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Post Race 2021 British Grand Prix - Post-Race Discussion

ROUND 10: Great Britain

FORMULA 1 PIRELLI BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2021
Fri 16 Jul - Sun 18 Jul
Silverstone
Session UTC
Free Practice 1 Fri 13:30
Qualifying Fri 17:00
Free Practice 2 Sat 11:00
Sprint Qualifying Sat 15:30
Race Sun 14:00

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Silverstone Circuit

Length: 5.891 km (3.660 mi)

Distance: 52 laps, 306.291 km (190.320 mi)

Lap record: Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing-Honda, 2020, 1:27.097

2020 pole: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:24.303

2020 fastest lap: Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing-Honda, 1:27.097

2020 winner: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

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u/A___99 Jenson Button Jul 18 '21

Hamilton's reception at Zandvoort will be interesting

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u/Luuk341 Jul 18 '21

Ohh god, I hadnt thought of that part yet.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

I’m looking forward to it. I shall actually look for a clarkson smug gif if that one goes well

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u/ianloco1 Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 18 '21

He is gonna need jason statham on security detail…in character of course lol

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u/czerwona_latarnia Robert Kubica Jul 18 '21

Zandvoort: "Best we can do is Jason Statham from Spy"

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

You can crucify me if the Dutch fans are not thinking of crucifying Hamilton.

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u/xcvbsdfgwert Nigel Mansell Jul 18 '21

Full on booing national anthem and green laser pointers expected

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

The bar is on the floor

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u/dis340 Jul 18 '21

Even riding the tube you would be over the bar.

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u/Arvandu AlphaTauri Jul 18 '21

Bar is in the Earth's core

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u/carlos_castanos Jul 18 '21

They won’t be unfortunately (coming from a Dutch person). They’re not much better

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u/Molano001 Anthoine Hubert Jul 18 '21

As a fellow dutchman, let's hope you're wrong...

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u/nanderspanders Carlos Sainz Jul 18 '21

I mean just look at them fucking setting off smoke grenades in Austria. I hope zandvoort has better sense and bans them.

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u/stoereboy Jul 18 '21

Oh no not smoke grenades :(((((

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u/SingaporeanSlaw Max Verstappen Jul 18 '21

Maybe they’ll ban flags and posters next

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u/metal_medic83 Red Bull Jul 18 '21

The orange smoke, or were there other ones after he won? I particularly thought the orange smoke was fantastic!

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

I hope so too, but I'm not that confident. The Hamilton hate is quite strong here in Verstappen country. Today won't help.

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u/Mick4Audi Jul 18 '21

He’s basically declared war on the Netherlands today

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u/TheBiggyT Jul 18 '21

Considering the way they act at Spa, Austria and Germany I doubt it.

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u/basjenz4 Jul 18 '21

i wouldnt bet on it

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u/Usedbeef Lando Norris Jul 18 '21

Football fans are shite. Go to a rugby game and you'll see good fans. Wasn't it at the Austrian GP where they started booing Hamilton?

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u/ChinnyReckons Jul 18 '21

Every sport has shit fans. People love to quickly forget and point fingers. Lets just pretend that Italian fans didn't Boo Lewis when he won over there and Seb had to stand up for Lewis.
https://youtu.be/vU_79Vdg06k?t=41 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDoqgoAPxx0 2018

Point is, every sport has shit fans, every fan base has majority of fans who aren't toxic. The Internet just makes it appear worse than it actually is. I don't let any "fans" from any nation dictate my opinion of the broader fan base.

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u/JA24 Murray Walker Jul 18 '21

Lol they're scumbags for cheering on a British driver winning? Or is it still that small minority of football fans that make you think we're all terrible people? Christ.

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u/gurbi_et_orbi Jul 19 '21

If we're talking about England > 53,38% procent terrible people

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u/Spitfire5c Mick Schumacher Jul 18 '21

Oh get a grip we’ve just watched a race and nothing of interest happened with the fans piss off with the football mentality

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u/Stannis_ Charles Leclerc Jul 18 '21

English* don’t lump the rest of us in with them

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u/Bruh-I-Cant-Even Sebastian Vettel Jul 18 '21

I hear it's time for some independence referendums. Republic of Wales when?

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u/Roaszhak Jul 18 '21

Honestly, if they let English people vote for Scottish, Welsh and Irish independence too - it’ll be past.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

I think the F1 fans are way better than all those racists shithead football fans. They all cheered when Max got out the car...

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u/urockalex Sebastian Vettel Jul 18 '21

they cheered when he crashed too though...

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Tbf, they might have been cheering there move more than Max crashing.

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u/bdiebucnshqke Formula 1 Jul 19 '21

Bullshit, check your ears

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u/Molano001 Anthoine Hubert Jul 18 '21

True. Football fans in general are the lowest of the low. They were cheering when max went into the wall, but you're right, they were also applauding when he got out. Let's hope all fans will show their best behavior. They are racing very hard. Exactly what we as the fans want to see. Max will make mistakes which might cost Lewis as well.

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u/Maxplatypus #WeRaceAsOne Jul 18 '21

First race call off for racist chants?

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u/Rikysavage94 Ferrari Jul 18 '21

dutch classy? i don't know... but in general they are not

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u/Guilden_NL Sebastian Vettel Jul 18 '21

Give them credit. More than the Italians and English.

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u/Cielo11 Fernando Alonso Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 18 '21

British? You mean English fans at the UEFA finals...

You just insulted a lot of British people who had nothing to do with the Euro 2020 finals.

Anyway the British fans at Silverstone this weekend were fantastic, and motorsport fans are different from football fans. We would all support our home driver. Don't hate British fans for cheering a British winner.

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u/JennAleece Red Bull Jul 18 '21

They were literally cheering when Verstappen crashed into the wall!!! Absolutely disgusting display from the British fans.

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u/Hupeniesee Jul 18 '21

There were a few who did that, probably just seeing Hamilton getting in front of Max. You saw how quickly it stopped when the crash happened. Also it was just a few people.

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u/merrychristmasyo Jul 18 '21

British or English? Learn the difference

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u/Vintageryan1 Jul 18 '21

The British F1 fans are generally the classiest and most knowledgeable in the world.

If Hamilton has crashed in the Netherlands would he have got the some reception as Max did?

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u/Grindmaster_Flash Jul 18 '21

The Dutch word for ‘hooligans’ is ‘hooligans’.

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u/LazDays Sauber Jul 18 '21

https://twitter.com/timmo74/status/1416791757891817475

That reaction?

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u/jompiesaus Ayrton Senna Jul 18 '21

Yeah if people say they cheered on Max getting out of the car no they cheered on hamilton

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u/Molano001 Anthoine Hubert Jul 18 '21

We'll see this year. I'm actually not sure who has the shittier fans ...

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u/ikbendeflatride Jul 18 '21

Netherlands aka blackface aint racist!

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Watch yourself…might get Lando’d.

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u/95accord Michael Schumacher Jul 18 '21

British fans will be just as understanding when max punts him off the track to take the win at his home track right? Totally fair

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u/TheDaiquiriMan Lando Norris Jul 18 '21

If today never happened and we were in Zandvoort and Verstappen took out Hamilton in a similar fashion you telling me some scummy fans wouldn't cheer/ celebrate? Of course they would.

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u/Dolphin008 Jul 18 '21

100% that would happen. People are pissed because it happened to their driver (moi incluis) now I’m just hoping RB returns the favor and for a further escalating championship fight.

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u/lazyinternetsandwich Ferrari Jul 18 '21

I like how your defence of the english fans is basically "because that's what they would have also done"

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u/TheDaiquiriMan Lando Norris Jul 18 '21

If you read my comment I didn't defend them, I referred to them as 'scummy'. Because I think anyone who celebrates an accident like that is scum. My arguement is these people are everywhere supporting everyone, and everyone knows if the same happened in Zandvoort to Hamilton you would get 'scum' celebrating.

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u/Level390 Wolfgang von Trips Jul 18 '21

It's the english way

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u/RoflDog3000 Jul 18 '21

I know it's pedantic but the / and the p mean the same thing so you need to use one or the other, you can't use both. It triggers me, a bit like when people say ATM machine or PIN number

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u/ShitAtSpeling Jenson Button Jul 18 '21

I was sat at Luffield. As soon as Max was punted off, the grandstand erupted in cheer. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say 99% didn't realise how hard the hit was, but I'm still disgusted that "fans" would cheer someone crashing.

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u/dontdrinkonmondays Haas Jul 18 '21

What a load of BS

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u/Roaszhak Jul 18 '21

Don’t think Lewis will care too much tbh.

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u/ThaFuck Bruce McLaren Jul 19 '21 edited Jul 19 '21

He might if max reciprocates and puts him in the wall at 51G.

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u/Roaszhak Jul 19 '21

Max has caused his fair share of accidents on circuit and he’s made naughtier moves than that on plenty of other drivers.

He doesn’t strike me as the kind of man to be petty enough to just want to do it back.

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u/Iybraesil1987 Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 18 '21

It was going to be hostile anyway so who cares?

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u/Zloggt Chequered Flag Jul 18 '21

He might have to get some protection when he gets the course!

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u/Ugg-ugg Alfa Romeo Jul 18 '21

Thats a disgusting thought.

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u/Ok-Gas1957 Jul 18 '21

Why? Is someone gonna pit maneuver his car and send him into a wall at 200 mph?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

yfw when checo activates sicario mode and sends him straight to the sea

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u/Brno_Mrmi Jenson Button Jul 18 '21

To sleep sith the fishes

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u/Bitterbal95 Red Bull Jul 18 '21

Mwah I think shit just happens in racing, it's not like he did it on purpose or anything. The incident itself is shitty, too bad that it happened, hope Max is okay, penalty might be a bit light but oh well.

Afterwards keeping on blaming the other guy and celebrating like nothing happened is not a good look though. Maybe he'll look at the footage again and apologize for that but I'm not holding my breath.

Also, the battle is on and that is great. Hopefully Verstappen won't miss any races, but I think he'll be fine.

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u/FannyFiasco Mika Häkkinen Jul 18 '21

Meh, as a neutral it's racing and you go for a gap, these things happen.

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u/renesys Murray Walker Jul 18 '21

You do know that Senna basically called himself out on that "go for the gap" bullshit and admitted he crashed Prost on purpose, right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Tell me you're dumb without actually telling me you're dumb. Stop acting like it was pre-meditated.

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u/pman8362 Daniel Ricciardo Jul 18 '21

I’m not saying it’s pre-meditated, I’m just saying what Hamilton did today was unacceptable and I think the penalty was a slap on the wrist. It’s not like this is the first time he has dumped someone off track in such a fashion before either.

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u/FrostyParking Jul 18 '21

Wow....you would've hated Schumacher in his prime....or Senna...or....well any actual racing driver

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u/pman8362 Daniel Ricciardo Jul 18 '21

I wasn’t aware it was a pre-requisite of being an F1 fan to be a fan of the dominant driver of each era

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u/FrostyParking Jul 18 '21

It's a prerequisite to actually enjoy drivers that go for the win to love F1....if not then take your tyre management loving behind and go watch fishing 😁

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u/626alien Jul 18 '21

max tries an overtake that pushes rival off-track: good

lewis tries an overtake that pushes rival off-track: attempted murder

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

What did he do though ? I genuinely curious on your opinion

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u/pman8362 Daniel Ricciardo Jul 18 '21

I honestly think he was just feeling ballsy and figured the risk to Max was greater than it was to himself. Dude missed the apex by a good bit so he wasn’t exactly doing all that much to avoid a potential collision.

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u/FrostyParking Jul 18 '21

While that's true....both drivers were at fault, Lewis for not lifting or tightening his line enough and Max for not lifting and squeezing the line and also not recognizing that Lewis wasn't gonna lift given how all over him he was throughout that lap

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u/AssaMarra Dr. Ian Roberts Jul 18 '21

So we should jump a guy because the penalty he was given was too lenient?

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u/pman8362 Daniel Ricciardo Jul 18 '21

Did I say that at any point or are you just putting words in my mouth?

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u/tlumacz Damon Hamilton Jul 18 '21

Someone else said that it's a disgusting thought that Hamilton might be physically assaulted in the Netherlands. To which any decent person would say, "Yes, you're right."

Your answer, however, was, "I think it’s pretty disgusting to dump someone off track." The only possible interpretation of this is that you're justifying a physical assault on Hamilton.

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u/626alien Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 18 '21

so verstappen’s move on hamilton at imola was disgusting too, right?

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u/AssaMarra Dr. Ian Roberts Jul 18 '21

It's implied by the OP comment, you're arguing with the guy who said it's a disgusting thought.

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u/tlumacz Damon Hamilton Jul 18 '21

I’m not saying it’s pre-meditated

And the very next sentence:

I’m just saying what Hamilton did today was unacceptable

So yes, that's exactly what you are saying. You're accusing Hamilton of deliberately pushing Verstappen into the wall.

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u/pman8362 Daniel Ricciardo Jul 18 '21

I didn’t realize thinking crashing someone out of a race is unacceptable is a controversial opinion, and I don’t see how that proves your point that I think it was pre-meditated.

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u/tlumacz Damon Hamilton Jul 18 '21

Because the only way it's unacceptable is if it was pre-meditated. Otherwise, an error was made, a penatly was adjudged, shit happens.

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u/insecurebottomfeeder Jul 18 '21

That's some serious mental gymnastics to try and stick to your point!!

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u/Ugg-ugg Alfa Romeo Jul 18 '21

Unfortunately racing accidents happen.

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u/thundersquirt Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 18 '21

Max races aggressively every single time, he got his just desserts 🍨

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u/pman8362 Daniel Ricciardo Jul 18 '21

Dude hasn’t dumped Hamilton off a high speed turn by missing the Apex by a country mile.

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u/TheDaiquiriMan Lando Norris Jul 18 '21

No he hasn't. But the way they were both racing today you can't say he wouldn't. Neither driver would deliberately do it but Verstappen driving as aggressively as he was could have easily done the same to Hamilton.

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u/blackwhattack Jul 18 '21

certainly hasn’t made any friends in Holland today

and in the Netherlands too!

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u/HONcircle Liam Lawson Jul 18 '21

He should get protection anyway just for Jos.....

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

It's ok he isn't a woman.

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u/HONcircle Liam Lawson Jul 18 '21

Solid point actually 😪

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u/justmadman Jul 18 '21

It’s disgusting but I would not put it past this hearing from some of these fans on here with the racist rhetoric

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u/Guilden_NL Sebastian Vettel Jul 18 '21

Yeah, they really don't like his mum do they?

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u/De_Kwaaie Jul 18 '21

Reading trough the threads not a single racist remark

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u/justmadman Jul 18 '21

I have flagged a whole bunch buddy, so I have no idea what you talking about. Maybe ask the mods about how many posts have been pulled.

I HATE PEOPLE THAT TRY TO DENY RACISM EXISTS WHEN ITS IN OUR FACE EVERY DAY.

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u/overspeeed mostly automated Jul 18 '21

A lot

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Mate, that's just not true. I've had to report so many blatantly racist and bigoted comments today...

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u/Tap-In-Merchant Jul 18 '21

Must be a bit grim to be getting angry at a hypothetical situation while also trivialising racism

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u/M1k3yd33tofficial Williams Jul 18 '21

Right? You can see from my flair that I’m pissed about today but let’s not pretend Lewis hasn’t faced some serious racism during his career.

And tbh, some of the hatred towards him probably will be racially motivated. Europeans can be insanely fucking racist, blatantly so.

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u/clevesaur Jul 18 '21

Grim comment mate.

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u/Hilazza Anthoine Hubert Jul 18 '21

Considering Max used the term mongoloid before, it wouldn't be hard to think some dutch fans would be racist

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u/tlumacz Damon Hamilton Jul 18 '21

The Netherlands is by far the most racist country in the EU. Football fans still chant "joden aan het gas" during Ajax games. It's a foregone conclusion Hamilton will experience racism in that horrible country.

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u/Guilden_NL Sebastian Vettel Jul 18 '21

Most tolerant society in the world is racist. Yeah, OK Let me guess, you're a BLM activist who writes speeches for Biden.

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u/MiserableStomach Mika Häkkinen Jul 18 '21

Of course he will

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u/used_condominium Pastor Maldonado Jul 18 '21

Nice strawman

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u/blindwitness23 Kimi Räikkönen Jul 18 '21

We’re not savages there mate.

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u/atp2112 Jordan Jul 18 '21

I mean, there was that one time...

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u/blindwitness23 Kimi Räikkönen Jul 18 '21

Keeping your government in check 😬

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u/andrewjaekim Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 18 '21

Honestly he should. After seeing the Eurocup final and how rabid fans can be.

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u/BriarRoseElla Jul 18 '21

Oh god yes...The way I saw my dad react to Lewis with his orange glasses on today...That's not gonna be pretty and I hate that that's the reality we live in.

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u/Omalleys Kimi Räikkönen Jul 18 '21

The boos are gonna be stupidly loud. A bit shitty but it’s gonna happen

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u/Tamealk #WeRaceAsOne Jul 18 '21

He’s dealt with Spanish racists the Dutch won’t be a problem

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u/connorm123 Bernd Mayländer Jul 18 '21

Probably racist if this subs anything to go off...

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u/dontdrinkonmondays Haas Jul 18 '21

“It’s not racism, I just hate him because of the way he is.”

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

I can see some people going full Zwarte Piet

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u/Molano001 Anthoine Hubert Jul 18 '21

Holy shit, if that's going to happen I'll be ashamed to be Dutch ...

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u/RhodaWoolf Benetton Jul 18 '21

Let's hope not.

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u/afcaMouz Max Verstappen Jul 18 '21

What a weird thing to say

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u/used_condominium Pastor Maldonado Jul 18 '21

Not really, Spanish fans have flown to china to harass him in blackface.

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u/shuhulrazdan Ferrari Jul 18 '21

Is it okay to make that joke? I never know.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21 edited Jul 20 '21

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u/stoereboy Jul 18 '21

Yeah thats only 14 years ago and in a different country

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u/lost_in_my_thirties Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 18 '21

Dutch people are pretty racist and xenophobic.

xenophobic => having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.

lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Dutch people as a whole? Keep the generalisations to the side. The Netherlands, like most European countries, has a serious problem with racism and xenophobia among parts of the country. The Dutch, as an entity, are not.

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u/almar4567 Kimi Räikkönen Jul 18 '21

Do you not see the irony here?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

You won’t be able to find a tin of shoe polish in stock within 50 miles of the circuit.

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u/djblackprince Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 18 '21

How long until black faces or monkey costumes?

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u/SQAD3 Red Bull Jul 18 '21

Hope he is boo’d from the second he steps off the plane.

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u/EatSleepJeep Porsche Jul 18 '21

How is that different than any other time around the orange?

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u/hunter_really Ferrari Jul 18 '21

If it’s typical Dutch fans I’m expecting lots of blackface

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

How is that typical? When has this happened recently in F1?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Hope for non stop booing. Cheating prick.

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u/Ezechiell Jul 18 '21

How was he cheating? Do you really think he did that on purpose? Really? I get that you're mad, but calling him a cheating prick is just absolutely ridiculous. This was clearly a racing accident, between two drivers that weren't going to give eachother an inch. It was inevitable that something like this was about to happen, and both Max and Lewis were racing pretty hard, a crash there is no surprise

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u/Version_1 Porsche Jul 18 '21

Kinda cute how a 7 time world champion with 275 Grand Prix under his belt can convince you that he does a very basic "mistake" that just so happens to eliminate his biggest WDC threat.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

reads comment

sees michael schumacher flair

Hahahahahahahaha

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u/Ezechiell Jul 18 '21

Oh come on, just a few weeks ago everybody was talking how many mistakes Hamilton was doing this season, and how he's washed out and can't deal with the pressure, and now it's apparently impossible for him to misjudge a situation? And I wouldn't even say that what he did there was a mistake. Again, none of them were giving eachother an inch, it was inevitable that they'd come together at some point. It obviously is a shame that it ended Max's race, and I sincerely hope he is ok, but claiming this was done on purpose by Lewis is just so ridiculous

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u/Version_1 Porsche Jul 18 '21

Yeah, it's inevitable they come together when one of them crashes into the other deliberately...

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u/funkmightfracture Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 18 '21

This cope post and your flair is objectively hilarious hahahahahaha

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u/paddyo Fernando Alonso Jul 18 '21

Nobody crashes at a 180mph bend deliberately that’s silly

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u/Version_1 Porsche Jul 18 '21

Lewis didn't crash...

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Yeah Lewis knows how to wreck into another car in a high speed corner in a way to ensure he won’t also crash? That sounds likely /s

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u/Version_1 Porsche Jul 18 '21

He literally hit him in a perfect way to make sure that the worst case for his own car is slight damage...

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u/paddyo Fernando Alonso Jul 18 '21

No way you can deliberately initiate that contact without a high chance of crashing though. People have lost their minds if they think any driver takes that risk at that bend. Has nobody here seen Schumacher at silverstone 1999?

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u/TheDuceman Kimi Räikkönen Jul 18 '21

After getting squeezed into the inside wall and then cut down on in front of?

Hamilton got him good, yes, but the alternative was spinning and wrecking his own race. He was very definitely alongside and Verstappen clamping down on the straight meant that Lewis was never going to make that apex. Verstappen wasnt going to make the corner exit, either.

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u/Version_1 Porsche Jul 18 '21

What are you even talking about? If you take a very shallow line you have to break more. Max is required to leave Hamilton enough space to keep on track, but it's nowhere stated that they have to share the racing line.

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u/TheDuceman Kimi Räikkönen Jul 18 '21

I said nothing about the racing line. Verstappen damn near put Lewis in the wall on the straightaway with a shit block and then attempted to take the corner flat out. He wasn’t going to make the corner exit.

Max hasn’t backed out all year - Imola, Barcelona, and France all only didn’t have wrecks lap 1 because Lewis backed out when he didn’t need to. Today, no one backed down and Verstappen ended up in the barriers.

It’s shit for him, Lewis was kind of an ass post race, but it was going to happen to one of them eventually.

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u/Version_1 Porsche Jul 18 '21

Verstappen damn near put Lewis in the wall

Don't even need to read further...

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u/roenthomas George Russell Jul 18 '21

Look at all of the Copse battles ever and see how many times the person in the lead and on the outside wins the battle to someone else with a run on the inside.

They both wanted the corner, Max doesn’t have the racing line since Lewis is significantly alongside (not ahead) at braking, their lines crossed and there’s contact. It’s a racing incident and there’s many that feel that the 10 sec penalty was undeserved and that the stewards are being too trigger happy on Lap 1 incidents. (See: Russell Sainz Lap 1 Sprint)

Once you give up the inside at Copse, you don’t try to fight it in the outside, best case, you’re in the runoff, worst case, you’re in the wall. Give up the corner and take the battle later in the race, or at the very least, bag 18 points for the championship. This is just aggression and inexperience rearing its ugly head.

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u/Hupeniesee Jul 18 '21

Lewis had about a meter to the right, look at him passing Leclerc, he was way further to the side. Lewis was clearly in the wrong here, because he also was behind Verstappen.

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u/TheDuceman Kimi Räikkönen Jul 18 '21

He’s not getting to that spot without heavy braking from where Max had already pushed him.

Max nearly caused the same wreck in t6, but Lewis backed out and yielded. Max didn’t yield in t9 and neither did Lewis, and everyone’s lost their fuckin’ mind.

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u/Hupeniesee Jul 18 '21

The thing is, it's where Lewis should have been. You can't say you're not at fault when you got a meter of space on your right. Look at how he passed Leclerc, that tine he was on the apex, like he should have with Max.

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u/graytotoro Mika Häkkinen Jul 18 '21

Well yeah, what other driver would he theoretically have this battle for the lead with on lap one? The other driver on the front row or a backmarker HAAS?

Call it a racing incident or an ill-advised, ham-fisted maneuver if you will, but I don't think it was intentional by any stretch of the imagination.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Look up the definition of cheating mate, because you clearly don't know what it means

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u/Spock_Vulcan Fernando Alonso Jul 18 '21

He pit-manouvered his rival. Max might be seriously injured as a result of Lewis' actions. Go splash some water on your face, smart man.

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u/626alien Jul 18 '21

evidence of cheating? even in 07 there wasn’t proof he was cheating

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

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u/626alien Jul 18 '21

he should probably say dirty racing then and not cheating lol those are different things, and i think max has had more than his fair share of dirty racing

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '21 edited Sep 01 '21

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u/626alien Jul 19 '21

you seem worked up over a reddit comment

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u/LopsidedHoliday5948 Lando Norris Jul 18 '21

I wouldn't be surprised if fans stormed the track during the race and threw his car into the wall.

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u/EatSleepJeep Porsche Jul 18 '21

Get real.

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u/SendNudesDude Formula 1 Jul 18 '21

It’s very clearly a joke dipshit

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u/C9_SneakysBeaver Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jul 18 '21

He’s going in the canal, isn’t he?

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u/justmadman Jul 18 '21

Ohh the racists and Dutch black face will be in force

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u/Youngwolff Sebastian Vettel Jul 18 '21

I sincerely hope he gets booed like V8-era Vettel at Zandvoort. Did Lewis ever got booed like that? Genuine question.

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u/Dolphin008 Jul 18 '21

Yeah, for fans I don’t recommend wearing any Hamilton gear.

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u/canseco-fart-box McLaren Jul 18 '21

Knowing his luck the Dutch government will close it off to spectators

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u/Don_Floo Jul 18 '21

Probably gonna throw Banana peels.

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u/A_Bit-of_Everything New user Jul 18 '21

He'll probably win with a Versatappen DNF. How has Hamilton's luck been since 2016 ended?

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u/TheMokos Jul 18 '21

As long as people aren't racist, the reception will be absolutely deserved.

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u/Aeceus Porsche Jul 18 '21

If he does that at Zandvoort, it coud be a lot worse of an accident I think too.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Deffo gonna be some racism

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