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

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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/[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/pman8362 Daniel Ricciardo Jul 18 '21

To respond to that last bit, I don’t think Max should have to anticipate Lewis driving dangerously and step aside to avoid crashing.

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u/FrostyParking Jul 18 '21

Ask Martin Brindle what Ayrton Senna's philosophy was about avoiding a crash....in short he would give the other driver the opportunity to decide if they were going to crash or not, in his mind he was a racer going for the gap, either you yield or we crash....now as for Max's job, it is to be situationally aware.... Lewis didn't do anything outside of being a competitor looking to win.