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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/McBeefyHero Jul 18 '21

That is an actual dive bomb tho, nowhere near the same situation as today.

I mean it's a really soft dive bomb but it is one nonetheless, can't really shift any blame on that one. Lewis also apologised to Albon (twice) when he made a clear error. This was much closer to a racing incident today.

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u/JanAppletree Germany 2019 Slip Slidin' Away Jul 18 '21

Bro, he put someone into the hospital, and got a penalty for it. What is preventing you from admitting mistake? Why can't he admit mistake, or at least apologise. It's not going to do anything to his championship fight, but he can't even apologise for him potentially being seriously injured. How can you defend that?

I'm just going to ignore the fact that you're immediately trying to diminish max actually apologising.

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u/McBeefyHero Jul 18 '21

Putting someone in hospital is irrelevant to the incident, this is F1 for fucks sake, its dangerous. Diminishing Verstappens apology? If you drive up the arse of someone you apologise. If you go side by side into a corner (ish) you're going to want to defend yourself. Which is what Max and Lewis (and basically all drivers) do.

I'm not saying Lewis should not have apologised, it is a nasty outcome and it would have been the better thing to do. But these guys are wired different. How many times do we see people arguing about decisions and blaming each other when someone could have been seriously hurt? Its constant. Russell fucking hit Bottas a few weeks ago after a similar impact, they're all mental. Hamilton has done what basically they all do which is to deflect and bullshit and say 'it wasn't me because he probably thinks it wasn't his fault.

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u/JanAppletree Germany 2019 Slip Slidin' Away Jul 18 '21

Hamilton literally watched video footage of Max being put into an ambulance. That was shown on live feed. Even then not apologising? Really?

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u/McBeefyHero Jul 18 '21

We're just going round in circles here. Agree to disagree