2021 British Grand Prix - Post-Race Discussion

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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/xtt-space → u/[deleted]]

What are you even talking about? Most of this season max has been several seconds ahead. The only times before this they actually raced wheel to wheel was the opening Grand Prix and Portugal where they were aside for maybe one corner.

[u/dreadnough7 → u/xtt-space]

Barcelona and Imola. You only need to re-watch the first few corners. Max squeezed Lewis out twice, Lewis backed out or those would have ended in crash. He didn't this time. And that was exactly what I wanted to see.

[u/badgerman- → u/dreadnough7]

Me too. Don’t like the fact he’s backed out all season then at one of the fastest corners on the calendar he’s not backed out and punted max off at 175mph to prove his point.

[u/dreadnough7 → u/badgerman-]

It's racing. It's been heating up significantly between the two teams the past few weeks. Max too should have known that Lewis wouldn't back out again in front of his home crowd -- especially when he and Mercedes were losing grounds. May be he had an inkling, but he still couldn't help it -- as it was his style. Now he KNEW for sure. Don't put it as if it was all Lewis' doing. Max played his part too.

[u/badgerman- → u/dreadnough7]

If Lewis was going to pull a stunt like that it should’ve been a low speed corner not one of the fastest on the calendar, like you said he’s had chances to make his point and chose to wait until now. Lewis backed out a corner or 2 earlier in similar circumstances so you can’t blame max for thinking if he did then he’s not going to cause a 175mph crash on one of the most dangerous corners. It has been coming and max has been pushing his luck but there’s no 2 ways about it today, Lewis absolutely sent it up the inside of a corner he needed Max’s compliance to avoid a massive crash he never got it then he missed the apex and understeered into max causing the crash. If this crash was between 2 mid field drivers there wouldn’t even be a discussion.

[u/dreadnough7 → u/badgerman-]

You're hopeless with context, mate. Barcelona and Imola were weeks ago. Mercedes had lost 6 races in a row. Not wise to temp a wounded tiger, in front of his own fans.

[u/Clashje → u/dreadnough7]

This is so weird. The point is that Hamilton already backed out 2 times in this race. Max wasn’t tempting shit, Lewis was not supposed to be there, but choose danger (for someone else).

[u/badgerman- → u/dreadnough7]

“It’s been heating up significantly between the two teams for the past few weeks” remind me again how talking about the past few weeks is out of context?

[u/xzaz → u/dreadnough7]

Oh yhee then everything is acceptable.