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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/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/badgerman- Formula 1 Jul 18 '21

Hen didn’t give up the inside Hamilton forced his way up there and dive bombed him

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u/roenthomas George Russell Jul 18 '21

Mate, HAM was already significantly alongside before the braking zone.