Motor Sport
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speaking of Lando.... its about time!
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@WhiskeySandwich for sure and he did a great job but let’s go for more dutch anthems from now on
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So happy for Lando. And so was the rest of the grid. Great W.
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And so happy for Charles! What a messy start but so glad he brought home his home circuit. We have ourselves a constructors race!
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Hell yeah Charles! Boring race (except that first lap) but super psyched for the shakeup in results.
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******* finally as he would've said. this season isn't a max borefest after all
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Looked like we might have a constructor’s race until a Ferrari double bin. Today it’s Le Mans. I guess I should pull for Caddy or Porsche. Love what Ferrari did last year too though.
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What a race! More safety car than one would ever want but thrilled for Ferrari team 50 and United Autosports. For Ferrari to win back to back in a category they’ve been absent from for 50 years and for each team win one is exactly how they would have scripted it.
Happy for DeVries placing second on Toyota Gazoo #7 as well after a humiliating F1 stint.
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Really brutal from Max today but some inept race management led up to it; they should have penalized Lando for track limits sooner to be honest even though I was pulling for him, but I think the desperation the lack of that put into max made him pt his elbows out too far. Then the stewards failed to rein that in. Ultimately Lando and McLaren got completely torpedoed. There needs to be a grid place penalty or else there’s no reason not to torpedo cars with greater pace.
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@mclaincausey yeah I’ve been waiting for that battle all season. It was unfortunate to see how it went down. I think the stewards might have mishandled some things and Max may have let nerves get to him. Ultimately, it just ended up being a loss for everyone except George. Just a bit of shitluck exacerbated by overexcitement. I’m sure the battle will continue, hopefully cleaner next time.
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@louisbosco dude i hear that. I was unexpectedly psyched for him getting that win. Def bummed for Lando tho
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@mclaincausey right?! it's like they took a page from Ferrari's playbook.
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Not the first time this season either… had plenty of time to pit Norris ahead of an obvious SC to come in Montreal and he would have been first behind the SC had they done so. Perhaps VER would have passed as the track dried but we will never know. I think Logan’s car had been out in an obvious crane-removal situation maybe 30 seconds so it was plenty of time for them to pit him. I couldn’t believe it when he passed the pitlane in the same way I couldn’t believe Norris and Piastri passed the pit lane Sunday at Silverstone. And they were debating tires as Norris was in the pit lane. In some scenarios you should just take the obvious decision and leave the driver alone.
But I am extremely happy Lewis won, despite being frustrated with McLaren’s issues running the race. I just want a WCC/WDC race.
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Can’t believe they went for the soft versus brand new mediums. Wasn’t Lando on mediums when he caught Max around lap 20?
Thats almost as bad as the commentators saying not to bring anyone in for Inters during the first little shower of rain, and a lap or two later Ferrari bring in Leclerc…
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its easy to judge the calls in hindsight, but not knowing what the weather was going to do from lap to lap, or from turn to turn for that matter, def turned it into a crapshoot on strategy. I was watching live just enjoying seeing who could maintain their composure in the frantic scramble. Some of those decisions did make me facepalm on the spot though. Others gave me the satisfaction of having been able to call it right before seeing them actually listen to my armchair strategizing.
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@WhiskeySandwich I thought the uncertainty of the weather is what made Silverstone such an amazing race. But I was literally yelling at the TV when Norris passed the pitlane. I know there was some indecision on his part, but imo they should have just said “you’re getting new mediums” and made that happen.
The extra 2 seconds burned on that crappy pit hurt, but that might have been partially Lando’s fault for pulling too far ahead in the pit. But maybe he wouldn’t have done that if they weren't literally quizzing him on hard v soft (only options since they’d given Piastri his mediums) in the pit lane.
I think one thing they might have tried was to ask Piastri to put a bit of distance between himself and Norris, double pit, Medium to Lando and Hard to Piastri, then finish the race. Perhaps there are issues with that strategy but seems good from my armchair.
