Ham is driving it
I’d hope so! He was just gifted his best chance of the year and he’s focused on crying about debris? Man up and get it done!
What a joke of a sprint - first, turn 1 carnage, and then Stroll adding some spice... For the championship, it's interesting though, with Max shaving some of the Mc's advantage. And Leclerc outperformed by Hamilton, I guess it's a new low for the team.
Exciting Sprint race 90% due to the crash. After that it wasn't anything special and suggests the race is primarily going lack passing. Max remains perfect in Sprint races at Austin. 100% pole, win and laps led. George Russell throws a dive bomb from a mile back, completely misses the corner, is lucky Max had the headspace to avoid him and then has the gall to say he doesn't deserve a record of going off track. He is incredibly unlikable. I also think he remembered last year's penalty and was trying to force Max off the track to force a 5 second penalty based on a technicality. He's done scumbag moves like that before. Only George isn't a great wheel to wheel driver and he botched it. McLaren double DNF. How wonderful for the championship! Zak Brown goes on the radio and says it's not his drivers fault. Better look again bud. While it was a racing incident, the cause of the crash was Piastri cutting left leaving Hulkenberg no place to go because Alonso went for a gap that was there and was in full control of his car on the furthest inside. Alonso never has good sprint races. Lance Stroll remains the embarrassment of F1. He's done nothing all year, and in his first pass attempt that anyone can think of and he looked like Ray Charles out there. Then to top off he has the brilliant idea to drive the car back onto the racing line with a wheel that's falling off. I gotta say I liked that move Hamilton made on Leclerc. Charles the usual unforced error gave the opportunity and Hamilton showed he still has some race in him. Bearman getting screwed with a giant 10 second penalty for being forced off track. This is going to set a precedent for tomorrows race. Dive bomb or stick to the inside of any corner, let the competitor get on the outside and then push him off track and give him a penalty. Racing in F1 is an absolute joke.
Agree with the stewards, the first chaos was a racing incident. Ferrari is no longer worth commenting on. On to qualifying.
For a moment, it looked like Hamilton might catch Sainz but it never happened. Still happy with the result.
I'll be honest with you. I'm happy to finally see a little effort by Hami. The drivers should just get together and insist Stroll be banned. Its becoming ridiculous.