Welcome to the Steward's Grand Prix of Austria, held at the Kangaroo Court Ring.
Ver totally in command all race long. Impressive from him and RB. Cruise control all the way. Lando - awesome drive! Star quality for sure. Sainz - great job! Nice to see Ferrari ditch driver preference in favour of team points. Right call. Unusual for the Scuderia! Ric - good recovery today. Pay on the back and a cookie at bed time. Lots of good driving up and down the field. Russell vs Alonso was quality racing. Kimi - brain fade special to take out Vet And finally - what the actual f*** were the race stewards playing at penalising Perez and Norris for actually racing?! Garbage calls and needs sorting out. The stewards need to realise this is Formula 1, not Bambino Kart.
Aside from Max running away it wasn't a bad race to watch. Perez really screwed up Leclerc's race. How much time did he lose in those two "events". WTF was going on between Kimi and Vettel at the end? Trying to convince one another to retire first? I don't see how Norris is the "driver of the day". He started 2nd and finished 3rd. He drove fine but just because he finished ahead of Hamilton he's "driver of the day"? I'm already tired of this orange smoke gag.
Ferrari and all Ferrari powered cars were on Bridgestones and the rest of the field were on Michelin’s. Had more poles then Hamy in 2005
A car that car win 5 GPs on the trot (with 2 different drivers), and 6 out of 9 races can be considered as DOMINATING. It shouldn't be long before the usual critics start saying that any driver could win in a Red Bull, or maybe not.
Yes I know Ferrari was on Bridgestones. Therefore Schumacher was not able to win once his advantage was taken away.
Penalize everyone!!! Quite a difference at today's Indycar race. Wheels banging all over, and the only penalty was for an aggressive blocking move on track.
But remember that Sainz was on much younger mediums than Ricciardo's hards. I was a little surprised it took so long for him to get by. But then, Ric tends to make his car *very* wide.
people can have different standards for the word “domination”, but that was a dominating victory, imho. Nobody was touching him today.
True, although on first relay, had Lewis not been stuck behind Nandi so long he had the potential to make it interesting. Aside 1st place it was an interesting race Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Norris was good, despite his bs penalty. Sainz was really good picking up 5th. Hats off to Bottas for getting second. He drove well also. Max & RBR is this season’s Hamilton/Merc. Nobody’s touching him. Misfortune for Ham but at least he picked up decent points...but Max has a race in hand and then some in this “battle”.
Although I think it’s over I’d be very surprised if Mercedes doesn’t win a few more. The rb is dominant but not Mercedes dominant. The undercut or things like that could work against them. Im also curious how things will be in 22. I’m expecting a return to form form Mercedes, also what will happen to rb once Honda retires? We seen what happened to Williams with the mechachrome engine in the late 90’s when they lost Renault. Horner has burned a lot of bridges with his nasty cocky attitude Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think the races will be closer on most tracks...the Merc lwb layout has traditionally struggled here. I’m guessing Hungary may be the same as here. it must be said that Sergio screwed the pooch today. A lot of impatience and drove a frustrated race. DR didn’t do too badly either!
Much like LH, his only competition is his team - mate in the same car. We see how little challenge Max faces there lol.
The Ferrari in 2005 was no where near how good the Mercedes is today. Mercedes is still the second best team with the ability to win. Ferrari was did not have a chance but MS still was able to get a couple poles and podiums.
Mmm yes but by saying so let’s not discredit Max’s talent. I don’t like the dude But he is fast and just like Hamilton in his days has been a prodigy. It’s a shame teams don’t put 2 tip drivers side to side anymore but we saw what happened in the past… Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Become world champion and winning are 2 different things. He almost won in 06 , we won in 96 ,97 ,98,99 with an inferior car. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk