Formula 1 - 2021 Season

That was nice to watch
In general, I don't mind this format, but prefer classic Q.

 

Make the reverse grid based on points rather than qualifying, problem solved

 

yes its a common sense suggestion, that many ppl have thought of (here me here back in 2014 saying the same)
https://forum.beyond3d.com/posts/1809376/

now for qualification how to do that?
let it not be a qualification but a timetrail sprint, I think its 25 points for first in the race right
well on saturday everyone does a lap, 5 points for quickest > 4,3,2,1 (so top 5 fastest get points) maybe do this 3 times
It would certainly make the qualification much more exciting, like football F1 is quite easy to improve, though unlike football they seem to be more receptive to changing stuff so who knows if they improve things

 

FIA (or whoever) want 3 events for the weekend so yes some sort of qualy would still be needed. For this requirement, the reverse champ points sprint won't fit.

Anyway, with the format on trial here at Silverstone, I also don't think I like how the 1 - lap pace becomes irelevant. Everybody tunes their car largely for the race, since the sprint gives an extra opportunity to recover places. Results in less out-of-position drivers come race day, except in the case of crashes

 

And how many times is this Hamilton driving others off the road? (And if course as usual getting off unscathed himself).

 

We should know soon who is at fault ... Looks like Max tried to pinch Lewis.

 

I'm curious how you came to that conclusion. I expect 'racing incident', but if they find fault usually the driver who is behind is blamed. In this case, Hamilton.

 

What? Hamilton had plenty of space. You can even see from Hamilton's onboard that a Verstappen is moving to the racing line and Hamilton is simply driving into him. That is a very fast corner, you can simply jump from one line to another to squeeze somebody.

Also Jensen said in his mind it looked like Hamilton missed the Apex and that cause him to run wide.

From the on boards it certainly doesn't look to me Hamilton wasn't given space. Looked more like Hamilton ran into Verstappen.

 

Just listening to commentary as we wait.

 

Well there you go. Just ram your main competitor off the road. Hope somebody pays back the favor and wraps him around a concrete wall.

 

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What Hamilton just did is his speciality. For instance he did the same exact thing in 2019 to Albon (Brazil). He is going the inside, without having the advantage, and is aiming the rear tyre of his opponent with his front tyre. There is nothing the guy in front can do against this.

Stewards should really review previous past 'incidents' caused by Hamilton and they would easily see a pattern.

 

Great race, Red Bull and Horner can be soo cocky, it's only hard and fair racing when Max comes out on top apparently.

I also need to step away from YouTube, I'm having too much fun. On to the next.

 

very spicy but imho a racing incident

 

I've watched so many breakdowns on it now.
Racing incident but reasonable penalty all things considered I guess.
Or maybe drive through if wanted to go up a penalty.

Everyone says it's max so you know what he's like, but you can't keep being the one to back out given the position of the championship.
They both could've avoided it, even if Lewis was slightly more to blame.

 

This is the point where we really get to weight Maxes balls. Obviously he belives Hamilton is about 400 % at fault here - can he keep his cool or will he go planning on revenge

 

So why I think it was Max's corner and Hamilton did it on purpose (and he already done exactly this in the past)

- Max had the advantage.
- Hamilton had actually missed this corner, he was going too fast with his trajectory and he had to brake more than usual after the contact in order to stay on the track but inevitably he lost valuable time: We can see Leclerc easily overtaking him just after. He would never have never done that if he was alone. But his aim was to crash Max, and he could have killed him in that super fast corner.

I hope Max takes his revenge and do the same exact thing if he is behind him next time. I mean, 10 secondes penalty? that's cheap.

 

I hope so too. Then max will get another DNF while Lewis goes on to win. (edit - think I should add I obviously don't think it's a good idea)

Anybody that thinks you can do that and guarantee that you don't come out worse or the same hasn't watched much F1 over the years.

Max does overly aggressive moves all the time, but most drivers give way as they know he is less likely to give way.

 

yeah will be interesting to see if max is mature enough to put this behind him and not do a vettel

im just happy nobody is totally running away with the championship, though if it was one of my guys at the front i would be totally fine with them running away with it but since i dont favor max or lewis, i just want to see good fighting at the front