F1 Master class

[cast iron]

Hungaroring, what a master class from Merc, after the previous fiasco. Can you imagine being dealt that tyre strategy, the plan being for a last lap overtake! Lewis was cool as a cucumber.

[Rory's Dad]

Agreed - but if Red Bull had pitted first the reverse would have been true! 

[Steve (sdh2903)]

 

1 hour ago, Rory's Dad said:

Agreed - but if Red Bull had pitted first the reverse would have been true! 

 

Not so sure the Red bull had the pace to do what the merc/LH did. And if max pitted first I suspect the kinder-on-its tyres merc would have been able to go to the end. Especially as Lewis's tyres were 6 laps younger.

 

Great race again though and great call by the merc strategists.

[Captain Colonial]

Red Bull must have been flabbergasted when Lewis pitted, knowing they’d just been boxed into a corner.  Brilliant strategy, phenomenal driving.  Mac is up and coming for sure, but he’s still got lessons to learn before he can snatch the crown.

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

Could you all hear me shouting at the telly? 😆

What a race, there are not many drivers you could say to "it will work out just overtake Max on the last lap" brilliant 

[stephenh]

Prior to this race, the Mercedes strategic calls have been far from good on occasions. However, this time, they really were "on the ball." That said, I doubt that there are many other driver/car combinations currently who could have achieved that. In fact, I don't think there are any.

[pistonbroke]

Full marks to Max for me , drove a great race in a slower car , pity about the tyre thing though , ruined what could and should have been a really great race between two hard chargers .  Perhaps if tyres were designed to go the distance we could see some proper racing on track , not win or lose via pit stop strategies worked out by computers . 

Overtake Buttons . DRS . make a mockery of a once great sport .

 

What next ? 

How about we leave the drivers in the pits to work the cars by X box type remote control  

[Steve (stevel)]

On 05/08/2019 at 16:37, Paul Hurdsfield said:

Could you all hear me shouting at the telly? 😆

What a race, there are not many drivers you could say to "it will work out just overtake Max on the last lap" brilliant 

Couldn't hear you Paul I was shouting at my telly 😂😀😂 4 good races now and missed you at Silverstone I was shouting there too😀😀

Steve

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

 

I agree with Bernie. If necessary, run the race in two heats with half an hour in between so there are no routine in-heat stops much as Moto GP is. You start, you race, someone wins on track.

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

The point is they took a chance, pitted and dropped back 20 seconds, Lewis then had to claw back that 20 secs AND then pass Max, no easy task, and nail biting for the spectators.

[djm]

Yes a good race and brilliant strategy. It was dependent on three things 1. Lewis's ability to close the gap and pass 2. Mercedes performance advantage and 3.Gasly not being there as a rear gunner. Christian Horner has said that Gasly's performance is now hurting the the team! I don't think that it will be long before he's booted out! Actually it's four things it wouldn't have worked without the 20 second gap.

[Rory's Dad]

It was the CHANCE that made it EXCITING! 

[djm]

It's a shame about the state of F1 overall apparently four drivers from four different teams were lapped twice and one driver was lapped three times! Sad!

[pistonbroke]

2 hours ago, Paul Hurdsfield said:

The point is they took a chance, pitted and dropped back 20 seconds, Lewis then had to claw back that 20 secs AND then pass Max, no easy task, and nail biting for the spectators.

Not if Max's tyres had lasted out , he became a sitting duck after tey went off , I dont see whats particularly exciting about a driver in a far superior car passing another whose tyres are shot . Interesting outcome ? maybe , but exciting ? doubt Hamilton would agree , in fact I think he said as much .

 

Call it what you want but for me,  not having  tyres that last a race distance robbed us of a great race .

 

Who  would not want  to see LH  and Max flogging it out hell for leather for lap after lap , not winning by vertue of a computer aided pit stop working out the odds 

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

59 minutes ago, pistonbroke said:

Not if Max's tyres had lasted out , he became a sitting duck after tey went off , I dont see whats particularly exciting about a driver in a far superior car passing another whose tyres are shot . Interesting outcome ? maybe , but exciting ? doubt Hamilton would agree , in fact I think he said as much .

 

Call it what you want but for me,  not having  tyres that last a race distance robbed us of a great race .

 

Who  would not want  to see LH  and Max flogging it out hell for leather for lap after lap , not winning by vertue of a computer aided pit stop working out the odds 

I half agree Bernie but those are the current rules and that's what they have to race with, a number of times in the past Hamilton has been in that situation where his tyres have been dead, but he manage to hold on to the lead.