F1 2021 :Round 1 Bahrain

Faugheen

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Ok but will it be questioned how mercedes got away with breaking the limits for the whole race?

Nah.

Max gained a position.

prettyboy81

The Dutch lad & his team choked.

LuckyGent88

Couldn’t have asked for more from the first race really. Hope this battle continues for the year

ctrl-alt-delete

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Ok but will it be questioned how mercedes got away with breaking the limits for the whole race?

Nah.

I wonder will redbull question it,

Max wanted to try build a lead and take a penalty for the overtake.

Inquitus

Simply epic, hope it continues!

Cool_CM

That was close - great drive by Lewis. Hopefully this isn't just first race jitters by Mercedes and it is this close for the rest of the season.

Zookey123

Awesome by Lewis. Showing everyone why he is the GOAT. Wonder what the Lewis haters will say now?

Rossi IRL

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

I wonder will redbull question it,

Max wanted to try build a lead and take a penalty for the overtake.

He wasn't even close to being near the track limits. He looked a full car width off it

Don't see how they could appeal it

kwestfan08

First race I’ve watched start to finish in about 20 years. Been a convert again from watching F1 drive to survive on Netflix. Fantastic stuff today. Hope it’s the start of a great battle between Max and Lewis this year.

This is it

Zookey123 wrote: »

Awesome by Lewis. Showing everyone why he is the GOAT. Wonder what the Lewis haters will say now?

That we still hate him?

thefa

Bit more patience from Max would have surely seen him take the lead on the straight the next lap. Great race from loads of drivers. Hamilton showing his class. Max unlucky. Excited to see how Perez does for the rest of the year to make the constructors a fight.

McFly85

Fair play to Mercedes & Hamilton, was a class race. But they should have been called about going wide on turn 4 far earlier.

Gaoth Laidir

At least Bottas got the fastest lap despite that utter fiasco by the pit crew again (never seems to happen to Lewis).

How much of an overall advantage did Lewis gain in the earlier part of the race by, as he admitted himself, consistently going off the track? He got away with it again.

Fair play to Tsunoda. One to watch for the future.

duploelabs

Max shat the bed with that move

Andrew76

Great race! Fair play to Hamilton. Max should have passed him at the end of the first straight instead.

klose

Good race and but red bull left that one behind, impressive stuff from perez and norris with a solid drive too.

Atleast it looks like red bull have plenty to challenge Mercedes with this year.

ctrl-alt-delete

Rossi IRL wrote: »

He wasn't even close to being near the track limits. He looked a full car width off it

Don't see how they could appeal it

No, I mean will Redbull question the mercs at turn 4 sorry.

Zookey123

This is it wrote: »

That we still hate him?

Ye keep hating and he will keep winning.

FourFourRED

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

No, I mean will Redbull question the mercs at turn 4 sorry.

Horner questions everything. Don’t see there being an issue though as they were told about it during the race and then they stopped.

artanevilla

Zookey123 wrote: »

Awesome by Lewis. Showing everyone why he is the GOAT. Wonder what the Lewis haters will say now?

People don't hate Lewis based on his driving ability.

waynescales1

If it was the other way around Hamilton would have made a clean pass and won the race. Verstappen is quality but still a bit to learn. More composure needed.

mun1

Once again, Hamilton getting the lucky/ marginal calls with stewards today . Some things never change .

He wasn’t saying there is no track limits when verstappen overtook him .

Charlie-Bravo

That's terrible for Max, abiding by the rules all race. And as it was said earlier, Lewis cheating until he was told to stop. That's racing!

skipper_G

skipper_G wrote: »

What a cracking fight between Alonso, Vettel and Sainz that was

My favourite battle of the race!

Oh I so didn’t want Hamilton to win there just to make it exciting. But, oh my, that final few laps had me screaming at the tv.

Faugheen

artanevilla wrote: »

People don't hate Lewis based on his driving ability.

But they use their hatred to cloud their judgement of his driving ability.

Zookey123

artanevilla wrote: »

People don't hate Lewis based on his driving ability.

The excuses on this forum everytime he wins. "Oh he is in the best car, he gets special treatment, Max in the same car would destroy him blah blah". RB have a very good car this year maybe a slight advantage on merc. 10 lap older tires and still Max couldnt beat him. So whats the excuses now guys?

artanevilla

Ha, big projection of Mazepin binning it behind Hamilton.

CosmicSmash

Zookey123 wrote: »

Awesome by Lewis. Showing everyone why he is the GOAT. Wonder what the Lewis haters will say now?

It was a great race but he still whinges like an aul wan. Not much has changed.

mun1

Zookey123 wrote: »

The excuses on this forum everytime he wins. "Oh he is in the best car, he gets special treatment, Max in the same car would destroy him blah blah". RB have a very good car this year maybe a slight advantage on merc. 10 lap older tires and still Max couldnt beat him. So whats the excuses now guys?

He cheated during the race , maybe ? (Turn 4 which gives good car position off the bend )

Zookey123

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

That's terrible for Max, abiding by the rules all race. And as it was said earlier, Lewis cheating until he was told to stop. That's racing!

And.. here we go with the excuses.

Gaoth Laidir

Faugheen wrote: »

But they use their hatred to cloud their judgement of his driving ability.

Nobody's doubting his ability, but he does get his fair share of the luck and he cheated today and got away with it. No way in hell any driver was not aware of track limits on any part of the circuit.

We hate Lewis because he's a complete and utter twat.

Faugheen

CosmicSmash wrote: »

It was a great race but he still whinges like an aul wan. Not much has changed.

Plenty of whinging from Max today as well.

McFly85

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

My favourite battle of the race!

Oh I so didn’t want Hamilton to win there just to make it exciting. But, oh my, that final few laps had me screaming at the tv.

Exactly! I want exciting racing, and that’s certainly what we got today.

quokula

It’s really hard to take F1 seriously as a sport when there’s a different set of rules for Mercedes and everyone else.

BrentMused

Superb drive from Hamilton and a clinic in tyre management as always, but lack of patience really cost Max there.

He inevitably would have caught Lewis on the straight at the end of that lap if he had more patience.

Fantastic races from Norris, Leclerc and Tsunoda especially but my driver of the day is Perez.

Hopefully he will get some luck going forward and that we get plenty of opportunities to see what he can really do in that car.

Charlie-Bravo

Zookey123 wrote: »

And.. here we go with the excuses.

You love Lewis. We get it

Lawlesz

Zookey123 wrote: »

The excuses on this forum everytime he wins. "Oh he is in the best car, he gets special treatment, Max in the same car would destroy him blah blah". RB have a very good car this year maybe a slight advantage on merc. 10 lap older tires and still Max couldnt beat him. So whats the excuses now guys?

Give it a rest ffs, you're the only one flagging it up.

Zookey123

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Nobody's doubting his ability, but he does get his fair share of the luck and he cheated today and got away with it. No way in hell any driver was not aware of track limits on any part of the circuit.

We hate Lewis because he's a complete and utter twat.

Max was told by his own engineer to take advantage of that. So was he cheating too?

Irishjg

That was a fantastic race. The battles throughout were really good. Both Max and Lewis were on another planet on the last 10 laps of the race. Throughly enjoyable first race of the season.

Lougho

Absolutely brilliant race by lewis. I watches it with friends who had him wrote off on grounds his hards wouldn't hold to a 2 stop strategy.

Once again showing he is the Greatest of all time.

Lawlesz

Zookey123 wrote: »

Max was told by his own engineer to take advantage of that. So was he cheating too?

You realize that was in response to Hamilton doing it beforehand and getting away with it? Give your head a wobble

Gaoth Laidir

Zookey123 wrote: »

Max was told by his own engineer to take advantage of that. So was he cheating too?

He gave the position back immediately.

Faugheen

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Nobody's doubting his ability, but he does get his fair share of the luck and he cheated today and got away with it. No way in hell any driver was not aware of track limits on any part of the circuit.

We hate Lewis because he's a complete and utter twat.

Loads of people doubt his ability.

For anyone to say ‘nobody doubts his ability’ is chatting complete and utter nonsense. Every race there is some excuse that undermines his ability and it’s because people think he’s a complete and utter twat.

‘Cheated today and got away with it’. Exactly my point.

Adamocovic

Zookey123 wrote: »

Max was told by his own engineer to take advantage of that. So was he cheating too?

That was clearly Horner’s classic mind games. The if they won’t call it well do it too so. And it worked. Quickly after all of them were told to stop so it worked.

Hijpo

Zookey123 wrote: »

Max was told by his own engineer to take advantage of that. So was he cheating too?

He wasn't doing it, that's the difference

flazio

Mercedes-Benz and Red Bull still miles ahead. Remember Bottas had a disaster of a pitstop and still had enough of a gap to Norris in 4th to put in a stop for softs to go after the fastest lap point.

Faugheen

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

He gave the position back immediately.

This was a long time before the overtake.

skipper_G

quokula wrote: »

It’s really hard to take F1 seriously as a sport when there’s a different set of rules for Mercedes and everyone else.

You can't possibly be suggesting it's okay to overtake another car with all 4 wheels off the track?

Irishjg

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

He gave the position back immediately.

He was referring to both drivers exceeding track limits at turn four throughout the race I think.

Burkie1203

Zookey123 wrote: »

Max was told by his own engineer to take advantage of that. So was he cheating too?

and then race control put an end to it. Hamilton may well have gained 3-4 seconds over Max before Max pitted meaning he has more to make up after, leaving fewer laps to attempt the overtake.

Quite simple. Every breach of track limits = 1 second stationary prior to a pit stop. [exclude lap 1]