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Formula 1 2017 Season |OT| Japanese Horror Story - Sundays on Sky
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Can tell from Hamiltons body language that hes very amped up. Either from the hype of getting the job done in this race or could be his attitude going forward to the end of the season to take the championship. Ive never seen him like that before, very interesting to witness.
That thought alone fills me with joy. You can't have it all your own way. And the Dutch fans seem to love Danny Ric too, so tough.
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The effort seen from Hamilton this weekend was absolutely not straightforward. This was a tough battle between two greats. Overtakes are not the only metric in F1.
You're forgetting McLaren-Honda.
Hamilton is a legendary driver. Him not making mistakes under pressure is pretty straightforward for him. For it to be one of his best races it lacked some extraordinary challenge. Vettel while close was not a big challenge
nature boy
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Good no shoey
killer_clank
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C4 having Suzie and Toto interviewing each other as team principal and 'pundit' will never not be weird
At the very least, Hulk is showing that Renault can be best of the rest on various tracks by now. Especially if Force India keeps doing this to themselves.
Yeah the incestiuous, mateyness of C4 coverage gets on my tits.
All greats are expected to deliver but calling it straightforward kind of cheapens this level of performance down to being easy. The last stint looked near impossible for Hamilton. But sure this fight did turn out how we expected it to from the beginning of the race and so lacked a bit to be special.
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Lewis enjoyed a top speed advantage in the two attempts by Vettel. He could only lost it today with a crucial mistake. It was an expected win against an inferior car - even with better tires.
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Really enjoyable race. Was great to see Ferrari keep up with the Mercs on a circuit like Spa. The Perez/Ocon relationship is sour at best and an absolute shame to bring upon an otherwise superb FI team.
What? Podium? Ocon is the culprit? wtf...
Im talking about Baku, FI lost at least 25 points that day.
Ah ok. I was thinking about today. Sorry.
Hydranockz
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Why are we talking about points in Baku?
Perez raises a good point. Why on earth would you go for the pass before the straight? Get up the hill and pass with DRS. Yeah he got off turn 1 with more speed but going two wide up that hill is needless for one team.
Edit: That's not to say Perez is blameless. Closing the door at those speeds is stupid. I do believe him saying he'd have done that with any other driver but what a weird incident. Totally unnecessary.
Perez raises a good point. Why on earth would you go for the pass before the straight? Get up the hill and pass with DRS. Yeah he got off turn 1 with more speed but going two wide up that hill is needless for one team.
Edit: That's not to say Perez is blameless. Closing the door at those speeds is stupid. I do believe him saying he'd have done that with any other driver but what a weird incident. Totally unnecessary.
Vettel would have been gone had he gotten past Hamilton in the last stint. He had a huge advantage on the restart but Hamilton simply outclassed him there by lifting and forcing Vettel on the outside and out of the tow. Saying it was all car is a bit bullshit. Hamilton was simply the better driver this weekend.
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It was literally impossible for Vettel to overtake Lewis, he was pulling out significant higher top speeds.
Vettel needed the tow, he could have easily gotten that if Hamilton hadn't lifted. See also two cars going past Bottas by having the tow.
The crucial moment was after the safety car. Lewis lifted just before Eau Rouge so Vettel had less time to get towed and acquire enough speed to pass. At the end of the straight, the Merc engine flexed its muscles again.
Pretty strong tactic by Lewis.
DHC-Shannow
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Raikonnen and Riciardo managed to do it on Bottas... I was watching the speeds closely on those last laps and if anything Vettel was slightly faster on a straight, probably due to a distance tow from Hamilton.
Nice!
PdotMichael
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They showed the speeds of both drivers and Vettel just couldn't get faster once he left the slipstream while Lewis still gained more speed. The engines were even close today.
Hamilton and Vettel were flawless today and the guy with the better car won today. There is no need to turn this into some legend.
Hamilton and Vettel were flawless today and the guy with the better car won today. There is no need to turn this into some legend.
Perez ass got saved because it was a teammate and he immediately suffered a tire failure.
You know what they say... Pics or it didn't happen.
theignoramus
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Some great driving from Hamilton, especially during the last stint with Vettel on the faster tyre. That was a champion's drive.
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Vettel was within 2 seconds of Lewis the entire race and on the faster tyre for 12 laps at the end, did you even watch the race? Not threatened?
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And you're right.
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Vettel said, Hamilton lifted before Eau Rouge to let him come close. So he had to get out of the tow too early & couldn't overtake. #AMuS
The relative strength of Ferrari on a 'Mercedes' track is the most interesting part for me. Assuming the 'ferrari' tracks still favour them, then it could be a difficult fight for Hamilton for the rest of the season
That's pretty smart.
Fact of the matter is, when two cars are this close then the one who qualifies better will likely win. That's still in Mercedes' hands.
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