A race that might make you lose your head, it was so difficult, stuffed with tactical subtleties, moments of ready, and others of relaunching, with the observe altering from one second to the subsequent. And who ended up within the prime two spots? The drivers with the clearest imaginative and prescient of the race, those that mixed pace with expertise, instinct, and intelligence. First Lewis Hamilton and second, by a whisker, Max Verstappen, not coincidentally essentially the most titled champions of Components 1, on the observe the place all of it started.
Lewis Hamilton didn’t have any stroke of luck. He constructed his success lap by lap, making an attempt to make as few errors as attainable and getting all of the tire selections proper. He did, nonetheless, get a big help from McLaren, which in its superb rise to the highest of Components 1 uncared for the technique issue. However Lewis Hamilton was at all times there, within the main positions, with the identical pace as George Russell first after which Lando Norris, able to seize the race on the decisive second, which got here with the ultimate tire change, when he fitted the Pirelli Softs and managed to face up to Max Verstappen’s livid and aggressive comeback, a troublesome job that required appreciable psychological focus.
The British Grand Prix podium with the 2 finest drivers is an image to place away and ponder over why so many victories are received extra with the pinnacle than with the foot. This is applicable additionally to Max Verstappen, whose Pink Bull was not at its finest this time, however nonetheless got here near victory because of techniques, pit field selections, and the motive force’s composure, reconciled with the game after the incident at Zeltweg.
To recap, there was Mercedes, there was McLaren, and there was Pink Bull. The one one lacking, sadly, was Ferrari. This setback weighs greater than the others as a result of exhibiting up on Friday with two completely different aerodynamic options, each examined at completely different occasions within the race, appeared an indication of weak spot we didn’t count on, if not outright confusion.
However how is it that Ferrari doesn’t have one of the superior simulators in F1? Aren’t there a whole lot of technicians studying figures, telemetry, making measurements? Partaking in a comparative check throughout a grand prix was a romantic throwback to the previous, within the pre-computer period, nevertheless it appeared a bit embarrassing for many who noticed issues from the surface. And Charles Leclerc’s accusations towards the pit field relating to strategic selections affirm a poisonous environment we thought relegated to distant occasions. The Monegasque driver, at Silverstone, ended up a lap behind for a collection of debatable causes too lengthy to elucidate, whereas Carlos Sainz had a calmer weekend with out errors, however with a automobile that also managed to lose half a second per lap towards Pink Bull, McLaren and Mercedes.
This was not what the followers and the leaders of the Prancing Horse anticipated. It was not what Lewis Hamilton anticipated, curious to grasp what new world awaits him and maybe somewhat nervous about what he’s seeing at this second. Take coronary heart, Lewis Hamilton won’t arrive in Maranello alone. And he already is aware of that it’s going to not be sufficient to construct a automobile that’s aggressive solely within the spring, however it will likely be essential to recreate concord, an setting, and above all, a technique: good luck Lewis, you have to loads of espresso for the duty you will have dedicated to..
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