2024 - Race 12 British GP - Silverstone

[Matthew]

Friday Jul 5
Practice 1: 12:30pm
Practice 2: 4:00pm

Saturday Jul 6
Practice 3: 11:30am
Qualifying: 3:00pm

Sunday Jul 7
Grand Prix: 3:00pm

[Nitrodaze]

Rain Rain Rain

[Tazio]

Sending Fred out so late for his last q lap caused him to over - cook his tires. He could have had a better grid spot. The team hosed him. Mabe even dorked him a little! :) ;)

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[Used to be Starter]

Fred pretty much wasn't there most of qualifying. Great job by Mercedes and good effort by Norris. Now we'll see how things go tomorrow.

[Tazio]

Fred pretty much wasn't there most of qualifying. Great job by Mercedes and good effort by Norris. Now we'll see how things go tomorrow.Dawg............. I believe Fred finished p3 in q2. Just over-cooked his tires trying to get past 'los on his final out lap............. The team dorked him!
Judging from his sim/race pace he won't be their in the dry............ Wet may be a different Mc'Story.
Yes Brilliant job by the Merc, and the Mc'McLaren boyz.

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[airshifter]

Interesting session. With the track dry, at first it looked like Merc might struggle. But then they pulled off a 1-2 and fooled us all. Strange that almost all the top cars struggled to beat their first S1 times but made time in the final two sectors as well. Hulk did the opposite, beasted S1 and pulled off a P6 start.

With it expected to rain at least at the race start, along with who really has the race pace, it should be an interesting race at least. Max will have his floor damage fixed, and McLaren still seem to have real pace. Any dicing at the front could be costly. If George and Lewis play the team game they should at least have an advantage at the pointy end of things. Oscar might be able to protect Lando some as well, but only time will tell.

It could get spicy!

[Used to be Starter]

I'm sure that as i say this Logan will be off at the first turn, but he actually made it to Q2. That may be the highlight of his F1 career.

[F1nKS]

Russell going for two in a row....

It should be a fun race, and it may be unpredictable if the rain comes.

The second half of the season is setting up for a possible great finish. I wonder if Hamilton is having second thoughts about going to Ferrari.

[gm99]

McLaren's strategy is rather useless today: Brought Piastri in for intermediates a lap too late and now let Norris stay out on inters a lap too long, allowing Hamilton past.

Good to see Hamilton on the top step again, though!

[Tazio]

Brilliant drive by the boss. Well played.

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[N. Jones]

These races have been very good lately. Nice to see Hamilton win again.

[F1nKS]

Russell going for two in a row....

It should be a fun race, and it may be unpredictable if the rain comes.

The second half of the season is setting up for a possible great finish. I wonder if Hamilton is having second thoughts about going to Ferrari.

I had to go to church at lap 19. Didn't look at my phone or watch for the next 3 hours until I could pick up where I left off. Silverstone didn't disappoint. Great drama and great win by Hamilton.

Mclaren...take a page out of the Ferrari strategy book.

[airshifter]

Fantastic race once the initial 16 or so laps of boredom ended. Off the start, everyone up front pulled gaps on the cars behind, barring Piastri who managed to stay within DRS of Lando. Max made an early move but Lewis and George easily had his number until the rain came.

And from there out, it seemed that all of the top drivers made huge gains at one point or another. As the rain came Norris pulled in Max, then Lewis got George. Not to be denied his charge, Lando reeled in Lewis after George, and Oscar was in his wheels passing them next. RB and Max made the smart move, pitted first, and got back into things. Merc were smart and double stacked, even though it brought George back behind Max again, but McLaren absolutely blew it and kept Piastri out for another lap, sending him down to 6th.

Georges chances of any good points went down the tubes with a rare Merc problem.

Merc and Lewis pit, as well as RB and Max. McLaren leave Lando out for one more lap, but it was costly and he came out behind Lesis. Once the change to slicks came, Max was mighty, chasing down Lando who seemed at first to be chasing down Lewis. I think Lewis played tire management a bit better and kept some tires under him for the fight at the end. Once Max got by Lando he was taking chunks out of Lewis, but there just weren't enough laps to get it done, even though the RB was really quick on the hard tires.

Fantastic race for Lewis, and in the end he would not be denied. In all fairness Lando and George had great races as well, but George never got any chance to fight back with dry pace, and Lando seemed to eat up his tires in the last stint. A good race for Max considering how slow his initial stint and intermediate first few laps were.


Hulk pulled off an amazing 6th in the Haas, and Carlos seemed a comfortable gap ahead. Albon, Yuki, and both Aston Martins filled in the top 10. Even with the conditions changing, 8 different manufacturers in the top 10, fairly surprising. And the way the race went, just a slight change in timing over when the rain came could have easily mixed the field up to different positions.

[airshifter]

I had to go to church at lap 19. Didn't look at my phone or watch for the next 3 hours until I could pick up where I left off. Silverstone didn't disappoint. Great drama and great win by Hamilton.

Mclaren...take a page out of the Ferrari strategy book.

I did even worse, I made the mistake of seeing a spoiler before watching the race delayed. I almost didn't watch it today, knowing who the top 3 finishers were, and mostly tuned in to see where it went wrong for George. And even then it was great to watch, more action than I expected. Until the rain came I was just assuming that at some point George broke or sent it off track, while George did DNF the action on track was great.

Great win for Lewis and Merc.

[Nitrodaze]

What a race? Changeable conditions, everyone at wits end.

[Mia 01]

Lewis deserved that win on home soil!

[Nitrodaze]

Lewis deserved that win on home soil!

That is what should have happened in Canada, same conditions, and different outcome.

[Matthew]

These races have been very good lately. Nice to see Hamilton win again.

Yes, the last few races have been very good and with competition at the top the rest of the season should bring more exciting races.