View Poll Results: Pick the winner at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday
Sebastian Vettel
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Kimi Räikkönen
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Max Verstappen
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Valtteri Bottas
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Sergio Pérez
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Felipe Massa
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Daniil Kvyat
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Romain Grosjean
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Nico Hülkenberg
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Fernando Alonso
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Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Kevin Magnussen
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Jenson Button
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Esteban Gutiérrez
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Jolyon Palmer
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Marcus Ericsson
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Felipe Nasr
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#12
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Forget the drama and that which rhymes with swat. The race was packed with action and the post race should celebrate the other achievers. Max Verstappen was very opportunistic in finishing second making his tires last as long as he made them. Kimi Raikkonen drove a fighting race as well.
But the drivers of the race IMO were Jenson Button and Pascal Wehrlein. JB made a smooth start and dived into second behind Lewis and it was great to watch him hold off Kimi at bay for the first 7 laps. Then for him to stay in the mix and finish 6th by making passes where they counted was great. Pascal Wehrlein ran up as high as 6th at one point and then he kept the car in the race and in a position to benefit with a 10th place finish with all the attrition after running 40 freakin laps on one set of tires and battling Bottas. Haas finished in 7th with Grosjean achieving the finish with his time penalty - it helped that Perez lost his brakes and DNF'd. so I think the real heroes of this race are Jenson, Pascal, Romain, Max and Kimi.
When Seb had has tire blowout incident, all the commentators were speaking of how Nico drove through the debris. What they missed saying was that Pascal Wehrlein barely squeaked by as Seb's car rolled back on the track to the outside where it came to a stop.
Now moving on to the win. I think it was hard fought. Nico was within his bounds to defend as harsh as that was. Keep in mind Lewis has treated him the same in the past and if the situation were reversed today, would do no different. I have no sympathy for either. What unnerved me is that Lewis was booed on stage. Its not like he did something unfair to win the race. He won fair and square. Nico defended within his rights, they collided, Lewis came out the better from that collision and then won the race. I'm hoping the booing was more to do with what Vettel went through when he was on his streak of championship wins than something else.
The lead is now down to 11 points as the teams head to Silverstone for their home race (unless you are Ferrari or Sauber). I hope we get to see another exciting race next weekend.
But the drivers of the race IMO were Jenson Button and Pascal Wehrlein. JB made a smooth start and dived into second behind Lewis and it was great to watch him hold off Kimi at bay for the first 7 laps. Then for him to stay in the mix and finish 6th by making passes where they counted was great. Pascal Wehrlein ran up as high as 6th at one point and then he kept the car in the race and in a position to benefit with a 10th place finish with all the attrition after running 40 freakin laps on one set of tires and battling Bottas. Haas finished in 7th with Grosjean achieving the finish with his time penalty - it helped that Perez lost his brakes and DNF'd. so I think the real heroes of this race are Jenson, Pascal, Romain, Max and Kimi.
When Seb had has tire blowout incident, all the commentators were speaking of how Nico drove through the debris. What they missed saying was that Pascal Wehrlein barely squeaked by as Seb's car rolled back on the track to the outside where it came to a stop.
Now moving on to the win. I think it was hard fought. Nico was within his bounds to defend as harsh as that was. Keep in mind Lewis has treated him the same in the past and if the situation were reversed today, would do no different. I have no sympathy for either. What unnerved me is that Lewis was booed on stage. Its not like he did something unfair to win the race. He won fair and square. Nico defended within his rights, they collided, Lewis came out the better from that collision and then won the race. I'm hoping the booing was more to do with what Vettel went through when he was on his streak of championship wins than something else.
The lead is now down to 11 points as the teams head to Silverstone for their home race (unless you are Ferrari or Sauber). I hope we get to see another exciting race next weekend.
#13
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Forget the drama and that which rhymes with swat. The race was packed with action and the post race should celebrate the other achievers. Max Verstappen was very opportunistic in finishing second making his tires last as long as he made them. Kimi Raikkonen drove a fighting race as well.
But the drivers of the race IMO were Jenson Button and Pascal Wehrlein. JB made a smooth start and dived into second behind Lewis and it was great to watch him hold off Kimi at bay for the first 7 laps. Then for him to stay in the mix and finish 6th by making passes where they counted was great. Pascal Wehrlein ran up as high as 6th at one point and then he kept the car in the race and in a position to benefit with a 10th place finish with all the attrition after running 40 freakin laps on one set of tires and battling Bottas. Haas finished in 7th with Grosjean achieving the finish with his time penalty - it helped that Perez lost his brakes and DNF'd. so I think the real heroes of this race are Jenson, Pascal, Romain, Max and Kimi.
When Seb had has tire blowout incident, all the commentators were speaking of how Nico drove through the debris. What they missed saying was that Pascal Wehrlein barely squeaked by as Seb's car rolled back on the track to the outside where it came to a stop.
Now moving on to the win. I think it was hard fought. Nico was within his bounds to defend as harsh as that was. Keep in mind Lewis has treated him the same in the past and if the situation were reversed today, would do no different. I have no sympathy for either. What unnerved me is that Lewis was booed on stage. Its not like he did something unfair to win the race. He won fair and square. Nico defended within his rights, they collided, Lewis came out the better from that collision and then won the race. I'm hoping the booing was more to do with what Vettel went through when he was on his streak of championship wins than something else.
The lead is now down to 11 points as the teams head to Silverstone for their home race (unless you are Ferrari or Sauber). I hope we get to see another exciting race next weekend.
But the drivers of the race IMO were Jenson Button and Pascal Wehrlein. JB made a smooth start and dived into second behind Lewis and it was great to watch him hold off Kimi at bay for the first 7 laps. Then for him to stay in the mix and finish 6th by making passes where they counted was great. Pascal Wehrlein ran up as high as 6th at one point and then he kept the car in the race and in a position to benefit with a 10th place finish with all the attrition after running 40 freakin laps on one set of tires and battling Bottas. Haas finished in 7th with Grosjean achieving the finish with his time penalty - it helped that Perez lost his brakes and DNF'd. so I think the real heroes of this race are Jenson, Pascal, Romain, Max and Kimi.
When Seb had has tire blowout incident, all the commentators were speaking of how Nico drove through the debris. What they missed saying was that Pascal Wehrlein barely squeaked by as Seb's car rolled back on the track to the outside where it came to a stop.
Now moving on to the win. I think it was hard fought. Nico was within his bounds to defend as harsh as that was. Keep in mind Lewis has treated him the same in the past and if the situation were reversed today, would do no different. I have no sympathy for either. What unnerved me is that Lewis was booed on stage. Its not like he did something unfair to win the race. He won fair and square. Nico defended within his rights, they collided, Lewis came out the better from that collision and then won the race. I'm hoping the booing was more to do with what Vettel went through when he was on his streak of championship wins than something else.
The lead is now down to 11 points as the teams head to Silverstone for their home race (unless you are Ferrari or Sauber). I hope we get to see another exciting race next weekend.
Be that as it may, it was a great race. Probably the best race of the season so far and I'm looking forward to Silverstone next week!
#14
Now moving on to the win. I think it was hard fought. Nico was within his bounds to defend as harsh as that was. Keep in mind Lewis has treated him the same in the past and if the situation were reversed today, would do no different. I have no sympathy for either. What unnerved me is that Lewis was booed on stage. Its not like he did something unfair to win the race. He won fair and square. Nico defended within his rights, they collided, Lewis came out the better from that collision and then won the race. I'm hoping the booing was more to do with what Vettel went through when he was on his streak of championship wins than something else.
The lead is now down to 11 points as the teams head to Silverstone for their home race (unless you are Ferrari or Sauber). I hope we get to see another exciting race next weekend.
The lead is now down to 11 points as the teams head to Silverstone for their home race (unless you are Ferrari or Sauber). I hope we get to see another exciting race next weekend.
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Anyone notice in the telecast during the podium interview (which were pretty shit btw) there was a shot while Lewis was saying that Nico had brake issues that Christian Horner turned around to Niki Lauda behind him and seemed to say "is that true?".
I thought that was pretty funny and just shows how much the paddock overall must also be as entertained as we are.
Great race, hoping for a fun Silverstone!
I thought that was pretty funny and just shows how much the paddock overall must also be as entertained as we are.
Great race, hoping for a fun Silverstone!
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