A race that might make you lose your head, it was so difficult, full of tactical subtleties, moments of ready, and others of relaunching, with the monitor altering from one second to the following. And who ended up within the high 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 probably the most titled champions of Components 1, on the monitor 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 doable and getting all of the tire decisions proper. He did, nevertheless, get a major help from McLaren, which in its superb rise to the highest of Components 1 uncared for the technique issue. However Lewis Hamilton was all the time 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 process that required appreciable psychological focus.
The British Grand Prix podium with the 2 greatest 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 Crimson Bull was not at its greatest this time, however nonetheless got here near victory because of ways, pit field decisions, and the driving force’s composure, reconciled with the game after the incident at Zeltweg.
To recap, there was Mercedes, there was McLaren, and there was Crimson Bull. The one one lacking, sadly, was Ferrari. This setback weighs greater than the others as a result of displaying up on Friday with two totally different aerodynamic options, each examined at totally different occasions within the race, appeared an indication of weak spot we didn’t anticipate, 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 individuals who noticed issues from the skin. And Charles Leclerc’s accusations in opposition to the pit field concerning strategic decisions 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 clarify, whereas Carlos Sainz had a calmer weekend with out errors, however with a automobile that also managed to lose half a second per lap in opposition to Crimson 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 know what new world awaits him and maybe a bit of anxious about what he’s seeing at this second. Take coronary heart, Lewis Hamilton is not going to arrive in Maranello alone. And he already is aware of that it’ll not be sufficient to construct a automobile that’s aggressive solely within the spring, however it is going to be essential to recreate concord, an setting, and above all, a way: good luck Lewis, you’ll need loads of espresso for the duty you’ve gotten dedicated to..
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