Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2021

[heywoodu 15,145]

10 hours ago, Maxim Fastovsky said:

Very surprising that verstappen finished 2nd after starting last.  Off course lucky with that rain in the end that McLaren screwed up on.  

Hamilton and Verstappen were indeed lucky with the rain coming in, but did make brilliant use of it. Huge shame Norris made the wrong call though

 

Anyway, this was Hamilton's chance to deal a big blow to Verstappen in the title fight and he didn't. Not his fault obviously, he can't do more than win, but Verstappen was too good for Hamilton to make a big difference. Might have been a fairly crucial race in the overall picture, but there's a long way to go yet.

[Monzanator 4,503]

Hamilton will take a 10-place grid penalty in Turkey. Red Bull appears to be way off in practice so far.

 

Meanwhile Michael Andretti seems to be serious with the Sauber/Alfa Romeo buyout which would bring Colton Herta to F1.

 

https://racer.com/2021/10/08/andretti-set-for-further-sauber-f1-takeover-talks-in-austin/

[Mkbw50 438]

Bottas won't get another chance like this to win a race ever again in his career.

[vlad 359]

2 hours ago, Mkbw50 said:

Bottas won't get another chance like this to win a race ever again in his career.

Verstappen will overtake him very easy tomorrow, I'm afraid...

[Olympian1010 7,977]

 

[AmericanHero40 213]

39 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

USA getting 2 now? i thought austin would be scrapped.

 

[Monzanator 4,503]

Nope, COTA was build specifically to provide a long-term US venue for F1.

 

We'll have to see if Australia, Japan and Singapore actually take place. Especially Australia where covid lockdown measures are downright insane by this stage.

[NaBUru38 208]

I recall having read that COTA would lose government subsidies if there was a second race in the country. It seems that it's not a blocker.

[Monzanator 4,503]

Brazilian GP sprint starts in 30 minutes. Hamilton was put to the back of the grid after illegal rear wing (DRS flap opened too much). Verstappen was fined 50k euros for touching the Merc rear wing in parc ferme Hamilton will take a 5-place grid penalty for the Grand Prix tomorrow.

[Monzanator 4,503]

Zhou Guanyu will replace Antonio Giovinazzi at Alfa Romeo next season.

 

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alfa-romeo-confirms-zhou-as-first-chinese-f1-driver/6787419/