Poll: Hungarian Grand Prix 2021, Budapest - Race 11/23

Rate the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix out of ten

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Mercedes have lost 2 race wins due to just basic errors this year.

Hamilton knocking the brake magic button on and not pitting for slicks at the restart. He could have been another 35 points up.
 
Flibster said:
Mercedes have lost 2 race wins due to just basic errors this year.

Hamilton knocking the brake magic button on and not pitting for slicks at the restart. He could have been another 35 points up.
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Russell pointed out that they were ****** either way, if merc pitted everyone else would have overtaken them in the pit lane and they would have came out last or close to it anyway
 
Funny that Russell finally gets a point and is overshadowed by his teammate. Same thing when Kubica was racing. Russell was obviously better, yet Kubica 'beat' him in the standings that year.

Nice to see someone new up front, but I was hoping Vettel would get the win, as Ocon has been poor for large part of the season.

woppy101 said:
Russell pointed out that they were ****** either way, if merc pitted everyone else would have overtaken them in the pit lane and they would have came out last or close to it anyway
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Yet wouldn't have lost time being on the wrong tyres for a lap.
 
woppy101 said:
Russell pointed out that they were ****** either way, if merc pitted everyone else would have overtaken them in the pit lane and they would have came out last or close to it anyway
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He'd have lost places, sure, but surely he'd have been ahead of at least one of the drivers of those teams with two drivers left.

Post-race interviews suggest that Merc thought there was more rain coming so, presumably, they thought the grid would split on whether to put slicks on.
 
woppy101 said:
Russell pointed out that they were ****** either way, if merc pitted everyone else would have overtaken them in the pit lane and they would have came out last or close to it anyway
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Merc only had to service one car, others might have had to double stack theirs. And he would have been atleast a few places up, that could have ended in a win with the same strategy.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
They need them.

Are Mercedes planning anymore?
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Silverstone updates were their last afaik. And even those came after they said a couple races ago that they are not working on the car anymore and Lewis and Wolff both said no further updates but the step up made by Red Bull might have pushed them to find some minor improvements. And then Andrew Shovlin said we have some updates in the pipeline for British GP.
 
Mad Races like today are a perfect demonstration to Max as to why you don't risk your healthy championship lead calling the bluff of your competitors that have little to lose.

You need to save the dnfs for the unlucky/mad races and not risk them when it's entirely avoidable.
 
Wow what a race! Had to laugh when Hamilton did the restart in his own. So ronery! :D What a drive though, super happy to see him back on top in the championship. Crazy about the drink, I was seriously waiting for him to take a tumble on the podium, why was no one there looking out for him? :confused:
 
Interesting race overall but the racing wasn't that good.

Shame so many drivers were taken out on turn one. Whilst I'm not a fan of Max and RBR, that was a tough break today.

Really feel for Bottas, seemed like a slight lapse of attention whilst he avoided being squeezed and mis timed his braking.

Lewis and Mercedes had an outstanding race all things considered. Lewis did well if he had no hydration all race. No wonder he was woozy on the podium!

The fitess these drivers have is insane.
 
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