"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-)
07/22/2018 at 12:07 • Filed to: F1
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"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-)
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I guess we won’t see another race here until at least 2020 since they can only afford to host a race every couple of years.
The very real threat of rain gave us a really wide variety of strategies. Definitely didn’t expect the final outcome of the race.
Verstappen, Hulkenberg, and Grosjean (exceptional results for the latter two) still managed to keep it in the top 10 despite having three pit-stops, including brief stints on the intermediate tire. I think Grosjean made up a lot of places in the last few laps after the restart.
Lots of salt on reddit. Definitely didn’t want it to end like that for Vettel today, especially since I had predicted him just building a gap to P2 and then maintaining his pace (which was true for the first part of the race).
Most of the saltiness comes from Hamilton getting away with leaving the pit-lane entry since Raikkonen was penalized for something similar a couple of years ago, but apparently that was a track-specific rule since the Baku pit-entry is basically a flat-out entry on a straight. I personally thought it was harmless but I can see why others would be upset by it.
Other saltiness coming from Mercedes team orders - I totally get why they would give the order, especially when they’re behind in the WDC and WCC coming into this race, but I would’ve been extremely pleased with a Bottas win and Hamilton taking P2 to keep the gap to Vettel interesting and give a Finn a much-needed win. Hugely mature reaction from Bottas on the radio (didn’t watch any post-race) because I can’t imagine Hamilton would’ve reacted the same way to such an order.
In all honestly, my moment of the race is Gasly on full wets. It’s like putting everything on “00" in roulette - any other outcome and you’re fucked.
All in all, a very interesting race with interesting implications for the championship. I still think Ferrari have the overall edge in terms of their car but luck didn’t go their way today. With half of a season to go it’s still a wide-open championship which is the best we could hope for at this stage of the season.
BeaterGT
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
07/22/2018 at 12:45 |
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Super happy for Grosjean getting past Perez after getting pushed off the track earlier in the race.
As for the Hamilton-debacle, I always thought the rule was once you go past the bollard, you have to stick to that decision. Sucks that the radio call doesn’t line up with the video as you don’t really know what happened when. If Bottas gets the win, I won’t be disappointed.
What about Leclerc turning the last couple of laps into a rallycross session? Great race, can’t wait to be in Budapest next week!
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gin-san - shitpost specialist
> BeaterGT
07/22/2018 at 13:05 |
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Honestly, as much as I like HAM as a driver I wouldn’t even be disappointed if he gets the 5 sec. penalty and Bottas is promoted to P1. He was very accepting of the team order during the race, plus I just want him to get at least one win this year to make up for his bad luck earlier in the year.
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BeaterGT
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
07/22/2018 at 13:48 |
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Can’t agree enough!
pip bip - choose Corrour
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
07/23/2018 at 07:55 |
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i found this part of the BBC feed the best.
won’t lie, i HATE Vettel.
Hammy rules.