ROUND 12: 🇬🇧 Great Britain
FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS BRITISH GRAND PRIX 2024
Circuit stats
- First Grand Prix: 1950
- Number of laps: 52
- Circuit Length: 5.891 km
- Race Distance: 306.198 km
- Lap record: 1:27.097 Max Verstappen (2020)
- 2023 winner: Max Verstappen
Track Map
That was a great race. Especially because of the rain and the high reliance on tire strategy. Which McLaren shit the bed at 😑
But good for Lewis for taking it home, at home. Would’ve preferred a Max win, but I’m happy for Lewis. That was much deserved.
Nando was a lap too late, hardly shit the bed. Lewis did amazing at calling no slicks in the early part of the race
I think they talk about the second pit-stop when McLaren decided to not double-stack and pit Piastri first then Norris next lap.
Edit: And the choice to use Soft tires when Mediums were available which would probably have ended faster than both Hamilton’s Softs and Verstappen Hards near by the end of the race.
Soft tires when Mediums were available
This is the one I can’t figure out either. Not sure if that one is on the driver or team, because Lando fumbled his way into “any kind of slick would be better” over the radio. I haven’t had a chance to watch it back to hear the entire exchange yet though so maybe there was a more defined call made at some point that wasn’t broadcast on the main feed.
The softs were used and the mediums were new. McLaren has long carried the trait of quick tire switch-on and should have known it was more or less a sprint to the finish at that point.
Very confusing.
Would’ve preferred a Max win
I know. When will the poor lad start winning some races?
I’m impressed that despite tricky conditions we had nor SC nor VSC.
I wonder if Gasly (and eventually Sainz) still believes Alpine can compete at the front of the midfield with their lack of performance and reliability.
So McLaren are now the fastest car on average (averaging over conditions and corner types), have an amazing driver pairing but operationally are the weakest. Red Bull are no longer the fastest but are operationally the best and by quite a margin. They also have the best driver but he is fighting alone. Merc are pretty well balanced - the car is fast but not the fastest, strategy and operations are good but not perfect and the driver line up is amazing.
All three teams are evenly matched. The double header will be fascinating.
McLaren completely botched what would’ve been their win.
Hulk with a mega P6.
Sargeant drove well for a respectable P11.
Perez drops to 6th in the drivers’ championship, didn’t drop to 7th because of Russell DNF.
Leclerc 💀
Congratulations to Lewis. It has to feel amazing to win at home after a drought in his successful career. Well done.
