[JNW1]

Originally Posted by JustChris

Just breaking 5 place grid penalty for Max.

Big big championship weekend.

You'd think providing Hamilton gets away to a clean start - and makes it through the first couple of corners still in the lead - he'll just disappear into the distance. Qualifying suggested he had quite a lot in hand over everyone else so if the first 30 seconds of his race are trouble-free I think he'll cruise to a relatively easy victory today.

The question is more whether Verstappen is going to be able to limit the damage by coming through to finish second; perhaps he will but if he's a bit impatient and ends-up having a coming together Lewis could well be leading the championship with two races to go....

[JustChris]

Bottas is a shocking fool to Hamiltons championship. Zero pressure form him on the Red Bills. Dear me.

[Tengocity]

Originally Posted by JustChris

Bottas is a shocking fool to Hamiltons championship. Zero pressure form him on the Red Bills. Dear me.

Yes, quite amusing to get the hurry up straight from Toto!

[MashinBenzin]

Bottas' pace in third on old tyres looks decent. Enough to get a pit stop in hand on Alonso and Perez? Any chance of late race pressure on Max?

[MashinBenzin]

…or a puncture and in the gravel

[JustChris]

Originally Posted by MashinBenzin

…or a puncture and in the gravel

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[JNW1]

Easy for Lewis today and his destiny is in his own hands; win the last two races - which looks very achievable given the relative performance in the last two - and world title number eight is his....

[SteveChester]

What a season!

Karen Horner is off to see the stewards as well!

Terrible team race from Bottas - with the Merc pace they should have scored 1-2 today for the constructors.

[JustChris]

Originally Posted by SteveChester

What a season!

Karen Horner is off to see the stewards as well!

Terrible team race from Bottas - with the Merc pace they should have scored 1-2 today for the constructors.

Hamilton is absolutely doing this on his own with very very limited 2nd car protection and support from Bottas.

Karen Horner lol.

At this stage momentum is huge and it's only going one way right now.

Mercedes gives you … wings 😂🤟🏻

[SteveChester]

They could end up going to the last race level on points.

One of the greatest ever F1 seasons.

[JustChris]

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[Tengocity]

Incredible qualy session!

That track is immense, and makes for compelling viewing seeing how close they get to the walls, and how little run off there is.

Despite being a Lewis fan, I did feel gutted for Max, as he was on for an incredible lap.

Can't wait for the race tomorrow now.

[SteveChester]

This season just keeps on giving!

[pmgreenwood]

A lap is never completed until you finish it and if you are pushing too hard........

[SteveChester]

It could prove to be a very costly mistake… Especially if he gets a gearbox penalty as well.

[SimonBMW1]

Originally Posted by SteveChester

It could prove to be a very costly mistake… Especially if he gets a gearbox penalty as well.

Not really, the two Alpha Tauries and Perez will move out the way quick time. So three easy overtakes for MAX.

Best case is someone from behind punts max into the wall. Dont know if Bottas will be getting a penalty. He had an incident with KIMI.

[Ennoch]

Originally Posted by SteveChester

It could prove to be a very costly mistake… Especially if he gets a gearbox penalty as well.

I'd like to hope it doesn't come to that, but then do they want to end up with the situation Leclerc was in at Monaco? Every impact is different and you see so many what appear to be decent hits cause no damage and other smaller ones cause loads. That must have just tweaked it enough to snap one of the control arms. Hopefully the gearbox is safe. It actually reminded me of Montreal's Wall of Champions with its positioning so close to the finish.

His lap was absolutely sensational until then, although obviously the former pace was what led to the latter incident. With that pace advantage and the fire he had in him on that run hopefully he'll snipe Bottas off the start as per and then manage to have a good battle with Lewis. Not gonna lie, much though I can admire and respect Lewis' talent I really do want to see someone else win the championship this year.

Lewis' 'Valterri is the best team mate that has ever been in this sport ever' was a little boak inducing, much as when he says 'you've got the best fans ever' into the microphone at every race.

[JNW1]

Originally Posted by SteveChester

It could prove to be a very costly mistake… Especially if he gets a gearbox penalty as well.

It could indeed prove costly but if Verstappen doesn't win the title this year I think it will be Silverstone where he lost it. He could have backed-out at Copse and, even if he hadn't got past Hamilton later in the race, he'd have almost certainly had an easy second and 18 points. That would now have him 26 points ahead instead of 8 and just needing (relatively speaking!) to trundle round for a couple of podium finishes to secure the championship. But as it is he's under pressure to beat Lewis and making mistakes.....

[SteveChester]

Agree if Max doesn't win the championship Silverstone was a mistake for him, an older wiser racer would have give some space, it's a marathon not a sprint etc

[Watsey]

Gutted for Max - he was putting together an amazing lap.

Such a fast circuit. I just hope that by being such a high average speed it doesn't kill the opportunities for overtaking

[sahajesh]

Poor Max, never mind eh - always next year

[JustChris]

Absolute scenes

Verstappen very lucky with the restart free pitstop and then again trying to run Lewis off on lap 15 restart 1st corner.