Well, Hamilton’s ninth victory in England, a record that not even Schumacher made, Victory 104, the negative streak since 2021 ends, the last time the seven-time champion had won. How would the thing be that he even cried, which was unknown to him, and he picked up his flag, which is prohibited… welcome be the fine, incredible hug with his father. Unleashed emotion.
Today he did it on the attack when the conditions were mixed, on defense when he couldn’t, with softness in the last run… but always fast and without the mistakes of a Norris who had the victory but in the last stop went long, He gave up almost two seconds and the head of the race that cost him so much. Differences between who he had, retained and who he wants to have and we’ll see if retain…
How incredible is F1 when the hands above the cars talk. It has to rain and stop and rain and all this, but The duels and counter-duels of the two McLarens and the two Mercedes, with some crusades, stepping on dirt has been, perhaps, the best of the season when on lap 16 the first drops fell. We could already see the race, without breathing or time to go to the ‘pit stop’ to the bathroom.
There Hamilton rose to the lead that he could not catch in the dry with Russell, there Norris came in like a cyclone after surpassing the two Mercedes, Sainz overtook a Verstappen at the same time (he was neither in the dry with mediums, nor in the wet at the beginning) and even Fernando from behind moved up to eighth. (Note that the two Astons return to the points). As a preview, it was very clear: hands up!
The second round of rain 10 laps later already forced the use of intermediates, but it turns out that Lando and McLaren also race in water. As it sparked or stopped, it got bigger. Hamilton behind, looking for the victory that had eluded him for three years, counter-programming his engineer. Things were so chaotic that when it dried up towards the end, Hamilton went soft, Norris copied him, Verstappen and Sainz hard, Piastri medium… everyone had what they had. The computers were fuming with so many options. What a race.
Well, since 2021, no one has defeated Red Bull two races in a row, In fact, Red Bull did not lose two consecutive events or against two different rivals. MMany people were upset because we said a few weeks ago that “if he bleeds, he could die.” in cinematic reference to Verstappen’s situation and that of the rest. But that’s the way it is, it’s not quixoticism, it’s winnable, even if it’s not going well like today. Max is usually always on top of his car, like the great champions. And yet, it comes out more as the leader because the rest is not so stable, but it is not always the best car.
Sainz once again carried the Ferrari flag in a complicated race, for guys with speed and brains… a hard-earned fifth with his teammate 15th, impatient and asking to change tires sooner than he had to. He screwed up and went to race the Pluto Grand Prix, alongside Perez, who was racing the Saturn Grand Prix. Not on 55, he raced in Great Britain with a Ferrari that is not up for the podium, and he tried, even surpassing Max. Maximum honor.
McLaren ruined Piastri’s race by leaving him one more lap on the track, and then harassing Norris with which rubber they put on him at the end in the dry, If the hard one, the medium one, the soft one… it doesn’t seem like the best time for this and the mistake of ‘4’ came, meaning that his soft ones were of no use to attack Lewis or defend Max. They have the car, but the brain is still on the Red Bull wall.
