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I’d expect to see Bottas’ priority to be slowing Max sufficiently for Hamilton to be first into T1 above anything else, no?

I also don't see Verstappen passing Bottas in the first few corners.
Toto mentioned yesterday though that RB might be going for a 2 stop race. Starting with softs that might work out

True! Will be interesting to see what the pit strategies are. Committing to softs for the first stint doesn't give your rivals a whole lot of uncertainty around your plan!

I'd say RB got damn lucky getting Perez into P4 yesterday. On the plus side, should hopefully get a straight fight between Red Bull and Mercedes!

This could be fun!

Yeah, I'm excited!

Agreed! Very much looking forward to this! Can't remember the last time I said that before a race here!

Bottas causing all the lols.

Can't imagine he cares about the team game at this point!

Edit: Hah! Well shut my mouth! There I was hoping we wouldn't have to listen to all this post-Silverstone bollocks over the summer break...

I mean, probably wouldn't count on Russell doing something like that, so maybe Bottas will hold onto that seat!

Executed to perfection, but probably not quite how you imagined. Bonus for 'slowing down' Perez at the same time.

I think Norris did a better job than Bottas with holding off Verstappen. He just went straight into him.
What a crazy start

edit: ah, missed the part where Bottas gave Norris a little bump. Perfect execution ineed!

I also don't see Verstappen passing Bottas in the first few corners.

Aged well :-)

Where's Brundle btw? He normally manages to keep the commentary bearable but it's really suffering with him away, especially given Rosberg is the one taking his place. Can't remember another ex-driver being so useless in the commentary box. Would rather have DiResta to be honest!

This is fucking hilarious

Grim for Russell, again.

Never thought I'd see a start more ridiculous than Indy 2006(?), how bizarre!

Also, the Alfa pit crew are having a nightmare this week, that's at least 3 unsafe releases this weekend.

What a race. Great performance by both Alpines!

Was reminded of this during Alonso's defence, glad he's back on the grid:

https://youtu.be/m-ZMQpdX9HQ

Vettel got disqualified as the stewards failed to remove the required 1l of fuel
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-vettel-loses-second-place-finish-in-hungary-after-disqualification.1hHxDLG0ARyAw6q2TCDkiS.html

Sad for him; used to feel like a whiner when he was in proper contention, but he's turned into a proper (socio / political) elder statesman for the sport. Felt good seeing him on the podium.

I believe it's under appeal. Great to see him on the podium but i can think of a few drivers that would of likely found there way past Ocon in the car he had.

Surprisingly entertaining race for Hungary. Hamilton vs Alonso was a great watch and i'm made up for Williams. Speaking of Alonso, Ocon's backhanded compliment was a bit awkward!

As a frequent critic of Ocon, it was actually pretty good to see him take the win. I'm a huge Vettel fan and to be honest I'd rather see a new face on the top step!

Will be interesting to see what his next performances will be like as he's had a chain of utterly dire races recently.

Still pissed at Bottas for ruining what was shaping up to be a great race. Though that was slightly offset by the utterly bizarre restart with a single car on the grid.

Also, think Russell probably gained a few more fans today after tearing up during his interviews. Seriously hopes he gets the Mercedes seat next year.

Also, also, Sainz in the post-race interview, poor guy (though possibly a bit happier having been bumped up to third):

https://youtu.be/NgDAKu9SGVI

Girlfriend and I have been speeding through drive to survive, which has been very enjoyable. However am I the only one who thinks will Buxton is actually just new man from phone shop?

Slightly OT, but highly recommend watching last weekend's MotoGP race at Austria. Incredibly entertaining race! Can watch pretty much the full thing here: https://www.itv.com/hub/motogp-highlights/2a3100a0102

I do loves me some MotoGP, that was a good one!