At least there was a full capacity of fans witnessing a dramatic F1 race at Silverstone circuit. They got what they asked, a win by F1's most succesful driver and a home crowd favourite.
But, the way he got it was absolutely rude. Lewis Hamilton clipped Max Verstappen's Red Bull in to the barrier at Copse corner in a nasty way. Car hit on a sideways at 51 G¨s force. Fortunately dutchman climbed out and went to hospital for a check up. He did'nt had any seroius injuries. Race was red-flagged, so Hamilton's damaged Mercedes could be fixed. The action resumed after 15 minute delay.
Charles Leclerc got a good getaway from standing start, but he suffered minor engine problems related to it's software systems. These effected to his race as Hamilton closed to gap despite a 10 second time penalty, that was handed from the incident. Hamilton serverd his penalty on his pit stop, but it did'nt matter as he clocked constantly fast laps and a few laps from the end overtook the monegasque driver.
Hamilton won the race, Leclerc came second and finland's Valtter Bottas was unsuprisinly third. McLaren had a good race as Lando Norris was fourth and Daniel Ricciardo fifth. Spanish legend Fernando Alonso drove well as he fought against racers. Two-time world champion was seventh. Once again, George Russell's sunday wasn't good. He dropped out of the points paying positions and couldn't get a grip compared to his awesome qualifying pace on friday. A grid penalty from a saturday's sprint race did hurt him a little.
What about Kimi Räikkönen? He drove a decent race, but collided at the end with Sergio Perez. He was 15th, but he personally dosen't care about that. Possbily at september, we here to news about his long-coming retirement.
Back to the lap 1 incident. Race Control agreed with my personal opinion, that it was Hamilton's fault. He was too eager to overtake. Next time on a similar situation, Lewis should back off. A 10 second time penalty on a dangerous situation like that is absolutely joke. That could have easily been a worth of 15 second stop and go or in a harsh way, a disqualifacation.
Red Bull got very angry from this and team principal Christian Horner said that is unfair. Red Bull's motorsport boss Helmut Marko demanded a one race ban. Max Verstappen told in social media, that is disrepectful to celebrate wildly when a fellow rival is healing from bruises. Even Verstappen's girlfriend Kelly Piquet shared his thoughts.
Lewis Hamilton acted in front of the press, like a victim. He doesn't want to apologize dutchman about what happened. That is very stupid behaviour from a appreciated global superstar. It's not a suprise, that social media errupted and fans blamed FIA from favouring Hamilton, because it was his home race. And there have been racist comments as well Oh my god!
Hopefully in a fortnight's time in Hungary, fans will see a great, fair racing. Verstappen is coming back even stronger.
And please Mr. Hamilton. Do the right thing and say your'e sorry. It's best for all of us.
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