Max's Masterclass
I wasn't shocked when Max Verstappen won the German Grand Prix on Sunday. Max is a brilliant driver and is even better when the track is wet. As soon as I knew it would be raining I knew Max was going to win barring an accident or a mechanical as he has done it before.
13 drivers completed the race out of a starting grid of 20 which just shows how tricky this one was. Lewis Hamilton was on pole and lets just say his race was a cock up and pitted 6 times. Saying that Verstappen pitted 4 times and still won.
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The weather played a huge role as the tires played a crucial role. If the rain is bucketing down the drivers will switch to the wet tires. The track changes very quickly as the cars dry the track up on the driving line and then you have to move to intermediates. If the track dries too quickly you will lose the tread within 5 laps on this type of tire and you still need to find water whilst driving around to keep the tread intact.
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Sundays race had wet and dry spots and then it rained again and dried out straight afterwards. This is why timings are crucial as some drivers went too early on slicks and crashed out. Others had intermediates and still crashed out with Le Clerc and Bottas going out at the same corner. It doesn't take much to lose the back end when the track is wet.
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Just to show how crucial the timings are was when Lance Stroll who was 16th at the time changed his tires to slicks (dry). His teams call to bring him in was a genius move as within one lap he was first. Unfortunately he doesn't have the skills of most of the other drivers and even though the car has the same Mercedes engine as Hamilton and Bottas he couldn't hold on and finished in 4th place. Daddy's money got him the seat and I don't rate him at all.
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Red Bull are back in the game again after switching their engines from Renault to the Honda factory this season.Renault had both their cars crash out and today one of their trucks as well.One of the many team trucks was traveling from Hockenheim to Hungary for the Hungarian Grand Prix and veered of the freeway.
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Wow, that is a pretty bad accident. How do you even manage to do that. I wonder if fatigue was involved at all. It looks like it actually went across the opposing lane of traffic. That is pretty scary!
Wow what an amazing moment for the German good win for him
He's been my favourite driver from the beginning. I don't like Hamilton as he's so full of himself. Max is a talented kid and has a bright future ahead of him if he's going to play fair.
I'm happy for him.
for a long time rain means fun in f1. no rain most of the times means well nothing will happen.
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It was such an amazing win for max finishing with 26points, he maintained maximum professionalism and didn't make much mistakes in an extraordinary race. And It was devastating for Lewis Hamilton finishing out of the points in 11th place. So sorry for him.
You are right, when it becomes wet, it becomes tricky. But i feel that the real skill comes into play when you encounter both wet and dry conditions. Max is no doubt excellent in this type of skill.
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F1 race is really prone to accidents on my perspective. And as for those picture on that team truck, I guess accidents happen in the road even how safe you think you are.