Pick the Podium - F-1 - Emirates Grand Prix De France, June 2021

[ckhokie]

 

[forty_three]

The value of Perez - they have to plan for him. I don't expect that is a mistake that Merc will make again, though.

 

[Retroram52]

Here's How We Did:

ckhokie: 3 points-Correctly selected Perez for third place; Correctly selected Bottas for fourth place
forty_three: 0 points-Skunked
Hank Kingsley: 0 points-Skunked
Retroram52: 0 points-Skunked
Schmoopy1000: 0 points-Skunked

2021 Season totals:

ckhokie: 40 points
forty_three: 28 points
Hank Kingsley: 41 points
Retroram52: 49 points
Schmoopy1000: 27 points

Next Race: Austrian Grand Prix, June 25-27, 2021

 

[Retroram52]

Chip away, chip away for ckhokie!

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Tough year.

I had Max winning and Lewis 2nd on my 1st run.

But I second guessed myself.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea Hank. The minute I take Verstappen, he does something stupid and the minute I don't select him, he wins.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

This one smelled funny.

Lewis was strong, once again right there.

Maybe he should have tried to stretch the first stint? He lost the lead anyway when he pitted. If he was driving on thread at the races end because he came in early to cover...

It really was one of those races.

He could rue the Brake Magic thing at year's end.

 

[Retroram52]

I agree. Max and Red Bull have caught Mercedes in the tech department and now Verstappen is a threat each week. Like you stated, this was one of "those Races" in F-1 for Hamilton. The Mercs are going to have to step it up in order for Hamilton to re-take the points lead.

 

[forty_three]

I agree. Max and Red Bull have caught Mercedes in the tech department and now Verstappen is a threat each week. Like you stated, this was one of "those Races" in F-1 for Hamilton. The Mercs are going to have to step it up in order for Hamilton to re-take the points lead.

With two solid drivers in Red Bulls it's gonna take more than Merc stepping it up. They really need Red Bull to blow something or some rule change to hurt them. Bottas looks lost at times and Lewis isn't enough to counter two top end drivers.

Honestly, the faster they get George in there, the better.