Bojan Vrbnjak
For too much has not changed. The hybrid technology that is in Formula 1 came in 2014, is still always the domain of one team and that is Mercedes. The silver arrows here still don’t have a decent and a serious competitor who would last with them until the end of the season. Thus, we are doomed to watch an internal duel within the German concern, even though this one has been anything but a duel in the last two years. We’ve seen a solo hike before Lewis Hamilton, which has angered him for a moment in the first two years of the season Ferrari or Sebastian Vettel.
This year’s season has been very promising. Winter testing v Bareclones they gave hope that he would have Mercedes finally a real custom competitor. Ferrari he showed exceptional form and many have already advised the Reds to prepare a place in the showcase for the new trophy. It’s been a while since the drought has been going on since 2007. Also Mercedes he, although today we can say more in terms of shifting the role of the favorite, publicly claimed that he was Ferrari the main favorite, if not the only one, for the inaugural race in Australia.
But look at the fraction. None of this, none of Ferrari’s scary form from Barcelona, all the same. We know how the season went, there is no need to repeat much here. Silver wins were lined up on a conveyor belt, very often double. Ferrari in Red Bull they were, very sadly but really, mere extras, who were allowed by the silver to take turns on the third step of the winning stage.
All indications were that this destroyer in silver would tread everything in front of it until the last race of the championship. Of course with victories, double even. Of course for ardent supporters of silver and above all Lewis Hamilton a dream affair, for other fans and especially for fans Formula 1 in general, not so ardently defined for a particular team or racer, however, is a real funeral. And not just for the latter. Television stations also reported a drop in ratings after each race, there were fewer and fewer viewers in the stands, and social networks were burning with negative comments at the expense of this boredom, which is considered the queen of motorsport. The organizers recorded losses, the greats Formula 1 however, they were honestly conceived and reassured the public that from 2021, when new radical rules take effect, everything else will be better.
When it was already thought that Formula 1 fans would prefer to switch to watching cricket and cycling, where there is significantly more tension and excitement, it first happened Canada. To the surprise of many, the finish line was crossed first by a red car and not a silver one, but in the end the victory went to the silver ones. Of course we are talking about Sebastian Vettl and his punishment, which was excessive and incomprehensible to most. She picked it up again formula 1, this time the race commissioners and guardians of the rules were under attack. Now, in addition to boredom, we will also have basketball rules and assign personal ones for every weird look - that's kind of the common denominator covered on social media.
But apparently Formula One leaders, ombudsmen and commissioners were not moved. Dirka v France was boredom at x power, again the commissioners had their day (just ask Daniel Ricciard), nothing new at the top, the silver arrows win again and double, the dogs barked again, and the caravan went on calmly. All the way to Austria.
There we searched in vain on the highest step of the podium for the winners to find a racer in a silver jumpsuit. We were able to put on glasses, use binoculars, a periscope, ask Americans what they see in the satellite image, but at the top stood someone in blue. Right next to him, a colleague in red, and only in third place, stood a little man in silver. And what a fight to the last round between Verstappen in Leclerc. Great, but there was a big fear that they would answer, you know who. The commissioners closed their eyes this time, actually putting on welding goggles. Because if we didn’t have these, the young Dutchman would have to get a penalty like Vettel v Kanadi. If the same criteria were followed. But they didn't. And rightly so. Let Vettel be mad at me, but he can boast of triggering something that was only good for Formula 1.
He was also angry Charles Leclerc and urbi et orbi promised that despite his young age, he would race sharper, more masculine, next time. And something must be admitted to him: He kept his word. He also looked for a real partner, an acquaintance from Austria. Charles Leclerc in Max Verstappen with their remarkable duel, they reminded us of a time when we were petrified and stunned in front of television screens during similar duels. I am sure that the Commissioners did not dare to take action at all, although there was nothing controversial. Hallelujah, the royal class is once again becoming royal in the homeland of the Queen of England. Royal. Despite the fact that the first two places again belonged to the Royal Silver.
Let it continue like this, please! And she did. And how. V Hockenheim je formula 1 showed fans a real thriller, despite the fact that the main direction was led by rain. By just under half of the race, it looked like it was going to Merecdes again looking forward to a double victory, though wet. But then a reversal followed. Like lightning from a clear sky. The track dried up in part, the race cars began to be shod in dry track tires, and those up there had different plans. He pulled out the stopper again and we went nicely back to the mechanics for the previous tires. In short, we witnessed orgies of stops in the pits, spins on the track like ballet on ice, testing the strength of protective fences, overtaking was for a perfect basket, mistakes in strategies as well, and only one mistake during stops. Ask this time Lewis Hamilton. And who won? Mad Max. Again. Who was second? Hag at Ferrari, although he started the race from the start, where both are usually positioned Williams. The third? No, he wasn't in a silver jumpsuit. In blue, slightly lighter. Rus Daniil Kvyat gave his newborn daughter the most beautiful gift. Well let’s say something about Mercedes. Bottas resigned in the fence and Hamilton finished in eleventh place, but later nevertheless received a consolation prize of two points because the commissioners punished both Alphas and because of this penalty he won to his first point after his return Robert Kubica!
Jo regelt, hungaroring. The last race before the summer break. Can the matter escalate further, could it be even better than in Hockenheim? To be honest, we didn’t expect this, because although rain was forecast at the qualifiers, which would have shuffled the cards a bit, it was absent, as was the traditional heat. And yet we had great qualifiers where he is Max Verstappn managed to beat both Mercedesa, inside the silver arrows can be Valtteri Bottas praised for beating his colleague Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari however, it achieved the expected. Less vacuum, poorer rankings on winding tracks.
The race promised a lot and did not disappoint us to some extent. The Orange Army in the stands of the Hungaroring was expecting, hoping, dreaming, wanting Max's second consecutive victory, Mercedes he was making plans with some vice to squeeze Verstappen against the wall, what they calculated or planned at Ferrari, but we saw at the race: Nothing. The first lap had already brought the first excitement, but the Silver Arrow racers either listened poorly or saw their strategists ’plan for a grip even worse. Because instead of getting caught up in this device Verstappen, both racers got caught in their own grip Mercedesa. Bottas repeated this exercise two turns later with Leclerc and that was the end of his dream of reaching the finish line in front of a teammate.
We then witnessed a little boredom and hoped not to go back in time Le Castellet and earlier, a Max Verstappen in Lewis Hamilton however, with the help of 18 extras on the track, they conjured up a pleasant Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately for the orange army, Max's tires dropped their souls towards the end of the race, Lewis but with the fresh ones he literally flew and three laps before the end the dream, the hope, the desire of the Dutch was over. Silberpfeil struck with all his might and the Hungaroring was conquered.
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