Marko Hanželic
After the race, they did shaking sand dunes on the Atlantic coast, as it is Max Verstappen confirmed the role of favorite in the home race and won in front of both racers of the team Mercedes. In the end, things matched the home trump card and he celebrated a sovereign victory, thus taking over leadership in the total number of drivers.
At the start, both were the favorites for the title in the first place, so we were looking forward to see if it could happen again. SIverstone. In the end, it all came out with nothing special, as it is Verstappen in the first round he chased the pursuers for as little as 1,7 seconds.
Mercedes he otherwise tried spoil the celebration The Dutchman and his fans, so Hamilton was the first of the favorites to turn into the pits, and a lap behind him on this attempt "Silver" answered at Red Bullu, all in all, it also crashed because it did Bottas, who stayed longer on the track, at bend no. 11 afforded a minor mistake that is Verstappen allowed him to overtake him at the start of the 31st round as well.
After it became clear that it all fell apart, it is Hamilton reported to the boxes: "But he's really lucky to be overtaken," which was more than not an expression of helplessness, for from that moment on Verstappn's victory was never again in question until the end. At the second stop in the pits, in the 40th lap, it is Hamilton otherwise tried again with undercut, but they are at Red Bullu again reacted appropriately and neutralized the matter again without much difficulty.
Hamilton he continued to complain, as he did not agree with the tactics of the quick first stop, which made him think that he would not last until the end with the new set, especially if they want to win another point for the fastest lap. In the end, they are at Mercedes they also did.
Behind the duel for first place, we saw relatively little dynamism in terms of changing places. After the first three, he drove a great race Pierre Gasly, finished the race behind him Charles Leclerc, and at the end of the race we saw another interesting showdown between Land Norris in Sergio Perez, who eventually won eighth place after being knocked out in Q3 in the qualifiers and started out of the pits due to a change of drive unit.
We had heard quite harsh words between the two drivers of the team before that Alpine, saj Alonso he did not want to let go Ozone, and he protested vehemently. In the end, it all worked out great for the Spaniard, who finished in sixth place while he was Or with left behind Sainz and Perez and finished in ninth place.
Antonio Giovinazzi, starting from seventh position, he fell back due to a punctured tire, finishing in front of Kubica, but did not finish the race Russell, tsunoda (engine) in mazepin (hydraulics).
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