2021 Race 11 - Hungary

Pathetic booing by some fans.
It was another blunder by mercedes strategy.
Beyond happy fir Ocon and team Alpine.
Russel also cost himself by not being able to pass MSC. Congrats to Latifi.

Donkeys of the race are Bottas and stroll. Just a bit surprised stroll did not get a penalty too for Spa.

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Originally Posted by gm99

If Alonso hadn't held up Hamilton for those six laps, Hamilton would have passed Ocon for the lead...

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Yup. Fair point

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Originally Posted by truefan72

Its funny how you cut off the rest of my post which was that he also cost p4 for himself which was clearly on the cards with a slower sainz. He chose to defend p5 where he could have had p4 easily. It wasn't smart racing. On his part. But with the victory celebrations it now seems clear that his job was to hold up the charging Hamilton for his teammate Ocon and that is fair if that is the case. So kudos to Alonso

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I think Alonso realized that overtaking Sainz would leave him vulnerable to Hamilton in the process of doing the overtake. I could see Hamilton overtaking both of them during the overtake. But the wise old head of Alonso realises that would seriously put Ocon's chances at risk and decided to sacrifice p4 to hold back the faster Hamilton. He probably got a call on the radio about it.

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Originally Posted by truefan72

Its funny how you cut off the rest of my post which was that he also cost p4 for himself which was clearly on the cards with a slower sainz. He chose to defend p5 where he could have had p4 easily. It wasn't smart racing. On his part. But with the victory celebrations it now seems clear that his job was to hold up the charging Hamilton for his teammate Ocon and that is fair if that is the case. So kudos to Alonso

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Alonso didn't choose to defend P5 for him, but P1 for Ocon. Like I said before, that was understandably more important to him and the team. Whether Fernando finishes in 4th or 5th doesn't make that much of a difference.

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Originally Posted by truefan72

Pathetic booing by some fans.
It was another blunder by mercedes strategy.
Beyond happy fir Ocon and team Alpine.
Russel also cost himself by not being able to pass MSC. Congrats to Latifi.

Donkeys of the race are Bottas and stroll. Just a bit surprised stroll did not get a penalty too for Spa.

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Yep, the strategist messed up again. This was a race that was in the bag. Russell had damage and offered the team his position for Latifi who had better pace. It was very mature selfless teamwork from Russell. He earned my respect today.

I forgot to congratulate Vettel and Aston Martin. Stellar performance. He has now made himself the clear #1 in the team and if life was fair stroll’s seat would be in jeopardy

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Originally Posted by truefan72

I forgot to congratulate Vettel and Aston Martin. Stellar performance. He has now made himself the clear #1 in the team and if life was fair stroll’s seat would be in jeopardy

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Pigs will fly first l think

Ok so stroll now gets a 5 place grid penalty too

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Originally Posted by Nitrodaze

Yep, the strategist messed up again. This was a race that was in the bag. Russell had damage and offered the team his position for Latifi who had better pace. It was very mature selfless teamwork from Russell. He earned my respect today.

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Ok I must have missed that. Well done then by Russell. Great day for Williams.

The crap Mercedes strategist left 10 championship points on the table today. What should have been a 20 points lead in the constructors championship is merely 10 points and 6 points in the driver's championship.

Mercedes is ahead, but within touching distance from Redbull. Redbull can easily recover from this setback as Mercedes has failed to fully capitalize on this.