This won’t be Hamilton’s last British Grand Prix – Wolff

10 comments on “This won’t be Hamilton’s last British Grand Prix – Wolff”

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   Mark Zastrow (@markzastrow)
   8th July 2018, 2:32

   The New York Times also has a remarkably frank interview with Claire Williams about the team’s struggles and the pressure she’s under, which I found through the link in the round-up. It’s quite the contrast to the tone out of Woking.
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      Phylyp (@phylyp)
      8th July 2018, 3:00

      Thanks for that tip, Mark, here’s the link for the benefit of the others: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/sports/autoracing/williams-f1-struggles.html
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   8th July 2018, 7:23

   It’s still four years until the next time a circular number of years will have passed from Dan Gurney’s and Porsche’s first F1 wins, though.
   – Ricciardo on Vettel’s neck problem, though, LOL.
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   Sihrtogg (@sihrtogg)
   8th July 2018, 9:07

   … unless he dies before the next Silverstone.
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      Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
      8th July 2018, 14:42

      #PositiveVibes !
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   ColdFly (@)
   8th July 2018, 9:29

   Interestingly Toto did not answer the question if he would drive for Mercedes.
   Probably reading something into nothing.
5. 

   Ajaxn
   8th July 2018, 10:03

   These days it’s all about the car, having the best. The longevity of the driver is all down to the man.

   Hamilton at his best and at his worst can be very emotional. I would argue this isn’t a good attribute for an F1 driver. Too much adrenaline sustained for too long can have a detrimental effect on your well being.

   This factor more than any other will determine how long a driver like Hamilton lasts in this game. As a side note, the earlier Hamilton was almost Mansel-like, so measured and dead pan, showing a maturity beyond his age.
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      Patrickl (@patrickl)
      8th July 2018, 12:29

      Where does this “emotional” nonsense come from? It’s like when people talked about Hamilton “losing momentum” when in fact he simply had a string of technical issues (2015 and 2016).

      What’s emotional? That he expresses annoyance on the radio about the fact that a strategy choice has cost him the lead of the race? If you want really bad and overly emotional then hear Alonso berate his team every other race or Vettel curse at Charlie Whiting.

      Besides, showing some emotion is a lot less detrimental than the red mist which Vettel suffers from, causing him to lose his marbles and crashing into other cars.

      Verstappen has this too to some extent, but in his case it’s more that he’s overly aggressive to begin with rather than that he loses his cool.
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      bosyber (@bosyber)
      8th July 2018, 12:39

      But maybe him becoming more open with his emotions is what allowed him to keep up with being in F1; keeping his emotions inside a Ronbot outside isn’t something that I’d recommend anyone – you need an outlet somewhere. Looking at his results since then, it certainly was, as you say, also the best of him, even if it includes somewhat cringe-worthy reactions too.
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      ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
      8th July 2018, 15:09

      The Mansell / Hamilton comparison is apt, but maybe not for the reason that you suggested. I always found both drivers to be amazing in the car, but fairly cringe-wothy outside of the car.

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