2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix race result

34 comments on “2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix race result”

1. 

   Jere (@jerejj)
   9th August 2020, 15:38

   DOTD: LEC.
   A decent race by Albon as well, but hopefully more towards the front in the next races.
   1. 

      TomD11 (@tomd11)
      9th August 2020, 15:54

      Is it really a decent race if you qualify down the order in a front-running car and then just finish up closer to where the car should have been to begin with?
      1. 

         Jere (@jerejj)
         9th August 2020, 16:54

         @tomd11 Yes, considering how early he stopped dropping to last temporarily. I guess I should’ve typed ‘a decent recovery’ instead. He should start to qualify higher up, though, so that he’d have less overtaking to do in general.
2. 

   JohnH (@johnrkh)
   9th August 2020, 15:40

   Good tactics won that race well done RB/Verstappen.
   1. 

      DAllein (@)
      9th August 2020, 15:42

      Indeed!
      And their ability to look after the hard tyres.

      Which Mercedes failed to do today for some reason.
3. 

   Chaitanya
   9th August 2020, 15:40

   Vettel accusing team in middle of race doesnt seem like a smooth ending to divorce.
   1. 

      Klon (@)
      9th August 2020, 15:47

      Honestly, they should just go parted ways after Spain. This is indignifying for both sides: Ferrari clearly aren’t willing to give Vettel their best effort anymore (first corner spin or not, that strategy was a complete mess), Vettel is struggling with the car he is given well beyond what he should be. Put the simulator driver Wehrlein in the car, it’d be better for literally everyone involved.
      1. 

         chimaera2003 (@chimaera2003)
         9th August 2020, 17:04

         @klon A quick separation is what is needed for both sides and really should happen, however there is probably way too money at play to make this possible.

         If Seb is on $30m a year (not sure what the real number is but it will be chunky), paying his contract off in full would make no sense to Ferrari. This may make some sense if they could prise Carlos away from McLaren early but then that is another big lump of money for not a lot in return as it isn’t like getting him in the car will make it fast enough to recover extra prize money.

         I get the impression that if Ferrari make a serious offer to offload him that he will take it. The car clearly doesn’t suit him and why put yourself in danger if you heart isn’t in it and the blame game is well and truly underway so it is only downhill from here.
4. 

   DAllein (@)
   9th August 2020, 15:41

   Kudos to RBR and Max.

   Really a not so nice race for Mercedes, looks like something didn’t work as they planned, and they couldn’t really work around that.
   Happens.

   Next destination – Barcelona!
5. 

   iCarbs (@icarby)
   9th August 2020, 15:45

   Bottas is not a happy bunny…
   1. 

      MG1982 (@mg1982)
      9th August 2020, 16:01

      When you’re screwed up by own team to favour HAM…. no doubt!
   2. 

      DaveW (@dmw)
      9th August 2020, 16:03

      Well he was given a chance to square up with verstappen on the same tires for the win and just dropped back. No one would have seen Hamilton going so long o those busted tires. I was afraid they would just explode in copse and send him into the fence.
6. 

   SadF1fan
   9th August 2020, 15:45

   Ole.
   Softer tyres lead to more different strategies and we had a more entertaining race.
   Let’s hope they choose softer tires more often, maybe we will get more different strategies
7. 

   NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
   9th August 2020, 15:46

   Ok, so softer tires for the rest of the season please.
   1. 

      anon
      9th August 2020, 16:37

      @jureo funny, isn’t it, that suddenly nobody complains that the racing is awful and the tyres are rubbish if it means the sport can now be shifted in Verstappen’s favour instead…
      1. 

         erikje
         9th August 2020, 16:58

         That’s a frustrated remark.
         Just need to use all tires every race. More pitstops, more racing, less managing.
         Let the best team win!
8. 

   RawPace
   9th August 2020, 15:47

   Why did Hulk called into pits? RP clearly wants Stroll Jr to get ahead of Hulk in the result table. There was no way Hulk could catch Albon on Softs, nor Stroll Jr would have moved over if Hulk caught up to them! Atleast RP could have fought Albon with Hulk’s car in position.
   1. 

      Jim from US (@jimfromus)
      9th August 2020, 15:49

      RP definitely did that stop to move HUL behind. He was cruising comfortably in 5th place. The Strolls didn’t want to be embarrassed but fans know what actually went on.
      1. 

         Jere (@jerejj)
         9th August 2020, 16:57

         @RawPace @jimfromus
         https://twitter.com/RacingPointF1/status/1292472874217897986
         @anon Indeed.
   2. 

      anon
      9th August 2020, 16:29

      RawPace, the reason given by Racing Point was that they were concerned about the level of vibration and wear that was occurring on those tyres and they chose to pit Hulkenberg over fears that the tyres would fail in the same way that we saw in the previous race.
9. 

   jamt
   9th August 2020, 15:47

   “Stroll: Daddy, why I am behind my teammate?” “Engineer: Nico, box, box…”
   1. 

      Joe Bruin
      9th August 2020, 15:51

      +1, shameful
10. 

    Felix
    9th August 2020, 15:48

    Impressed with Charles Leclerc
11. 

    Ajaxn
    9th August 2020, 15:48

    LOL , Bottas with every chance for a victory.. in the end Lewis had to step in ahead of him.

    Now if it was Lewis going from the off for the win, i doubt he would have allowed the Verstappen a sniff.

    It just goes to show, Mercedes can’t relie on Bottas to bank those points.

    Redbull, who would have thought.
    1. 

       MG1982 (@mg1982)
       9th August 2020, 16:12

       No, it’s just Mercedes screwing up BOT since 2017. There’s no better proof than the fact that they (= Mercedes + HAM) robbed him of 1 victory.
12. 

    DaveW (@dmw)
    9th August 2020, 15:48

    I guess RP couldn’t bear to let hulk finish ahead of stroll.
    1. 

       Jere (@jerejj)
       9th August 2020, 16:57

       @dmw
       https://twitter.com/RacingPointF1/status/1292472874217897986
13. 

    Luca Schmidt
    9th August 2020, 15:50

    How the hell can Bottas end up behind Lewis here? Ridiculous..
    1. 

       bob (@riptide)
       9th August 2020, 15:57

       Because when Bottas was on new tyres Ham was matching him and Max on old tyres
    2. 

       f12007v (@f1fan-2000)
       9th August 2020, 16:06

       He was given the worse strategy
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          DaveW (@dmw)
          9th August 2020, 16:10

          When Hamilton has a massive stripe on his left rear Bottas wasn’t catching him at all. It does seem like the Mercedes here basically only had a few laps of pace on any tires. But Hamilton somehow made those last in the middle stint.
14. 

    Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
    9th August 2020, 15:50

    Great drives by Max and Charles!

    I was a little worried for Max, but in the end he drove very consistent times and brought the victory home.

    Charles made the difficult 1-stopper work and made up 6 places with a slower car than the RP, Renault, Albon’s RB and Gasly’s Alpha Tauri.
15. 

    RawPace
    9th August 2020, 15:53

    What brought back confidence of Albon to make moves like that? If it is Simon Rennie, That guy deserves a bonus!
    1. 

       Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
       9th August 2020, 16:25

       He never lost the confidence to make moves in my opinion. He just doesn’t have an answer to Max’s pace.

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