The boys get together to discuss the action packed weekend at the Hungarian Grand Prix involving some thrills (wheel to wheel action), spills (Max, what was that!) and drama (penalties galore!). Huge win for Hamilton to sieze the lead on the WCC and impressive showing by Racing Point. Is Ferrari back? Below is the outline of what was discussed.
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Major stories coming into the weekend
Aston Martin seat not settled yet with rumors still pointing to Vettel replacing Checo
Also not settled is the situation with the Renault protest of Racing Point
Race weekend:
Team reviews:
Mercedes
1-4 in qualifying if counting the Racing Points
Works Mercedes cars 8 tenths up on next nearest competitors
During the race Ham pulls out to insurmountable lead right away
Bottas jumps the start, fights way back
First and third place finish
Can anyone beat them?
Red Bull
All RB cars had problems all weekend
Highest qualifier was Max at 7th on a track they were expected to dominate
George Russell defending Albon
Max crashing the car prior to the race
Bottas never caught Max who finished 2nd
Racing Point
RP being protested again, Szafnaur saying he has plenty of evidence showing it is a legal car
3 and 4 qualy finishes after rapid practices showing its not just the engine that is improved
Per Toto Wolff: “Racing point faster than Mercedes through some corners”
Bad start to the race putting them in situation where they had to overtake and not just rely on the car
Stroll finishes 4th Perez 7th
Ferrari
Qualify 5th and 6th, 1 full second behind the Merc works cars
Strong starts from both ferraris with the Bottas jump start
Leclerc pits first onto softs, Vettel calls for mediums
Vettel passes Leclerc. Leclerc then leads a train of cars stuck behind him until he pits
Leclerc battles with Albon and Norris
Vettel finishes 6th but lapped by Ham
McLaren
Disappointing session after action packed first two weeks
Sainz 9th place overall and Norris 13th
Norris and Leclerc battle
Renault
Non-descript weekend.
Ricciardo finishes 8th in a car that appears to be absolutely nowhere compared to the others.
Haas
Qualified 16th and 18th completely at the back of the grid
Made themselves rockstars by pitting prior to the race start
Bogus penalty did not affect them
Grosjean receives front end damage while getting passed by Albon
KMag literally told to avoid everyone
Alfa Romeo
Season going to be really ugly for them
Kimi penalty
Kimi qualifies last but finishes 15th
Alpha Tauri
Honda/RB problems all weekend long especially Gasly
Evident in qualifying but Gasly managed to finish 10th there.
Daniil Kvyat asks to pit but does not get a response
Pierre Gasly retires with his car on fire
Williams
Qualifying 12th and 15th
Latifi insane start to get him to 10th
Unsafe release into Carlos Sainz that causes a puncture effectively ending race (5 laps down)
Final race thoughts
Stewards and Penalties
Bottas non-penalty
Haas penalties for pitting
Drying of patch underneath tires for Albon
Latifi 5 second penalty for unsafe release
Kimi penalty point for not lining up properly
Hamilton, F1, and the BLM movement
Ham upset FIA rushed the kneeling photo
Had words for Grosjean who h
