Formula 1 Rolex Magyar Nagydíj 2019

[AshenGraey]

I've heard Button and Rosberg saying it's no joke having Lewis hunting you, I guess Max is feeling that pressure today

 

[Jimlaad43]

Can we declare F1 2019 not boring now?

 

[Dennisch]

Can we declared F1 2019 not boring now?

If even Hungary can produce excitement without sudden rain, we can be moderately positive about that yes.

Lewis is now gaining fast. Could be blowing up his own tyres too.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Oh boy!

 

[PaMu1337]

Can we declare F1 2019 not boring now?

If the rest of the season can keep this up

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ferrari are nearly a minute behind the leader on pure pace...

 

[niky]

Can we declare F1 2019 not boring now?

I've saved that in my FB folder.

 

[TenEightyOne]

BATTLE FORECAST! 6 laps to STRIKING DISTANCE!

Who on earth thinks these over-the-top graphics are a good idea? It's all a bit too Las Vegas for me.

 

[niky]

Ferrari are nearly a minute behind the leader on pure pace...

And Vettel is a few seconds behind that, too.

 

[DesertPenguin]

God damnit...

 

[TenEightyOne]

Red Bull will rue not bringing Max into the pits when Hamilton pitted... it looked like they made the right decision at the time, but only until hindsight.

 

[PaMu1337]

And its done

Incredibly risky call by Mercedes, but it paid off

 

[Jimlaad43]

And that, Max, is how you make a clean pass for the win in the last few laps.

 

[niky]

Mercedes has snatched victory from the jaws of... uh... non-victory.

 

[FoxMulder]

Might as well pit max

 

[DesertPenguin]

So if he didn't sleep the first time and kept up the 5 or 6 seconds he might have had an extra 2-3 seconds window to pit and be safe, assuming no problems in the pits.

But even still, he pits and comes out slightly behind? So what, they both have fresh tires and a full 20 laps to race. He could have gotten ahead on track, but we'll never know.

 

[PsuPepperoni]

its not over yet

 

[BrainsBush]

What a great race from beginning to the end. This is what we want to see. Congratz to Lewis and the strategists/team!
Summerbreak and let the second half of the season begin.

 

[PaMu1337]

So if he didn't sleep the first time and kept up the 5 or 6 seconds he might have had an extra 2-3 seconds window to pit and be safe, assuming no problems in the pits.

But even still, he pits and comes out slightly behind? They both have fresh tires and a full 20 laps to race. He could have gotten ahead on track, but we'll never know.

Backseat driving is always easy

 

[FoxMulder]

Ferrari a minute back with third is god awful. Thank God Redbull and Honda showed up this year.

 

[C-ZETA]

BATTLE FORECAST! 6 laps to STRIKING DISTANCE!

Who on earth thinks these over-the-top graphics are a good idea? It's all a bit too Las Vegas for me.

American owners, of course.

And here's the boring thing about the fastest lap rule...

 

[FutureF1]

IMO that’s up there as one of Hamilton’s best drives, not as good as Germany 2018, but still a very good job

 

[Famine]

Did Ferrari swap Vettel and Leclerc on the last lap?

 

[DesertPenguin]

Backseat driving is always easy

I didn't say he would have gotten by, just that they shouldn't have made a strategy call based on time alone. I don't understand that at all. It sounds like they're saying they don't have confidence in Max to keep up with Lewis once he's ahead.

 

[PaMu1337]

Did Ferrari swap Vettel and Leclerc on the last lap?

Vettel passed a few laps before

 

[TenEightyOne]

Did Ferrari swap Vettel and Leclerc on the last lap?

It was a pretty firm overtake by Vettel, if it was pre-arranged then I don't think Leclerc read the memo.

 

[DesertPenguin]

That was a normal overtake for position between Vettel and Leclerc. Vettel was on better tires.

 

[Roo]

Did Ferrari swap Vettel and Leclerc on the last lap?

Vettel 2 stopped and was on softs for the last stint. Leclerc had 1 stopped and was on old hards, so Vettel had a pace advantage.

Edit: Sorry, no he didn't; Vettel stayed out much longer in his first stint on mediums, then put softs on for the final stint, but still had a grip advantage over Leclerc.

 

[mustafur]

Good race but I don't think Redbull could of Prevented Hamilton from winning this one, if they had of pitted Mercedes would of stayed out and Hamilton had newer Hards and more pace it would of been harder For Verstappen to do what Hamilton did.

 

[PaMu1337]

I didn't say he would have gotten by, just that they shouldn't have made a strategy call based on time alone. I don't understand that at all. It sounds like they're saying they don't have confidence in Max to keep up with Lewis once he's ahead.

It seemed like Lewis would not be able to catch Max, Max could have gone to the end on those tires if he didn't have to defend that hard. Mercedes made an incredible gamble, but it paid off.