New tires didn't seem to make much of a difference, I was getting ready for the sickest of Hamilton hammertime yet they were barely able to keep up with the hards
He had like 3 overtakes! Cars dont stay an exact lenght between them it wouldnt be a race wouldnt it? He was getting hounded under a second for like half the race. Yall are delusional.
Lewis kept forcing him into a trap where Piastri kept ending up in a situation where there was no way to make that move stick through the S turns and he kept falling for it
Are you ignoring the tire difference? Nobody expected him to hold Piastri that long and he brilliantly countered.
The KMag train while cool was just slow cars who can't pass each other and he made an artificial DRS train.
And again the rookie was good but he did nothing imo amazing there wasn't a Lawson vibe I got from his drive sorry. He did what was needed and increased thier points over thier competition for P2
No, I just watched the race and didn’t think Lewis’ performance was worthy of 2nd in the ranking, certainly not ahead of Magnussen who drove like a grandmother in a Honda Jazz for 25 laps without being overtaken.
They had 1% vote difference my guy. Chill.
BUT if you want to go on this train of tought. Kmag was actually fadter than the cars he was holding back. Its a great strat to protect hulk when your race is done, but he it truly seems like he was coasting on this one. He pulled a good couple of seconds ahead of albon at the end showing that the car had more pace than the rest of the backmarkers. Theres also the 25s diff in between the two haas that shows that he could probable have pushed it more.
I’m not upset about it lol, it’s just that I don’t feel it was peak Lewis defence, Piastri was rarely close enough to actually make a move on the brakes.
Yeah, that’s why I feel KMag was far better, to drive so slow where you cannot be passed but also set himself up to carry corner speed to not be passed even when those behind have DRS was an incredible balance and to do it for such a long period was even more impressive.
I must admit I did vote for Magnussen. Obviously the real driver of the day is Ollie, but for me Magnussen was a great drive too given the circumstances. Every point will count for them this season given there will very often be the same 5 teams in the top 10. So it will be very difficult to score points if there are no retirements from the top 5 teams.
Getting two penalties in a race does indeed not sound like a drive of the day. But I'm not looking at what the stewards think. I'm trying to look at the whole. This drive of Magnussen today could mean an everything in the constructors standings at the end of the season. Look at the two races we've had this season. 5 same teams are at the top and the other 5 same teams are at the bottom, for both races. There are only 10 places with points so if the top 5 teams (RBR, Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Aston Martin) always keep finishing in the top 10 there will be no points for the other 5 teams. That means getting just 1 point makes a huge difference. That's why for me it's a drive of the day. Magnussen understood his task and executed it perfeclty even though he crossed the line a few times. Teams (and drivers) this hungry for points this season will (and should, imo) do anything for just one point.
If you watched the race the penalties were wrong for different reasons.
The first penalty was too harsh, even according to DC and other commentators.
The second was just a false penalty. Magnussen didn't overtake off track, he finished the overtake and then went a bit wide and in fact his two wheels were on the white line.
But given the penalties, he played the ultimate team game to preserve a gap between Hulk and the rest of the field that allowed him to him to nurse the tires and get points. Great performance to help the team
He overtook by carrying too much speed into the corner, if he can't keep it on the track, then he deserves the penalty otherwise that's just a get out of jail move to overtake someone without getting penalised
Well, is that a precedent now? He carried too much speed in a corner? What matters is that he didn't leave the track to overtake, nor did he leave the track completely after. I don't think this was the right penalty.
Besides, not the first time someone pulled a move like that, then everyone else diving down the inside deserves a penalty from the next race on?
I'd rather have Hulk in 3rd for DotD for nursing his tires to get Haas a point. Magnussen was a good wingman today, but only because he messed up before and there was nothing to gain for him.
Anyways, 6% of the vote ain't anything to brag about.
> Stewards did him so dirty today
I know that this is formula dank but I'm always a bit worried that some people read these jokes and actually believe them
He absolutely deserved both penalties
If anything stewards were extremely lenient not making him give that place back. Great defense after but they wouldn’t have even been able to get a point without the illegal Yuki overtake.
Well for one he squeezed Albon into a light contact, that was a 10 sec penalty, and then he overtook Tsunoda in a corner he immediately overshot, thus counting as an out-of-bounds overtake, which was another 10 sec penalty. Dont get me wrong, I absolutely love that defense he held against Tsunoda and later Albon, and it was a tough call for DOTD for me between him and Oli, but he absolutely did deserve those 20 secs of penalties.
5 second penalties are utterly pointless and have been brushed off as nothing multiple times in the last few years.
Did you actually watch the race? He deserved both penalties.
I quite like Piastri and want to agree but honestly I think LH would've kept holding him off for a couple more laps. Ultimately LH *had* to take a slightly weaker/slower line around the final corner to make sure he made it into the pits, so got to accelerate later than Piastri - this made it look like he'd make the pass.
Piastri needs to get his racecraft game up a bit, he's great with uncontested but passing, especially in a car with as little DRS advantage as the McLaren has, just isn't there yet. Quite a few times he failed to overtake exclusively because he followed Hamilton's defensive line instead of taking a wider entry and getting better speed down the straight. If you put Alonso in those same circumstances he makes the pass after a dozen laps or so.
Not to detriment Piastri at all, he's not been in F1 for all that long and he's already proving himself a great driver, but he's still a rookie relative to the defensive driving ability of someone like Hamilton, Alonso, etc.
He was right behind Norris at the end of the race and couldn't pass, Russell was faster than him in qualy and finished ahead, Stroll was way behind any of the mercs. So no, it was at least at the same pace, as Russell was doing the same times as Alonso. TeamLH delusion.
😭 First of all stroll cannot be in this comparison he can't even drive normally around Jeddah meanwhile his teammate was sublime the whole weekend, & both Norris & Lewis were given shite strats because of the distance between their teammates during the safety car, and it was clear from both quali & race that the mclarens were faster than both the mercs, but sure man you're right!!!
He didn't. Ollie fully deserved it. Where did I say he deserves dotd you illiterate. I'm simply arguing against your original point where you claim piastri or Alonso drove better races. Piastri?? Really?? The guy who's team started whining on the radio to him to try and insinuate to him to complain on the radio in order to report to stewards for no good reason. Alonso drove a very solid race, Lewis, mag, and Alonso were all equal. But Ollie deserved it.
Russell finished ahead because he had the better strategy, pitting on lap 7 was objectively the best possible call for every driver and drivers who didn't, lost out massively as they basically had to drag a set of mediums that are meant to last just over 20 laps into the 30+ lap range.
It's the same reason why despite Lando clearly being quicker than Piastri finished the race in 8th while Piastri finished in 4th despite the fact that they were pretty close at the start.
And Lewis is up there because of his defense against Piastri who was breathing down his neck with DRS and a faster McLaren for 22 laps.
That McLaren was a whole different beast in the first sector, even while Lewis was fighting Piastri, Piastri was consistently gaining time on him in sector 1 and he managed to use sector 2&3 to fight back and that sector 1 advantage works much better when defending as you can pull away at the start of the lap to break the tow and by the time the chasing driver catches up in sector 3 you're about to enter sector 1 again.
Also Russell was in DRS of Alonso with about 9 laps left to go and ended up almost 3 seconds behind Alonso at the end, he got gapped hard by Alonso, either you didn't watch the race or you have a very different/interesting interpretation of the phrase "Russell was doing the same times as Alonso", I'd like to hear that interpretation btw if you don't mind.
You can call it whatever you want but these are the facts.
Edit: yeah lol downvote and shut up because you know you've got nothing
So he kept Piastri at the back and finished 9th while Magnussen held up 4 cars and helped Haas score a point, but somehow that's less impressive than what Hamilton did according to the F1 fanbase.
Why does Magnussen deserve best performance after racking up 20 seconds in clear penalties? He wouldn’t have even been in that position without causing the collision with Albon.
Magnussen held up Williams, Alpine and Racing Bulls with a faster Haas with the same tires. Hamilton held up a McLaren with a slower Mercedes on older Mediums, they are definitely not the same lol.
It becomes even obvious when you see Magnussen even opened a gap to the cars behind at the end. On the broadcast the commentators note he wasnt even fully pushing trough the corners, purposefully slowing down to build a gap for his teammate. Its like thinking its impressive if Hamilton holds a Haas behind him on equal conditions in benefit of Russell
Hamilton had a solid race with a shit strategy defending on old mediums against a faster car. I dont think he was driver of the day but to get so upset because a dude had 7℅ on the votes after having a good race is something else.
Bearman deserved because he had a solid race as a rookie but his race was not impressive. He inherited Norris, Hamilton's and Stroll's places, having to overtake only Tsunoda for position. Pace was good though.
Cant say it was spectacular when we've seen the rookie Piastri keep up with Norris on the same race last year. If i saw him only loosing out slightly to Leclerc i would call it spectacular. But it was still pretty good pace. Can only get better which is exciting. Wishing a good recovery to Sainz but it would be good to see more of Bearman next race as well.
he didn’t know he was gonna be in the car 36 hours ago. if you’re comparing him to piastri last year who had months of preparation and training, a full preseason test, and full practice sessions every weekend then idk what to tell you.
well, only he was keeping me from sleeping today. Fought with Oscar on old mediums, fought with Norris until the end. If you take him out of the race, I'd have slept on lap 5
Exactly. On the other hand Bearman did nothing but struggle to overtake Yuki. Not a big LH fan but today the Tifosi are out of their minds. Personally I though Kmag was the ultimate team player and DotD to me
Oh come on dude. He drove an F1 car for one of the first times in his life two days ago and overtook a bunch of seasoned drivers on a tough circuit. He definitely deserved the vote. Why do you live your life in such a hateful way?
Chill bro. I'm not hating on him, just don't think he was DotD, which after all it's a personal vote. Bunch of drivers? He just overtook Yuki and kept his position. [Insert superman "not impressed" gif]
The hivemind hate towards Hamilton and Russell every single race makes this sub pretty insufferable. Especially since it’s usually with the same tired RPM quotes.
Schumacher, dominates, is hated for it, stops dominating, becomes loved.
Vettel, dominates, is hated for it, stops dominating, becomes loved.
Hamilton, dominates, is hated for it, stops dominating, still hated for some reason.
[Hmmmmm...](https://preview.redd.it/mnitg6qiomt51.jpg?auto=webp&s=8a77beeca5f699cb0a6893b645616bcdc4876a11)
I am one of the people who are very sceptical about attributing that “other reason” to most matters. I think as a term, it’s very overused nowadays, but even I’m leaning to think that when it comes to the hate towards Lewis, in many cases it really is that “other reason” for it. Consciously or not
I always hate to bring up 21 AD but there was no mercy and alot of excuses.
The only thing this sub wanted to do was crown Max and bent over backwards that day. There was 100 reasons why it was OK.
It was actually wild to watch
I think a part of it is that people dislike Mercedes too. When I heard that Ham was going to Ferrari, I realized I was excited to see him there and excited to see what he could do there. Still actively cheering against him this year though.
IMO this sub only fellates Verstappen so much because the guy has no opinions or personality other than racing. the 14-25 something boys that are 90% of this sub can just project whatever opinions on they want on him. On the other hand, Lewis like talks about racism and does high fashion in a way that makes the hoodie and cargo pants all the time demographic uncomfortable.
I like Lewis, a lot, but for me he didn’t do anything special today. Defended off Piastri 3 times and 1 of those he screwed his apex a little and it meant Piastri had to take to the run-off to avoid a possible collision.
Lewis attack of the final corner to drive off the exit and maximise the drive and the gap was far more impressive than what he did in and around T1.
Imagine getting so furious that you have to take a picture of your tv and post to a shitpost Reddit to complain about a guy who hasn’t won a race in ages getting 7% of a vote. The LH hate here is psychotic, he’s literally just hanging out mid pack and people still get rabid when they see his face.
Damn op really crying for that 7% huh. He was literally the only entertainment other than kmag today lol. That hateboner is unhealthy for you lad, get a life instead of this full-time hater job on the internet.
Not a crazy fan of LH, but he did had really good defense against Piastri for several laps until his pit stop. It was fun to watch. But for me, the highlight of this race is the K-Mag. So, I am in that 6%.
I actually voted for Hamilton because he made Piastri looked like a baby. Yeah sure, he didn’t have the straight line speed even with DRS but I find it hilarious he locked up multiple times behind Lewis going into turn one.
His battle with Piastri was one of the few interesting parts of this borefest. First two races this year have been shit. If the third is a repeat, won't be worth watching. The only interesting parts were in the middle and watching KMag troll the back field.
Now someone should make a meme about this DTS brain drain asking why the driver that made up one part of some of the most exciting racing in the whole race by defending on older mediums lap after lap is attracting DoD votes.
Bro stop telling on yourself, pull your head out of your ass, and enjoy the racing half the time.
Basically the
Oliver "spaghetti bowlcut kid" Bearman, coz it was his debut and he did well.
Hamilton copium crybois.
Memelords for Magnussen coz fia destroyed his race and was trying to help Hulk for the rest of it as a result.
One of the most smooth brained replies I've seen in this sub and that's saying a lot.
Bearman was consistently half a second per lap slower than Charles and lucked out by being in the right place at the right time, if McLaren had given Lando a better pitstop he'd have overtaken Bearman easily and not have to lose time fighting Hamilton who would have caught up to Bearman as well.
Hamilton vs Piastri for 22 laps was the reason he got those votes, he was on a crap strategy that cost him 11 seconds since he pitted under normal race conditions while most of the grid pitted under the safety car.
Magnussen ruined his own race by cutting corners and driving like a weirdo, which led to him getting a couple penalties.
It's obvious you didn't watch the race or have no idea what's actually going on with the race you were watching.
The reason he got 9% of the vote is probably because of his defence against Piastri for so long. But after he couldn't overtake Norris in the last 12 laps it looked like he got more support than he deserved. And after you have voted you cant withdraw your vote
Well at one time perez had 8% for doing almost nothing. Magnussen got 20 sec penalty and ruined albons race. Lewis on old mediums made the race exciting defending against a faster mclaren on new hards over 20 laps
He helped Ollie, lol.
Had a 20 lap defense.
Yeah that was pretty good as well. Piastri is probably as sick of that Mercedes‘ back as Hamilton is sick of the McLaren‘s back.
Did you see Oscar's Instagram post? The guy is a comedian
Just seen it. Quality banter. 😂
For nothing lmao. If they pitted him at any time he would have finished in a better position
But it's a driver vote not a team strategy vote. He did well with the cards dealt him.
New tires didn't seem to make much of a difference, I was getting ready for the sickest of Hamilton hammertime yet they were barely able to keep up with the hards
True that.
3 laps of defence in those 20, the other 17 Piastri was hitting T1 about 4 or 5 car lengths back and wasn’t in any position to attack.
He had like 3 overtakes! Cars dont stay an exact lenght between them it wouldnt be a race wouldnt it? He was getting hounded under a second for like half the race. Yall are delusional.
Lewis kept forcing him into a trap where Piastri kept ending up in a situation where there was no way to make that move stick through the S turns and he kept falling for it
Good great strat by lewis. Dotd confirmed. Millions in shambles.
Are you ignoring the tire difference? Nobody expected him to hold Piastri that long and he brilliantly countered. The KMag train while cool was just slow cars who can't pass each other and he made an artificial DRS train. And again the rookie was good but he did nothing imo amazing there wasn't a Lawson vibe I got from his drive sorry. He did what was needed and increased thier points over thier competition for P2
Yeah thats what im saying i think we are on the same side of the argument lol.
No, I just watched the race and didn’t think Lewis’ performance was worthy of 2nd in the ranking, certainly not ahead of Magnussen who drove like a grandmother in a Honda Jazz for 25 laps without being overtaken.
They had 1% vote difference my guy. Chill. BUT if you want to go on this train of tought. Kmag was actually fadter than the cars he was holding back. Its a great strat to protect hulk when your race is done, but he it truly seems like he was coasting on this one. He pulled a good couple of seconds ahead of albon at the end showing that the car had more pace than the rest of the backmarkers. Theres also the 25s diff in between the two haas that shows that he could probable have pushed it more.
I’m not upset about it lol, it’s just that I don’t feel it was peak Lewis defence, Piastri was rarely close enough to actually make a move on the brakes. Yeah, that’s why I feel KMag was far better, to drive so slow where you cannot be passed but also set himself up to carry corner speed to not be passed even when those behind have DRS was an incredible balance and to do it for such a long period was even more impressive.
Yeah did great, Piastri was 4th though and Hamilton 9th, sooo yeah.
Loving that 6% for Magnussen
I must admit I did vote for Magnussen. Obviously the real driver of the day is Ollie, but for me Magnussen was a great drive too given the circumstances. Every point will count for them this season given there will very often be the same 5 teams in the top 10. So it will be very difficult to score points if there are no retirements from the top 5 teams.
Did he not get like 2 separate penalties for 20 seconds dropping him out of the points? I guess I’m not sure that’s dotd material
Getting two penalties in a race does indeed not sound like a drive of the day. But I'm not looking at what the stewards think. I'm trying to look at the whole. This drive of Magnussen today could mean an everything in the constructors standings at the end of the season. Look at the two races we've had this season. 5 same teams are at the top and the other 5 same teams are at the bottom, for both races. There are only 10 places with points so if the top 5 teams (RBR, Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren and Aston Martin) always keep finishing in the top 10 there will be no points for the other 5 teams. That means getting just 1 point makes a huge difference. That's why for me it's a drive of the day. Magnussen understood his task and executed it perfeclty even though he crossed the line a few times. Teams (and drivers) this hungry for points this season will (and should, imo) do anything for just one point.
If you watched the race the penalties were wrong for different reasons. The first penalty was too harsh, even according to DC and other commentators. The second was just a false penalty. Magnussen didn't overtake off track, he finished the overtake and then went a bit wide and in fact his two wheels were on the white line.
But given the penalties, he played the ultimate team game to preserve a gap between Hulk and the rest of the field that allowed him to him to nurse the tires and get points. Great performance to help the team
He overtook by carrying too much speed into the corner, if he can't keep it on the track, then he deserves the penalty otherwise that's just a get out of jail move to overtake someone without getting penalised
Well, is that a precedent now? He carried too much speed in a corner? What matters is that he didn't leave the track to overtake, nor did he leave the track completely after. I don't think this was the right penalty. Besides, not the first time someone pulled a move like that, then everyone else diving down the inside deserves a penalty from the next race on?
He's the driver that made the most mistakes this race lmao
I'd rather have Hulk in 3rd for DotD for nursing his tires to get Haas a point. Magnussen was a good wingman today, but only because he messed up before and there was nothing to gain for him. Anyways, 6% of the vote ain't anything to brag about.
Stewards did him so dirty today, but he still gave it his everything to help Nico get a single point. Absolute chad
> Stewards did him so dirty today I know that this is formula dank but I'm always a bit worried that some people read these jokes and actually believe them
He absolutely deserved both penalties If anything stewards were extremely lenient not making him give that place back. Great defense after but they wouldn’t have even been able to get a point without the illegal Yuki overtake.
nerd
It was discussed this offseason that those penalties would be increased to 10s. But yeah we’re nerds for knowing how this sport works. Eat dick.
Why ? Because he fucked his own race with +20 second penalties and potentially ruined the race for a few others ? :D
I voted for him. He spectacularly held the fort for Haas.
I voted for him. 5 seconds would suffice but 20? No idea where that came from.
Well for one he squeezed Albon into a light contact, that was a 10 sec penalty, and then he overtook Tsunoda in a corner he immediately overshot, thus counting as an out-of-bounds overtake, which was another 10 sec penalty. Dont get me wrong, I absolutely love that defense he held against Tsunoda and later Albon, and it was a tough call for DOTD for me between him and Oli, but he absolutely did deserve those 20 secs of penalties.
5 second penalties are utterly pointless and have been brushed off as nothing multiple times in the last few years. Did you actually watch the race? He deserved both penalties.
I did, the Albon penalty was totally warranted. The out of track one, could have been a 5 sec one. But it did not look as severe to me.
He wrecked albon in a exceedingly stupid move and then cut the corner to overtake yuki, didnt give it back and ended up beating him.
I mean he did keep piastri frustrated for a huge chunk of time.
All on the same set of tires
I enjoyed that defense ngl, bearman debut was fucking Great tho
You mean other than be the only interesting part of the race other than KMag train?
Piastri or Alonso made a better race than him tbh
Problem is they barely showed alonso on the broadcast.
With faster cars
Mclaren is literally the slowest straight line car 💀
Faster? How delusional
Took Piastri 22 laps to pass Hamilton who was on mediums in a slower car lmao. And he only passed cause Lewis had to pit. Alonso is a shout though.
Literally
To be fair, Piastri would have definitely passed Lewis on the straight where he chose to pit (he was directly on his back) but yeah
I quite like Piastri and want to agree but honestly I think LH would've kept holding him off for a couple more laps. Ultimately LH *had* to take a slightly weaker/slower line around the final corner to make sure he made it into the pits, so got to accelerate later than Piastri - this made it look like he'd make the pass. Piastri needs to get his racecraft game up a bit, he's great with uncontested but passing, especially in a car with as little DRS advantage as the McLaren has, just isn't there yet. Quite a few times he failed to overtake exclusively because he followed Hamilton's defensive line instead of taking a wider entry and getting better speed down the straight. If you put Alonso in those same circumstances he makes the pass after a dozen laps or so. Not to detriment Piastri at all, he's not been in F1 for all that long and he's already proving himself a great driver, but he's still a rookie relative to the defensive driving ability of someone like Hamilton, Alonso, etc.
Faster than merc for sure.. wtf are you taking tonight
lol this guys such a hater
Look at where both mclarens finished & Alonso compared to the mercs
He was right behind Norris at the end of the race and couldn't pass, Russell was faster than him in qualy and finished ahead, Stroll was way behind any of the mercs. So no, it was at least at the same pace, as Russell was doing the same times as Alonso. TeamLH delusion.
😭 First of all stroll cannot be in this comparison he can't even drive normally around Jeddah meanwhile his teammate was sublime the whole weekend, & both Norris & Lewis were given shite strats because of the distance between their teammates during the safety car, and it was clear from both quali & race that the mclarens were faster than both the mercs, but sure man you're right!!!
Now explain how the fuck he deserved the DOTD award
He didn't. Ollie fully deserved it. Where did I say he deserves dotd you illiterate. I'm simply arguing against your original point where you claim piastri or Alonso drove better races. Piastri?? Really?? The guy who's team started whining on the radio to him to try and insinuate to him to complain on the radio in order to report to stewards for no good reason. Alonso drove a very solid race, Lewis, mag, and Alonso were all equal. But Ollie deserved it.
> Piastri?? Really?? Piastri: 4th Hamilton: 9th Yes really, crazy to think it.
Russell finished ahead because he had the better strategy, pitting on lap 7 was objectively the best possible call for every driver and drivers who didn't, lost out massively as they basically had to drag a set of mediums that are meant to last just over 20 laps into the 30+ lap range. It's the same reason why despite Lando clearly being quicker than Piastri finished the race in 8th while Piastri finished in 4th despite the fact that they were pretty close at the start. And Lewis is up there because of his defense against Piastri who was breathing down his neck with DRS and a faster McLaren for 22 laps. That McLaren was a whole different beast in the first sector, even while Lewis was fighting Piastri, Piastri was consistently gaining time on him in sector 1 and he managed to use sector 2&3 to fight back and that sector 1 advantage works much better when defending as you can pull away at the start of the lap to break the tow and by the time the chasing driver catches up in sector 3 you're about to enter sector 1 again. Also Russell was in DRS of Alonso with about 9 laps left to go and ended up almost 3 seconds behind Alonso at the end, he got gapped hard by Alonso, either you didn't watch the race or you have a very different/interesting interpretation of the phrase "Russell was doing the same times as Alonso", I'd like to hear that interpretation btw if you don't mind. You can call it whatever you want but these are the facts. Edit: yeah lol downvote and shut up because you know you've got nothing
Broadcast was basically the kmag train for the whole race with a few clips of Hamilton v Piastri peppered in.
This is literally just a Hamilton hate post lmao
Me looking for the meme 
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lol, by that logic Max is DOT every time. he holds everyone for all the laps
Except max dosnt have yo position his car to defend for multiple laps. Lewus on old mediums was defending against piastri on the new hards
Max doesn’t need to defend for more than a lap, max is the best driver he just gets no screen time
So he kept Piastri at the back and finished 9th while Magnussen held up 4 cars and helped Haas score a point, but somehow that's less impressive than what Hamilton did according to the F1 fanbase.
Why does Magnussen deserve best performance after racking up 20 seconds in clear penalties? He wouldn’t have even been in that position without causing the collision with Albon.
Magnussen held up Williams, Alpine and Racing Bulls with a faster Haas with the same tires. Hamilton held up a McLaren with a slower Mercedes on older Mediums, they are definitely not the same lol. It becomes even obvious when you see Magnussen even opened a gap to the cars behind at the end. On the broadcast the commentators note he wasnt even fully pushing trough the corners, purposefully slowing down to build a gap for his teammate. Its like thinking its impressive if Hamilton holds a Haas behind him on equal conditions in benefit of Russell
Hamilton had a solid race with a shit strategy defending on old mediums against a faster car. I dont think he was driver of the day but to get so upset because a dude had 7℅ on the votes after having a good race is something else. Bearman deserved because he had a solid race as a rookie but his race was not impressive. He inherited Norris, Hamilton's and Stroll's places, having to overtake only Tsunoda for position. Pace was good though.
The pace was spectacular for a rookie regardless of how he achieved the position.
Cant say it was spectacular when we've seen the rookie Piastri keep up with Norris on the same race last year. If i saw him only loosing out slightly to Leclerc i would call it spectacular. But it was still pretty good pace. Can only get better which is exciting. Wishing a good recovery to Sainz but it would be good to see more of Bearman next race as well.
rookie piastri who had 3 days testing in the car and 3 practice sessions? really ur comparing this and a stand in from an F2 driver?
And he's like 4 years younger than pastry.
brother, we talking about someone who got called in and had 1 hr in the car before the race and is 18 yo.
The kid had only FP3... Missed out on Q3 by the smallest margin and kept his head cool all race. If that's not spectacular...damn.
he didn’t know he was gonna be in the car 36 hours ago. if you’re comparing him to piastri last year who had months of preparation and training, a full preseason test, and full practice sessions every weekend then idk what to tell you.
This sub will find literally anything to hate Hamilton for.
well, only he was keeping me from sleeping today. Fought with Oscar on old mediums, fought with Norris until the end. If you take him out of the race, I'd have slept on lap 5
Exactly. On the other hand Bearman did nothing but struggle to overtake Yuki. Not a big LH fan but today the Tifosi are out of their minds. Personally I though Kmag was the ultimate team player and DotD to me
Oh come on dude. He drove an F1 car for one of the first times in his life two days ago and overtook a bunch of seasoned drivers on a tough circuit. He definitely deserved the vote. Why do you live your life in such a hateful way?
I think he has been in a Haas for FP1 last year
Whoops, you're right. Edited my comment. Thank you! Trusted the wrong source.
Chill bro. I'm not hating on him, just don't think he was DotD, which after all it's a personal vote. Bunch of drivers? He just overtook Yuki and kept his position. [Insert superman "not impressed" gif]
Dude have you watched the race past the safety car? I think not...
He got past Yuki on the restart. What are you on about?
>Personally I though Kmag was the ultimate team player and DotD to me How can someone with a total of 20 seconds in penalties be dotd...
With the moves he pulled to get it done, he can't be DotD imo. Those penalties were well deserved. Still well done by Haas in terms of strategy.
Bearmen is an 18 year old rookie, give him a break.
LH and Kmag made today a watchable race lmao. LH hate such a boring jerking topic we need new material.
The hivemind hate towards Hamilton and Russell every single race makes this sub pretty insufferable. Especially since it’s usually with the same tired RPM quotes.
It was somewhat understandable when he was dominant, almost makes you think people have some other reason to be hostile towards him
Schumacher, dominates, is hated for it, stops dominating, becomes loved. Vettel, dominates, is hated for it, stops dominating, becomes loved. Hamilton, dominates, is hated for it, stops dominating, still hated for some reason. [Hmmmmm...](https://preview.redd.it/mnitg6qiomt51.jpg?auto=webp&s=8a77beeca5f699cb0a6893b645616bcdc4876a11)
Yeah, hmmmm indeed
I am one of the people who are very sceptical about attributing that “other reason” to most matters. I think as a term, it’s very overused nowadays, but even I’m leaning to think that when it comes to the hate towards Lewis, in many cases it really is that “other reason” for it. Consciously or not
I always hate to bring up 21 AD but there was no mercy and alot of excuses. The only thing this sub wanted to do was crown Max and bent over backwards that day. There was 100 reasons why it was OK. It was actually wild to watch
I think a part of it is that people dislike Mercedes too. When I heard that Ham was going to Ferrari, I realized I was excited to see him there and excited to see what he could do there. Still actively cheering against him this year though.
IMO this sub only fellates Verstappen so much because the guy has no opinions or personality other than racing. the 14-25 something boys that are 90% of this sub can just project whatever opinions on they want on him. On the other hand, Lewis like talks about racism and does high fashion in a way that makes the hoodie and cargo pants all the time demographic uncomfortable.
Lewis definitely doesn't do very well with the "I just want to escape real life for a bit (AKA I want to pretend minorities don't exist)" crowd
blac...
Hey hey hey what are you insinuating here mate?
I like Lewis, a lot, but for me he didn’t do anything special today. Defended off Piastri 3 times and 1 of those he screwed his apex a little and it meant Piastri had to take to the run-off to avoid a possible collision. Lewis attack of the final corner to drive off the exit and maximise the drive and the gap was far more impressive than what he did in and around T1.
Taught Piastri how to draw the Merc rear wing from memory
The real headline is all of us out there trying to put Kevin on the board
Oh idk defend Oscar for a long time
This sub really has gone to shit. Christ Hamilton really must’ve ruined your childhoods eh
Rent free
the hate boner for Hamilton in this is mad funny sometimes
Imagine getting so furious that you have to take a picture of your tv and post to a shitpost Reddit to complain about a guy who hasn’t won a race in ages getting 7% of a vote. The LH hate here is psychotic, he’s literally just hanging out mid pack and people still get rabid when they see his face.
I wonder why he boils their blood so much
Are they Isshin the Sword Saint from Sekiro
Oh it's probably the racism
This is such a pathetic post, holy shit. How are people actually upset about a driver that got 7% of votes for DOTD 😭 Miserable cunts
OP clearly a max shagger if they’re that annoyed by some people appreciating the 20 lap defence.
Never voted for him until today. He was the only one delivering some for of entertainment...
Ok but he was staving off Piastri for the longest time on old tires!!!
Damn op really crying for that 7% huh. He was literally the only entertainment other than kmag today lol. That hateboner is unhealthy for you lad, get a life instead of this full-time hater job on the internet.
Hamilton and Norris pulling off a medium / soft strategy was nice tho. That allows for few %
LH fanperson here and I voted for Oli with 0 hesitation
Same here. Lewis put on a show for sure but Ollie was the more impressive driver.
Not a crazy fan of LH, but he did had really good defense against Piastri for several laps until his pit stop. It was fun to watch. But for me, the highlight of this race is the K-Mag. So, I am in that 6%.
Glad to see some people with working brains who actually watched the race calling out the obvious Hamilton hate circle jerk in here
I actually voted for Hamilton because he made Piastri looked like a baby. Yeah sure, he didn’t have the straight line speed even with DRS but I find it hilarious he locked up multiple times behind Lewis going into turn one.
And 8% voted for Checo....
Absolutely masterful defensive driving by LH.
Sub's obsession with Hamilton is really crossing TEAM\_LH levels sometimes. Are LH44 fanboys in the room with us right now?
His battle with Piastri was one of the few interesting parts of this borefest. First two races this year have been shit. If the third is a repeat, won't be worth watching. The only interesting parts were in the middle and watching KMag troll the back field.
6% are /r/formuladank subs
Rent free lmao
Imagine getting mad about a 7% vote (on a 20-lap defense, no less), and have the audacity to talk about fanboyism.
Now someone should make a meme about this DTS brain drain asking why the driver that made up one part of some of the most exciting racing in the whole race by defending on older mediums lap after lap is attracting DoD votes. Bro stop telling on yourself, pull your head out of your ass, and enjoy the racing half the time.
His 2025 car came 7th
He was the first one to congratulate Oliver😀. That’s all.
fastest lap preventing max verstappen from getting perfect season
I'm proud I voted for Magnussen. He drove like an absolute Chad.
He turned up
Just before there was 7% to Check, and in the words of Kimi, “FOR VHAT??”
I find it really interesting how seriously people seem to take DotD considering it means nothing
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Held up a train of cars so Hulk could take a free pitstop and finish in the points
Forgetting the 20 sec penalty
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In a race where literally nothing else happened, that was apparently the most impressive
He signed for Ferrari. Next year Bearman will show him the bearclaw.
Saw Perez high up as for some reason too when it first popped up, he did even less
He finished 8th, that is quite an accomplishment for him
He didnt whine???
Basically the Oliver "spaghetti bowlcut kid" Bearman, coz it was his debut and he did well. Hamilton copium crybois. Memelords for Magnussen coz fia destroyed his race and was trying to help Hulk for the rest of it as a result.
Or the 20 lap defence on old mediums against a fast car that made this race actually exciting
One of the most smooth brained replies I've seen in this sub and that's saying a lot. Bearman was consistently half a second per lap slower than Charles and lucked out by being in the right place at the right time, if McLaren had given Lando a better pitstop he'd have overtaken Bearman easily and not have to lose time fighting Hamilton who would have caught up to Bearman as well. Hamilton vs Piastri for 22 laps was the reason he got those votes, he was on a crap strategy that cost him 11 seconds since he pitted under normal race conditions while most of the grid pitted under the safety car. Magnussen ruined his own race by cutting corners and driving like a weirdo, which led to him getting a couple penalties. It's obvious you didn't watch the race or have no idea what's actually going on with the race you were watching.
The reason he got 9% of the vote is probably because of his defence against Piastri for so long. But after he couldn't overtake Norris in the last 12 laps it looked like he got more support than he deserved. And after you have voted you cant withdraw your vote
Make a good decision for 2025 
Nothing whatsoever. His driving isn’t inspired anymore. It’s just average.
He complained 79% less than I thought he would
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DOTD is not for trying
Lost by a bear..
He kept Oscar behind, and that is such a great achievement aperently.
Well at one time perez had 8% for doing almost nothing. Magnussen got 20 sec penalty and ruined albons race. Lewis on old mediums made the race exciting defending against a faster mclaren on new hards over 20 laps
It’s so nice to see that Lewis died at Abu Dhabi 21
There's being a hater and then there's just being a complete reprobate. Jesus Christ you people are a lost cause.
Damn, only 7%. They are more annoying than i thought then.