@WhingerSpice The gap was massive in the first stint (3 tenths)
But Lewis’ 2nd stint was very quick, without the penalty and being held up by Russell/Verstappen I think he’d have only finished around 5s off Leclerc which is reflected
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@FormulaPace I thought the Ferrari gap would be bigger, given how Lewis nerfed his pace after the sprint.
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@Lvrby_xi Comes from his final stint which was paced well given his tyres were 2 laps older - net he’s around a tenth quicker in the final stint after aligning tyre age.
His first stint however was around 3 tenths off Charles per lap which is where the massive understeer was kicking in.
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@FormulaPace Hamilton within a tenth even though he put to much wing in which caused understeer 🙌🏽
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1 lap of fuel ~ 0.047s per lap
Filters out laps within 1s of another car by replacing them with an estimate using the average tyre wear + base lap time per compound for each driver.
After which, I remove the slowest 10% of laps per teammate pairing to make sure there are no outlier laps and all pace comparisons are as fair as possible.
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@F1BigData I think the more simple explanation is that having straight line mode in those areas will result in massive accidents because they are not straights
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As for this year at Spa, it’s obvious that they’ve turned both Eau Rouge/Raidillon and Blanchimont into charging stations
Since active aero is closed in those areas, energy deployment is less efficient there, so the obvious decision is to recharge in those areas and deploy the energy immediately afterward, where there is a straight mode zone
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To this day it is absolutely absurd that Hamilton got a penalty. Raikkonen crashed less than 1 lap after getting overtaken, meaning no “lasting advantage” was gained by Hamilton (who had relinquished the position anyway).
The inquiry took place after the race and podium ceremony - no investigation was declared during the Grand Prix, meaning it was a conscious decision to strip Hamilton off the win after the events played out.
The stewards already knew Raikkonen had crashed, had seen Lewis lose the place at the Fagnes chicane, had already communicated to McLaren that the previous move at La Source was ok, yet still penalised him.
The Ecclestone-Mosley dictatorship was rotten to the core.
All of which taints one of the best W2W battles in the history of F1.
Paul McGinnes@PaulMcG1992
A thrilling final two laps of the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix. #F1
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@thanos876 It’s the most nonsensical thing ever - Raikkonen crashed out by himself within 1 lap of being overtaken therefore no “lasting” advantage exists.
Yet Lewis got a penalty. The Ecclestone-Mosley partnership was horrifying
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They really didn’t want Lewis to win that year. This was daylight robbery.
Paul McGinnes@PaulMcG1992
A thrilling final two laps of the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix. #F1
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Can someone explain why they’re handing out paddock passes to these bums in the first place?
PlanetF1@Planet_F1
An Instagram influencer was thrown out of the 2026 British Grand Prix following an abusive incident at Silverstone.
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Lewis spending his time watching Senna compilations is great stuff
Hamilton 44 lane 🇯🇵@SirLewisLane
Q.長い年月を経て、ハングリーであり続けさせるものは？ ハミルトン🗣️:« まぁ、ひとつは、自分の仕事を楽しんでいるってこと。自分のやっていることが心から大好きなんだ。今も子供の自分と強く繋がっている。家に帰り、アイルトンのビデオを再生し、彼の走りを見ていた。まだ自分の中にある子供の心と繋がっている感じがする。ここにいる22人のドライバーのひとりになれたことは、すごく特権的なことだとよくわかってる。そして僕はこの機会にも恵まれ、それを両手でガッとつかんだ。それを当然の事とは思っていないよ。»
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I think we’re forgetting how Piastri ended up at McLaren in the first place…🤣🤣
formularacers@formularacers_
🚨 | Oscar Piastri's manager, Mark Webber, insists speculation about the Australian potentially leaving McLaren is "nonsense". "McLaren have repeatedly said they want him for the long term." [@RACERHQ]
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Silverstone, you never disappoint.
Plenty of races to go and championship on - come on Lewis!
Great bumping into @FormulaPace and @FormulaRana - you guys are awesome. Love the insights you both share!
#lh44 #teamLH
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This isn’t how to read lap times - the outliers come from battling where you lose multiple seconds which Charles didn’t do.
Lewis’ opening stint was very poor but his second stint was factually an improvement. I don’t know how much Leclerc had in hand, but even when Kimi was chasing him down briefly he remained in the high 32s/low 33s which tells me that was just his pace.
It’s quite clear they were quite equal in the 2nd stint and Leclerc ahead (significantly) in the 1st stint
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Do not let them twist the narrative as they so often do
Hamilton has:
3 laps faster
9 laps at the same range as Leclerc
9 laps slower
Leclerc laps are also more consistent (in a line) meaning he was hitting target lap times and could go faster
Admit you were beaten
DrivenF1@F1_driven
I was pretty concerned by the Silverstone race pace originally, but seeing that Lewis had 5 clicks added to his front wing in the pit stop then was immediately way faster has calmed that down a lot It is frustrating though, these setup mistakes can decide championships
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This is absolutely not true at all, currently only Verstappen and Leclerc have been at their current teams for so long with years of prior data and experience to go off not only for them but their engineers to make quick fixes and improvements.
“Adapting to a car” is not what you think it is, anyone who knows a thing or two about car development will tell you.
Let’s see it whilst moving elsewhere after so long at the same place, and that’s a different story
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A very interesting observation about Hamilton since 2011 is that he always manually closes and opens his DRS/SM mode and never relies on the automation so he has full control of the car under braking and going into corners.
I’m not sure if anyone else follows this philosophy, but it shows the level of detail he goes into to make sure he has what he needs underneath him.
Verstappen’s recent accidents show that you can’t rely on the systems since they may get it wrong.
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