The Internet's Best Reactions To The 2021 Russian Grand Prix
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- čas přidán 25. 09. 2021
- Matt takes a look at your best comments and reactions from a CRAZY 2021 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi.
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As a Ricciardo and Mclaren fan that really was a mixed bag of emotions. Daniel getting to fourth after such a rubbish pit stop was awesome but Lando not going on to win after being so good in the dry hurt.
Yeah I did, I've never been so gutted after an F1 race. But it guess that shows the progression the team has made this year.
Even though Lando dint win. The fact that they have had the pace to win over the last two races is great for mclaren
Might've cost Lando the win aswell, had ric been able to hold Hamilton back some more, maybe Lando wouldve had less pressure and then made the stop
Why didn't McLaren change to wet? 😫
He is doing what he has learned during his time at Renault: see the big picture - calculate a safe outcome. This season so far, he has finished every single race - hasn't (really) wrecked a car yet - he drives a car that is difficult to drive and designed around his teammate, yet still managing to come closer and sometimes even surpassing Lando - he was the one taking home the first historic win for the team in over a decade (even making it a near perfect weekend point-wise. In other words, his solid points finish today is a result of Ricciardo's racing IQ, reading the race, seeing the big picture, Lando was so close - oh dear, I suppose he has not slept well that night. But he did throw away valuable points here, like a child chasing a lollipop in a mall.
Lando, Perez & Fernando deserved so much more from this race…
its a team sport unfortunately for them
Perez and Fernando were having a nice match between them
And Leclerc
Perez got stitched with the 9 second pitstop
Fernando just cut the track so pass on Fernando
I think the Internet's best non reaction is Russell getting another point... its like "George gets another points finish - insert valtteri 'traditions' meme"
Russell is undoubtedly a future world champion
Russell 10th, what a disappointing result :D
Russell finally got point on merit! It was pure race and battle, not because any drama happened. Starting P3 because of the strat, and finish P10 from the race. Not because of someone DNF, crash or weird race result 🔥
Can't wait to see what he can do in Merc next year 💪🏻
@@Septimus_ii he’s driving a WILLIAMS
@@Septimus_ii in a williams....
This race and result for LANDO is going to be very crucial in defining him and his F1 career.
- Gain huge character development - as a driver.
- Gain the experience and humility of trusting his technical team.
- Managing his hunger.
- Better confidence is his driving ability as he grown into his own.
- The realisation that he belongs and has full right to be in F1 and full confidence to challenge for Championship.
Love him! And his development. I’m keeping a keen eye on him as well Russel (as he joins Mercedes).
Failure is the greatest teacher. He is 100% winning sooner rather than later
Yeah i agree as much as a wanted him to win he kind of needed this, it will help him grow so much as a driver
Yeah this is seeing the cup half full, hoping we can see Lando 2.0 Soon. Definitely will give very good contention on future championships.
Yeah Lando has a lot to gain from this💙😌
Everytime I've seen Lando up with the front runners in the few times last year and even early this year I said similar things. I didn't expect him to win or keep up but the experience of having to fight or defend against them is huge. Having Hamilton behind you as a driver as young as him has to be such a valuable experience for him to get used to that kind of pressure being amped up from F2 and whatnot.
Fernando didn't gain any places by going off at turn "2", but made sure he didn't lose any. Genius.
Went off the track and definitely gained an advantage, can’t believe it wasn’t even investigated
@@kingofsongs122 he said people kept getting away with lap 1 corner cutting so he did it too
Still annoying on his part tbh
King of Driving in his Car
That phenomenal rookie
Can’t lie, it’s the first I’ve seen a race where pretty much the majority of the field were involved in the race anyone could have been on the podium, just look at max everyone had a story behind it and was so close, Never been so gutted in my life for Lando his time will come and god it will be great to see!
You should’ve watched Turkey 2020, similar but different!
When it comes to lando’s decision: we can’t have it both ways. We can’t on the one side complaint about the lack of risks that the teams and drivers like bottas and Ferrari and Mercedes take and at the same time complaint about landos decision. Especially when just 24 hours before he made a rain-related decision that literally got him on pole. He has every right to follow his intuition. And I hope he doesn’t shy away from it in the future. We’ll live and die by his hand. The way it has to be.
Yes! Just luck wouldn’t have him in the race.
Honestly, it was the right decision, yes he lost the win, but imagine if he pitted and it didn’t rain ( Lewis was always gonna do the opposite) , he would have come P2. That would equally heart breaking. And honestly, it’s not like he fighting for the pts and the championship.
So, either go for the win, or finish last trying.
Agree with this- with experience those decisions will get better. Look at Alonso, Raikkonen, Vettel etc- more experienced drivers were benefiting from the rain because of their experience.
@@lyndonroberts9201 I said this yesterday. All the greats have had their moments. Lack of experience is the only thing Lando had going against him. It wasn't so long ago that Lewis careened into the pit wall in China. It happens.
@@lyndonroberts9201 i thing if we talking about interchageable condition. Jenson Button is the king of this condition. almost all of his win coming from the ever changing condition and he is always on the right tyres. he was so good in this that teams started to follow the Jenson radar and follow which tyres he is using
It wasn't Lando's fault, in this particular case, or at least, mostly not his fault. It was very much the team's responsibility. Mercedes faced an identical situation, were looking at identical data and also had a driver who wanted to stay out. Mercedes told him to shut up and pit. Mclaren told their driver to do what he wanted. It was a difficult call either way, but Mclaren made that call just as much as Lando did. More so, arguably. Lando knew the track conditions better than the team did, but the team had the weather data and knew what the track conditions would be like 5-10 minutes later.
I have all the respect for Alonso. He stated clearly that he was going to start playing as fair as the rest of the field, he holds his word, and does it in a straightforward way, not pretending to lose control of his car to justify abusing the limits. Call me stupid, but that is modus operandi of a winner.
The FIA can’t even do anything about it because it is technically legal. Alonso really knows how to exploit the smallest of margins without getting into trouble.
I love the shithousery. XD
@@vausgsushh6137 plus, he gave the spots back. Kinda saying "Your system doesn't work" to the FIA
@@Vulpes_Shinbi as Martin Brundle once said, “such a great communicator…Alonso”. He really knows how to get his point across whether he be respected or crucified for it.
But when Lewis would have done that the world would be to small.
My race weekend wouldn’t be complete without internets best reactions
Yes
Same
Agreed
This was like Turkey 2020 for Hamilton. Early on you’d have written him off for the win but then he just shows why he is best and takes the win for a historic milestone
100 wins. That is an amazing achievement. No two ways about it.
Agreed, don't like him but he is a really good driver
@@SpartanArmy117 it's ultimately max being strong enough driver to pull through so Lewis can't really be bothered ...maybe the fastest lap point but other than that he really did solid
Netflix: screw Drive to Survive, we're going to buy the streaming rights.
Just as dramatic for this race. May as well LOL
I wish they bloody would.
3:02 Alonso himself said that since he was being overtaken every race outside the track on turn 1 and the FIA said it was good, he would start doing it too until they said is not Ok to do so , so I expect him to do that on more races XD
As a massive Lando fan I was feeling so nervous before the race. My heart rate when the lights went out at the start because I was nervous for turn 2 chaos📈.
During the race though I had faith. I knew he would get past Carlos and be able to defend against Lewis down the line.
I can’t describe how I felt at the end. Up until lap 50 I was so confident he was going to win. Absolutely gutted.
I was confident lando had a chance for the win until there was heaps of spray off the cars. The gap from him to 3rd was massive so I thought at worst he would slow down but no the rain decided it wanted the whole track to be wet.
It's one of those things as they say. At the time when Lewis came in I'd say Lando was right but even with the radar I'm not sure anyone could have predicted it would be THAT heavy. But I think Lewis had the absolute last moment to pit and make it work. Absolutely gutted but they say failure is the greatest teacher.
Seems a lot of Lando fans feel exactly the same 😓
He still has a lot to learn…
He gambled and lost unfortunately but he was in a lose/lose situation with Hamilton all over the back of him, the only way he could have held the lead was if he pitted at exactly the same time and it had all gone perfectly. Even then he's still got to hold off one of the best wet weather drivers out there so nothing was guaranteed
Can we all agree that a Honourable Mention for Fanatec price should go to Matt himself, for basically everything between "Sainz's got temperature!" to "RUSSEL'S THIRD "
4:50 Matt: He's one of the worst defenders on the grid and I'll stand behind that.
No Matt, you don't have to stand behind that, just tap him on the shoulder, say "Could I just cut in front?" and he'll happily let you past.
I'll be honest I wonder how hard he really tried. You could tell he was pissed at the team because of the meme he put in his story afterwards. I agree his defence works as well as a chocolate fireguard most of the time but I think if he was trying he'd at least do a bit more than that.
I think he just let Max by to spite Mercedes.
@@cobhc182Oh yeah, let Alfa know they made the right decision signing him by letting a championship rival pass.
@@cobhc182 May be. They took his P7 and shoved him to the back of the grid. I still don't find Mercedes's explanation for that satisfactory.
I think he's mentally checked out from that team
How did I feel?
Before and half way through the rain: Nervous.
At the end: Probably the most gutted I've felt by a race result that didn't result in injury or worse
Same here. I wanted soooo bad to see Lando come off of a 2nd place McClaren 1-2 to fighting off Lewis for his first win. I am dead inside
Literally
Only race I felt worse was Bahrain last year for GR
dude I was full on crying!! T-T
Clicked quicker than the rain coming down at the end of the race.
Champions drive from Lando,
Champions drive from Max,
Champions drive from Lewis.
Wrong order. Apply reverse grid of respect.
"The highs are very high, the lows are very low" - Gunther Steiner
As a Lando and McLaren fan, this was so difficult to watch. I was straight up not having a good time, and kept worrying about Lewis being so close, but then the race started to get close to the end, and I dared to hope...
...aaaaaaand then, of course, Lando didn't pit, and the clouds just opened, and my heart sank. Seeing Lando struggling in wet conditions the way he did was absolutely heartbreaking.
At least Danny Ric got a good result (and props to him, because the pit stop was awful). But I'm still so incredibly gutted on Lando's behalf.
I have no sympathy for him. He got overtaken by mazepin on intermediates. That was a big hint that he should of pitted.
@@321RrelyT yeah, such a shame you weren't in the car to make the right decision in his place, mate.
God just got very annoyed that Lewis didn't get his 100th
@@a.a.m4700 nice.
@@evaliaro He didn't need to make the decision. That's what his team is for. They know what they're doing, they've been doing it for donkey's years. Lando chose to ignore them and paid the price. I too have no sympathy for him.
Hamiltons start wasn't actually all that bad when you look at it. He had the speed but as soon as Sainz went to go round Lando, Lando moved left directly into the path of Hamilton who had to back out.
Nah, it was pretty crap. Watch the replay again, he goes down. He just came back because he got a rocket ship on top of slipstream.
@@lukewood2662 😂😂😂 man seriously just put all your hatred for him aside and just go watch the start again
The guy fell from p4 to p8, how the hell can you turn that into a good start? 😑
@@seedyjobe2875 sorry, but it’s not “hate” when you point out someone has a bad start. Go and watch the start again, please. He had initially way to much wheel spin, same as sainz directly ahead. His shot at the lead towards turn 2 was compromised by other cars, fair enough and only possible because of the slipstream, look at the starts of other years, slipstream is always extremely effective into turn 2. Still his start all in all was not good, especially concerning that in the lead he would have never made the corner where he positioned his car, so even then he’d probably lose out.
@@seedyjobe2875 I hope Hamilton wins the championship. Factually he had a poor getaway and was saved by the slipstream
Trying to hold back tears was my biggest challenge of the day.
Lando was kinda being an idiot tbh
@@paulhanna5925 Not really he accepted his mistake, he learnt from it and will come back stronger. 🟧
Just the “oh god Lando on pole” to “oh god the start” to “oh god tyre deg” to “oh god rain” was nuts. Sucks for Lando though, all he needed was that rain to hold off another 5 minutes and he would’ve won
Oh hello there Verstapping
Great job to Raikkonen jumping from 13th to 8th, getting his best result this year, & especially in his first race since testing positive to covid.
I was like "Lando if you do this you will be a legend!" Then the camera cut and I saw the racetrack had turned into a river...
Same! I was like this is either genius or such a bad call and unfortunately it was the latter.
I had faith in Lewis all race long.
"You win or you are last"
@@kimberleyw3151 It's on McLaren and not on Lando. I still think anyone would have chose to gamble from the cockpit.
I think McLaren's weather team is just for show while Mercedes's weather team puts in some actual work judging by the way they forced a complaining Lewis Hamilton to pit.
@@arunavaacharyya2205 Lando let the pressure get to him for sure, once Lewis was gaining on him you could tell on the radio he was a lot more panicked. I think he made the right call for the information he was given, he was told it wouldn’t get worse and the fact that his engineer didn’t demonstrate any insistence and was asking for his opinion rather than instructing him probably suggested to him that it was manageable. In the end, they both could have played their roles better, they can only learn from the experience and come back stronger - his first win will mean so much more now
I saw it starting too pour down rain with like 3 to go and I knew Hamilton winning was inevitable. My wife and I shed a single tear for Norris. I think a win for Norris this year looks promising though. Glad to see McLaren close to the top again.
I didn’t know wtf1 viewers had wife’s
@@Chase9WG he thought this was the official F1 channel
I recon they might have a chance at somewhere like Mexico (assuming we go there)
I’m one of the lucky ones I guess lol. However she has told me several times if Daniel Ricciardo came knocking on our door she would leave me in a heartbeat. 😂😂
@@drake8500 It's all fun and games till he comes knocking at your door.
Alonso at the start cracked me up so hard, just said nope I’m not doing this shit bye 😂
it was even more hilarious because he tried to see how quickly he could go through there in the formation lap
@@aldogjipali2835 I can't help but wonder what would have happened if we had this version of Alonso 10-15 yrs back. Just imagining it is cracking me up.
@@aldogjipali2835 absolute master plan 😂
Now the Norris Fans know How the leclerc fans felt in Bahrain 2019, Singapore 2019, Russia 2019, turkey 2020, Monaco 2021, silverstone 2021
And also Sochi 2021
He was second on lap 52. Then, all of a sudden, here he goes down in P15. Also I really don't get why no one is talking about Leclerc today... He had a great performance and lost a good race just like Lando did
Nahhh all twitch quartet alreadt through the same pain now
Why must we Charle fans suffer so?
@@President-JonSnow.Malkowich Because he drives for Ferrari and their strategy blunders happen all too often.
@@nicolaromanelli3321 because that was his first pit you idiot there was no better time
Perez was definitely looking to get a podium and then it all went down the drain... Lando, Perez, Fernando, Charles...💔
Well at least Fernando kept his starting p6
If it wasn't for the 9 sec pitstop, Checo could have got into a 3way fight for the race lead till the rain came. It was a monster race by Checo on those hard tyres.
Yeah and people said Bottas did better than Perez . I was like "Bruh did you even watch the same race?"
Legend has it, Lando won't disobey his team for the rest of the season
Yeah his desire to win are him alive.
I doubt it lol
He hasn't disobeyed today. They literally never asked him to pit. They never even said they thought it was time for inters. Even Jeff on the f1 games is more useful than Mclaren were to Lando this race. Did they tell him it was going to rain harder? No, said it would stay the same. Did they tell him that pretty much the entire field bar him and Lewis had all jumped into inters the laps before? No. Lando would literally have been better off if they'd turned the radio off. At least then they wouldn't have told him it WASN'T going to get wetter lol. Then he might have thought twice.....
@@Veyron_fan I agree that they had no right asking him his opinion on a matter that is their job to oversee, should have demanded that he come in
@@kingakim11 I've even gone back and watched the sector times over the last 10 laps. All the cars that went to inter straight away went 3 to 5 seconds faster than both Lewis and Lando on the 1st time through. Both Lando and Lewis stayed out on that lap. Then all the inter cars went even faster on the next lap than both Lando and Lewis and only Merc had the brains to look at that and say PIT NOW. I guarantee if Lando's engineer had said, "Lando, cars on inters are 5 seconds faster in Sector 2 alone" he would have probably understood it was time to pit. But they didn't......
I am heartbroken, devastated however I still believe Lando will get his win this season. Also big mention to Danny ric who planted himself in front of Lewis to give Norris a gap 👌 top guy
It was Russel who gives a gap to the top 2. Or you mean something else?
Russel did for the first 13 laps until pitting and then Ricciardo did for the next 13. Would have come out in front of Hamilton as well if the pit went well, probably would have given Lando the clarity to box for inters too and netted a double podium.
Honestly that was the most epic battle I've watched live. Backing Lando, I'm not even mad.
1st win vs 100th win
Final laps
It's about to rain
Slicks or wets
Mom's spaghetti.
The ultimate winner of this race was Max. Minimum loss, he couldn’t believe it himself. Gutted for Lando. Happy for Carlos.
Btw I’m starting to have second thoughts about 2022 regulations. I mean we are watching a great season. Why ruin it again.
For closer racing
Max would still be in the lead if Norris managed p1 and Max managed p3 :(
Sad times
I’m pretty sure Lewis was the winner
I'm hopeful that the aero changes will close the performance gap (at least temporarily). And if Formula E is any indication, with its focus on under-car aero/diffusers, we could have more viable nose-to-tail close racing--between that, and the wide swath of talent in the current driver roster, I think 2022 could have lots of opportunities for many drivers in the field.
I am ecstatic about Albon getting a second chance in F1 with Williams, by the way. If he gets just one race win before hanging it up in his career, I would be overjoyed.
@@rafifraser3140 Nah, he stood at the top step of the podium, but Max took his engine penalty, which Lewis still has to take, and only lost 7 points to Hamilton in the process. That is huge for the championship. Verstappen is the clear winner of this weekend.
I loved Alonso's cheeky move through the runoff chicane, the wily ol fox pulling more tricks out his sleeves.
Chad alonso
I feel like he was making a statement to the FIA that the corner need to be addressed; it's just poorly designed.
Can't stand him.
If you think Lando should’ve pitted remember even Lewis questioned weather or not it was the right call
right!! and at least merc made a second call and didn’t just leave it in lewis’ hands if mclaren had taken charge lando probably would have kept the lead
Kimi had a lightning start ⚡
From P16 to P10!!!
Matt realizing kimi finished in P8 while doing the rundown was quite funny😂
The best Russian GP we ever had
Putting the heartbreaks aside, this was the best race in 2021 period.
Rain gave him his first Pole!!!🧡🧡🧡🧡
Rain took away his first Win💔💔💔💔
Never hated rain so much in my life😔
Full circle
Rain giveth, rain taketh away
“Like one of those Salt and Vinegar crisp things”…Has Matt never had a crunchy Cheeto?! 🤣
Yeah, I was really confused as an American
Wotsits if you're in the UK, and he's from the UK so should definitely know what they are, bloody 'salt and vinegar crisp thing' 😂
@@jakecowley5726 You can buy cheeto's in the uk :)
@@elliotcowell3139 Ahhh, are they the same thing as Wotsits or different?
@@jakecowley5726 pretty much, wotsits are a bit fluffier. Cheeto's make the flamin' hot one's which are sick though
It's true, engineer didn't insist that much but tbh Lando was barking in reply to engineer's transmissions. Probably the engineer didn't want to worsen the crisis moment.
In the end, it's a team error, but I think Lando should learn to listen OR, if too busy, to let team decide.
Should have been an executive order. One you don't ignore as a driver.
To be fair the engineer was feeding him worthless info about drivers a full pitstop behind, and telling him things he can literally see for himself. 'its raining' is also not useful info.
The engineer was being indecisive and asking him this and that, telling him about other driver while he's fending off Hamilton. The engineer should've been more decisive in that moment and ordered Lando to pit instead of asking him if he wants to or not.
Because when you look at Mercedes with Hamilton, they straight up told him to pit for Inters and when Hamilton was questioning the decision, they told him it's gonna get heavier.
Something to consider for some, would you think the same if the driver who lost the lead was called Bottas and not Norris?
I personally think Norris will learn to trust his team more from this, but it was his call and he got it wrong, and is therefore responsible for the loss.
Everyone has bias, including me, but being aware of yours is how to be a good person and F1 fan.
Norris listened to his team. But the decision he made was to go for a win and risk no podium and if they aren't in race winning cars taking risks is the way to get those wins.
As Matt said, the team never said the rain was going to get worse to lando so his decision with the info he had wasn’t that bad. Just unlucky
He was never told it was going to rain. What the hell are you on about? You didn't watch the video and driver interviews, yet you must blab away.
Thomas Taylor is obviously not a fan of Lando so don’t listen to him. I guess the 7 time world champion showed his great experience in Hungary this year when on the race restart Lewis and Mercedes were the only car on the grid on inters and cost himself the win right? I guess people seem like geniuses but forget that the race leader has it all to lose if you pit and others don’t 4 laps from the end of the race. It’s easier fir the cars to pit because they aren’t giving up the lead so close to the end of the race.
Wow, a lot of emotional responses. I didn't say it was an easy choice or that he could have known or even that it was entirely his fault (responsibility and fault are not synonymous btw), but having watched the race I heard him shout no at the team when they suggested pitting. He was therefore part of the decision making process, and many interviews after the race (from many teams) have revealed that these decisions almost always falls to the driver, therefore it was in his hands. I simply cannot believe that if it was a less likeable driver (Mazepin, for example) in the same position that the reaction from the fans would be the same.
Lewis did the same but his team over ruled him, McLaren should've done the same and they will learn from it.
But think on this, if Norris bares no responsibility for his loss, does Max deserve any credit for getting the call right? if they were both just luck?
As a side note - I'm pretty neutral towards Lando
It’s hard to root against Hamilton or Tom Brady or any other star that wins consistently. I never like watching a repeat champ or winner, but I do enjoy watching history being made.
Thank you for getting this out same day. It’s always great to see CZcams commentary on race day!!!
Congratulations to Lewis on winning his 100th race what a unbelievable achievement I think that record is going to stay for a while
Id never cry at an F1 race but I came close today
And me
As a Lando fan who loves rooting in intense situations, the pre rain battle was unreal. The freefall that happened to my heart and stomach when he started to slide around was insane.
Also, as an American who got up early to watch it, the rest of my day has basically been ruined.
"my disappointment is immesurable, and my day is ruined"
Also American, also lando fan, I feel the same.
I hate that I was so emotional invested in this race, am honestly broken.
The fact that Hamilton and Max somehow finished right next to eachother makes me think there's some sort of divine intervention lol
I wonder why nobody is talking about Daniels early lap moves on lewis and alonso they were amazing
I’m as shocked too. He did well even after that bad pit stop
Me just waiting for Matt to talk about how well Danny tic defended
I was waiting for that mention the whole video😂. Jeez, how bias?🚮
Daniel did good. We can only imagine what would’ve happened had he not had that slow pit stop😩
I wish we saw a live reaction from the WTF1 team for the last few laps of the race (like the live qualifying session reactions) 😜😅 but thx for uploading this!
Thanks for being featured in your video (15:05). Even as a Red Bull Racing fan I was cheering for Lando and this outcome just really hurts. Poor Lando 😭
You've been STROLLED matty.. Hahaha
Monaco directing flashbacks..... 😂😂😂
as a lando fan, my eye was twitching during the entire race and my heart did a somersault when he went off
Yep I think Max fans had went through that reaction multiple times this year lol
Matt you should have realised that Lando fighting Carlos wasn't going to be shown. Its the curse of Carlos
I m not a die hard Lando fan but I love him.....and it was the first time in all my years watching F1 that a teardrop rolled down my cheek......Lando u drove like a CHAMP!!!
14:12 Matt: "I see myself as relatively neutral"
Also Matt: "I'm not a fanboy... just passionate!"
Even though I'm absolutely gutted to not see Lando win, I'm still very happy to see Lewis get his 100th win, you can't just ignore such a massive milestone
"Initiative" was maybe the word you were looking for Matt.
As a Lando fan, I felt my heart through my chest and a sick stomach, when then became heartbreak and ice cream stomach 😂
hello, die hard lando fan here, can confirm I was absolutely devastated when it started pouring in the last 3 odd laps of the race (tears were shed), was also definitely quite stressful when lewis was gaining on him, but so so proud of how well he performed and I'm sure he will have many wins in the future
Watching Lando hold Hamilton to 1.2 seconds had my heart in my throat the whole time. Loved it!
i’m so sad for lando
but 100 races won is incredible history set by lewis
Lewis is the GOAT
I was so excited to see how Hamiltons reaction when Max pulled over in 2nd place n i wasn't disappointed 😂
As a die-hard Lando fan, this was one of the most mentally exhausting races I've watched. Really enjoyed his battle with Carlos and was overjoyed when he passed him. Up until lap 48 I was on the edge of my seat and just super tensed. Heartbroken to see Lando loose his first win but also massive respect for Lewis on his 100th. I'm positive Lando will get his first win soon :')
Max fans and Lewis fans must be mentally dead at this point of the season. So much drama.
I had never before used a second display to look at live timing data, but I was anxiously waiting for every sector update as Lewis was chasing Lando before the rain came.
Lewis would close the gap in S1&2, then Lando would recover a bit in S3. It felt like that lasted an eternity, but then the rain came 💔
I was anxious as hell throughout the entire race! I was so happy when Lewis pitted cause I felt like lando had it in the bag. But turn 3 all my confidence and IMMENSE DOUBT and HORROR filled me. That was absolutely crazy
When the commentator said Ham needed to go 6 seconds quicker per lap to pass Lando, I thought Lando got it in the bag. There's no way in that light drizzle for Ham to catch up. Then the camera panned to a downpour on the straights. Fuck...
I was legit pacing round my living room the whole race, fall on the floor when it started to rain, sat on the stairs the last 3 laps, and cried when he went off! He put up the best fight and he will get his win soon!! Maybe third times the charm in Turkey??
Excellent vid!
Lando fan here. I'm enough of a fan of the sport to appreciate its entertainment. Wholly gutted though.
I swear to god when lando stayed out and said that he couldn't go on any longer without inters I had to stop watching the race. I was so, so angry. (not angry about lando but about the weather)
Had it not been for the rain, he would have won that shit single handedly
If your aunt had balls she be your uncle. Ifs don’t matter in racing.
@@zacharyradford5552 🤣🤣 Well said.
@@zacharyradford5552 in the same way "if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike"
@@zacharyradford5552 lmaoo.. honestly tho.. No one wants to say it, but the team should have not asked Norris what he thinks, they should have told him to come in and secure the best possible result,
I think Crofty put it in the best words about lando and Lewis' battle, he said our hearts are in our mouths and I was there nodding my head in agreement! 😅😅
I think this race is a great example of how entertaining the racing can be in the first stint when the starting grid order is shuffled up. Really liked Alonso’s idea of one shot quali for the future sprint races to make them more exciting
Lando & McLaren fan: I was watching that gap between him and Hamilton fluctuating for the last ten/fifteen laps like an absolute hawk, but I will admit that Lando got a bit too cocky thinking he could take on the wet track on slicks like that.
He essentially took the same gamble that he did in Q3, but this time it didn’t work out and he paid the price. Definitely a learning experience for him, and despite that he put in an absolute heroic effort for the race. Absolutely no surprise that he got DOTD.
To be fair if he pitted then Hamilton would have most probably followed him and overtaken him to get the win. So his gamble was to go all the way to the win. There was almost no other way to get P1. Imagine if he pitted and got P2, it would have been the right decision but he would still have wondered for months if it was worth it to take the risk. For him it is almost better taking P8 trying to get the victory than P2 with a concession.
My eyes were glued to that pace difference to see if Lewis would get DRS, it was tense
Rubbish, all the drivers were thinking the same that, it was too dry for inters. Even Lewis didn’t want them, it’s just bad luck, that the cloud burst at the far end of the circuit, else it okay for slicks.
Matt wasn’t joking about that no other winners than Mercedes at the Russia Grand Prix. According to Wiki, even races back in 1913 and 1914 “Benz” won. I’m assuming that’s referring to Benz Daimler, but I don’t know my history that well.
F1 only started in 1950
@@barathrajkumar5564 he didn't say F1 he said any Russian GP. F1 is not the only organisation that have held GPs over the last 100 years or more
@@tomwells8093 I did purposely choose my words carefully because I expected someone to bring up F1 in 1950, but I referred to specifically the Russia Grand Prix. To be fair, there weren’t many races but the fact it’s literally only Benz that won is amazing.
COMPLETE AGONY as it started raining n Lando was like “NO” on the radio 🥺🥺🥺
Alright you guys are entertaining.
I'll sub.
Go 1 mil!
No one:
Lando: Pain....
I was freaking out from lap 45 to lap 50 and when Lewis came in and gained 4 seconds in one corner I’ve gone completely silent, still am
i'm actually a ferrari fan, but this year i keep singing super max, saing:"go landooo!!!" at sochi and cheering for alonso in hungary. this season is crazy
"... anybody taking it to him (HAM)... is awesome!" - Matt well said and couldn't agree more
Jesus guys! That was quick, generally waiting till around anywhere from 1-3am for this haha
Clicked quicker than Landos soul left his body when he went straight on and lost the race
🤣🤣🤣
Fernando was a savage on lap 1... and I love it!
I must say.. I was sad, but I was also happy to see Lando do so well! He showed some seriously amazing driving! He really deserves a win
Everyone should know: pit for inters when drs gets disabled
Anyone who has played any F1 game.
when you realize that sainz is now only 7.5 points behind perez
As things goes, both Ferraris and Ricciardo are going to surpass him. The only race after summer break where he looked actually like a driver in a top car, derailed by rain
@@angelrobles7201 yeah true
Love the Raikkonen P8 by the way !! 🤣. End of an era . Glad he's getting a sniff of a point .
When Lando stayed out it reminded me of F1 youtuber championship when Matt stayed out on dries 😂
Im so sad about lando but happy max could recover
As a Lando fan: I am not angry or disappointed. Don't know exactly how I feel. It's just a shame that mclaren didn't order him that he had to pit. Landos head must have been panicking with the rain and Hamilton
It's a tough call though cause his demand for slicks during qualifying was what guaranteed them pole position.
From his interview post race, it sounds like he wasn't informed there was more rain incoming. Pitlane could definitely work on that if true.
@@jnmaietta maclaren - hey lando, pit please. 'no'. ok then
mercedes - hey lewis, pit please 'no' Lewis, really, you need to pit! 'oh ok'
and that is all the difference in winning or loosing.
Both Lewis and Lando made the same call to stay out in slicks. Lewis let himself be overruled by the box.
I'd say Lando needed to learn it's a team sport for a reason.
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This season reminds me alot of 2008 and the championship is going to last race,last lap,last turn.
Currently a 2pt difference between max and lewis and the sheer unpredictability of these races you'd be daft to not think this.
I wonder who will play timo glock's role this time in the last race..
@@hirakmitra6515 why does yuki tsnuoda come in mind? I don't know🙃🙃🙃
McLaren left a decision to lando, before in qualifying when he decided to actually go for slicks it was looked at as a mature move. However in the full race when they suggested he could go to intermediates he basically said hell no and got into the position he got into because of that
I'm really happy to take part on that!!!
Great summary Matt.
i was freaking out looking at the time charts and seeing lewis gain a second on lando every lap.....and when it was raining and lewis pitted and came out ......looking at the gap being 25 s , 18 s, 14 s , 8 s, and finally looking at lando loosing control and lewis going ahead ..was devastating
It was a great race, finally Verstappen had the luck Hamilton usually gets. P20 to P2, Hamilton was not happy seeing nr33 pull in the snd place slot. Where he should have had major points advantage, he only got a few, whil eVertappaen has a new engine. Hamilton may have lost the championship here today.
very interesting fact about the engine. seems that mercedes are sacrificing everything, throwing evrything at Max, but he just keeps on pushing.
I'd say Max was rewarded for great overtakes and a perfect decision on inters.
Bottas was the lucky one, he was nowhere and out of the points before the rain.
I would say the worst thing Mercedes did was putting Bottas at p17 to cover up Max. And Max passed him like a it was a Haas. I was dying of laughter at that point,lol
Very glad i watched this on F1 TV's PLC channel now, all of the overtakes that were missed by the main feed were in box 2 or 3.
TV direction not showing Lando at the end was probably like "Finally we can show Lewis for the last x laps together with our beatiful 100 wins thingy".