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Originally Posted by Brad
Was at the race weekend at Silverstone, the Sat and Sun anyway. Cracking race, as ever when Formula 1 cars meet changing conditions. It adds drama, and it sorts the men from the boys in terms of driving ability. Massa ends up looking amateur when all is not in his favour, while Hamilton takes it in his stride. Me and the missus took an absolute soaking, but it was all worth it. Will add a few pics on here at some point
Well done Lewis  |
Hamilton was lucky to get to first because of the very poor starts of Heikki and Webber.
If Ferrari hadn't made that stupid decision to leave the tyres on for another stint, Raikkonen would have given Lewis a run for his money. Can't understand why they just didn't call him in when they realised they were wrong. He was losing 5 seconds a lap... just call him in immediatly instead of sitting around waiting for it to get better. It's kind of a miracle that Kimi finished fourth in the end.
Now Hamilton could just cruise to the finish as his closest competitors were Heidfeld and Barrichello who were more than half a minute away. If you have that kind of gap you can ease through the changing conditions and win. Still a great race by Lewis mind, it's also hard to concentrate with that kind of lead, but it was not the godlike race some media are trying to make of this.
We have all seen Lewis crack under pressure when he is not in first place, just like Massa did yesterday.