2014 British Grand Prix
- Bottas wins second Driver of the Weekend in a row
- Silverstone’s 50th grand prix proves a fine vintage
- 2014 British Grand Prix team radio transcript
- 2014 British Grand Prix fans’ video gallery
- 2014 British GP Predictions Championship results
Image © Daimler/Hoch Zwei
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th July 2014, 15:33
Another one of those races where I can’t help but feel Red Bull made the wrong strategy call and pitted Vettel a lap too late – that cost him the position to Alonso I’m sure.
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
6th July 2014, 15:36
@vettel1
Thanks heaven they made the wrong strategy call otherwise we have never witnessed that Epic battle !!!
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th July 2014, 15:38
Got to agree with you on that @tifoso1989 ;)
Sri Harsha (@harsha)
6th July 2014, 15:41
May be epicness between two made the epic battle for the first time both had their disadvantages Ferrari lack of DF and RBR lack of Top speed over the circuit and man i love the side by side battle and i think its the first time after Monza 12 they both went head to head on track despite Championship fights
P.S : i loved their Whinging showing how much heat is between those 2
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th July 2014, 15:36
But then again, he’s not exactly in pole position for the championship so I think the battle he had with Alonso (in which both drivers displayed unbelievable ability) made up for that!
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
6th July 2014, 15:42
@vettel1
Exactly, just reminds me of the Gilles Villeneuve spirit !!!! A fight even for a 10th place
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th July 2014, 15:44
@tifoso1989 They were ridiculously close at times – most other drivers would have collided, of that I’m sure! Brilliant displays of car control and overtaking/defensive prowess!
GeeMac (@geemac)
7th July 2014, 6:04
Gilles wouldn’t have been on the radio constantly the way both Vettel and Alonso were. I know tensions were running high, but it was pretty petty from them both.
TMF (@)
6th July 2014, 15:49
@vettel1 I think RBR has lost their mojo – they made pretty bad strategy calls throughout the year for both and even RICs strategy today was more of a gamble.
But as the other say – the battle was just too good to complain :)
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th July 2014, 15:53
Exactly, and as I said it’s not like it’s going to cost him the championship @tmf42 :P
Sri Harsha (@harsha)
6th July 2014, 15:56
@vettel1
But its costing them Points in WCC who knows what might have happen in the future , They should have finished P3-4 or P4-5 but they lost 2 or more points now depends on how we view situation
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th July 2014, 16:01
@harsha it should have been Red Bull 3-4 – in what order I’m not sure, but you’re right on that.
Sri Harsha (@harsha)
6th July 2014, 16:03
With the pace SV had over the race i think he would have finished ahead if he was placed ahead of Alonso by stopping a lap or two earlier. but if they have done that we might miss the best battle of the year so far
Sri Harsha (@harsha)
6th July 2014, 16:05
@vettel1
Skett (@skett)
7th July 2014, 1:40
On the BBC Forum Ricciardo said that he was actually originally told to pit but he radioed back asking if he could stay out because his tyres still had plenty of grip, so he was actually on a 2 stop but made the choice himself to switch. A gamble indeed, but a good one and one made by the driver himself
JCost (@jcost)
6th July 2014, 15:34
Wow… things change very quickly.
tino852 (@tino852)
6th July 2014, 15:34
Karma and the law of averages. Congrats Hamilton.
Keamo
6th July 2014, 16:34
Finally! Congrats to Lewis.
OOliver
6th July 2014, 18:25
Just an endurance failure which Hamilton should be weary of. Vastly different from the Hamilton’s Australian failure.
RB9#1
6th July 2014, 15:39
red bull again favoring ricciardo on strategy to get him infront of vettel.
vettel outqualifies ricciardo, he’s ahead of him on track in the early stint & was well faster all race yet red bull’s strategy screws him & puts him behind.
Zac
7th July 2014, 14:34
It was DR that made the call to stay out – the team wanted him in – you miss the telecast, it was on team radio – and Mercedes even commented post race they didn’t think the tyres could go that far. DR was advantaged by trundling around in the early half of the stint in 8th and 9th. And as for favouring DR over SB, so what happened in P3 when they kept DR from running again – or does the team take it day about in conspiring against their drivers. It really does sound a bit fantastic.
sebsronnie (@sebsronnie)
6th July 2014, 15:56
Thanks Keith for the birthday shout out in the roundup. And thanks Lewis and Mercedes for the perfect birthday gift :-)
Bobby (@f1bobby)
6th July 2014, 15:59
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Great race, great result.
Keamo
6th July 2014, 16:33
So happy for Lewis. He really needed that result. . One retirement from Rosberg and it’s level.
Strontium (@strontium)
6th July 2014, 21:13
BBC commentary was poor. They took ages to spot Kimi flying off in the background.
Also, the penalty for Alonso was harsh seeing as he wasn’t given any time to correct the grid place.
Hardik Panjwani
7th July 2014, 6:43
Na, Alosno penalty was fair. (Alosno fan here) New situation for him after a long time, starting in the middle and team should have been paying attention and managing that. Looked like he kind of forgot where he was starting and realized it too late. Penalty was within rulebook and a lesson was learnt.
Plus in its own way it led to that epic battle with Vettel so no complaints really. :)
Miko-Jarvinen (@miko-jarvinen)
7th July 2014, 19:09
Williams is coming like a Mini-Mercedes. Merc’s might always win but now it seems a Williams will be a normal sight at the Podium in few races time.