Lewis Hamilton Wins!!!

Thursday, July 11, 2024

 

Okay calm down. 



Lewis qualified P2 on Saturday, weather is constantly changing - dry and wet; typical english weather.


Front row lock out should mean something but yeah, after so many disappointment i dont wanna jinx anything haha


Sunday came.  My first hope is so that Lewis will get through first laps safely, after the incident in Qatar last year, the feeling of DNF is unbearable so as long as your driver is in the race, we can keep pushing, even from the back of the grid.


Total laps is 52. After about 30 minutes of racing, rain is expected to come around the circuit. When it became slightly wet, Lewis managed to overtake George but not for long - the two McLarens came by too. 


Max however is not having the real pace of the car and he could not catch the car upfront (he had a bit of floor damage on saturday)


Come Lap 42. 




The last 10 laps or so, it was so nerve wracking. Cannot sit still knowing this is a long time coming. When every laps could not finish fast enough and checking the gap between Max and Lando all the time at the screen. 


And the rest is history. Fuh. What a race. 





I dont normally rewatch a race, but this one I already plan to do so and this time just wanna appreciate the chaos, sit back and relax :)


Oh yeah and Nico before the race believed that his bestie would go on and win the race. He said he still remember the pace Lewis had and how good he is at this circuit. Brocedes coded. 




This win is special in so many ways - considering the Abu Dhabi 2021 and this is the first win after 900+ days winless streak. 


LH is the first driver to win a race after 300 race appearances and various other records plus the most wins at a single grand prix, 9th win. It is gonna take a while for these records to stay. 


On another note, I was surprised to see the pitwall indecisiveness at pitting and what tyre for Lando. They got medium tyre and go for soft whilst lewis go for soft because they dont have mediums. And lewis did a good job to make sure the soft persevere until the checkered flag. 


Also a pity for Charles because after the Monaco home win, the races after that seemed to go downhill for him. When the engineer put on wrong tyres and ended up damaging his race when he has to box few times and getting lapped. 


One more, Haas is something else this season. Better than Williams. Nico Hulkenberg always qualified well and for this race, he is P6. The best Ferrari driver this time they say haha. 


Halfway through the season and already we got six different race winners. A good shift compared to last one. That's all for now. Bye.