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2021 Styrian Grand Prix Heroes and Zeroes

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Jericoke:
Heroes
Max Verstappen.  Great race weekend, dominant win.  If he'd needed more pace, I'm sure he'd have been able to dial it up.

Lewis Hamilton.  Got all he could out of his car.  A lonely second place.

LeClerc.  Even though he's a bit of a zero for his first lap, he put on a fantastic recovery drive to get more points than I'd have thought he'd get even with a good first lap.

A lot of drivers could fit the 'hero' category today.  A lot of solid drives for everyone.  Some good midfield action over all.

Zeroes
LeClerc had a great race, but he really screwed over a few other drivers en route.

Perez/Bottas  they're settling into a classic 'rear gunner' fight.  They're driving the two best cars, and they're not really challenging for wins.  It's nice to see them battle, but they both should be doing more.

Mercedes doesn't seem to know how to fight back in 2021.  Hamilton is doing his part to keep the championship close, the team needs to find something to support him.

I don't know what Russell has done to anger the gods of motorsport... but clearly he's not meant to have success in F1.  He looked like a top ten was possible (he does tend to fade later in races so who knows...) and then he developed pneumatic problems?  When was the last time anyone suffered pneumatic problems?!

Monty:
A good summary Jeri.
I am really disappointed that RBR have found this incredible straight line speed. Don't get me wrong, it is clearly a good car with good drivers but I wanted to see wheel to wheel racing on the corners. At the moment the Red Bull just disappears on the straights (faster that any other car on the long straights and gaining over a quarter of a second on Mercedes!). It is similar to when Ferrari had a massive straight line speed advantage a couple of years ago - it just becomes impossible for anyone to overtake them.

John S:

--- Quote from: monty on June 28, 2021, 08:33:53 AM ---A good summary Jeri.
I am really disappointed that RBR have found this incredible straight line speed. Don't get me wrong, it is clearly a good car with good drivers but I wanted to see wheel to wheel racing on the corners. At the moment the Red Bull just disappears on the straights (faster that any other car on the long straights and gaining over a quarter of a second on Mercedes!). It is similar to when Ferrari had a massive straight line speed advantage a couple of years ago - it just becomes impossible for anyone to overtake them.

--- End quote ---

Unlike the Mercs being untouchable and disappearing into the distance for the last 8 years.  :-* 

Scott:
I’ll give Perez more credit.  He’s doing exactly what they hired him to do - take the battle to Bottas and be there to pick up the slack and grab a bunch of points if Max’s race doesn’t work out.  To be fair, Spielberg only has effectively one passing zone, and although the Red Bull seems to be able to dominate on the straights when they are alone, when DRS is open, their advantage seems to be less good than others.

Zero:  The A-Ring is a railroad ring with very few exciting opportunities.

cosworth151:
Jeri did a pretty good job of it. I do want to mention Lewis again for getting the best out of the Merc.

My hero of the week is Haas Team Principal Guenther Steiner:

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