F1 2021

An entertaining couple of hours on a Sunday morning, rain really jumbles up the normal procession. Kudos for Max for coming second, and he has a very fresh engine going forward.

Best Russian GP by far, this whole year has been brilliant though

I think he made the right gamble. If he pitted and rain never came he losses, Hamilton made the right choice when he could not pass lando in the conditions, but if it started to rain he would have a chance. If I was Lando I think that I would have made the same call. Hamilton was ready to make the same call, untill it was clear he would not be able to pass if the conditions stayed the same or got worse.

I think that even without the rain at the end this was one of the best races in the last 2 years.

If you only compare the start vs end results like you have, sure... but did you miss the rest of the race?
Perez managed his tires incredibly well, fought his way up through the field making a ton of fantastic overtakes, led the race for a time - granted due to other driver pit stops but still he had put himself in position to only drop to 5th after his pit- and fought his way back to 3rd where he was set to finish if it weren't for the rain.
Bottas let Max drive by, was yelled at on air by Toto to fight harder, did make his way up the field partly on his own merit but largely due to other drivers pitting, and was set to finish in or near 14th had it not been for the rain.
The mad scramble for pits at the end greatly mixed up the field with some fairing much better than others- IE Max's incredibly lucky leap from 7th to 2nd.

Hamilton is very much like a gambling addict. Makes calls and only remembers when he wins. Forgets about all the times his bad calls didn’t work.

Bottas taking another internal combustion engine. I really think they are having to run these full power all the time to keep up with Red Bull.

Are there wider T1s in the calendar? Hope they’ll manage - looking forward to a fight and hope Perez can perform too.

Good race. Still not a fan of Max.

it reminded me of the refueling days when there was back and forth swapping of P1 during the pit stop windows. Great race!

Mexico and Brazil should be good, the last three races of the season… well that’s another boring story.