2026 British Grand Prix - Silverstone, July 03 - 05

[Just_a_fan]

Lewis just admitted that he didn't see the yellow flag and is expecting a penalty

Oh, bound to. Although, having said that, as the podium has happened maybe they'll do one of those grid place drop next race penalties that they use sometimes.

[SB15]

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FIA clear up Safety Car ending to race
An FIA statement:
"The Safety Car period regulation, Article B5. 13.5, states that one lap must be completed following the unlapping procedure.
" This process was followed by Race Operations. The 'Safety Car In This Lap' message was displayed erroneously due to a software error."

SOFTWARE ISSUES???? LMAOOOO

[nevill3]

No penalty for Hamilton

[avantman]

Lewis and his fans must be delighted. These are the rules they indirectly pushed for, and the FIA gave them exactly what they wanted. The rest of us can thank them for yet another race finish being ruined. This is the second time we’ve seen it happen since Monza 2022. On the other hand, perhaps we should be grateful it hasn’t happened more often.

[avantman]

No penalty for Hamilton

Who would’ve thought. There was also no penalty for Hamilton for touching rival car, whereas rule is clear.

[Big Tea]

Again, why do lapped cars have to pass the safety car, not drop 10 (or more) seconds off the last car on that lap? They are lapped, so it is unlikely they will make up enough ground to interfere in the race even if quite early in the race

[Artur Craft]

AD21 was the absolute correct result after hamilton intentionally wrecked max in the most disgusting bit of driving since suzuka 90 and the FIA made multiple rule changes to benefit mercedes.

In a way Hamilton was lucky the season ended that way, because it shifted attention away from the fact he had been outperformed by Max all season. 2021 was a referendum on the earlier hybrid era that concluded, as we all knew, mercedes' success had much more to do with the car than the driver. This is also why Toto didn't give Lewis the contract he wanted in 2024.

You´re 100% correct but they will perpetually use that as an excuse, though.This will not be the last time they polute threads with this off topic.

Pathetic end to a boring race

This race didn't deserve any better. It was the epitome of modern day F1.

Yup, pathetic yoyo racing. Can´t believe people get elated by this. Some will say: "this is much better than a procession" but F1 should do better....

[jz11]

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FIA clear up Safety Car ending to race
An FIA statement:
"The Safety Car period regulation, Article B5. 13.5, states that one lap must be completed following the unlapping procedure.
" This process was followed by Race Operations. The 'Safety Car In This Lap' message was displayed erroneously due to a software error."

SOFTWARE ISSUES???? LMAOOOO

run out of AI tokens to debug their software, clearly...

[Artur Craft]

Have you seen the ticket prices?

Still, full house and all time record attendance, alledgely. So, BRDC and F1 and happy with this

No penalty for Hamilton

Who would’ve thought. There was also no penalty for Hamilton for touching rival car, whereas rule is clear.

They would never punish Ham, specially at Silverstone. Everybody remember about him getting away with it on 2021 (phony punishment allowing him to win despite what he has done) but there was a qualifying either 2015 or 2016 in which he outright blocked somebody and they did not take his pole as was dictated by the rules back then.

He was never getting punished here, above all because they want him on the tittle fight for commercial reasons

[Gillian]

Terrible race, not because of lack of action (there was enough) but because I have no clue who was actually fast and who not. Race was a little better than sprint imo, but still yuck.

[avantman]

Have you seen the ticket prices?

Still, full house and all time record attendance, alledgely. So, BRDC and F1 and happy with this

No penalty for Hamilton

Who would’ve thought. There was also no penalty for Hamilton for touching rival car, whereas rule is clear.

They would never punish Ham, specially at Silverstone. Everybody remember about him getting away with it on 2021 (phony punishment allowing him to win despite what he has done) but there was a qualifying either 2015 or 2016 in which he outright blocked somebody and they did not take his pole as was dictated by the rules back then.

He was never getting punished here, above all because they want him on the tittle fight for commercial reasons

Yep, I bet even Lewis was shocked he wasn't penalized today. I saw his interview after the race and he knew it was a slam dunk, he was fully expecting to get a penalty and drop out of the points.
That said, I don’t think it was just because he was British. The decision was dictated entirely by the severity of the consequences—losing a podium and dropping out of the points. There can be little doubt that he’d have received a standard time penalty if it hadn’t had such a severe impact on the outcome.

[MB_Racer]

Terrible race, not because of lack of action (there was enough) but because I have no clue who was actually fast and who not. Race was a little better than sprint imo, but still yuck.

Kimi with the Mercedes was clearly the fastest and by a mile