Hungarian strike!

Despite an unusual strategic error, the Englishman Lewis Hamilton, second in Budapest, takes back the lead of the championship from Max Verstappen.

Published on 02/08/2021 à 12:44

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Hungarian strike!

Having no one in your mirrors is a habit for Lewis Hamilton. At least, a familiar situation. But never yet the pilot Mercedes had never found himself faced with such a void behind him, in these circumstances: on a standing start. The scene was surprising, even burlesque. On the restart of the Grand Prix stopped after the incidents in the first turns, Hamilton started again in first position, but above all alone when the lights went out, since all the other competitors had decided to go through the pitlane to shed their intermediate tires. The track which had been watered at the start of the race was drying, but Mercedes seemed to fear further downpours. In any case, the team took responsibility for this decision against the grain. “I claim it,” reacted like this Toto wolff, car passer par la pitlane comme leader aurait été ris

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