[Race] The GROAT - Round 1 - 2018 Silverstone vs 1990 Hermanos Rodr?*guez vs 2021 Spa

[crmalcolm]

2018 Silverstone
Hamilton had a slow start and was jumped by Vettel and Bottas. At Turn 3, Kimi Räikkönen made contact with Hamilton, spinning him off the track and into last. Sergio Pérez also spun at the start, narrowly avoiding the Williams cars exiting the pit lane. Hartley failed to exit the pit lane. Räikkönen was given a 10 second time penalty for causing the collision between himself and Hamilton, which he served in the pits on lap 14. On lap 19, Leclerc retired after exiting the pits with a loose wheel. On lap 32, Marcus Ericsson crashed at Abbey, after failing to deactivate his DRS quick enough. This brought out a safety car, and both Ferraris and both Red Bulls pitted for a 2nd time, for the soft tyres. Mercedes chose to leave their drivers out to gain track position. On lap 38, Grosjean and Carlos Sainz crashed at Copse, causing another safety car. On lap 46, Verstappen spun and subsequently retired with a brake by wire issue. The next lap, Vettel overtook Bottas for the lead of the race, which he kept until the chequered flag, making it his second victory at Silverstone, the first since 2009. Vettel became the first Ferrari driver to win at Silverstone since Fernando Alonso in 2011. Vettel's win broke Mercedes's 5-race winning streak at the British Grand Prix.


1990 Hermanos Rodr?*guez
Sunshine greeted the drivers on race day and at the start it was Patrese who got away from Senna, Berger, Boutsen, and Piquet. Senna and Berger both passed Patrese on lap 2, and the McLaren drivers opened a significant lead over the rest of the field. Prost was charging through the field from his poor grid position, while Piquet moved up to third. Berger's run in second place came to an early end when he had to stop for new tyres on lap 13, leaving Piquet in second but under pressure from his former team-mate Nigel Mansell, who was able to pass him soon afterwards. Prost continued his charge through the field, eventually taking second from Mansell with 15 laps to go. Prost proceeded to set off after Senna, who was beginning to slow with tyre problems. The Brazilian had gambled on tyre durability by not making a stop for fresh rubber. On lap 60, Prost got past Senna with a simple move and three laps later Senna's rear tyre exploded, forcing him to retire from his 100th Grand Prix. As he had completed over 90% of the race, he was classified as a finisher in 20th place, the lowest classified result of his career. The battle for second place between Mansell and Berger culminated in Mansell passing around the outside of Berger going into the ultra-fast Peraltada corner. Mansell thus finished second behind Prost, with Berger third from Alessandro Nannini, Boutsen, and Piquet.


2021 Spa-Francorchamps
The race was due to start at 15:00 CEST on 29 August but was delayed multiple times due to persistent rain. Sergio Pérez was not expected to start the race after he crashed on his way to the grid; however, the Red Bull Racing mechanics were able to repair Pérez's car during the delay following the first red flag. A first attempt was made to start the race at 15:25 CEST, with two formation laps being completed behind the safety car before the starting procedure was suspended and the red flags were brought out. At 17:00 CEST, the stewards used the powers given to them under article 11.3.9.o of the FIA's International Sporting Code to suspend the race clock on grounds of force majeure.

After over three hours of delays, two more laps were completed under the safety car, which allowed for the results to be classified. During the third lap, the race was suspended again and was not resumed. The race result was taken after the first lap, in compliance with Formula One regulations which require a two-lap countback. Max Verstappen was declared the race winner (scoring his 16th career F1 win and 6th win of the season as a result) ahead of George Russell in second and Lewis Hamilton third. Verstappen's win was Red Bull Racing's fourth Belgian Grand Prix win and their first at the venue since Ricciardo's 2014 win as well as the first F1 win at Spa for a Honda powered car since 1991 event. With only a single official lap and 6.880 km (4.275 mi) completed, it is the shortest ever race in the history of the sport, eclipsing the previous records set in terms of kilometres of distance covered at the 1991 Australian Grand Prix (which was raced over 52.920 km (32.883 mi) and 14 laps) and in terms of lap count at the 1971 German Grand Prix (which last 12 laps). The officially completed distance was recorded as 6.880 km (4.275 mi). For the sixth time in Formula One history, and the first time since the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix, half points were awarded. Russell's second place was his first career podium and the first for the Williams Racing team since Lance Stroll finished third for the team at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Stroll finished this race 18th on the road but was classified in 20th, having been handed a 10-second time penalty for a rear wing change under parc fermé conditions during the red flag period. This promoted Kimi Räikkönen to 18th and Pérez to 19th. Charles Leclerc was investigated for the same infringement but was not penalised as the change was quickly reversed. as of 2021, this race is the only World Championship Grand Prix where there is no officially recognised fastest lap. This is also the eleventh world championship race in history in which there were no retirements.

[S griffin]

Spa 2021 should not be mentioned in the same company! It wasn't even so bad it was good

Silverstone 2018 was exciting in it's own right, but Mexico 1990 is the clear winner for me. One of the best drives ever by Prost, proof that he was a great racer when he needs to be. And Mansell's move on Berger, one of the best ever. Especially with Murray's commentary

BTW why is Rodriguez got a question mark and asterik in it?

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by S griffin

BTW why is Rodriguez got a question mark and asterik in it?

(I think) it's to do with the language codes that are enabled in the forum.

Where possible, I try and use the spelling of a circuit name that matches what a native-speaker would use. This includes diacritics from that alphabet.

In this case the crude full name of the circuit would be Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. If spelt using the Spanish alphabet, there would be an acute over the first 'o' in Autodromo and over the 'i' in Rodriguez.

If I try and use the Spanish spelling of the names, the code in the forum gives the following:

Autódromo Hermanos Rodr?*guez

Which should look like the example in this image: