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vro0m · 2 years ago

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vro0m’s rewatch - 120/304

2013 Hungarian GP

We're officially in the second part of the season. It's very hot. Which probably won't help Mercedes with their tyre degradation issue.

(also I have like 25 gifs for this race thank god tumblr upped their limit 💀)

Aha. Lotus has been subjected to a random flexi floor test and they failed it but then the stewards said okay actually it was a kerbs issue?... Right so basically the car porpoised because of the kerb and that's why it seemed like it was flexing. Mmmh. 🤔

Quali report. The Redbulls seemed in control, but Webber had an electronics problem in Q1 then his KERS failed in Q2. He's 10th. Grosjean seemed really quick and he outqualified Raikkonen for the second time this season. He's 3rd. Seb was very quick but Lewis got on pole to the general surprise. Himself included. On the radio we hear Bono tell him "great job there Lewis, er, that's P1." And Lewis answers : "the pole?!" – "yeah! We're as surprised as you, mate." That's his 30th. Rosberg is 4th, Alonso 5th, Raikkonen 6th, Massa 7th, Ricciardo 8th, Perez 9th.

During the drivers' parade, Natalie Pinkham asks if it's gonna be a good day.

Lewis is not confident. He says pole is the best place to start but it's so hot today… he's gonna give everything, fingers crossed. She asks if he feels like it's going into the unknown given how little they know about the new tyres and with this temperature… he says it's definitely harder for them because the others were able to test the new tyres for three days (remember : they got suspended from the young drivers test because of the Barcelona Pirelli testing they did, which was against the regulations). They have a slight advantage on them but he hopes it doesn't come into play today. He reiterates he's surprised to be on pole given how good a lap Seb did, and he felt like he didn't do such a great lap.

Let's talk about his pole. We get a nice little montage of his previous poles. He's now ahead of Fangio in the record sheet of pole sitters. Brundle says he seemed more surprised than anybody else about it. He says it honestly didn't feel like a spectacular lap. He admits though he didn't make any mistakes but he thinks he could have found more time. Here ya go he starts explaining his lap like last time I don't understand anything about it but it's okay, I just enjoy how animated he gets talking about stuff he likes.

He says when he crossed the line he was told he was in the front but he thought people were coming behind him like Seb who would get ahead so he said "are you sure?" and then he started hearing the team celebrate in the background. Cute!

Martin says though that his reaction seems to say he'd be happy to lead at the end of the formation lap. "You're not expecting to win the race, are you?" he says no. He's at the point, he says, but interrupts himself. Firstly, at the beginning of the season, he never expected to have such a good car and he's grateful to be on pole and it's down to the great job they're doing at the factory. However, the tyres overheat and melt. The car is so heavy at the beginning of the race it doesn't feel like it's beneath you and it’s only later, when it gets lighter, that it starts to get some grip, but by then it's too late, you've lost too much time.

Brundle says his fans are saying that if he was given a car with rear tyres that stayed with him, he'd disappear in the distance. He says there's no doubt in his mind they could win if they solved their tyre issue. No doubt in his mind they can beat Sebastian, and Fernando, and Raikkonen, and Grosjean. They just have to fix that. He says it's a shame, then smiles, and says they have such a good car but the tyres play such a big part. He'd love to be able to have a wheel to wheel race with Sebastian [this race].

(He's frustrated by something that's not in his control again. At McLaren it was the motivation of the rest of the team. Now it's Pirelli's tyres. But as we said in the last race review : they should rather fix the car than hope for better tyres, because the car is in their hands actually, when the tyres are not.)

"Who knows, maybe we'll be surprised"

Oh. The cars are headed to the grid and Nico is told they need to get him back into the garage. It's because Lewis' car has an issue? I'm confused.

The track is 48°C…

They're rolling Rosberg back to the grid. Alonso too. They're quite late. And Massa now. What's happening. Let's hear from Ted. Actually Rosberg reported a weird feeling with the car on his way to the grid and that's why they got him back into the garage. They worked on the front suspension. Now they're on the grid still checking it. His engineer says the car is okay though. Lewis doesn't have any issues with his own car.

Alright it's time.

Formation lap

Lewis is told "engine cooling whenever you can (twice) and now you need to back up the grid".

And they're racing!

Lewis gets a good start, as does Rosberg who's pretty much level with Grosjean, Seb, the Ferraris and Raikkonen into the straight. Into turn 1, he falls behind Seb and Grosjean who are fighting over P2. It's Lewis, Seb, Grosjean, Rosberg. But the Ferraris catch them and now Alonso is already beside Grosjean. He can't make it stick but he's ahead of Rosberg who is now fighting Massa. Rosberg goes wide! Someone locks up and it's a close call for Rosberg, Massa and Raikkonen. CONTACT! Massa touched Rosberg who loses a piece of front wing and goes off track. He rejoins but he lost many places now. At the end of the first lap, Lewis has a 1.1 second lead over Seb. Then we have Grosjean, Alonso, Massa, Raikkonen, Webber, Jenson, Ricciardo and Perez in the top 10. Rosberg down in P12. At the end of lap 2, Seb is half a second away. The offensive is about to start. A couple of laps later it's back to 0.8 but it's going to get complicated with the DRS on top of it. Now it's rather Grosjean attacking Seb? Lewis is pulling away a bit. Lewis pits and he's out in 8th. It's lap 10.

Rosberg also pits. Lewis overtakes Jenson for P7, it's good he didn't get held up for too long. Lewis is much quicker than Seb who also pits. Oooooh. Yes good, Lewis is still ahead! Seb is behind Jenson which might slow him down a bit. Alonso pits and someone else must also have done so because Lewis is up in P5 now. P4. Grosjean pits from the lead. Raikkonen as well. They're behind. Now it's Webber in the lead having not pitted yet. Lewis P2. Seb still behind Jenson. He's being held up. Grosjean is closing on him too. Now Seb is told to cool the car and he answers to check the front wing. There must have been some contact. There's damage indeed. Grosjean has DRS but it’s not enough! Seb defends so well. Jenson has pulled away a bit. Lewis has pulled away a lot. Alonso however is now closing on that fight. Careful. It's only lap 20.

Lewis is now closing on Webber who hasn't stopped yet, that's how good his pace is right now. There's almost 10 seconds to Jenson now. Webber finally pits, Lewis is back in the lead. Webber is out behind Alonso. Seb overtakes Jenson! Grosjean tries as well but they touch, he's ahead but there's gonna be an issue there. Alonso overtakes Jenson too. Seb has 13 seconds to go to Lewis. Jenson pits. Grosjean pits, he's under investigation. Webber is closing on Alonso who's now P3. Lewis answers to Seb's charge by setting the fastest lap of the race. Now it's Grosjean who sets the fastest lap as he's fighting Massa for P6. It's done. I'm pretty sure they touched?

It's lap 30. Seb is inching closer to Lewis, but the gap is still 12 seconds. And Jenson also overtakes Massa. Lewis pits from the lead, it's a very good stop. He's out in fourth behind Webber. Massa also comes in from 8th. Grosjean is under investigation again for leaving the track. Oooh Lewis almost passed Webber. Yes gooo! P3! Coming for Alonso. Gogogogo. Alonso pits. P2, and Seb is also in the pits so back in the lead! Let's go! And Seb is again behind Jenson! Lewis sets the fastest lap. We're halfway through!

Grosjean gets a drive-through penalty. The collision will be investigated after the race. Seb overtook Jenson already. Oh, Webber is in Lewis’ DRS zone. Jenson pits. Seb sets the fastest lap. Webber has fallen back a tad. Hulkenberg gets a penalty for speeding in the pitlane. Grosjean is closing on Alonso over P5. And we're on lap 40.

I mean there's stuff happening in this race so it's cool but damn 70 laps is a lot.

Raikkonen pits from P3, out in P6. Let's see. Lewis is now 3 seconds ahead of Webber. Seb is 12 seconds behind them and Alonso 11 seconds down on him, with Grosjean still not far behind. Bottas DNF, DRS disabled. Webber pits, he's out behind Seb now. Grosjean pits. Lewis is still 15 seconds ahead. Alonso pits. Grosjean is fighting Jenson for P6.

On lap 50, it's done, while Lewis pits for the last time. Good stop. Oooooh no! Webber is ahead! Fuck! But Lewis attacks and Webber has to go off track to avoid contact, he joins back in front… no. He joined back behind Lewis. Mmmh. I don't know what to think. Well. With the replay I'd say Lewis had the line, Webber should have lifted up but we'll see if the stewards agree or if I'm biased. The gap to Seb is 7 seconds. Crofty says sometimes you need a bit of luck to win. I'd say Lewis is making his own luck there, by pushing the limit. It's arguable. Oh. Seb pits. He locked up slowing down for the pitlane. Lewis is back in the lead! But the gap to Webber in P2 is only 2.3 seconds. Seb is out behind Raikkonen, in P4. He sets the fastest lap. Bono asks Lewis to make some changes on the steering wheel but he says he's happy with the car at the moment. The gap is up to 3.5 seconds. Webber pits.

It's the final 10 laps now. Lewis is told to manage the pace, and Ted says it's because they're worried about the engine overheating. The gap to Raikkonen, currently P2, is 11 seconds anyway. He can slow down a little bit surely. 9 laps. Seb is closing to Raikkonen. 8 laps. 7 laps. Webber is also gaining on Seb, but that gap is 8.4 seconds. 6 laps. Seb attacks Raikkonen! But he's not quite there yet. Yellow flags? OH MY GOD oh. Okay so Rosberg DNF but I thought it was Lewis it scared me lol. They really need to sort the yellow helmets out my god. 5 laps to go. Yeah Rosberg's engine blew up like whoever it was in the last race? White smoke, fire. We were just talking about engines overheating, weren't we? Ted says the Mercedes pit wall is extremely nervous now. I am too. 4 laps to go. Both Redbulls are told "22 fail". 3 laps. Seb attacks Raikkonen again but he's struggling with grip. He complains about Raikkonen's defense but there was nothing wrong with it. He wasn't ahead and there was enough room. 2 laps remaining. Come on. Final lap. Seb is not giving up on Raikkonen but he keeps locking up.

It's the end of the race!

LEWIS WINS HIS FIRST MERCEDES WIN! Raikkonen immediately stops his car. Seb is third.

OH MY GOD I'm gonna cry, it's Bono's first "get in there Lewis" like literally I'm emotional rn. Lewis thanks everybody for the hard work.

Ted is with Niki. "He won the race because he drove sensationally. All the passing he did was his job. He's really the best today, that I've ever seen in my life. The way he passed people, and the way he really got going." Hah, he's about as emotional as I am about this. I love it.

Niki says they weren't worried about overheating but he doesn't think they were as quick as the Redbull. "But Lewis really made it all up, especially the way he passed people, he was outstanding."

He was, damn. What a flawless race. Now it's really starting to look like the Lewis I know.

The team hugs him and pats him 💜 he's so happy 🥺

He already hugged him outside but once he takes his helmet off in the cool down room he hugs Brawn again. "Thank you so much, " he says. Then he shakes Raikkonen's hand. Then Seb arrives and he shakes his hand. "Good job!" he tells him.

Raikkonen asks him "What happened to you?" and then something else. Seb says "No, I got stuck behind Jenson and damaged my front wing." Lewis is chugging water.

The Mercedes team is READY. We see them outside waiting for the podium. One of them tells the other "Here we goooo…" and they start clapping slowly "Waaaiiit…" They have huge smiles on their faces. They clap, they're beaming. Here they come. Imagine seeing your guy up there, that must be so great.

Brundle tells Lewis that when they talked the night before he had a hard time believing he was on pole and he didn't think he'd win. How does it feel now? He says it's an incredible feeling. He thanks all the fans for turning up. He and his team worked a lot last night and they really didn't know it would go that well. The last 20 laps were just managing the tyres and cruising.

Brundle says there were two key moments. When he overtook Jenson and then when he passed Webber. Lewis says "I think you can tell I was hungry today". He needed to get past these people and usually he gets stuck in traffic and today he was going for every move he had.

After the two others' interviews we go back to Lewis. Brundle asks how today compares to his other victories. Lewis says it's probably one of the most important wins of his career. Moving to a new team and winning for them is a real privilege. The guys did an exceptional job and he's so glad he can be part of the team. He couldn't be happier and he hopes there's many more to come (oh honey if only you knew… I'm gonna cry istg. This is ridiculous.) He says for the WDC (which theoretically he could still get at this point), they need to work very hard, and hope the tyre issue is solved. But if they can come here and make their tyres last they should be able to do so anywhere, so fingers crossed.

Brawn and Toto are talking with the journalists and Brawn says surely Lewis was a bit frustrated that Nico won twice and he hadn't yet but he didn't see much change in Lewis, he's just getting more and more familiar with the team and with his engineers, and more relaxed. His engineers are having their photos taken with the trophy in the background. It's so cute.

Later on, we see them getting ready for the team photo. They make sure Bono is at the front. He has become so much more muscular since then lol. Toto is sitting cross-legged on the ground and Nico is there and they're all waiting for Lewis. He's taking his time lol. Brawn arrives. Everybody goes "aaaaaah!" and claps. He sits down on the ground between Toto and Bono. Lewis is still not there.

The journalists are talking about him in the meantime saying what an outstanding job he did and praising the way he's able to feel the machine rather than have the engineers tell him about it. Anthony says you can hear over the radio how different Nico and him are, Nico being a "very technical guy" who "understands every nut and bolt on the car" whether Lewis is "a true fighter". (I think since then Lewis has become somewhat of a technical guy as well. I wonder when that happened. We will see.)

Lewis is still nowhere to be found. They've been sitting here for ages now lol. Ah we hear he's coming? Someone got here but it was Paddy Lowe. Now there's a Marussia truck coming through the pitlane lol. Here he is!

He's applauded, he shakes many peoples’ hands, finds a spot next to Nico, sets down the trophy in front of them and touches his arm. Nico pats his knee.

They're finally taking that photo. Lewis gets up and out of the way immediately as they spray champagne. The journalists jump on him for more questions. He says again it’s all down to the team and their incredible job. They worked so hard on the car and the pit stops and are doing an exceptional job and he's just grateful to them. The journalist says he's been through a lot off track in the last few weeks (?) and does it make it even more special that he was able to do what he does best? He gets a bit emotional I think. He speaks more slowly, in less automatic answers. He says he's come here, "I don't know if you've seen", in a completely different headspace. He says it's been one of the toughest weeks to focus on his job (wtf happened?!) but clearly with a pole and a win you can see he's not distracted. Oh god. He says his family has been supporting him a lot, and his voice shakes like I've never heard before. He gets choked up and doesn't finish his sentence.

He does a thing he rarely does while the journalist praises him elegantly to move on from that, which is crossing his arms. And actually, it's not even that, it's more that he's holding himself. Someone comforts this boy please.

The journalist asks about the move on Webber which was phenomenal. He brightens up immediately and opens his arms again.

"I pulled it off twice!" he says excitedly. "I hope he's cool about it, he was very fair." he says he's a great racer and he's glad he got to battle him, especially in his last season. But he needed to pull these moves off, he couldn't get held up. "But who would've thought our tyres would last today?"

The journalist asks if it really surprised them, and talks about the orders he got at the end to lift up a bit and Nico's engine failure. Clearly there were overheating problems but the tyres were as good as anyone's. Lewis says "the tyres were a dream today, yeah!"

He really doesn't know what to say about it, "on the hottest track!" He says the first stint was "so-so" and he called the pit stop at the right time because if he had done another lap he would have lost but he came out in front and that's when he knew he had a chance to win.

Now they move on to talk about the WDC. Does he believe he could go on and really challenge Seb after the break? He says he hopes so, he honestly believes in this team and this car being fast enough to challenge the Redbull, as long as the tyres don't let them down. Then he says he's not taking a break, he's just gonna keep working on it.

Post-race, Grosjean received a 20 second penalty for colliding with Jenson which didn't change anything because Jenson was over 20 seconds behind him in the standings.

Also Ferrari received a 15'000€ fine because Alonso activated his DRS 3 times without being within 1 second of the car in front. They had forgotten to switch the DRS from pre-race settings to race settings. As soon as they noticed, they told him to only use it when they told him to. It resulted in him actually using it less than he could have, which explains why he didn’t get a time penalty.

I tried to find out what had happened that made Lewis emotional there : he split up with Nicole in early July. After the German GP he said about it "I wear my heart on my sleeve and it is hard to hide my emotions. I try my hardest to be positive. I am going through a hard time at the moment. I have lost someone special in my life and my world has been turned upside down. I am trying to pull my stuff together and keep my head up which is hard to do." Aaaand… apparently he had been planning to propose to her. Anyway. That's it for the gossip.

Phew. This review took me most of the day to make. Lots of Lewis this time 💜

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vro0m’s rewatch - 107/301

2012 Indian GP

Disclaimer for this season. It turns out that I only have the footage of the race for a lot of the GPs (no build-up, no post-race content) so there will be way less GIFs unfortunately. I will let you know for each of these reviews if there are GIFs or not. THIS ONE HAS GIFS.

4 rounds to go.

Top 10 on the grid goes, from bottom to top : Rosberg, Maldonado, Perez, Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso, Jenson, Lewis, Webber and Seb on pole.

Brundle decides that he'll try to talk to Lewis on his grid walk. Unbelievably he accepts.

Martin congratulates him on the qualifying and asks him if he can do something about the two cars in front. Lewis says it's gonna be tough but he'll do his best, "but hey man it's been a long time since I spoke to you," he says softly, and he touches Martin's shoulder. "I thought for once, you know, it's one of my very few races I have left here at McLaren," so he thought he should talk to him.

Martin says they love talking to him and then he says he has a lucky nipple tweak with Jenson?! This– I– What ?! I can't wrap my head around that piece of information. What does it mean?!

I do not hear what they are saying? I think Martin asked him if his nipples are sensitive?!

Brundle asks if he has any new tattoos. Bro what is going on. Why are you not talking about the fucking race 💀 he shows one on his forearm and that he has mosquito bites.

Why. What is going on. He says he got his whole back done as well.

Brundle says he used to love this part of the weekend where he could finally get to the actual job, racing. He asks if Lewis also gets this kind of serene feeling. Lewis says definitely. He's been racing since he was 8 and even when it was go karts and there was no crowd or anything, being on the grid has always been an incredible feeling in his heart and chest and now racing with world champions around him, it's phenomenal. And every race is different which he loves. He hopes today is a better day and they don't have any issues with the car and he gets a good start. And he hopes they can put on a good race for the fans. These guys are having a full blown interview on the grid lmao.

Brundle says he's fast on the straights so he has a chance with DRS and KERS. He has a hungry feral smile I've rarely seen on him. I like it.

Lewis says he has KERS, DRS, and he's gonna give everything he promises.

Omg Bernie is celebrating his 82nd birthday that weekend. It was 10 years ago. He's really ANCIENT and crumbling, the old racist.

OH TOTO AGAIN! Ahhh I'm happy already I know I'm getting good gifs out of this race at least.

(what's with the eyebrow dance, and the double collar???)

Formation lap

Lewis says the radio quality was terrible on the grid. Hopefully it's better on the rest of the track...

And they're racing!

Decent start. The McLarens are immediately wheel to wheel and rapidly Alonso swoops on them in the straight and overtakes them both with worrying ease. They're not giving up. In the next corner, Alonso is in a McLaren Sandwich. Lewis holds the inside line while Jenson locks up slightly on the outside. Both McLarens rejoin each other in front of Alonso, they're wheel to wheel again but he's just beside them. I can't even tell what the order is they're so close. Now he's in-between them again and Lewis is the one who lost that fight, he's fifth. Massa is not far behind him either. Meanwhile, Schumacher has a right rear puncture. And Alonso overtakes Jenson, again so easily... And then Lewis overtakes Jenson too. Massa is still close behind, as is Raikkonen just behind him. Lewis is not gaining on Alonso...

Then it calms down dramatically lol. Some racing in the midfield. 15 laps in : Seb, Webber (+3.7), Alonso (+4.5), Lewis (+7), Jenson (+1.7), Massa (+1.2), Raikkonen (+0.7). The McLarens are one second a lap slower than the leaders. It's not going well... Lewis says he's lost quite a bit of time lapping Schumacher. Perez gets a puncture. He ultimately DNFs. Alonso is now seriously gaining on Webber. Jenson pits. We're almost halfway through the race.

Raikkonen pits. Rosberg pits. Maldonado pits. Massa pits. He's overtaken by Raikkonen as he gets back to the track but Massa gets back at him with the DRS. Alonso pits. Lewis is clearly pushing before his own pit stop. He has good pace. Webber pits. Contact between Kobayashi and Maldonado, who gets a puncture. It's the third puncture of the race. And Seb had to avoid him, because he brusquely rejoined the track after going out because of the puncture. So wait a second, where are we...

Seb is still in the lead but now it's Lewis P2, right? Because he didn't pit. Meanwhile Webber pitted and he's only 0.5 ahead of Alonso now. Lewis pits, 33 laps in (out of 60). Where is he? 8 seconds behind Alonso... Seb pits. He's still in the lead. And his stop was only 2.6 seconds. Oh wait. We get a replay of Lewis' stop. OH HOLY SHIT THEY CHANGED HIS STEERING WHEEL?! Impressive! Alonso is pressuring Webber.

Ted says Lewis had issues with other things than the radio which is why they changed the steering wheel. So Lewis had to put the car in neutral with the first steering wheel, dislodge it, hand it over while a mechanic was putting the new one in, use the second steering wheel to put the car in first gear and release the clutch to leave, and all of that happened while his tyres were getting changed, in 3.3 seconds. As I said, impressive!

Grosjean finally pits, he's the last one to do so, on lap 37. Lewis sets the fastest lap of the race. He's slowly closing on Alonso, but the gap is consequential, and Alonso is still close to Webber. Let's see. The gap from Webber to Seb is 11s, the gap from Alonso to Webber is 2.2s, and the gap from Lewis to Alonso is 6.1s. 18 laps to go. Do we believe something is going to happen?

Now Webber is picking up the pace to avoid Alonso. Oh, someone's in the barriers, softly. It's De la Rosa, he spun. No DRS now then, yellow flags. Schumacher will be investigated for not obeying blue flags after the race. Webber has issues with fuel. Alonso is not far away. The DRS is enabled again. Alonso overtakes Webber extremely easily. Apparently his KERS doesn't work.

Lewis is less than 4 seconds away, he's told Webber doesn't have KERS. He can do this. There's 10 laps to go. There's fog on the track. Less than 3 seconds. You know that's what he lives for. He sets the fastest lap. 2.5 seconds. 7 laps to go. Nicolas is in the garage watching him. 2 seconds. Some part of Seb's car is rubbing on the ground, a piece of the front wing maybe? 1.5 seconds. 5 laps to go. Go get him come on. Alonso is told Seb's plank is on the ground and to keep pushing. Horner's getting agitated. Lewis' engineer keeps him motivated, now's the hard part. Alonso just went wide. Almost, almost. 1 second. 3 laps to go... 2 laps to go... He locked up... He's so close... Final lap... 0.8 second.

And it's the end of the race!

Seb wins, Alonso P2, and unfortunately it's Webber P3. One more lap and Lewis would have eaten him alive, no doubt.

That's all! 3 races left! (and I can already tell you that next up is Abu Dhabi and there's gonna PLENTY of gifs because I have the full broadcast for both the race AND quali so don't miss it!)

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vro0m’s rewatch - 102/301

2012 Belgian GP

Alright it's round 12 already, post summer break, let's see whose upgrades work.

Apparently the qualifying session was very surprising. Lewis is down in 7th so I guess the McLaren is not getting any better, unfortunately. Oh wait. Jenson is on pole so... I guess the car’s not the issue... Seb is 10th!!! That's not good. Alonso 5th. Perez 4th. Raikkonen 3rd. It's Kobayashi sharing the front row! Surprising indeed.

Ohhh Lewis is stuck between Maldonado and Grosjean 💀 scary lol. Crofty says his co-commentator (didn't hear who it was except it’s not Brundle) called that (Maldonado - Lewis - Grosjean) the "danger zone". Yep. Yep. For sure.

Webber is 12th, with a grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Formation lap

Oh hey it's Lupe Fiasco with Nicole here to support Lewis! It's funny I used to listen to his music a lot a few years back.

Ohhh Kobayashi's brakes are smoking...

And they're racing!

Oh what, Maldonado jumped so quickly... Is that a false start? It seems like an impossibly quick reaction time. Yeah I went back and he clearly moves ahead of everybody else. Yep. I watched it a third time and he moved before the lights were off.

OH MY GOD HUGE CRASH. Lewis is involved. Oh no. Grosjean came from behind him, pushed him to the side and they made contact. It made him lose control of the car, crash into Grosjean who crashed into a third car and then a Ferrari that hit a fifth car. I can't believe this shit. Fucking Grosjean. I'm gonna have to watch a whole race for what now 😭

There is so much debris it's bad. Safety Car obvi. And now they're talking about Maldonado jumping the start.

Nicole is shaking her head. Lewis is out and walking oh... He's walking very slowly, deliberately, towards Grosjean... A marshal is already trying to hold him back. They're talking.

Alonso is not out of his car, the doctors are there, hunched over him. He's moving. He's getting out now, they are holding him gently. They're talking.

Lewis is walking back in the pitlane holding a piece of his own car. This image makes me extremely sad.

De la Rosa and Kobayashi pit, either they caught some debris or they're part of the other cars that were involved in the crash. Maldonado as well. And Lewis walking in the midst of it all, still with that chrome piece in his hand and his helmet on.

This is so tragic damn. Seriously. He's walking kilometers 😭 he's going straight through the other teams’ boxes and the mechanics standing there are watching him as he goes past them.

I wonder if he'll get in trouble for doing that because I'm pretty sure that's a security concern.

We see the replay. Now the commentators are certain Maldonado jumped the start, it's extremely obvious from the aerial view.

Oh so the third car involved in that accident was Perez, and Grosjean went OVER him and believe me it’s even more terrifying than whatever you’re picturing right now because, let me remind you, it’s pre-halo era.

The fifth car was barely touched, he was very lucky. I still don't know who it was. Oh it's Kobayashi, who completely missed his start. These on-boards are scary. We see Lewis taking his hands off the steering wheel to not break his wrists from the sudden jerking movements. Omg the view from Alonso... He's doing his thing and then BAM Grosjean is on top of his nose. Phew... Seb had to pit, we saw him collecting debris on the replay. Oh no, he actually hasn't, but Kobayashi did. Ah and Perez is out too.

Oh. We see Lewis' on-board again and Crofty says of Grosjean "he doesn't seem spatially aware of his car" which. Devastating and very true.

Ah see, I was right btw, I knew it was bad news for Lewis to find himself behind Maldonado and Grosjean. We see a replay of Lewis getting out of his car and tapping the side of his head essentially telling Grosjean "are you fucking crazy?"

Lee Mackenzie says she talked to McLaren : he is okay but he won't be talking to the media until after the race.

And the Safety Car is in. There's still loads of debris. So Jenson is still in the lead followed by Hulkenberg and Raikkonen. Maldonado has parked his car AND he's under investigation for that jump start. Lol we see a replay from Charlie's cabin and he's shaking is head watching that start.

I'm gonna watch this race on x2 speed because hey.

Alonso is sitting in Ferrari's garage, he looks fine.

OMG Kovalainen spun and almost collected another car spinning back around. Surely that's gonna be a penalty for dangerous driving? (Nope, there was no penalty.) A RedBull has just been overtaken by a Williams...

One third of the race in, Jenson is still comfortably ahead and Seb is making his way up the field.

Now Kovalainen hit Karthikeyan in the pitlane, coming in as he was leaving. Webber is also making his way up the field. Seb is now up in P2. Jenson is still way ahead.

Two thirds of the race in, Jenson is leading, over 14s ahead of Seb and Schumacher. Webber is under investigation for unsafe release as he almost collided with Massa as he left his box while Massa was joining his. Oop. Karthikeyan just crashed. Raikkonen overtook Schumacher for the podium. There are 4 cars all contained within 1 second fighting for that 3rd position. Schumacher took his place back from Raikkonen. Webber is attacking Hulkenberg for 5th. 10 laps left.

Raikkonen overtook Schumacher again, Webber can't get past Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg overtakes Schumacher. Massa is now closing on Webber. Schumacher overtakes Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg overtakes Schumacher who pits anyway. Massa overtakes Webber.

And it's the end of the race!

Jenson wins, followed by Seb and Kovalainen.

Okay so Wikipedia time. About that accident, Grosjean pushed Lewis towards the pitwall, they touched, both lost control of their cars. Grosjean collided with Perez, was thrown in the air, crashed into Alonso and stopped against the outside wall. Lewis crashed into Kobayashi and Alonso after he was hit by Grosjean. Perez lost his rear wing and touched Maldonado which is why he then spun. Kobayashi's sidepod had a hole in it and he found himself in the last place after starting on the frontrow.

Grosjean received a €50'000 fine and a one-race ban (!). Maldonado received TWO 5-place grid penalties, one for the jump start, one for colliding with Glock at some point.

Ah yes! I found Lewis' post race interview on YouTube! It's terrible quality but anyway. He says he doesn't wanna talk about the start (what else do you have to say my man you weren't here for the rest of it...), he believes people saw what happened. Huge congratulations to Jenson, walk in the park for him. It's great to see that they have the pace. He has to try to pull that out of his car in the next race. The journalist says his fans will be happy to see he’s fit and well and is he not too shaken up after the accident? He looks to the side, and quickly puts on a smile, shakes his head and says he's had a lot worse than that. (Lol really? When? Cocky idiot (affectionate)) She asks if he's able to learn anything when he’s out watching the race and he says no, dejectedly. He doesn't elaborate. You can tell he's done with it and doesn't want to talk anymore. The journalist doesn't try to push him. That’s it.

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