YESSSSSSSSSS...wow what a race!! Just got back from RBR and my god...that was everything F1 was / is supposed to be. We spent 8 hours baking in 38/39C weather (it was 65C track temp they said), two - 2hr train rides, and it was worth every drop of sweat, beer, and popsicle purchased. If anyone wants to go to the full meal deal F1 race...go to Austria. The atmosphere was awesome. They had a 20-25min air show with vintage bombers and fighters from WW2 and a couple jets (Eurofighter Typhoons I think). There was 10's of thousands Dutchmen there and they'd break out into singing their anthem. They were obviously stoked Max won as well.
I'm gushing...but it was soooooo much better than France and Paul Ricard (which isn't a bad track, just a terrible race).
If I remember I'll post a few pics when we get home mid week.
As for the race, we saw nearly every pass from our seats going into T2/3 (T2 isnt a turn) and we looked right at the Bull and the Mad Max seating stands. There was so much action I lost count of the passes we saw. Got a great view of how much faster a car with DRS is exiting T1 and up that long straight. The other thing you cant tell on TV is just how much elevation change there is. I dont know off hand but I'd guess 100m from T1 to T3...its ALOT. The track is basically on a hill.
I havent really seen good replays of the pass from Max on Leclerc, but from our sideways vantage point it looked ok. And from the few replays I did see, I would call it a racing incident to be fair. I REALLY wanted Leclerc to win since I had picked him...
Excited to watch it on PVR in 3 days.
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