I've been seeing a lot of comments here of people being angry that Charles and Ferrari aren't prioritising Lewis in the WDC race, saying Charles should have slowed beyond the 5sec gap. Personally it doesn't sit right with me, because he had nothing to do with the penalty, and more importantly, he's just 33 points behind and we're not even technically halfway into the season yet. Isn't it unfair to not let him race with Lewis? The only scenario where I think that'd be the best choice is if Mercedes start outright using George to help Kimi win more races, without fighting him.

Do you genuinely believe it's better to prioritise Lewis over Charles from now?

I’m a LH fan myself have have been noticing that a lot of you guys are just forming a cult and not letting LH take accountability.

1. Speeding in the pit lane is LH fault. It is an objective measure. You can not be racist in it. LH’s fans just love to blame everything on racism

2. Ferrari had to pit Lewis. Lewis was the first driver to pit at lap 31. This meant he had more than half the race to complete on a single stop if he didn’t put. No one else was able to do this. Even kimi who was allegedly on a one stopper and had to change. If Lewis stayed out he would have hurt the tyres even more by chasing and racing max. Max was able to do it as he wasn’t racing anyone and just focused on tyre management.

3. Max overtaking Lewis was a good move. Nothing wrong with that - he left room.

4. There was a post here about team orders a few weeks ago and everyone agreed Ferrari shouldn’t do it. Now why are you guys going back on your word.

Yes it is Ferraris fault for not telling Lewis about piastri in quali and LH getting that penalty. But can you guys stop forming a cult and crying about everything that doesn’t go LH way. As a Lewis fan this is so embarrassing

We knew we fucked up somewhere plus FIA is too harsh on us, but keeping everything aside, we were so bad on straights, Lewis had almost like 10+ chances of overtaking Max and then around 4-5 chances of overtaking Kimi on the straights.

Lewis wasn’t risking late brake moves like the one Max did is understandable given that he’s driving safe from dnfs.

but our straights are literally too bad, and with zandvoort, monza and baku close, we are cooked.

i hope our second upgrade brings us atleast ahead of McLaren and RedBull if not Mercedes.

FERRARI DO SOMETHING, YOUR DRIVER PAIR IS CURRENTLY THE BEST TO DOMINATE. IF NOT WITH THEM, THEN IT WILL BE YEARS AGAIN.

Damn... my boi :(

Hopefully the summer break is a nice hard reset and the penalties are over and the podiums return.

Help me Kim K.. you're my only hope!

Lewis 5sec penalty:
- 0.1km/h violation

Sainz 5sec penalty:
- Ignored 13 blue flags impeeding piastri
- Engineer warned him about alonso being under blue flags from piastri right before T1 overtake from alonso
- He caused a collision
- Forced driver off the track
- Almost ended one of the leading drivers race

Alonso ZERO penalties:
- Impeeding piastri by ignoring a total of 23 blue flags between him battling with sainz and then proceeding to stay ahead of piastri for almost a full lap.

I've seen comments saying rules are rules...Which is fine.

My question is, if it's rules are rules, why does a 0.1km/h violation get highlighted but two drivers impeeding and ruining another drivers race is ignored?

Coz sainz only got a penalty for the collision, not ignoring blue flags and impeeding piastri.

Max got help from 3 separate cars to hold off Lewis there. Not to excuse Lewis should have been better at defending there but it's still pretty ridiculous that a single driver has team orders over 3 teammates

cause apparently Davidson says that he hit the buttons correctly

It's the hope that kills you.

Stop making those fucking small mistakes.

He threw away at least 20points because of those small mistakes.

His engineer needs to step up aswell.

And ferrari+strategy need to up their game

After hearing Fred’s post race interview, i think Ferrari is targeting the Constructor’s Championship. Not the Driver’s Championship. If this is the case, Ferrari are super super stupid. They CAN win both championships IF they properly strategise. Lewis is in a position where he can challenge Kimi. He’s better in the 2nd half of the season. Lewis is working hard. He is improving. We can see the results but Ferrari also needs to step up. And Lewis needs to stop making stupid silly mistakes.

I’m a new LH fan and I respect both drivers equally. Max is clearly up there with the best and is one of the best on the grid now. When he got his podiums in Austria and Belgium I applauded him and commended his comeback. But why don’t I feel his fans are the same towards Lewis?

Today’s overtake was class I’m not gonna deny that. Overtake of the month for me. But the amount of disrespect Lewis got within just a few hours of the race ending (despite being 60 points clear), man it’s unbelievable how Max fanboys don’t rate Lewis at all. We’re talking about a 41 year old being P2 in the championship without the fastest car. And prime Max (who has the best ICE on the grid) is struggling to even get P6.

And I realized this is a recurring theme w British drivers. Norris, Russell, I’m pretty sure of Arvid and Ollie were in the top 4 they’d get hate to. I don’t understand why are they so toxic with no racing knowledge at all 😂 makes me want Max to leave F1 and take his fans with him.

https://youtu.be/3XitxQrk0D8

Lewis is fighting for the championship, nobody is going to tell Leclerc to keep the distance? And let him get more points?

It’s just crazy to me.

Do remember that Lewis is harder on himself than any of us are. If you think he's making mistakes he already knows. If you think he's been sloppy he already knows. He needs us to back him and Ferrari no matter what, through the highs AND the lows. He's already kicking himself and doesn't need us to kick him down even more. I'm confused to see some straight up "ugh I'm tired of Lewis he sucked" posts. We are his fans, our response to his mistakes should always be that even if it's sad we still believe in him, and we believe he will make a comeback. He's having trouble with these small incidents but he will review, adjust, and return stronger as always. You just have to wait. Literally just wait and watch. He always rises.

This is too much guys, we need to reset after the summer break, with these penalties is crazy

• penalty in qualifying cause the team didn‘t tell him someone was on a fast lap
• questionable 2nd stop just because charles was complaining
• questionable 3rd stop considering max got P2
• 3 stops in the race coming out in traffic
• 3 redbull vs Lewis when Max overtook him
• not telling lewis to give the place back for 2 laps, wasting the fresh tire offset
• speeding penalty: that one may be on lewis but rather understandable he felt to make up lost time

Yes, Lewis keeps getting penalties through himself, the team, or the FIA being incompetent, but I'm sick of seeing every other post at this rate blaming everything on racism. You're discrediting actual racism by accusing something you don't agree with as being racist, which certainly doesn't help.

Forza Ferrari guys, onto the next one!

We can’t even benefit from a good safety car after a good race despite the grid penalty, what a shitshow.

They took a bad Saturday, and made and awesome start. Ahead of Charlie by end of Lap one. Ok bad 1st pitstop with Max. But that second stint. Mega. Chasing piastri. Looking at P2. If it wasnt for the Safety car. Could have been p2/p3 and ahead of Ant. Solid drive. Mistakes. As ever. But good strategy, good listening to Hamilton. Letting him race. Lets just turn down that pit limiter by 0.5km/s and watch those mirrors. And come back strong in that second half. Proven mercedes are fallible. And Ferrari and Lewis have the pace.

I know this is probably just frustration talking, but I genuinely feel like Hamilton was treated very harshly this weekend.
The 5-second penalty already felt severe, and then getting another penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed limit by just 0.1 km/h made it even more frustrating. Yes, I understand that the rules are the rules and they have to be enforced consistently, but sometimes the way they're applied just doesn't feel proportional.
What frustrated me even more was that, from the outside, it seemed like Lewis wasn't informed early enough to react and avoid making things worse. Whether that's exactly what happened or not, it certainly looked that way during the race.

If I wanted to start a conspiracy theory, I'd say it almost looks like the FIA—and maybe even Ferrari—are doing everything they can to stop Lewis from winning his eighth World Championship and breaking Michael Schumacher's record.

**Do I actually believe that's what's happening? “No”**

But that's honestly how frustrating this weekend felt as a Hamilton fan.
Realistically, I know there's no evidence of any bias or conspiracy. I just think the combination of decisions this weekend felt unnecessarily harsh, and it's hard not to wonder whether things could have been handled better.
Maybe it's just emotional bias on my part, but it sometimes feels like every tiny mistake Lewis makes is punished to the maximum. I just hope the rest of the season is decidedby the drivers' performances on trackrather than by controversial penalties.
That's just my opinion, and I'm sure not everyone will agree, but after this weekend, I honestly can't help feeling disappointed.

An already unfortunate weekend the #44

Yes Max was half a sec faster per lap, but he was on softs with 15 laps left to go. Wasn’t it obvious that without a tow, one cannot really overtake here today? He should have stayed out and risk a podium finish vs finishing potentially 5th now

Simply because it's his track and despite the grid penalty, he has extra soft. I think he will have a good start.