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2018 German Grand Prix preview

Hi there! It's time for some Grand Prix racing again this weekend and the event will take place at the legendary Hockenheim ring in Germany.

The track used to be a bit different and here you can see the difference:

I personally liked the old circuit more with the forrest part. I know it was mainly just driving straight but you could see a lot of overtaking there. Smaller teams that didn't do that good could get an advantage in Hockenheim too if they were fast on the straights. 

Before I reveal my predictions here are a few videos from the 2010 German GP:

 
 

I hope something like this doesn't happen this year but I hope the weekend will be unforgettable anyways. 

Here are my predictions for the 2018 German GP:

Pole position: Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes

The race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Surprise: Fernando Alonso, McLaren

That's it for today! Enjoy the Grand Prix.

2018 British Grand Prix review

First of all sorry for posting this so late after the weekend. Sometimes I just don't have the time even though I would like to write these for you.

One thing people talked a lot about was Kimi Raikkonen crashing into Lewis Hamilton. Do you really think he did that on purpose? Ridiculous if you ask me. It would be extremely hard to lock your tyre like that and crash into Hamilton perfectly so that you get to continue the race. I mean not even the world's best drivers can do stuff like that unless they train it every day. But why would they train that?? just stupid! He got a 10 second penalty which was 5 seconds more than his teammate Sebastian Vettel got a week ago for crashing into Valtteri Bottas.

Speaking of Bottas... He was again so close of winning the race!! His tyres were just too old and the top3 passed him easily on the last laps. How much bad luck can one driver have? Feel sorry for him.

Another guy I felt sorry for was Charles Leclerc. Would someone mind telling me what happened to his car after he pitted and retired?? Suddenly no power and has to stop the car on the side of the track.

And if Leclerc's retirement wasn't enough bad luck for Sauber then what about Marcus Ericsson crashing into the barriers?? I mean this guy has done nothing meaningful in F1 and still he is in the series year after year. Money talks I guess...

After this the safety car was deployed and all the top drivers pitted but not Bottas. Mercedes wanted to risk it with him and maybe take a win. I am sure that if it would have been Hamilton they would not have risked it. I already talked about what happened to him when the race restarted so not really anything else to talk about.

Here are my predictions for this year's Grand Prix at Silverstone:

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT

The race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. He was 2nd.
2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes - WRONG. He was 4th.
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari - WRONG. He won the race and his teammate was 3rd.

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. Vettel was fastest

Surprise: McLaren might get some good points in Silverstone if they don't retire - Well Alonso got one point.

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2018 British Grand Prix preview

Nino Farina in his Alfa Romeo. Silverstone 1950.

Silverstone is one of the most legendary F1 tracks in the calendar. Did you know that the whole F1 series started back in 1950 at Silverstone? That's why this circuit is so important!

In the first GP Giuseppe "Nino" Farina won from pole position also setting the fastest lap of the race (1'50.600). The current lap record is by Mark Webber 1'33.401. The track has changed several times so it's hard to compare.

Who might be good here this year? The Mercs most definitely...

Remember how good Bottas was here in 2015 with Williams?

The start was amazing for both Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. Massa overtook both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton and so did Bottas. He just couldn't keep his position and lost one spot to Hamilton.

On lap 3 Hamilton did a very stupid move on Massa and almost took both of them out of the race. Bottas was right behind and took 2nd place from Hamilton.

On lap 9 Williams told Bottas to back off and didn't let him overtake Massa even though he was faster.

Now I know it's easy to make race strategies at home while watching the race on TV but it doesn't take a genius to realize that Williams were making a big mistake. If you were in Bottas' shoes what would you do?! The two fastest cars of the grid are behind you and trying to overtake you and your own team tells you to slow down because the slower car must be in front. What is the point of this?! No wonder Bottas left the team when he got the chance!

I have criticized Williams before for making poor decisions but this was one of the worst in years. Bottas was braking behind Massa for several, several laps destroying his tires etc. and then suddenly they gave him the permission to overtake but it was too late. His tires weren't in good condition anymore and Massa didn't leave him any room to overtake. I understand why Massa did this because I wouldn't wanna let anybody pass me either but I can not understand why Williams were working the way they were. Just stupid.

If they had decided to move Bottas to the front right away he could have pulled away for 20 laps, maybe 0,5 sec per lap. Instead they wanted him to stay between a driver who was slower and the two fastest drivers.

When they finally pitted, Hamilton managed to overtake both of the Williams drivers which was no surprise for me. This was because they couldn't pull away in time and had Hamilton behind them from the beginning.

Rosberg didn't pass them during the pitstops but did that on track afterwards anyway. His new tires were working much better and when the rain started it was all over for Williams. The fight for the victory I mean. They didn't even get a podium.

This time Bottas is with Mercedes and the chances are much better. He has a chance to win! On the other hand Hamilton is always super good here in front of his own people. He has won the British Grand Prix 5 times! Mercedes is definitely going to be in front with Vettel behind them.

Here are my predictions for this year's Grand Prix at Silverstone:

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

The race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Surprise: McLaren might get some good points in Silverstone if they don't retire.