Track Torque: Hamilton untouchable in France
Rory Byrne and the design team back at Maranello have got to make a leap forward to get on terms with the German cars.
Lewis Hamilton and Valterri Botas made it another one-two for Mercedes in the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard circuit last Sunday.
Although Charles Leclerc was on the podium, in third place in his Ferrari, it was really a no-show for the prancing horses team.
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He at least held off the rest of the field.
Sebastian Vettel made it into fifth place in the other Ferrari, and they must be licking their wounds as they just could not make a real impression on the Silver Arrows.
Rory Byrne and the design team back at Maranello have got to make a leap forward to get on terms with the German cars.
As an aside, the truth is that both the Mercedes engine and chassis are made in England, at Northampton and Brackley respectively, just around the corner from the Silverstone racetrack.
The three-pointed star team, led by Toto Wolf (a German) has bought up almost all the best Brits for their design team, and they really work well together.
Sad news that we should lose Niki Lauda shortly after a lung transplant.
His lungs had never really been the same since his terrible accident when they were burnt at the German Grand Prix in 1977.
Lauda was added to the staff for his wealth of experience.
Back to the Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen gave his usual best to bring his Red Bull home in fourth place, between the two Ferraris.
For some reason the Red Bull Hondas were not on top of their game this time around.
Pierre Gasly, in the second car, couldn’t do better than 10th position.
Carlos Sainz (McLaren) was sixth, Kimi Raikkonen seventh, Nico Hulkenberg eighth and Lando Norris ninth.
We move to the British Grand Prix in two weeks’ time on July 14.
For those of you that did not see the 24 hour LeMans, here is a brief summary. The first two cars home were Toyota TSO50 Hybrids.
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The winning car was piloted by Sebastian Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso. Bruno Senna was in the fourth placed car overall.
The GT Class was won by a Ferrari 488 GTE, followed by two Porsche 911s and four GTs. In total 49 out of 62 cars finished the race.
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