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front of Car 44 contacted the right rear of Car 33. Car 44 is judged predominantly at fault.”</p><p id="27a8">What happened next shocked F1 fans around the world. Verstappen starts to spin at 180 mph. His car swapped ends sending it through gravel pits and into the retaining wall. They calculated the g forces on Max’s body on impact at <b>51g</b>.</p><figure id="a82b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*AyX1feeOpL3LLiaF"><figcaption>Max’s car is totaled. 2021 British GP. -Photo via Pinterest.</figcaption></figure><h1 id="2430">The Hungarian GP</h1><p id="c2d0">Everyone has seen it. Bottas runs his Mercedes AMG into the back of Lando Norris in his. McLaren. Bottas collided with Max Verstappen damaging his car. After some hasty repair work, Verstappen returned to the track and managed to finish the race. Norris in the McLaren was not able to finish. His streak of scoring World Championship points in 15 straight races came to an end.</p><p id="501f">Who won the Hungarian GP this year? Bottas teammate Lewis Hamilton. The win put Hamilton in the lead for the 2021 World Championship. He leads Verstappen by 8 points going into the summer break.</p><figure id="6f67"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*Jg1Q_OLI7X4UyU5X"><figcaption>Bottas damages Verstappen’s car. Hamilton finishes 8 points ahead of Verstappen. Photo via Pinterest.</figcaption></figure><h1 id="3278">Formula One commands a worldwide audience</h1><p id="f29e">There are fans everywhere televisions are. It is not just Sundays either. F1 grabs attention year-round. There are hundreds of websites dedicated to covering all the action. The media is relentless in chasing drivers and team principals alike. When rivals take each other out while chasing a World Championship, fans notice.</p><p id="6c59" type="7">How will we know the truth? Racing incident or not? Rubbin’ is racin’.</p><p id="963b">The debate rages. Still, we know nothing. Did Bottas take out the drivers ahead of him on purpose? <b>Fans want to know.</b> Did the Mercedes AMG team instruct Bottas to make way for Lewis? Bottas does know that <b>George Russell</b> is ready to take his seat next season.</p><p id="568b" type="7">Trading paint is part and parcel of NASCAR. It doesn’t belong in Formula One.</p><p id="67b5">Rewatch the races from previous years. You won’t find any wreck that feels as deliberate as Bottas locking up and going bowling. How could such a skilled driver lose control of his car? Beyond the astronomical costs of the damage to the cars, Max will most surely need to use a fourth engine. A source of additional penalties. There are a dozen races left. One day, Lewis will hand over his crown. He will exit the sport. New faces will emerge with the dream of competing for a World Championship.</p><p id="098a" type="7">Lando Norris says the apologies from Bottas after triggering the wreck going into turn one was nice but doesn’t count for much.</p><p id="0b6c">These two disasters are the <b>state of the union address</b> to F1 fans. Risk life and limb at any cost. Drivers can damage millions of dollars of racing machines in a split second. Take nothing to heart, and don’t settle for less than P1. It’s not personal, just business. Take the other man out. Hold that trophy high. It is P1 or nothing.</p><h1 id="3f01">Stay Tuned</h1><p id="4f28">Place your bets for Spa this weekend. Will Max start from the pole? Will the cars make it out of turn one without incident. Will drivers place breaking a rival’s competitive spirit ahead of sportsmanship? I have my ideas, how about you?</p><p id="d8af"><b>I invite you to read more.</b></p><div id="2ad6" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/may-the-quartz-be-with-you-8b9da78b156a">

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The Verstappen Hamilton Rivalry Isn’t Going Away!

Now Bottas Takes a Turn and Collects Lando in the Process

Lap one at the 2021 Hungarian GP. Photo via Pinterest.

High Stakes

The rivalry between Max and Lewis started long before the Hungarian GP. I was thinking this was all in my imagination. I was wrong. There is a high-stakes battle for the Formula One 2021 World Championship.

Yes, it’s high stakes every year, but this time it feels different. I went back and watched races from 2018, 2019, and 2020. Max has had his share of bad luck, and Lewis has been in the right place at the right time way too many times to count. There are crashes every year. Bottas has taken rival cars out whether he wanted to or not.

From the first race, Max Verstappen and his teammates at Red Bull have been on a tear. They won five straight. Not a problem if you like Max. Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton had no answer for Max and his Honda-powered Red Bull machine. Max would qualify well, get the lead, then rip a straight line to the finish. A glorious five in a row!

Five in a row didn’t sit well with Toto’s crew. Mercedes AMG had to do something. If it was true that the team was headed for a second-place finish at year’s end, drastic measures were in order.

Mercedes AMG spends millions on Formula One campaigns. Hell-bent on winning. Their program is geared for domination at the track. We know that the car Lewis drives is set up to run out front. In clean air. The plan is to get the pole in qualifying, start fast, then lead the entire way and finish P1. Every single week. Take the fastest lap too, Lewis. Make sure you get every possible World Championship point on the table.

Verstappen, in his third year in F1, has his ideas about the season. He ran well last year in the chaotic half-season marred by the Covid-19 scare.

Mercedes AMG was struggling early in the season. For whatever their reason, their car didn’t keep up. Fans wondered if Hamilton was fading and saw Max as the new face of F1 and new World Champion. In my opinion, Max, Charles, Lando, George are the future.

Christian Horner to Sky F1: I hope Lewis is very happy with himself.

Before the British GP, the teams were already sniping. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and Mercedes AMG boss were at it in the press. Calling each other out before and after races.

The Opening Lap of the British GP

Things came to a head at the Copse turn on the first lap. Verstappen had his Red Bull in front of the Mercedes AMG, Hamilton moved to the inside. Watch the video. It appears that Hamilton did not turn into the apex of the turn and collided with the Red Bull, his left front contacting Max’s right rear tire.

Lewis sends Max into the wall at 180mph, 2021 British GP -Photo via Pinterest.

A statement from the FIA read: “The Stewards reviewed video and telemetry evidence. Cars 33 [Verstappen] and 44 [Hamilton] entered turn 9 with Car 33 in the lead and Car 44 slightly behind and on the inside.

“Car 44 was on a line that did not reach the apex of the corner, with room available to the inside. When Car 33 turned into the corner, Car 44 did not avoid contact and the left front of Car 44 contacted the right rear of Car 33. Car 44 is judged predominantly at fault.”

What happened next shocked F1 fans around the world. Verstappen starts to spin at 180 mph. His car swapped ends sending it through gravel pits and into the retaining wall. They calculated the g forces on Max’s body on impact at 51g.

Max’s car is totaled. 2021 British GP. -Photo via Pinterest.

The Hungarian GP

Everyone has seen it. Bottas runs his Mercedes AMG into the back of Lando Norris in his. McLaren. Bottas collided with Max Verstappen damaging his car. After some hasty repair work, Verstappen returned to the track and managed to finish the race. Norris in the McLaren was not able to finish. His streak of scoring World Championship points in 15 straight races came to an end.

Who won the Hungarian GP this year? Bottas teammate Lewis Hamilton. The win put Hamilton in the lead for the 2021 World Championship. He leads Verstappen by 8 points going into the summer break.

Bottas damages Verstappen’s car. Hamilton finishes 8 points ahead of Verstappen. Photo via Pinterest.

Formula One commands a worldwide audience

There are fans everywhere televisions are. It is not just Sundays either. F1 grabs attention year-round. There are hundreds of websites dedicated to covering all the action. The media is relentless in chasing drivers and team principals alike. When rivals take each other out while chasing a World Championship, fans notice.

How will we know the truth? Racing incident or not? Rubbin’ is racin’.

The debate rages. Still, we know nothing. Did Bottas take out the drivers ahead of him on purpose? Fans want to know. Did the Mercedes AMG team instruct Bottas to make way for Lewis? Bottas does know that George Russell is ready to take his seat next season.

Trading paint is part and parcel of NASCAR. It doesn’t belong in Formula One.

Rewatch the races from previous years. You won’t find any wreck that feels as deliberate as Bottas locking up and going bowling. How could such a skilled driver lose control of his car? Beyond the astronomical costs of the damage to the cars, Max will most surely need to use a fourth engine. A source of additional penalties. There are a dozen races left. One day, Lewis will hand over his crown. He will exit the sport. New faces will emerge with the dream of competing for a World Championship.

Lando Norris says the apologies from Bottas after triggering the wreck going into turn one was nice but doesn’t count for much.

These two disasters are the state of the union address to F1 fans. Risk life and limb at any cost. Drivers can damage millions of dollars of racing machines in a split second. Take nothing to heart, and don’t settle for less than P1. It’s not personal, just business. Take the other man out. Hold that trophy high. It is P1 or nothing.

Stay Tuned

Place your bets for Spa this weekend. Will Max start from the pole? Will the cars make it out of turn one without incident. Will drivers place breaking a rival’s competitive spirit ahead of sportsmanship? I have my ideas, how about you?

I invite you to read more.

*** *** ***

Douglas Pilarski is an award-winning writer & journalist based on the west coast. He writes about luxury goods, exotic cars, horology, tech, food, lifestyle, and workplace issues!

You’re welcome to share your thoughts or tell me your story. Email me here. [email protected]

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