Formula 1 2025 - British Grand Prix
Jul. 9th, 2025 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Hulkenbooooooooomiest
Finally.
Etc
It turns out that there are circumstances where I will cheer against a Ferrari. Because finishing 3rd and where the heck ever Leclerc finished is not actually all that much better than 4th and wherever (no really, why is there a Ferrari finishing outside the points?!!!), while Hülkenberg finally getting a podium ... that's something special.
I'm not saying that it was a long time coming but Clare Williams was his press officer when he driving for Williams. (She was adorably happy for him.)
I loved how loud the Sauber team were for him, and that the the teams with a champagne budget used some of it to pass champagne to Sauber so they'd had some.
Second most heart-warming moment had to be Mrs. Norris hugging her son. I am not Team Lando (L is. L has been since he started. He is presently impossible and hoping to reach new heights of impossible if Lando wins the title this year.) but I am entirely happy for him.
BBC radio were wise and knowledgeable and got Damon Hill in. He's so lovely!!!!
Channel 4 did give me Mika Hakinnen terrifying David Coulthard in a sportscar - racers never change - and Coulthard getting to drive not just *a* vintage Alfa Romeo but the Alfa Romeo that won the first ever British Grand Prix. Now I am frequently mean about Coulthard but the sheer joy he radiated.
Now why am I going on about everything but the racing? Well because it was a bit of a damp squib (chapeau to Gasly for that overtake though). The rain and associated chaos robbed us viewers of racing. There wasn't even any fun chaos moments, except possibly Lance Stroll's "that's not even a strategy" somehow getting him more points than Alonso, and Alonso's epic radio whinge.
But overall, I do not care that there wasn't much racing because
Finally.
Etc
It turns out that there are circumstances where I will cheer against a Ferrari. Because finishing 3rd and where the heck ever Leclerc finished is not actually all that much better than 4th and wherever (no really, why is there a Ferrari finishing outside the points?!!!), while Hülkenberg finally getting a podium ... that's something special.
I'm not saying that it was a long time coming but Clare Williams was his press officer when he driving for Williams. (She was adorably happy for him.)
I loved how loud the Sauber team were for him, and that the the teams with a champagne budget used some of it to pass champagne to Sauber so they'd had some.
Second most heart-warming moment had to be Mrs. Norris hugging her son. I am not Team Lando (L is. L has been since he started. He is presently impossible and hoping to reach new heights of impossible if Lando wins the title this year.) but I am entirely happy for him.
BBC radio were wise and knowledgeable and got Damon Hill in. He's so lovely!!!!
Channel 4 did give me Mika Hakinnen terrifying David Coulthard in a sportscar - racers never change - and Coulthard getting to drive not just *a* vintage Alfa Romeo but the Alfa Romeo that won the first ever British Grand Prix. Now I am frequently mean about Coulthard but the sheer joy he radiated.
Now why am I going on about everything but the racing? Well because it was a bit of a damp squib (chapeau to Gasly for that overtake though). The rain and associated chaos robbed us viewers of racing. There wasn't even any fun chaos moments, except possibly Lance Stroll's "that's not even a strategy" somehow getting him more points than Alonso, and Alonso's epic radio whinge.
But overall, I do not care that there wasn't much racing because
