O/T Great start to the F1 season.

[Brin]

At last there's a challenge this season laid at the Mercedes team door. Brilliant race from Verstappen and the Red Bull team coupled with the poor strategies from McClaren which cost them dearly.

Looks like Hamilton was going to win but it was snatched from his grasp with a 1.5 laps to go.

Whilst I'm on the subject of F1, I see the government have approved (in another experiment) for a crowd no less than
144,000 to attend the Silverstone Grand Prix before the official lockdown ends.
They have said though all will be okay because it's spread over 5.5 acres??? The stands will be packed, what are they on about?

I suppose it's another very large cash making venue so they can't say no to the money people, much like Ascot last week that should have seen daily attendances of 4.5k but they allowed in, upwards of 12,000 per day. Noticed they didn't do much panning of the crowrds by the rails or in the stands.....better not upset the poor natives heh?