F1 2021, Co-Op, S01, R15, Australia

Onward to Australia, a track that I've driven probably a couple thousand miles on over the years. Being a typical season opener for much of that time, I'm sure I just started careers over and over and over. But good golly is it tough!

Hamilton ties up championship #7 in Australia, bouncing back from a rough Brazil to knock Verstappen out once and for all. Mercedes also gets another WCC, having Bottas run with Verstappen all season long. And Sainz gets another podium! Always the bridesmaid so far, but I keep holding out hope for him moving forward.

Looks like I made the wrong tire call again; in this case it appears I had an early off so the call isn't as terrible as usual. But man, both Brett and I were having some big problems here (as well as Mick, who may have gotten together with Brett during this one). The three of us were also running well behind and not making up any ground. Looks like at least I manually retired to move onward--don't know for sure about Brett. Vettel was the first DNF--yay!