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In fairness he hasn't actually crashed in a while, has he? Just keep getting in the way, lol.Has he finished ahead of anyone yet? Apart from dnf cars
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In fairness he hasn't actually crashed in a while, has he? Just keep getting in the way, lol.Has he finished ahead of anyone yet? Apart from dnf cars
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And he certainly wasn't the most hypocritical person there by a long shot either *cough* AOC and her tax the rich merch *cough*
Well, he finished ahead of Perez in Spa and set the fastest lap
Has he finished ahead of anyone yet? Apart from dnf cars
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just found out its on at 1pm not the usual 2pm. will be watching this one live for sure.
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Actions taken to benefit a team in a team sport....shocked. At the end of the day their lead driver is in contention for another championship, why wouldn't they use the no. 2 driver to impede the rival?Bottas now taking another engine, despite having taken a penalty already this year, to start 17th and impede max.
Presume anyone that’s ever criticised RB for being a one driver team will be quiet today
Given how utterly anonymous Perez has been lately, yea RB is a one driver team.
Not disputing it’s a part of f1 at all, makes perfect sense for merc to do it. I would too if I were them.
It’s all the talk of merc treating drivers equally and how much better than Schumacher etc Lewis is because he doesnt need help I can’t abide. It was fair enough during the Rosberg years, but Bottas has always been his lapdog and even with that he is struggling under the first real pressure he’s had since 2016 bigtime this year.
It’s all the talk of merc treating drivers equally and how much better than Schumacher etc Lewis is because he doesnt need help I can’t abide. It was fair enough during the Rosberg years, but Bottas has always been his lapdog and even with that he is struggling under the first real pressure he’s had since 2016 bigtime this year.
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Bottas used to be managed by Toto so it comes as no surprise he was a willing to bend over for the team (Hamilton).
Schumacher had his help too from Irvine, Barrichello and Massa.
The best drivers build teams around them to help them win more often. All part of the game.
Schumacher had his help too from Irvine, Barrichello and Massa.
The best drivers build teams around them to help them win more often. All part of the game.
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every year Bottas got a crack at the whip and could never deliver. When that happens you make yourself #2. Lewis is just better. Unfortunate for Bottas but thats life.
TEAM sport. If you arent in the running yourself then help your team mate.
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Will be interesting to see if Russell does Lewis any favours in the first lap, or maybe the merc will drive past him easily anyway.
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I don't think it's to impede Max to be honest. It wouldn't be more than a lap or two at Sochi anyway before Max was on his way.
I think it's like Charles and Ferrari, just get a fresh power unit in and maximise manufacture points later in the season.
"Impeding" Max for a lap is just incidental. But I guess "blocking Max" makes for better headlines
I think it's like Charles and Ferrari, just get a fresh power unit in and maximise manufacture points later in the season.
"Impeding" Max for a lap is just incidental. But I guess "blocking Max" makes for better headlines
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This is pretty much what I was going to say. He'd qualified in 7th anyway. Merc take the engine penalty now, they have a new engine for this race and still have a good Monza engine for later in the season. We know Bottas is good round the Sochi Boreodrome so he'll be back up to 7th and beyond in no time.I don't think it's to impede Max to be honest. It wouldn't be more than a lap or two at Sochi anyway before Max was on his way.
I think it's like Charles and Ferrari, just get a fresh power unit in and maximise manufacture points later in the season.
"Impeding" Max for a lap is just incidental. But I guess "blocking Max" makes for better headlines
I don't think it's to impede Max to be honest. It wouldn't be more than a lap or two at Sochi anyway before Max was on his way.
I think it's like Charles and Ferrari, just get a fresh power unit in and maximise manufacture points later in the season.
"Impeding" Max for a lap is just incidental. But I guess "blocking Max" makes for better headlines
He took a fresh engine at monza last time out though, this is his fifth. The monza engine should’ve easily took him to the end of the season whenever that may be.
Wonder will they just whack it up to 11 and hope straight line speed will neutralise bottas’ usual wet blanket defence.
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you mean it itsnt the Hamiluminati up to their dirty tactics again? shocker.
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tactical for points gain, not tactical to 'block' max. BIG difference.
Lol I would doubt we’ll agree on this, but moving a driver that’s frequently anonymous in traffic 10 places back on a track that’s difficult to overtake to me seems a daft way to maximise points gain.
Bottas as said already seems happy enough to do whatever needed to help Hamilton out though. Fair play to him, assume he is being well looked after for his efforts.
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I assume from reading the Merc FB post that if a PU is changed then old PU’s can still be used again if they have not actually been replaced due to fault?
The race a quarter of the field failed to finish in, yes.
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Tactical for….
Oh wait Bottas has stoved into Max at a chicane….
Could ya imagine Christian Horner lol
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Actually finishing is part of it in fairness.
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Great race so far. Hopefully all the tinfoil hats got put away lol
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