F1 2021 Season

VorZakone said:
Isn't Mercedes generally good with strategy?
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I was thinking the opposite: that RB have been better at it for a while, but it wasn't so noticeable because of Mercedes's faster car and Hamilton being great at strategy and tire management himself. I might be wrong though.
 
All jokes aside, Merc shouldn't get rid of Bottas at the end of the season. They should swap him and Russell tomorrow
 
Great race that (if we ignore everything Ferrari did..) Sort of a reverse race of Spain looking from a RB-Merc standpoint.
 
Buster15 said:
Why didn't Merc bring Bottas in to take the fastest lap point ?
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They wanted the full set of feck ups for the weekend.

I think unless Mercedes find 3-4 tenths pace they won’t outdo Max/RB from here. You just know they won’t go all in on Hamilton, Bottas won’t play second fiddle all season and Perez will knick points off Hamilton here and there.
 
The mercedes bottas relationship is at an end I think after That radio message from bottas. They kept him out purely to protect Lewis. If he'd have had a good in lap on a 2 stop he could have jumped max and won.
 
Tiber said:
All jokes aside, Merc shouldn't get rid of Bottas at the end of the season. They should swap him and Russell tomorrow
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Definitely. Russell finished 12th I think. About time he was given the opportunity he deserves.
 
If Perez get bit faster in incoming races Merc could really in big trouble there. Great drive by Max and Lewis today.
And what happened to Ferrari? They are really stuggling for pace there and with Austria double header next they could lose big points for 3 succesive weeks.
 
Evans999 said:
The mercedes bottas relationship is at an end I think after That radio message from bottas. They kept him out purely to protect Lewis. If he'd have had a good in lap on a 2 stop he could have jumped max and won.
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The bigger question is why Bottas is too proud to play no 2 driver. You saw a very different attitude from Perez today.

Bottas has shown year, after year, after year that he isn't capable of challenging Lewis, but still thinks he is far too good to be the no 2 driver in a top team.

He is in for a rude awakening at Williams next year. You'd think he would be glad just to be clinging on to that car
 
They won’t but Mercedes should drop Bottas for Russell immediately, he’s not going to play ball. If you bring in Russell in a supporting role with the promise of equal footing next season they will profit, the guy is ready.
 
Leg-End said:
They won’t but Mercedes should drop Bottas for Russell immediately, he’s not going to play ball. If you bring in Russell in a supporting role with the promise of equal footing next season they will profit, the guy is ready.
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A couple of weeks ago , I would have said no , wait till the end of the season, but not now, get Russel in for the rest of the season.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
Lewis today has blown out of the water, that its just the car.
Any other driver in that car and it was not second , it was not even on the podium.
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That's obviously not true. Take out Lewis and Bottas is third = podium. The gap between him and Norris was massive.
 
Tiber said:
The bigger question is why Bottas is too proud to play no 2 driver. You saw a very different attitude from Perez today.

Bottas has shown year, after year, after year that he isn't capable of challenging Lewis, but still thinks he is far too good to be the no 2 driver in a top team.

He is in for a rude awakening at Williams next year. You'd think he would be glad just to be clinging on to that car
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They probably told him he's no longer there for next season
 
Leg-End said:
They won’t but Mercedes should drop Bottas for Russell immediately, he’s not going to play ball. If you bring in Russell in a supporting role with the promise of equal footing next season they will profit, the guy is ready.
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Very much so. And his style of driving will give Mercedes something new.
Well done to McLaren.
 
It's bonkers that Honda have put all that time and money into building a top class engine and have decided now is the time to bugger off and sell it to Red Bull and let VW or someone sponsor it.
 
Tiber said:
It's bonkers that Honda have put all that time and money into building a top class engine and have decided now is the time to bugger off and sell it to Red Bull and let VW or someone sponsor it.
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2009 all over again isn’t it.
 
elmo said:
They probably told him he's no longer there for next season
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Not sure about that. While it is the right thing to do, I doubt that they will drop Bottas having said they are not going to do that.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
Lewis today has blown out of the water, that its just the car.
Any other driver in that car and it was not second , it was not even on the podium.
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He did really well but I’d bet there’s quite a few drivers who would’ve beaten Bottas today to get 3rd place in that Merc.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
cant argue with that, after his second pit, he did well.
But if Merc had not fecked it up, Lewis would have had it wrapped up.
But cant take anything away from Max deserved the win.
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They messed up the strategy. Their car was better than Red Bull’s.
 
gormless said:
Bottas costing Mercedes the Championship. Better number 2 driver and maybe Merc get out of there with a win
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Mercedes costing Mercedes the championship.

Bottas told them what to do and they ignored him. Their feck up not his. Not like Lewis did any better keeping Max behind him at the end is it.
 
Mercedes lost the race by trying to undercut Max with a wet lettuce, looking back it’s an inexcusable mistake to not stop Hamilton the next lap, not sure what goes through James Vowel’s head at times.
 
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