they were hoping Perez was gonna get a penalty
Ok. But should not base their thinking on speculation.
Love your username by the way. You are smarter than most of us.
they were hoping Perez was gonna get a penalty
Exactly, Bottas just couldn’t do the job (again). You could write a list as long as your arm on his weak defence since he’s been in the Merc, it used to be Lewis just owning him but now others are close you can see it. What’s worse? Bottas is a whinge bag that hates being the wingman despite his talent level only being good enough for that.
Merc will gain nothing keeping Bottas in there, the guy won’t play ball, he knows he’s gone after this season and he’s the type that would rather look after himself than play the team game after all those years of it, his head is gone basically. Russell 12th in a shit box Williams, why wait? Get the next two out of the way (of which Red Bull will walk) and make the tough call, earn the money Toto.
Bottas has been given every chance to challenge for a title most of the time, but hasn't got that ruthless instinct you can see in Lewis and Max.
Until now, he's been solid enough as a number 2, picking up a podium more often than not
Now, he's average at best, yes at times he's been unlucky, and yes like Max has in the past Lewis is getting more out a car that isn't as good as it has been in the past
I think it was telling how in that interview on the qualifying highlights, Toto said it will be Bottas OR George. Usually he just defends Bottas. Wonder if Bottas has been given a target that if he doesn't achieve he will be gone next year and the pressure is getting to him - previously because he's just plodded round picking up 2nd or 3rd and staying out Lewis way, they've left him alone, now they've lit a fire under him and he's crumbling with the pressure.
I'm not saying the team haven't messed up at times, but the last few races he's been way below average.
It is pretty easy to envisage that Mercedes must be getting very concerned about loosing the constructors WC.
And promoting the quicker Russell may well become a necessity.
Edit. And Bottas was passed by Perez - who only stopped once.
No , not sure he was.was bottas even within a five second penalty gap?
Very good point, a promoted Russell would have a lot more to fight for than Bottas who's time is very close to being up
I'd like to see Russell in the 2nd Mercedes, it would be good to see what he can do with it.
Also, it would be a nice introduction to the Mercedes for Russell- he would be guaranteed 2nd driver this season so no expectation on him apart from helping Lewis out and getting on the podium.
Do we think they would let him race Hamilton next season? What if he's stronger than Lewis?
Solid strategy from Red Bull today, Mercedes showing the cracks quite visibly now. Some awful calls from their strategy team today. I expect the next two GPs to be a great opportunity for Red Bull.
Load of tripeThat is right. The unbreakable Mercedes seem to be cracking under the pressure from Red Bull.
And it is only the utter brilliance of Hamilton which is keeping them in the hunt.
The way he conducted himself after the race was pure class.
In complete contrast to Bottas and to a degree Toto Wolff. He needs to stop trying to wind up the RB team and concentrate on getting his team to wring out some more performance from the car and themselves.
Hamilton will do it but the team has to improve before it is too late.
I thought that too. I'd be fuming after two own goals from the team. Very professional, I suspect behind closed doors he is kicking off.The way he conducted himself after the race was pure class.
That is right. The unbreakable Mercedes seem to be cracking under the pressure from Red Bull.
And it is only the utter brilliance of Hamilton which is keeping them in the hunt.
The way he conducted himself after the race was pure class.
In complete contrast to Bottas and to a degree Toto Wolff. He needs to stop trying to wind up the RB team and concentrate on getting his team to wring out some more performance from the car and themselves.
Hamilton will do it but the team has to improve before it is too late.
Yep, utter class.
Blokes a fecking twat and you still need more evidence why people dont like him?
Yep, utter class.
Blokes a fecking twat and you still need more evidence why people dont like him?
Thinking back there has been multiple occasions over the past 3 or 4 seasons where Hamilton has been left out on the same tyres and just done enough to bring the car home. I'm not sure if the tactics have hugely changed, or whether Hamilton has managed to bring the result despite less than perfect tactical decisions.
Maybe now Red Bull have roughly an equal car those decisions are now showing up more rather than them being due to mistakes suddenly being made.
Errr maricahi heads goneThat post race team radio was composed as you like
Errr maricahi heads goneThat post race team radio was composed as you like
could be a wet every session this weekend
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Lewis is singled out all the time, OK so sometimes he brings it on himself, well most of the time, but I saw nothing wrong with this, he was calm.What is wrong with thatIt wouldn't be bad under normal circumstances nevermind a minute after losing due to at least 2 bad calls.
He spoke highly of Max and his own team post race. Also Bottas spoke worse. Max and all the others do it to yet Hamilton is singled out.
absolutely, love a good wet race, so long as it is safe of course.
Doesn’t want people to see what another good driver can do in the same car.Hamilton is negotiating a new deal with Mercedes. Wants Bottas to stay on as his teammate.
I like the changes, I think they will improve racing quite a bit, agree about the first hairpin.I don't think the straight is long enough before the first hairpin for those changes to make too much difference outside of Lap 1, but it's a positive change at least.
I think the change at the end of Sector 2 is positive though and we will probably see some good side by side action there now, the sector 3 changes are better to move away from the start/stop nature of it.
Positive I think but proof is in the racing.
All abit pointless isnt it? After this season no one is going to be doing 2 second tyre changes with 18 inch tyres to swap on and off right? However if RB have been bending the rules again then good they are being called out.The FIA is set to slow down Formula 1 teams' ultra-fast pitstops from this summer's Hungarian GP on the grounds of safety.
Red Bull Racing's lightning fast crews have executed the fastest pitstop in every race this season except for the Emilia Romagna and Spanish GPs, getting the crucial exercise down to 1.98s on two occasions on race day.
But that has generated a few suspicions amongst its rivals who believe the bulls - yes, those raging bulls again - may not have added a level of automation to their procedures in a bid to shave a tenth of a second here and there.
F1's technical rules state that: "Any sensor systems may only act passively".
This article was brought to the attention of the teams in a new technical directive that will add a series of delays to each procedure to ensure that, for example, wheel nuts are fully fastened before each mechanic signals the completion of that procedure.
The minimum figures are 0.15s from a wheel nut being tightened to the jack man being told to drop the car, and 0.2s from the jacks going down to the driver receiving the green light.
Practically, if a mechanic, according to a sensor, signals the completion of a stage under the prescribed minimum time, the sensor will register the stage as invalid which will require the mechanic to repeat the action.
"For safety reasons we would furthermore expect the minimum time offset between the initiation of the jack release procedure and the OK signal to the driver given by the green light to be at least 0.2 seconds," states the technical directive.
The directive will apply from the Hungarian Grand Prix to allow teams to prepare for the new requirements.
Bottas is a known quantity that Lewis can beat on most race weekends. Russell would be a unknown as he'd be eager to prove himself and want to push lewis, probably. Lewis has enough on his plate to fight max this year and possibly leclerc next year without having to worry about a new teammate who wont be a compliant no2.Lewis with his new contract, not sure about the Bottas angle from him, maybe he is just looking out for a team mate?
I dont buy in to the, he does not want another good driver with him , far from it I think he would welcome it.
I get the , he did not like another driver in his car, I would be the same.
My feeling is that Bottas will not be at Merc next season and his team mate will be Russel.