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evilwebby
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Small differences can have a big outcome in a close fight.
Had Hamilton's pitstop been as good as Verstappen's they would have been whe to wheel out of the pits, but instead it was 1.8s slower. Swap their pitstop times around and Hamilton would have executed a successful undercut.. so Red Bull can give themselves a massive pat on the back today. Hamilton is a tough competitor and you have to get everything right to beat him, which today they did.
Its going to be a great season.
Had Hamilton's pitstop been as good as Verstappen's they would have been whe to wheel out of the pits, but instead it was 1.8s slower. Swap their pitstop times around and Hamilton would have executed a successful undercut.. so Red Bull can give themselves a massive pat on the back today. Hamilton is a tough competitor and you have to get everything right to beat him, which today they did.
Its going to be a great season.
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Get in there Verstappen!!!. Never liked Lewis, he’s an arrogant and such a stuck up person. Never liked F1 much after the late but great Murray Walker hung up his microphone, but now he’s dead it felt like the sport officially died.
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Hamilton's recovery drive tells us all we need to know about how much he thinks every point is worth and how up for this fight he is. It should be epic if reliability doesn't get in the way.
Shows how much of a difference the team can make to a race, and indeed a championship. Red Bull for me have by far the better team in terms of pit crew and strategy. Mercedes screwed the pooch so often whenever Ferrari were actually any good and challenged them somewhat for the title. Max is about the only person on the grid who can go wheel to wheel with Lewis and not come off worse as well. I think this will be his year, and possible RB double with the WCC too.
Saw that earlier. Good noises coming out of the drivers and teams as well about how good the track will be. Think it's a good thing overall to get another race in America. Fingers crossed it does provide good racing.finally confirmed
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Yea, Red Bull's pitwork is unbelievable.. regularly managing to change all 4 wheels consistently at around 2 seconds, and as quickly as 1.8 seconds. Half a second quicker on average may not sound like much, but add it up over 2 stops per race, x2 cars x 23 races and its getting on towards 40-50 seconds of pure laptime they've saved over everyone else. That's marginal gains right there. Merc had an 8 second stop with Bottas last time out and a 4 second stop for Hamilton this time, so they need to improve.
RB have been good on strategy too in the past when they've eg gone aggressive during SC periods, but this has been easier for them as the clear best-of-the-rest they have often been in a low risk position to throw the dice.
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So had a look at the Bottas/Russell crash.
Firstly, it has to be said that Bottas is so slow that he's being forced into wheel to wheel combat against the Williams and Alfa Romeros. That is majorly embarassing, and it's not like its the first bad afternoon he's had in the damp.
Russell's move is quite ambitious in the conditions, but tbh I didn't see much problem with it. The best view is from the onboard with Kimi following both of them. Personally it does look to me like Bottas has just opened the steering up more than naturally he would if he was letting the car run out from the exit to the bend, at 2:03 in this video:
It's incredibly subtle, but also Bottas is entitled to defend his position
Telemetry would be able to tell us more, but I think they probably wouldn't make that public.
So 6 of one and half a dozen of another imo - racing incident. Yes, it resulted in spectacular carnage, but imo the error in judgement from either party is no worse than what we see all the time more innocuously when one driver can lose a front wing or something similar, its just the nature of that corner and the circuit. That's the difference between an old school circuit where 2 wheels on the grass can wreck your race, and the Tilkedromes where you can run wide without any detriment.
The stewards got it right - racing incident, and no further need to investigate
Firstly, it has to be said that Bottas is so slow that he's being forced into wheel to wheel combat against the Williams and Alfa Romeros. That is majorly embarassing, and it's not like its the first bad afternoon he's had in the damp.
Russell's move is quite ambitious in the conditions, but tbh I didn't see much problem with it. The best view is from the onboard with Kimi following both of them. Personally it does look to me like Bottas has just opened the steering up more than naturally he would if he was letting the car run out from the exit to the bend, at 2:03 in this video:
It's incredibly subtle, but also Bottas is entitled to defend his position
Telemetry would be able to tell us more, but I think they probably wouldn't make that public.
So 6 of one and half a dozen of another imo - racing incident. Yes, it resulted in spectacular carnage, but imo the error in judgement from either party is no worse than what we see all the time more innocuously when one driver can lose a front wing or something similar, its just the nature of that corner and the circuit. That's the difference between an old school circuit where 2 wheels on the grass can wreck your race, and the Tilkedromes where you can run wide without any detriment.
The stewards got it right - racing incident, and no further need to investigate
Interesting. Channel 4 didn't really go in to it in much depth, and after that it seemed more Russell's fault. But looking at that I would say I'm leaning more to it being Bottas. You can't shut the door on people on the straight. Davidson highlights it on the clip above, where Bottas jinks back left where he's clearly realised that Russell is there, and that he hasn't left him much space. Technically there was still a cars width, but as he had continued drifting right up until that point then it's understandable that Russell would do likewise to avoid contact, and thus end up on the white line and end up spinning. I think that move back left has saved Bottas from getting fully blamed/punished for it, as he's realised his error just in time, but he should have been aware of Russell before that.
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I’m blaming Russell primarily for it, was a bit ambitious and he overreacted somewhat to Bottas movement.
70% Russell 30% Bottas but at the same time can probably be labelled a racing incident
Unfortunately Russell has made himself look like a bit of a tosser with his actions and comments after the accident.
70% Russell 30% Bottas but at the same time can probably be labelled a racing incident
Unfortunately Russell has made himself look like a bit of a tosser with his actions and comments after the accident.
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In dry conditions it wouldn't have been a crash. Slightly more Russell's fault for being a little too optimistic in the wet.
Bottas was giving him the finger, so reckon he was ok...
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