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TheGiantHogweed

Just looking at the pit stop summery - Kimi did a 1 stop. And he finished best of the bottom 3 teams 4 seconds ahead of grosjean. I didn't realise this and think it deserves quite a bit of credit. I think it was just him and Leclerc that pulled this off.

TheGiantHogweed

If Hulk had gotten Bottas' Merc drive, how well do you reckon he'd have done? The same or worse. I don't see Hulk as having any strengths Bottas lacks, and I wouldn't rate his outright pace quite as high. I think he possibly he is better in terms of overtaking when there is an opportunity than Bott...

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If Hulk had gotten Bottas' Merc drive, how well do you reckon he'd have done? The same or worse. I don't see Hulk as having any strengths Bottas lacks, and I wouldn't rate his outright pace quite as high. I think he possibly he is better in terms of overtaking when there is an opportunity than Bott...

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It does look like the Hulkengerg votes are going the way I expected. Looking at it from the point of view like this: Which driver won the battle? Well it was Stroll clearly with RP's report. Hulkenberg got serious vibration that couldn't make it to the end despite being in clean air the entire race...

TheGiantHogweed

It does look like the Hulkengerg votes are going the way I expected. Looking at it from the point of view like this: Which driver won the battle? Well it was Stroll clearly with RP's report. Hulkenberg got serious vibration that couldn't make it to the end despite being in clean air the entire race...

TheGiantHogweed

It does look like the Hulkengerg votes are going the way I expected. Looking at it from the point of view like this: Which driver won the battle? Well it was Stroll clearly with RP's report. Hulkenberg got serious vibration that couldn't make it to the end despite being in clean air the entire race...

TheGiantHogweed

Hamilton didn’t have vibrations so Mercedes had no need to pit him. Sorry, but Hamilton was not sounding AT ALL happy with his tyres right after Bottas pitted. He said "something's wrong with the car to make the left rear do that" This wasn't the only complaint from Hamilton. He sounded like he wan...

TheGiantHogweed

It does look like the Hulkengerg votes are going the way I expected. Looking at it from the point of view like this: Which driver won the battle? Well it was Stroll clearly with RP's report. Hulkenberg got serious vibration that couldn't make it to the end despite being in clean air the entire race....

TheGiantHogweed

Are you ignoring the reasoning for the timing of Bottas’ second stop? It seemingly isn’t to do with what was left in his tyres but to do with vibrations. But Hamilton didn't sound happy either?? and he also sounded like he wanted to pit but Mercedes wanted him to stay out. None of Bottas's messages...

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Bottas over Hamilton - This was extremely close and can see it being that way with the votes too. Bottas edged him in qualifying and hamilton may have had more speed - but there was very little in it. The speed made his tyres suffer so he dropped back in both the 1st and 2nd stint. Both times it lo...

TheGiantHogweed

If I had voted directly after the race I would have given it to Bottas, it seemed like he had been let down on strategy, but then I thought you can only make an overcut work if you are essentially faster, for some reason Bottas' last stint must have been quite poor and it's not like he was pitted u...

TheGiantHogweed

Bottas over Hamilton - This was extremely close and can see it being that way with the votes too. Bottas edged him in qualifying and hamilton may have had more speed - but there was very little in it. The speed made his tyres suffer so he dropped back in both the 1st and 2nd stint. Both times it lo...

TheGiantHogweed

If I had voted directly after the race I would have given it to Bottas, it seemed like he had been let down on strategy, but then I thought you can only make an overcut work if you are essentially faster, for some reason Bottas' last stint must have been quite poor and it's not like he was pitted u...

TheGiantHogweed

Bottas over Hamilton - This was extremely close and can see it being that way with the votes too. Bottas edged him in qualifying and hamilton may have had more speed - but there was very little in it. The speed made his tyres suffer so he dropped back in both the 1st and 2nd stint. Both times it loo...

TheGiantHogweed

How nice of Mercedes to give the worse driver the superior strategy. Bottas was given what was thought to be the optimal strategy at the time. It was only the fact that Max stopped at the same time to cover him that meant they decided to roll the dice and keep Hamilton out as it was a certainty tha...

TheGiantHogweed

How nice of Mercedes to give the worse driver the superior strategy. Well, I will admit that mercedes probably won't have known that it will have been the better one to go for, but it certainly looked that way after it had been done. Given bottas's tyres were in far better condition than Hamilton's...

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Leclerc put in the best driving performance today, as Max was not really pushed after the Mercedes pitted. However Max made that happen by correctly pushing the Mercs when their mediums were starting to wear out. Had he listened to his pit wall it's possible Mercedes would have been handed the luxu...

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Leclerc put in the best driving performance today, as Max was not really pushed after the Mercedes pitted. However Max made that happen by correctly pushing the Mercs when their mediums were starting to wear out. Had he listened to his pit wall it's possible Mercedes would have been handed the luxu...

TheGiantHogweed

Also Hulk is close as I think his finishing position was dictated by a crazy extra stop. Would like some clarification as to why that was made. Swapped the posiitons because points are better for Stroll, Perez will be back for the next race. He had vibrations I believe and RP didn't want to throw a...

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Verstappen and Leclerc.

The main big losers are probably vettel, Ricciardo and Magnussen.

TheGiantHogweed

Yeh well Max is keeping in touch and Mercedes will be wary and edge more and more toward Lewis going forward, I reckon. Also can't forget the potential for reliability to impact the standings. For all of Merc's dominance Max is only slightly more than 1 DNF behind Hamilton. And for all of Merc's do...

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If he know's he can't beat Verstappen like that then he needs to think twice about following the instruction. I think he was unlucky with the strategy but we saw Verstappen today somewhat directing strategy. The top drivers do that. We've seen Hamilton make this strategy work often where he runs lo...

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I don't think the win was on for Bottas', but obviously second place would have been easy had the team given done right by him with strategy. He perhaps could have made a more spirited defence against Max in the second stint, but ultimately Merc had enormous issues with the tyres today. Although to...

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If he know's he can't beat Verstappen like that then he needs to think twice about following the instruction. I think he was unlucky with the strategy but we saw Verstappen today somewhat directing strategy. The top drivers do that. We've seen Hamilton make this strategy work often where he runs lo...

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Bottas didn't even try to overtake Verstappen after he pit. Hard luck on him but he's been very passive as usual. He will have known that Verstappen had the option to push harder without ruining the tryes. Bottas will have ruined his tyres far sooner had he tried against verstappen. Then why did he...

TheGiantHogweed

That is really unfair on Bottas. He had a team instruction to box just behind Verstappen when his tyres were in far better shape - and he looked as quick as Hamilton at this stage. Then Hamilton gets to go longer. Given that Hamilton got by with 2 laps left, I think it is almost certain that Bottas...

TheGiantHogweed

Schumacher forever#1 wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:32 pm
Bottas didn't even try to overtake Verstappen after he pit. Hard luck on him but he's been very passive as usual.

He will have known that Verstappen had the option to push harder without ruining the tryes. Bottas will have ruined his tyres far sooner had he tried against verstappen.

TheGiantHogweed

That is really unfair on Bottas. He had a team instruction to box just behind Verstappen when his tyres were in far better shape - and he looked as quick as Hamilton at this stage. Then Hamilton gets to go longer. Given that Hamilton got by with 2 laps left, I think it is almost certain that Bottas ...

TheGiantHogweed

I do not understand why Mercedes would be doing a 1 stop with Hamilton and not Bottas. Hamilton's tyres are clearly in a worse state than Botta's were. I think it will be just Sky suggesting rubbish again. Or Mercedes have ruined a result for Bottas. Because Hamilton pace is fine, the only chance t...

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I do not understand why Mercedes would be doing a 1 stop with Hamilton and not Bottas. Hamilton's tyres are clearly in a worse state than Botta's were. I think it will be just Sky suggesting rubbish again. Or Mercedes have ruined a result for Bottas.

TheGiantHogweed

I think hulk has got P3 in the bag here. Very impressive. It begs the question what Perez has been doing to be nip and tuck with Stroll in qualifying. To be fair it's a very small data sample. Race 1 he beat Stroll, Race 2 it was wet where Perez is generally poor, Race 3 he was unwell. Last season ...

TheGiantHogweed

Only one login attempt required now! Well done someone. I just now had to log-in again, just like the last week or two. So, "Remember Me" not working yet, for me. My point was when I login I only have to attempt once rather than twice. I still have to login repeatedly. I never bother to click on re...

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Hamilton and Bottas will have the same strategy, it will be M-H-H. Bottas didnt get into Hamiltons DRS once last week and to even make a challenge for position you need to be so much faster than the car in front. Typical of me to be the one to mention this. I know anyone can say that he was virtual...

TheGiantHogweed

I think Hamilton will give Bottas some problems. Remember last years race? We now team mates can race here. I suspect Hamilton will run a longer first stint and get himself a tyre advantage for the second half of the race. I would guess Verstappen gets another impressive 3rd with a close battle beh...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/151194 Could it be concluded from this that Bottas has tried to get his car set up for qualifying? Lol every time Bottas beats Hamilton in qualifying we always get this 'Bottas set his car up for qualifying' no one does that. We all know Hamilton has better race pa...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/151194 Could it be concluded from this that Bottas has tried to get his car set up for qualifying? Well yea, that looks to be the case. I'm not sure it will make the car worse for the race which some often suggested in the past with bottas and his qualifying setup ...

TheGiantHogweed

I can't see Verstappen not managing to get his best possible result unless he makes a mistake. Stroll is usually decent in the races compared to qualifying and he race starts are also a strength of his. I think the best Hulkenberg will be able to manage when being realistic is 4th. But I wouldn't be...

TheGiantHogweed

What is up with McLaren's pace? I thought it was Sainz underperforming but looking at the gap between him and Norris, well is was only 0.198. Grosjean in a Ferrari powered Haas has a smaller gap than this to Sainz. Was this poor from both McLaren drivers or the car is just not there this weekend? Or...

TheGiantHogweed

Stroll is a such a waste of seat... If you are basing that on this qualifying, then you should say the same for Perez a couple of times this year where Stroll clearly was better than him in qualifying. Stroll is there for a reason and although I think he was poor this time out, He really isn't as b...

TheGiantHogweed

As I thought, When Both Bottas and Hamilton are close all weekend, it is often extremely tight in qualifying. That last lap just wasn't known until the very last moment. OK, Hulkenberg has really surprised me. That was an outstanding lap. This doesn't take my credit away from him, but I think those ...

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