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F1_Ernie

Well you got to take into consideration that Mercedes will be the team out in front and would they be willing to let there drivers mix up strategies a little. Hamilton wants two stop races because he knows the first Mercedes generally wins after the 1st corner but with more stops and if Mercedes act...

F1_Ernie

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...

F1_Ernie

Bottas wasn't winning yesterday any strategy he was using. His been making some wierd comments this season after every race he has finished behind Hamilton.

F1_Ernie

Hamiltons tyres blistered worse in the first stint because for the first 5 or more laps he went for it and was within DRS for a couple of laps, that blistered his tyres which Hamilton or Mercedes knew would happen quite so bad. Bottas did get gain alot of time at both pitstops by pitting first and o...

F1_Ernie

Mercedes have a lot of buffer to work with in qualifying which they can use to improve their race pace. There's no need to be qualifying nearly a second ahead of the competition. The forced equality which Mercedes operates under sometimes costs them in situations like this. I have to assume there a...

F1_Ernie

Just read Wolff said the information gathered from Bottas's pit stop regarding the tyres meant there was enough rubber to extend the stint.

F1_Ernie

I thought Bottas pit because that was the strategy, Hamilton is the second car so can do a different strategy to the first car and he stayed out longer which most people thought would happen before the race. Hamilton did well in the second stint and earned his 2nd place

F1_Ernie

Great idea by Mercedes

F1_Ernie

This race is done now

F1_Ernie

For Redbull they have the best Mercedes leading this race.

F1_Ernie

Max is on the best race tyre but still has to run the mediums later but at least he can do that on lower fuel.

F1_Ernie

I would be astonished if Hamilton overtakes on track, I would just sit out the dirty air and save your tyres to go longer as that's the only strategy.

F1_Ernie

JN23 wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:11 pm
The temperature tomorrow might make it a bit more difficult for Hamilton to stay in Bottas’ DRS zone as much as you’d usually expect.

Hamiltons only option is to go longer in the first stint, I dont think he will overtake on track so his better off staying back and saving tyres.

F1_Ernie

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...

F1_Ernie

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.

F1_Ernie

70th Anniversary

01. Hamilton
02. Bottas
03. Verstappen
04. Leclerc
05. Norris
06. Vettel
07. Ricciardo
08. Albon
09, Sainz
10. Ocon

F1_Ernie

I personally put Schumacher ahead of Hamilton and Senna too. There is one caveat though and that's that Hamilton has arguably raced for most of his career in an era of racing that doesn't ideally suit his style. Toddling around five seconds off quali pace on cheese tyres in 2011-2013 on and off was...

F1_Ernie

A nod towards Valtteri Bottas. Kept Hamilton honest pretty much through the duration of the race and only started to drop off towards the end, as that tyre started to give up. To have it go at turn 1 of all places is just the worst. He certainly seemed to go for it, win or bust. Just a couple of it...

F1_Ernie

https://streamable.com/jrhvor

Hamiltons last lap on board

F1_Ernie

If they were a series of punctures why did so many cars complain of vibration, Bottas, Sainz, Norris? I know Bottas was complaining before Kimi's wing broke. Also if anyone has seen the picture of Hamiltons car, the front right looks like it's about to go aswell. Maybe the on screen graphics was ri...

F1_Ernie

Hamilton could have pitted at the start of the final lap as following Max's pitstop he had a very safe gap. The fact Mercedes elected not to do this meant they were not expecting a tyre failure on his car. I would therefore categorise his tyre failure as being more unlucky than 'luck' that it happe...

F1_Ernie

I expect f1 to change the tyres next weekend because they normally do everything they can to ruin the show. I would rather see more pit stops next weekend and different strategies.

F1_Ernie

Every time Hamilton has bad luck, it so rarely seems to actually end up effecting him. In that sence, he is very lucky indeed. It is hardly surprisign that bottas's tyres went earlier if he was following close the whole time. Mercedes should have pit Hamilton with so much time in hand and seeing wh...

F1_Ernie

Hamilton surprises me there, looked like Bottas had him this quali but great lap, I love being wrong

F1_Ernie

Bottas for pole

F1_Ernie

JN23 wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:36 pm

F1_Ernie wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 01, 2020 1:34 pm
Good old F1, red flag for gravel
I don’t have a huge issue with the red flag but is there a need for them big truck sweeper things?

Its pathetic, next thing qe will see is a SC tomorrow for abit of gravel.

F1_Ernie

Good old F1, red flag for gravel

F1_Ernie

1- Hamilton
2- Bottas
3- Verstappen
4- Stroll
5- Albon
6- Norris
7- Sainz
8- Vettel
9- Leclerc
10- Ricciardo

F1_Ernie

Watch the alien pull out a win at the weekend, the guy is unreal.

F1_Ernie

MM is in a different league to anyone else, should have settled for the podium though. MM would have easily won the title this year but now he has no chance, Honda are going to be very worried.

F1_Ernie

Verstappen had a really good race, to get second with a slower and broken car is very good indeed.

F1_Ernie

Deffiantly back to the 14-16 days, have a bad start but theres no competition and still get 2nd.

F1_Ernie

Someone made a good call for softs

F1_Ernie

Only just put it on, that's fine. If they go from having all the cars out qualifying last week in worse rain to watching a SC go round the circuit till its dry then F1 is a joke.

F1_Ernie

Hungary

01. Hamilton
02. Bottas
03. Verstappen
04. Albon
05. Perez
06. Norris
07. Leclerc
08. Sainz
09. Stroll
10. Vettel

F1_Ernie

Fair play to Mercedes, they just keep building great cars. The difference between Hamilton and Bottas in race pace has been pretty clear in the last week. 3 good grand prixs coming up for Hamilton.

F1_Ernie

Redbull pit Max too early.

F1_Ernie

I do almoast wonder that as mercedes and Bottas may both know that he tends to struggle towards the end of his stints that he could have looked very slow initially because he was managing them to help him out at the end. The difference between Hamilton and Bottas is pretty big, but nothing like as ...

F1_Ernie

Schumacher forever#1 wrote:
mikeyg123 wrote:Not a great race from Bottas is it? It shouldn't be marginal in regards to beat Verstappen.
I was just about to ask, why is he so slow? Mercedes should be a couple of tenths faster than RB regardless of the difference in freshness of tyres.

Plus Verstappen has damage

F1_Ernie

mikeyg123 wrote:Not a great race from Bottas is it? It shouldn't be marginal in regards to beat Verstappen.

Same would have happened last weekend if Hamilton was in front, Bottas needs pole because it's so hard to overtake and you get number 1 on strategy.

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