That was a lot more fun than the usual scenes of Hamilton disappearing into the distance
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Dunno. In Austria this year they didn't pit under a late safety car and it's what led to Hamilton colliding with Albon while defending on older tyres, likely they wanted to avoid that possibility here. Mercedes have made a few feckups with Lewis, they just go under the radar a lot.
Ocon and Perez couldn't race in the same team, so many times they tripped up over each other. Aside from today, Ocon has had a pretty poor season.
2 first race winners 
Top season
Top seasonStroll got a fluke podium early in the season aswell. He stayed out when everyone else pitted and was in miles of space
Stroll saying he could have won the race? Jesus being a rich daddy's boy has made the fella mad. He did nothing all race and flukes 3rd.
What a shame for Russell. He deserved the win without doubt.
What a shame for Russell. He deserved the win without doubt.
Stroll is awful, if bottas didn’t hold sainz up so long he would have got him. 1/2 more laps and he was off the podium. So frustrating.
Perez is 10x the driver
He's a cock
if Mclaren had timed the pit stop for Sainz better I doubt Stroll would have been on the podium.Loads of clapping and tears from RP for the two drivers they sacked. Not out of contract, sacked.
However gutting, what a great race.
Why are they playing god save the queen on the podium?
I really think that being always 1st and 2nd helps hide this fact. The thing is, when you never have pressure, it's easy to not mess things up.
From the moment they have slight pressure, they start messing up.
Racing Point is a British constructor.
Racing point are based in the UK
That is what I just thought?
Are they just used to Hamilton winning?
I suppose its a consolation Mercedes are a bit shit on that side of things. If they had the red bull crew they would be even more dominant!
Do you count as a constructor if you just copy and paste last years Merc? Should probably play the German anthem
Yep.
By distance you mean coasting 5 seconds ahead of Bottas and occasionally putting 2 quick laps in if Valtteri has the temerity to reduce the gap to 4.5?
It was a little boring until that final safety car I felt. Ironically caused by Russell's Williams, the puncture was probably from the debris of that incident too!
Are sky ever going to talk to Mercedes?
Maybe not again after what Toto just said....
Totto just said it was "colossal feckup", summed it up well
Missed it. What did he say?
Colossal feckup
I wonder if Russell will have the same career-long strategy paranoia that Hamilton developed from China '07. I can't believe they ballsed it up that bad.
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I am a huge fan of Lewis , one of the best drivers ever, but he is not very likable.
Russell has the talent and is very likable, he is a future WC.
Russell has the talent and is very likable, he is a future WC.
He was so fecking good he might have overcome the feckup if he didn't get a puncture
Bottas' last 3 races have been utterly dreadful. 3 and 9/10 years of Hamilton + 1 race of Russell have finished him.
My Mrs has been in the room for most of the races this season, she has hardly lifted her eyes from her phone once.
She was really into today's race, has even commented about it on Facebook.
This is what happens with competitive racing and a good track. F1 needs a hell of a lot more races like this
She was really into today's race, has even commented about it on Facebook.
This is what happens with competitive racing and a good track. F1 needs a hell of a lot more races like this
Yep he looks mentally broken. Since he knew the title was gone he's been awful.
The modern f1 cars have literally outgrown the old dated tracks. They need to stop going to the tight twisty tracks as the cars just can't pass eachother. Pretty much all modern tracks are build with a lot of width which gives the cars a chance to get alongside under braking.
14th, 8th and 8th in the last 3 races.
Sakhir GP Result
| 1 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 0:56.789 | 1:31:15.114 | ||||
| 2 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 0:57.350 | 10.518 behind | ||||
| 3 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 0:57.388 | 11.869 behind | ||||
| 4 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren | 0:57.165 | 12.580 behind | ||||
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 0:56.250 | 13.330 behind | ||||
| 6 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 0:57.056 | 13.842 behind | ||||
| 7 | Daniil Kvya | AlphaTauri | 0:57.001 | 14.534 behind | ||||
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 0:56.563 | 15.389 behind | ||||
| 9 | George Russell | Mercedes | fastest overall lap 0:55.40 | 18.556 behind | ||||
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 0:57.270 | 19.541 behind | ||||
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 0:57.220 | 20.527 behind | ||||
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 0:56.905 | 22.611 behind | ||||
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 0:56.887 | 24.111 behind | ||||
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 0:57.375 | 26.153 behind | ||||
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 0:57.516 | 32.370 behind | ||||
| 16 | Jack Aitken | Williams | 0:57.392 | 33.674 behind | ||||
| 17 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | 0:57.742 | 36.858 behind | ||||
| not classified | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 0:58.206 | did not finish completed 53 laps | ||||
| not classified | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | not available- | did not finish completed 0 laps | ||||
| not classifieD | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | not available- | did not finish completed 0 laps |
On the positive side, I think we may have another british f1 champion on our hands.
Russell handled that superbly, and his recovery drive from the dodgy pitstop showed just how good he can be.
Will be tough for him to spend another year in a Wiliams after that.
Russell handled that superbly, and his recovery drive from the dodgy pitstop showed just how good he can be.
Will be tough for him to spend another year in a Wiliams after that.
Russell probably gets another shot next weekend but it’s a big ask, that was a great track for him to bed into the car.
I feel massively sorry for him, he has to go back to Williams next season and trundle around in 15th again. That will do nothing for his development at all, it’s high time Mercedes either let him look around or put him in the big team. Bottas has shown, he’s done, nobody wants him in that seat anymore, even as a massive Hamilton fan I’m tired of him wiping the floor with him.
I feel massively sorry for him, he has to go back to Williams next season and trundle around in 15th again. That will do nothing for his development at all, it’s high time Mercedes either let him look around or put him in the big team. Bottas has shown, he’s done, nobody wants him in that seat anymore, even as a massive Hamilton fan I’m tired of him wiping the floor with him.
Based on that drive, and what Bottas has done recently, a pairing of Lewis and George as a sort of master / apprentice for a season wouldn't be such a bad idea with Lewis retiring in 2021 after winning his 8th title.
I need to watch it back but my first take was that outside of it being someone different at the front it was not that different or exciting until Mercedes shat the bed.
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