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JTW95

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This race has gone shit now. Probably won't liven up again till people start pitting.
 

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Can’t blame Botas. Why would you do anything for that lot?

Hamilton wants no.8, he can earn it himself
Because he’s racing a car and would want to stay ahead of another driver. He might as well not step in the car again this season if that’s the mindset. Regardless of the fact he’s being paid handsomely by Mercedes to do just that.
 

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Merc should try the undercut with Lewis, as he’s not getting past Riccardo on track
 

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Because he’s racing a car and would want to stay ahead of another driver. He might as well not step in the car again this season if that’s the mindset. Regardless of the fact he’s being paid handsomely by Mercedes to do just that.
a team that turfed him and then forced him to take an engine penalty at his home race to help Lewis?

Get to feck, I’d tell them to feck off as well. he no longer owes them anything
 

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Merc caught napping on the strategy again. Amazing how you can be exposed when you’re car doesn’t just dominate from the front every race
 

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Mercedes really do have the worst strategists. They just always seem to get it wrong.
 

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Won't the ones who have pitted already have to 2 stop whereas as Hamilton could be a 1 stop? With a 24 second pit stop that would mean the Merc strategy makes sense.
 

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Won't the ones who have pitted already have to 2 stop whereas as Hamilton could be a 1 stop? With a 24 second pit stop that would mean the Merc strategy makes sense.
Yeah, that’s possible. Merc will definitely go one stop now and out Lewis on the hards, unless it rains.

Time will tell if it’s the right call
 

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The mclaren disappears from the merc on the straights that don’t have DRS
 

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Max is flying. Will be interesting to see how his tyres are going compared to Hamilton, as its obvious he is pushing very hard.
 

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a team that turfed him and then forced him to take an engine penalty at his home race to help Lewis?

Get to feck, I’d tell them to feck off as well. he no longer owes them anything
You’re acting like Mercedes are the first team to change a poor performing driver. They can’t afford to have such a poor second driver now that Red Bull have caught up.
 

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a team that turfed him and then forced him to take an engine penalty at his home race to help Lewis?

Get to feck, I’d tell them to feck off as well. he no longer owes them anything
A bit rich coming from a big Michael Schumacher fan. You think Rubin thought this way.
 

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Interesting to see how Lewis does now in clean air. His tyres look good.

I think merc forced the mclaren pit there and Lewis would just be doing whatever Danny ric didn’t
 

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Verstappen burns out his hards before half way through the race. He probably shouldn''t have gone so hard in the early part of the race.
 

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Max is a mardy bastard isn’t he :lol: The top drivers always are, but I imagine the engineers pull some right faces when hearing their bullshit
 

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Max will be fine on the the mediums, Lewis and Lando have shown that you can do long stints on the mediums. Rain would make this really interesting