Pushing a button by mistake is also not "bottling it".
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It just moved the brake bias to the front of the car to 75%, so essentially locked up gloriously.
That makes more sense. AKA bottling it
Grim isn’t it. Just fan boys on both sides with zero objectivity.
Good race. Pleased for the podium.
Just watch this from Bottas
Consider this his resignation
Consider this his resignation
The switch is designed for safety car restarts as an easy way to put heat into the tyres, the speed they're going at during that period doesn't need a completely balanced set up on brake bias. However he'll be ruing that something so simple had an impact on a race win for him.That makes more sense. AKA bottling it
You shall pass!
Absolutely no confidence with the car set up, you can tell by how early he's off the throttle and braking for the apex.
I did but unfortunately picked Sainz over Leclerc and dropped McLaren.
Was half expecting an ice cream van to come past him.
He is such a poor driver.
Yes, this is the most pressure a 7 time world championship winner will have ever had. He finally "bottles it" due to the pressure of Baku.That makes more sense. AKA bottling it
I guess I don't have a clue what half the buttons in the cockpit do tbh.
Just an odd one today- can't remember that happening before.
Max and Lewis battling for the 'Baku bottler' nickname on the caf.Yes, this is the most pressure a 7 time world championship winner will have ever had. He finally "bottles it" due to the pressure of Baku.
Brake bias.
Bottas had an embarrassing race. Didn't even look like he was trying that hard.
Just seen the highlights.
Absolute madhouse 
Absolute madhouse
He was also on old tyres and think most of the cars he was racing in that clip had pitted towards the end of that safety car stint. Was a dreadful weekend for him in general though.
Bottas and wheel to wheel racing just don't go together. Nothing about car set up, he isn't a racer.
Why didn't they change tyres before the final 2 lap dash? I thought they could under red flag conditions or had they used all available sets?
I don't see Bottas going to Williams if his seat is taken off him, reckon he will go to another form of motorsport
I don't see Bottas going to Williams if his seat is taken off him, reckon he will go to another form of motorsport
They did change.
Was hoping Ferrari would win this one. Sad.
I'm wondering whether they will give Bottas a new Chassis. This has happen in the past before where a driver and team cannot workout what is wrong with one car out of the pair. A new Chassis is built (at a cost of something like £750,000) and suddenly the struggling driver isnt struggling anymore.
Also if as i expect Lewis signs on for another 2 years, i think he may request/demand/ask that Bottas remain in the team. After all he has Bottas under control and the relationship in the garage is much better than it was with Rosberg. A young hungry, with a point to prove Russell isnt what Lewis needs for next two seasons while he fights Max and whoever else for WDC's. A solid no2 like Bottas is what he will want beside him.
Also if as i expect Lewis signs on for another 2 years, i think he may request/demand/ask that Bottas remain in the team. After all he has Bottas under control and the relationship in the garage is much better than it was with Rosberg. A young hungry, with a point to prove Russell isnt what Lewis needs for next two seasons while he fights Max and whoever else for WDC's. A solid no2 like Bottas is what he will want beside him.
Mercedes shouldn’t bend over to Hamilton just “because” and to be honest I very much doubt Hamilton would demand anything in regards to his team mate.
This season so far has proved you need two drivers on top form to succeed. Bottas for me is driving like a guy that knows he’s on the way out the team.
This season so far has proved you need two drivers on top form to succeed. Bottas for me is driving like a guy that knows he’s on the way out the team.
Was that the last two laps or after the first safety car? Because he was on the old hard tyres but those behind pitted to change tyres (Alonso, etc). Horrible weekend for him still.
I made a rare swap, my fantasy took a royal bashing!
First but there is no excuse for his car positioning there, he’a made the same inside corner line misjudgement 4 times in a lap!
I was sitting pretty with max pèrez and le clerc till max went cahboom
Can't be worse than me. I used my Joker to get Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas into mine.
What a dramatic race! This is why you don't switch off until the very end.
I do feel for Bottas, he got the blame for the wheel mishap a few weeks ago and Toto tried to deflect blame when it was Hamilton's fault today. I love Lewis but Bottas is treated like such an afterthought.
I do feel for Bottas, he got the blame for the wheel mishap a few weeks ago and Toto tried to deflect blame when it was Hamilton's fault today. I love Lewis but Bottas is treated like such an afterthought.
OuchCan't be worse than me. I used my Joker to get Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas into mine.
My boy Mazepin doin' what he DO.
If the race went on much longer and his car didn't pack it in, Russell could have overtaken Bottas.
I thought they might keep him until the end of 2022 but he might not make it until then.
Agreed. Mercedes picked him because he doesn't threaten Hamilton. When he's stuck in traffic, everyone else finds him as easy to pass as Hamilton does in lap 1. Whenever he winds up in the midfield, he either stays where he is or goes backwards.
They got pole but LeClerc was fighting a losing battle from the start. He nearly got a podium though at the end but Gasly held him off.
So lewis accidentally turned off the rear brakes, apparently theres a switch on the wheel that allows them to do that so they can more heat into the fronts during the formation lap.
If lewis loses the championship by anything up to 21points then this result might be the defining factor of the season.
If lewis loses the championship by anything up to 21points then this result might be the defining factor of the season.
OUCH !Can't be worse than me. I used my Joker to get Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas into mine.
I agree, this race could come back to haunt him, he should have taken his own advice and settled for second.
His radio message was bullshit, we all knew he was going for it.
Knocking the switch was just one of those things.
Toto doing what Toto does, there was no defending Lewis and he admitted his mistake.
Bottas is a strange one, its like he has given up, its no secret he is going at the end of the season, he will get another drive in 2022 I have no doubt, could be s swap for Russell at Williams, could they do it during this season, I dont think so , but stranger things have happened in F1.
The tracks coming up should suit Merc more so it's not that bad yet and even Bottas could find something to be happy about and help out. Feathers have definitley been ruffled at Merc though.