F1 2021 Season

[dinostar77]

Lewis with his new contract, not sure about the Bottas angle from him, maybe he is just looking out for a team mate?
I dont buy in to the, he does not want another good driver with him , far from it I think he would welcome it.
I get the , he did not like another driver in his car, I would be the same.
My feeling is that Bottas will not be at Merc next season and his team mate will be Russel.

Bottas is a known quantity that Lewis can beat on most race weekends. Russell would be a unknown as he'd be eager to prove himself and want to push lewis, probably. Lewis has enough on his plate to fight max this year and possibly leclerc next year without having to worry about a new teammate who wont be a compliant no2.

Remains to be seen, but if lewis insists on bottas I'd be suprised if Mercedes didn't listen. They have a good healthy relationship unlike lewis had with nico rosberg.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Alfa Romeo are celebrating their 111th anniversary with a special livery for the #StyrianGP

 

[F-Red]

Aston Martin have signed Red Bull's Head of Aero Dan Fallows to become Technical Director. Significant appointment & a hire no doubt influenced by Vettel.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Styrian GP Practice One Timesheet

Driver	Team	Time
1) Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.910
2) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+0.256
3) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.422
4) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+0.476
5) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+0.487
6) Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+0.609
7) Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+0.641
8) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+0.674
9) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+0.704
10) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.719
11) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+0.720
12) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+0.759
13) Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+0.786
14) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+0.798
15) George Russell	Williams	+0.938
16) Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.951
17) Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+1.270
18) Mick Schumacher	Haas	+1.563
19) Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	+1.913
20) Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+2.171

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Dont take a huge amount of notice to FP times, but again Max looks to have it, Lewis and Bottas .4+ down

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Think we all expected this.

 

[Zlatan 7]

Alfa Romeo are celebrating their 111th anniversary with a special livery for the #StyrianGP

Beautiful

 

[Zlatan 7]

Great news that silverstone is going ahead with full crowd.

 

[BIGbadBOO4]

Think Red bull will be using Perez for rest of the season to help Verstappan. Whilst merc still support Bottas.
Perez will be made to stretch out 1st stints on tyres so merc can't 2 stop and overtake Verstappan with Hamilton. Unfortunately, Bottas still spouts nonsense than he can win championship instead of supporting Hamilton. And the fact Bottas destroys tyres means he won't be helping Hamilton from a Verstappan 2 stop.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Yep, utter class.

Blokes a fecking twat and you still need more evidence why people dont like him?

Just seen this

Considering Lewis just lost a race through no fault of his own in a very tight title fight, he was EXTREMELY composed there

What a crazy post.

 

[dinostar77]

Bottas lost backend of merc it in the pitlane after a tyre change, luckily didnt hit any mclaren crew.

 

[Dan]

 

[Jippy]

Jesus! Not sure why the McLaren garage were being drama queens about it.

"could have taken out our guys there"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/57615056

 

[Adam-Utd]

Jesus! Not sure why the McLaren garage were being drama queens about it.

"could have taken out our guys there"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/57615056

Get Bottas a penalty and more chance of them taking more points this weekend.

It's a game of small advantages.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Bottas 3 grid place penalty for the spin

 

[United Hobbit]

could be a wet every session this weekend

Please be a wet race usually makes it so much more exciting

Hamilton is negotiating a new deal with Mercedes. Wants Bottas to stay on as his teammate.

Urgh Please no more boring Bottas. Want to see what Russell can do in it. Wonder if Hamilton is a bit threatened by what Russell could do, whereas he knows he's lightyears ahead of Bottas

 

[Zarlak]

I doubt there's any truth to being scared of Russell. Mercedes are losing to Red Bull in the constructors. If the team loses confidence in Bottas then there's 0 chance that they accept not winning in order to make Hamilton happy. The team winning the constructors trophy comes before the drivers wish to win the drivers championship.

 

[hobbers]

Not really so much being scared of Russell but it wouldnt definitely hurt Lewis' title chances having Russell as a team mate rather than Bottas. Purely in terms of which of the two is more likely to take points off of Lewis in a season.

 

[ChaddyP]

Not really so much being scared of Russell but it wouldnt definitely hurt Lewis' title chances having Russell as a team mate rather than Bottas. Purely in terms of which of the two is more likely to take points off of Lewis in a season.

So he's scared then

 

[Fluctuation0161]

School boy.

 

[hobbers]

So he's scared then

Yeh I guess that is scared haha

He'll know all too well how upstart drivers can come in and ruin the chances of the seasoned veteran since he did it himself.

 

[dinostar77]

Theres more to a teammate then just race craft. Its also how he works with the team off the track, hus feedback and input into the car. His relationship with the other driver. If lewis is happy with the harmony in the team, the feedback bottas provides then why change it?

Same about the 3 place grid drop, not what lewis needs. Needs bottas up there with him.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Styrian GP Practice Two Timesheet

Driver	Team	Time
1) Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.412
2) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+0.336
3) Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+0.378
4) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.384
5) Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+0.415
6) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+0.522
7) Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.582
8) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+0.667
9) Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+0.677
10) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+0.733
11) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+0.735
12) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+0.839
13) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.858
14) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	+0.885
15) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+1.039
16) George Russell	Williams	+1.216
17) Mick Schumacher	Haas	+1.474
18) Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+1.992
19) Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+2.257
20) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	No time set

 

[pauldyson1uk]

 

[Tiber]

I know Lewis dreads the idea of going back to having a competitive teammate, but Bottas sure is making it hard for Merc to keep him. Getting a grid penalty before qualifying even takes place is an impressive start to his weekend.

Bottas needs to step up if he hopes to impress the Williams bosses!

 

[gormless]

Sochi is a boring race. Good. Along with the changes to Abu Dhabi, it’s been a decent week

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Sochi is a boring race. Good. Along with the changes to Abu Dhabi, it’s been a decent week

Agreed, the new track looks decent.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Not F1 cars but you get to see the new track OH and its in Russian, sorry best I could find.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Watching the spin by Bottas, OK you dont want to see a car spin in the pit lane, but 3 place grid drop , I think its harsh.
Cars have hit mechanics before and nothing happened , both equally dangerous.

 

[Fluctuation0161]

Watching the spin by Bottas, OK you dont want to see a car spin in the pit lane, but 3 place grid drop , I think its harsh.
Cars have hit mechanics before and nothing happened , both equally dangerous.

True. It is a harsh punishment.

But unless there is some issue with the pit lane surface, how is it only Bottas who manages to make this mistake.

 

[Eendracht maakt macht]

Watching the spin by Bottas, OK you dont want to see a car spin in the pit lane, but 3 place grid drop , I think its harsh.
Cars have hit mechanics before and nothing happened , both equally dangerous.

Or hitting a mechanic should also be punishment. That’s more reasonable in my opinion.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

True. It is a harsh punishment.

But unless there is some issue with the pit lane surface, how is it only Bottas who manages to make this mistake.

From what I saw, just he hit the painted part and lost may have been a tad damp , cold tyres.
3 place grid drop and 2 penalty points, points OK.
Sky mixed about it, some say harsh some say its not, reason being crew were in the pit lane, bit crew are always in the pit lane.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Or hitting a mechanic should also be punishment. That’s more reasonable in my opinion.

OK I can agree with that.

 

[Fluctuation0161]

From what I saw, just he hit the painted part and lost may have been a tad damp , cold tyres.
3 place grid drop and 2 penalty points, points OK.
Sky mixed about it, some say harsh some say its not, reason being crew were in the pit lane, bit crew are always in the pit lane.

I think it's when you total up the cumulative number of errors Bottas has made in his Mercedes career you begin to see he is just nowhere near top level.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Lewis on top for FP3 , lets see if that can be carried over into qualifying.
Styrian GP Practice Three Timesheet

Driver	Team	Time
1) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.369
2) Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.204
3) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+0.463
4) Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+0.657
5) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+0.781
6) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+0.929
7) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.971
8) Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+1.031
9) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1.076
10) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+1.123
11) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+1.187
12) Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+1.307
13) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+1.329
14) George Russell	Williams	+1.494
15) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	+1.573
16) Mick Schumacher	Haas	+1.747
17) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+1.747
18) Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+1.750
19) Lando Norris	McLaren	+2.285
20) Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+2.323

 

[United Hobbit]

Toto saying Bottas doesn't take risks

 

[Jaxa]

So who do we think will be taking Bottas seat next season ?

Russell the most likely candidate IMO, Lando would be a serious contender in that car but he’s obviously just signed a new deal, any other names ?

 

[pauldyson1uk]

So who do we think will be taking Bottas seat next season ?

Russell the most likely candidate IMO, Lando would be a serious contender in that car but he’s obviously just signed a new deal, any other names ?

It will be Russell 100%

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Max goes quickest in Q1, but its early yet.

 

[United Hobbit]

Whys Ricciardo so rubbish nowadays? I thought he used to be quite good?