Fluctuation0161
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Pushing a button by mistake is also not "bottling it".Too bad was nothing to do with 'overheating brakes'...
Pushing a button by mistake is also not "bottling it".Too bad was nothing to do with 'overheating brakes'...
It does seem pretty crazy that you can nudge a switch that turns the brakes off on a car that does over 200mph.
I missed the race and it sounds like it was brilliant.
It just moved the brake bias to the front of the car to 75%, so essentially locked up gloriously.Surely you can't turn the brakes off? It's rather the auromatic brake fluid pressure control innit ?
That makes more sense. AKA bottling itIt just moved the brake bias to the front of the car to 75%, so essentially locked up gloriously.
Grim isn’t it. Just fan boys on both sides with zero objectivity.So much salt in this thread today.. Pretty likely it will only get worse as the season goes along as well unfortunately.
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!Just watch this from Bottas
Consider this his resignation
Absolutely no confidence with the car set up, you can tell by how early he's off the throttle and braking for the apex.Just watch this from Bottas
Consider this his resignation
I did but unfortunately picked Sainz over Leclerc and dropped McLaren.Anyone else had pèrez in their fantasy
Just watch this from Bottas
Consider this his resignation
He is such a poor driver.Just watch this from Bottas
Consider this his resignation
Was half expecting an ice cream van to come past him.
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.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.
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.Surely you can't turn the brakes off? It's rather the auromatic brake fluid pressure control innit ?
Was half expecting an ice cream van to come past him.
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.Absolutely no confidence with the car set up, you can tell by how early he's off the throttle and braking for the apex.
They did change.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?
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.Just watch this from Bottas
Consider this his resignation
I made a rare swap, my fantasy took a royal bashing!Anyone else had pèrez in their fantasy
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!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 was sitting pretty with max pèrez and le clerc till max went cahboomI made a rare swap, my fantasy took a royal bashing!
Can't be worse than me. I used my Joker to get Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas into mine.I made a rare swap, my fantasy took a royal bashing!
OuchCan't be worse than me. I used my Joker to get Verstappen, Hamilton and Bottas into mine.
If the race went on much longer and his car didn't pack it in, Russell could have overtaken Bottas.Just watch this from Bottas
Consider this his resignation
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.Bottas and wheel to wheel racing just don't go together. Nothing about car set up, he isn't a racer.
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.Was hoping Ferrari would win this one. Sad.
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.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 21 points then this result might be the defining factor of the season.
Toto doing what Toto does, there was no defending Lewis and he admitted his mistake.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.