Russian Grand Prix 2014, Sochi - Race 16/19

4th/5th/6th is really close in the Driver's championship. Looking forwards to a tight fought battle between Alonso, Vettel and Bottas in the last few races.
 
That's one massive leap there.

lol, indeed, ideal strategy and compromised strategy are very different things. It was still a one stop strategy, had he been forced to do two stops when otherwise he would have done one it would be a compromised strategy, far from ideal and have cost him an extra 25 seconds in the pits which would have dropped him what, 2 places.

That didn't happen, he lost zero extra time compared to most drivers, and 25 seconds less than some who did two stops. How many top cars did he pass, Bottas... who he did a bit of a dodgy pass on and Bottas was frankly awful in that situation, had he put it up the inside Rosberg may have been kept behind for multiple laps, Rosberg still managed to force him to take avoiding action and pushed him off the track.

It wasn't a bad drive, but this is an odd track where tire deg just didn't really happen except, as usual, to Massa :p
 
lol, indeed, ideal strategy and compromised strategy are very different things. It was still a one stop strategy, had he been forced to do two stops when otherwise he would have done one it would be a compromised strategy, far from ideal and have cost him an extra 25 seconds in the pits which would have dropped him what, 2 places.

That didn't happen, he lost zero extra time compared to most drivers, and 25 seconds less than some who did two stops. How many top cars did he pass, Bottas... who he did a bit of a dodgy pass on and Bottas was frankly awful in that situation, had he put it up the inside Rosberg may have been kept behind for multiple laps, Rosberg still managed to force him to take avoiding action and pushed him off the track.

It wasn't a bad drive, but this is an odd track where tire deg just didn't really happen except, as usual, to Massa :p

Exactly.
I don't blame Bottas for that bail. It was that or a mess
Only time he actually lost was overtaking cars. And I'm sure Hamilton could have been much further in front but no need.

Massa.. Its massa. He did well by his standards.. In not crashing
 
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