Oh yeah I won't argue its some sort of master stroke but it was the only option they had against the faster Ferrari. If they started soft it would have just been a case of just matching the Ferrari strategy.
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Oh yeah I won't argue its some sort of master stroke but it was the only option they had against the faster Ferrari. If they started soft it would have just been a case of just matching the Ferrari strategy.
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Yes, Lewis!!!! And fastest lap!
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What's the current maths on the championship, could Hamilton have this all wrapped up in the next two or three races?
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Roses are red, violets are blue, Ferrari are faster, Mercedes 1-2
He's 73 ahead they just said so he won't need too many more points
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129 points left I think.
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Yup, the next race or the race after will be title 6. Depends on other finishers.
Leclerc is becoming a bit whiny at the moment.
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Pretty much seals the world title for Lewis (cos lets be honest I've got about as much chance of beating him in the title race as Bottas has!) 100+ points clear of Leclerc with 130 left on the table. Would need 4 DNFs now.
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Ferrari really are the masters of strategy **** ups.
Managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with aplomb.
Managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with aplomb.
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Lewis looking more like Bob Marley every week.
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Crofty claiming Mercedes dominated it. Was he watching a different race?
Glad to see Hamilton on the top step but they didn’t win on pace
Glad to see Hamilton on the top step but they didn’t win on pace
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how? They had a reliability issue that caused a VSC that allowed Mercs to jump them. Absolutely nothing to do with their strategy
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Got fastest lap though and Leclerc couldn’t get by. Pace helped at the end and they didn’t win on it, but race pace is still there - and with not a single upgrade in months.
Favourite quote of the race - vettel ‘****, bring back the v12s’
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By having crap pre-race agreements about giving your team mate (who has a past record of ratting out on such agreements) a slipstream to get ahead of you, who will then just give you the lead back.
Just lol.
**** that, just let them race ffs.
They deserve everything they don't get by behaving like this.
Also my comment alludes to prior races as well.
Hamilton is 73 points ahead of Bottas.
107 ahead of Leclec
110 ahead of Verstappen
128 ahead of Vettel
130 points left to get. 5 wins and 5 fastest laps.
Mercedes are 133 points ahead of Ferrari
238 ahead of Red Bull
220 points left. 5 1-2's and 5 fastest laps.
107 ahead of Leclec
110 ahead of Verstappen
128 ahead of Vettel
130 points left to get. 5 wins and 5 fastest laps.
Mercedes are 133 points ahead of Ferrari
238 ahead of Red Bull
220 points left. 5 1-2's and 5 fastest laps.
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Lol Vettel driver of the day? Nothing he did this race impressed me at all. Clean air out front after a planned toe at the start. Pity award maybe?
Sainz gets driver of the day for me, Albon did great too.
Sainz gets driver of the day for me, Albon did great too.
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Yup, absolutely useless.
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I'm still amazed at the stupidity of Ferrari, looking at the swap at a stupid time, just do at the pit stops! Then the stupid 2nd stop that threw away a nailed on 2nd place at least.
I don't know why Vettel and others always blame the engines, the V12 was no more reliable and it's not like Ferrari are still down on power, would different engines make the racing any better? No!
I don't know why Vettel and others always blame the engines, the V12 was no more reliable and it's not like Ferrari are still down on power, would different engines make the racing any better? No!
