Soldato
Shame the near 60 year gap of competing makes the stat (whilst still cool) not quite as impressive
Poll: Sakhir Grand Prix 2020, Sakhir - Race 16/17
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Shame the near 60 year gap of competing makes the stat (whilst still cool) not quite as impressive
Soldato
Yeah the bookies will no doubt not honour it. A friend of mine was having this very debate with the admin of one site. It wouldn't take his 1000/1 bet as they were in the process of changing the odds. Now 3/1.. Lol
You'd expect them to have something in thier t&cs on this. But you'd expect it to have to be there explicitly.
Caporegime
It probably depends how many bets there are. The odd big money pay-out is good publicity for them.
Don
Whilst that is undoubtedly very interesting, I am really keen to see how Jack does against Latifi! Might help put some of George's performances this year into perspective whatever happens.
Latifi just seems so much slower than Russell in general. I am keen to know if that is genuinely down to Russell dragging something extra out of the poorer machinery, or if Latifi is just not working out too well in F1.
Soldato
To put it another way then, this will be the first race ever where Mercedes do not have a WDC winning driver in one of their cars.Shame the near 60 year gap of competing makes the stat (whilst still cool) not quite as impressive
Man of Honour
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Hamilton finished on the podium in his debut with Mclaren, arguably Russell has more F1 experience, albeit not in the Mercedes and with new features such as DAS. Its the same engine at least.
Soldato
Hamilton also should really have won the Title that debut season, it was just inexperience and the gravel in the pit lane entry that stopped it.
Caporegime
In the 2019 end of season test, Russell topped the time sheet in the Mercedes, and was 0.08s slower than Bottas the day before. I think a podium is very much in reach; but beating Bottas is more of a challenge.
Which was Asphalt when they went there the season after.
Soldato
ooh, that I didn't know.
Soldato
That's true, but I've seen most reports stating that his disappearance from the top 5 this season was largely due to Campos' slump with not understanding how to get the tyres working properly on the 18" wheels. Whether that's true or not I guess we'll find out.
Soldato
I doubt they'll be able to find one if you bet on the driver and not the car. When Max was at torro rosso one season I put £2 on him to win a race that season, it was a whole 14/1 (think it was his second season). Of course "that season" was when he got promoted to Red Bull, and my continued thanks goes to Rosberg for not having his car in the right mode and cutting across Lewis at Barcelona. The rest...is history
I put a silly 500/1 bet on a podium this season consisting of all three brits...Lando, Russell and...Lewis. Dammit.
Caporegime
This is his third year in F2, he really should be challenging at the top. In fact, it's gone worse than his second year. He strikes me as a driver who could thrive in lower formulas but has been found out in F2. Hopefully he'll surprise me this weekend.
Soldato
Spot on, in a similar way to how Williams use to knock on the door of podiums to where they are now. Also the team have 48 points...Jack has all of them. It's a great opportunity for him to show Williams what he can do, if we assume George is moving to Merc for 2022 and Bottas doesn't want to go back.
Honestly I hope he gets a podium if only to remind Hamilton hes not the only person who can command a seat at merc for "write my own paycheck".
Man of Honour
Eh? In what world is George Russell (regardless of this weekend) going to "write his own paycheck"?
Thats the point...
