Poll: Spanish Grand Prix 2021, Catalunya - Race 4/23

Rate the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix out of ten

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Mr Jack said:
Hamilton was on a different strategy.
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That's my point.

They made bottas the slow car to back up hamilton.
No chance of the win.

Looks like hamilton will get a 2 year deal.
Hamilton has said bottas is the guy he want's in the team.

Lewis would be scared of Russell coming in to the team.
But lets see.
 
deuse said:
That's my point.

They made bottas the slow car to back up hamilton.
No chance of the win.

Looks like hamilton will get a 2 year deal.
Hamilton has said bottas is the guy he want's in the team.

Lewis would be scared of Russell coming in to the team.
But lets see.
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Can you provide a transcript of the log where Merc asked Bottas to slow down?

He wasn't quick enough and was consistently 0.7s a lap slower.
 
deuse said:
You would know they never ever say slow down.
Maybe you should take an interest and listen to the pit radio next time.
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Ha! brilliant :D. I watched the race on F1TV and listened to the team radio.. I didn't hear them asking him to slow down.

I conclude that you're making stuff up again deuse.
 
Armageus said:
They didn't imply it either - provide a quote or I'll have to assume you are making it up
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Since your so sure. Show me ;)

The WING MAN has been demoralised since day 1.

And toto saying in one GP "come on bottas get max" the idiot wolf forgot that bottas had a exhaust sensor problem.

If they keep bottas in 2022, this means hamilton is running scared of Russell.

"Mercedes instructed Valtteri Bottas to slow down in order to hold up Alexander Albon, team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed." 2019

Singapore Grand Prix 2019 another order to tell bottas to slow down so lewis can come between him and Verstappen.

And there 's loads more.
And don't forget the times bottas was told not to overtake lewis

Considering Bottas is himself in the championship(2019), it was an odd request from Mercedes and an even odd thing for Bottas to agree upon.

The poor guy was robbed.
 
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So Mercedes asking Bottas to slow down 2 years ago but go faster in Portugal is some secret code for Bottas to go slow in Spain too? Got it.

There's no doubt Bottas ends up playing second fiddle to Hamilton more often than not but that is dictated by the fact Bottas is more often than not behind Hamilton on pure pace.
 
Q: Valtteri, tough race out there? How do you look at that race and find some positives to take from it?
Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, I think what made it more tricky for me was that I lost a place to Charles on lap one out of Turn 3. I didn’t see him actually so I think he chose a better line through Turn 3 and he got me and then I was stuck behind him for a while and that compromised the race a bit. Otherwise the pace wasn’t too bad. It’s a bit of a shame but at least I could make it to the podium.

Q: Do you think there was another strategy you could have done with your car to take yourself back into the fight a little bit more?
VB: I think it’s just small details today – lap one, Turn 3. I think otherwise the pace there and as a team we are still scoring solid points but not perfect points so there is work to do. Monaco is obviously going to be quite a unique track and I look forward to that.

Q: Yeah, it looked like you got a fantastic start down into Turn 1 but you were just blocked. These cars are just so big and with Max getting a good start there was nowhere really to go for you?
VB: Yeah, there wasn’t really much space and it’s so close between the first three cars, so hard luck.
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The fact is, Bottas admitted that he had got jumped by Leclerc off the start and then spent a large chunk of time behind him.

He then goes on to admit that he tried his best, unless he's lying about that then I think you're too quick to believe your own narrative.

Although Hamilton had a significant tyre and pace advantage at this stage, Bottas did not simply let his teammate through, instead staying in front until the eventual winner made a pass into Turn 10.

Asked about the incident after the race, Bottas said that he did not want to ruin the team’s strategy, but had to prioritise his own race.

“Yeah, I got the message and obviously we were on different strategies at that point so unless something crazy would happen, I wasn’t really any more with him,” he said. “But the thing was, at that time, I was trying to get Charles off my pit window so I could stop again and try and be ahead of him, so I was really conscious that I didn’t want to lose too much time, and I was really focusing on my race so it was about balancing things.

“Of course, as a racing driver, you prioritise yourself, your race, because that’s what we do but also we work as a team, so you don’t want to ruin the win for the team if that is possible; if it is not possible for you. So I tried to do the best thing I could for us as a team and for myself. It’s always hard doing those kind of things and either know… ask the other driver if he predicts what’s going to happen and where to go but I think in the end it was kind of OK.”
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https://www.grandprix247.com/2021/0...ant-to-lose-time-to-leclerc-letting-lewis-by/
 
Junglist said:

Really interesting to see how they come up with their tactics.
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They really pushed Red Bull into a corner there. They gave Verstappen the choice of being slow, saving tyres and being overtaken, or being fast, burning through his tyres, and being overtaken anyway. That very late pit stop call was to ensure Verstappen didn't come in at the same time to cover Hamilon's pit stop, and even if he had, he would have likely lost track position to Bottas. No good choices left to RBR there.
 
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