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Thread: Lets talk Bottas
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6th September 2021, 13:50 #121
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To be fair, he is mostly doing what Mercedes need from #2 driver. He actually can qualify pretty well. His only downside is when he doesn't qualify well, then he struggles to fight through.
It must be nice for Mercedes to have a future #1 driver ready to replace their #2.Last edited by F1nKS; 6th September 2021 at 13:57.
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7th September 2021, 17:32 #122
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Bottas is as quick as Hamilton on his day. Driving in the shadow of a larger than life multiple world champion is daunting, to say the least. He never quite recovered from the reality of how good Hamilton was. That took the fire from his performance. I think as lead driver at Alfa Romeo, he would show his real talent. Assuming Alfa make a good 2022 car.
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7th September 2021, 20:09 #123
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Funny how Toto Wolff could possibly block Albon from joining Williams because of the Mercedes engines, but was instrumental in getting Bottas to Alfa Romero with Ferrari engines. SMH
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7th September 2021, 21:15 #124
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8th September 2021, 07:09 #125
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I think it is all about the sithing rivalry between the two team bosses. Horner made it a thing and Woolf reacted. When could have easily sort this out over a friendly drink or lunch. I did not think Albon was going to get that seat because Williams is the equivalent of Redbull's Alpha Tauri for their junior driver programme. When you look at it from this perspective, Redbull is stretching their driver programme to Williams at Mercedes expense. It was not going to happen.
Mercedes need to ensure they have a seat for De Vries. Besides, that seat would leak info to Redbull on future technical development on the Mercedes Engine which is also a problem. That was the same reason why Ocon had to seat out a year.Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
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11th September 2021, 22:50 #126
Overall I feel Bottas made a couple of errors in the wet this year and was publicly defensive. If it is true he was offered a one year deal and refused it then I think it was the wrong move.
That said, in general, he has been treated poorly as a number two driver by Mercedes. I feel other drivers may have accepted this role more back in the day.
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15th September 2021, 07:19 #127
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17th September 2021, 02:36 #128
Regarding Bottas, my opinion is that he has a fit woman.
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