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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
    They get quite irritating when they play devil's advocate like that. Bottas did not do what he needed to to do to win this race
    Exactly

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    Quote Originally Posted by truefan72 View Post
    Now Racing point on the other hand, once again completely botched their entire race strategy and should have finished in p4 and p5. Shambolic
    Racing Point has the car to fight for third place in the constructors but lack the personnel with the experience of operating at this level. They just seem to lack the skill to maximize their opportunities.

    On Hulkenburg pitting, if Stroll could finish on those tyres, l am sure Hulkenburg could have done the same. But that said, he is only a temporary driver, so it makes sense that the team would prevent him from taking points away from the full time driver. Objectively, any team boss would make a similar call. It makes sense to give Stroll every opportunity to compete with his rivals.
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    Albon proves what a great driver he is again. Awesome recovery. He was my star of the race with some awesome competitive overtakes and commanding pace through the midfield.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
    Albon proves what a great driver he is again. Awesome recovery. He was my star of the race with some awesome competitive overtakes and commanding pace through the midfield.
    Yeah both RBR drivers were the stars today. No question

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
    Racing Point has the car to fight for third place in the constructors but lack the personnel with the experience of operating at this level. They just seem to lack the skill to maximize their opportunities.

    On Hulkenburg pitting, if Stroll could finish on those tyres, l am sure Hulkenburg could have done the same. But that said, he is only a temporary driver, so it makes sense that the team would prevent him from taking points away from the full time driver. Objectively, any team boss would make a similar call. It makes sense to give Stroll every opportunity to compete with his rivals.
    Yup makes sense. But it was clear that Hülkenberg was the better driver which reflects poorly on Stroll. Did like what his father had to say about the teams and their ridiculous protests
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    Softer balloon tyres seem to have shifted the advantage towards RedBull. The RBR car appears to be kinder to the higher pressure tyres, Mercedes seem to be scratching their heads on the higher pressures. Tyres still seem to be a moving target for most teams.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
    Hulkenburg versus Verstapenn would be spectacular off the line. It would be interesting to see how Bottas can keep Hamilton behind through turn one. Ricciado takes on Stroll and Gasly.

    Gasly outshines Albon as the Brit finds the going tougher this weekend. All signs suggest Gasly would be heading back to Redbull at some point this or next season.
    I hope not as I don't think either of them are good enough for the seat. If it is true that Vettel is going to Aston Martin then I agree with planetf1.com and Perez should be signed with Red Bull.
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    Quote Originally Posted by truefan72 View Post
    Also wtf was that pit stop for Hülkenberg? Smells fishy to me.
    They say his tires would not have finished the GP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by truefan72 View Post
    Congrats max. Well deserved. Good recovery and fastest lap by Hamilton. Great damage control. Poor from Bottas. Clearly the car is faster than the RBR (as Hamilton showed) on new tires and all Bottas did was fall back from max. No excuse. Smh
    Excellent by Leclerc. Great one stop drive.
    Superb p5 by Albon
    Don’t understand that additional pit stop by racing point on Hülkenberg. Makes no sense at all. So no credit for stroll who had nothing for Hülkenberg.
    Good job for ocon and Norris. Happy that kvyatt got p10. Ricciardo blew it for some decent points.
    Hmm.. Not a good job by Albon. I know Max is very talented but Albon needs to be qualifying in P5 and pushing those Mercs when they have problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
    Racing Point has the car to fight for third place in the constructors but lack the personnel with the experience of operating at this level. They just seem to lack the skill to maximize their opportunities.

    On Hulkenburg pitting, if Stroll could finish on those tyres, l am sure Hulkenburg could have done the same. But that said, he is only a temporary driver, so it makes sense that the team would prevent him from taking points away from the full time driver. Objectively, any team boss would make a similar call. It makes sense to give Stroll every opportunity to compete with his rivals.
    Or , an alternative theory would be that the Hulk was worried about the vibrations he was feeling (which is what he said , by the way) , and Stroll wasn't .
    Thus , pitting Nico would ensure he would finish .

    But , that's just crazy .

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