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20th April 2021, 20:30 #81
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At exactly the moment that video starts.
Look at whatever video you want, they all show the same. Bottas is hugging the left side of the track, and just before russel is starting to overtake he moves about a car width to the right.
Either he didn't look into his mirrors, or he had the intention to scare russel.
Or, he wanted to defend, but misjudged russels extra speed and was to late to swerve right.
Either way it was a stupid thing to do from bottas, especially in het wet, even when he had the right to.
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20th April 2021, 20:37 #82
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But what i found more outrageous than the crash was the reaction of toto wolff. He basically said russel should not try to overtake a mercedes. I'm not quite sure about the rules conserning that, but that seems like something that goes directly against the spirit of the sport.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/56809267
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20th April 2021, 20:37 #83
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There was only 1 dry line, so did Bottas follow it or did he turn to wet line ?
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21st April 2021, 11:44 #84
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21st April 2021, 18:04 #85
The next corner is a left hander, its completely natural to move to the right side of the track for that as the dry racing line shows. He may have very slightly unwound his steering to make it harder for Russell but he definately didn't 'jink' as we have seen Schumacher and Senna do.
I think Russell saw glory ahead of him in overtaking Bottas which probably made him take the big risk (only one dry line and with DRS open) while Bottas saw the complete opposite coming and wasn't going to just give it to him on a plate.
I can totally see both sides but ultimately I think its 60/40 towards blame for Russell.. but still a racing incident.
I thought he said Russell shouldn't overtake a Mercedes so aggressively? Which is quite different.The emergence of the new 'Rainmaster' - Mad Max at Interlagos 2016!
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22nd April 2021, 02:41 #86
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I don't think Toto was saying Russell should not overtake a Mercedes. He was just pointing out the fact that Mercedes is in a title fight and Russell ought to factor that into his thinking as he went about overtaking a Mercedes. And he is right by saying that. After all, the Williams is not in a title fight this season, hence some common sense is required when a Williams has to tango with a Mercedes. Especially since he aspires to drive for them someday.
It was a major f*ckup by Russell. That he crashed into a Mercedes would have been overlooked, but what he said after the race was a big dent to his prospects at Mercedes. But time is a great healer, so we would see. It was just a very stupid thing to say.Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
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22nd April 2021, 02:48 #87
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22nd April 2021, 14:00 #88
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22nd April 2021, 14:08 #89
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George said he was sorry after seeing replays , and being that his first views of the incident were at some serious speed onboard , I think he deserves a little slack here .
He had a guy beside him moving right , and he was in the closing gap on wet tarmac next to the curbing .
In that adrenaline soaked moment , it would be pretty easy for him to assume he was out of room , and that Bottas was solely to blame .
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22nd April 2021, 14:14 #90
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