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Thread: 2021 - Race 21 Saudi Arabia
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7th December 2021, 11:21 #201
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Ocon was very deserving of the third step on the podium more than Bottas did, I thought. Bottas did his bare minimum for Mercedes this season. Hamilton praised him as his best teammate. I don't know why he did, because his contribution was not half-decent to what an effective teammate would do. When you think of what Barichello and Irvine did for Schumacher. Or Massa for Raikonnen. Hamiton had to carry most of the weight of the team in the constructors and had to rely on himself in the driver's championship. Much like Verstappen had to do for Redbull and himself.
Both nos 2 drivers in both teams did a substandard job for their teams, with Bottas doing a slightly better job than Perez.
If Bottas had done a half-decent job at Jeddah, he should be very closely following the front two ready to pick up any opportunity that presents itself if any of the front two mess up. He should have finished the race in 2nd following Verstappen's 15-second penalty. fifteen seconds is such an eternity in F1 terms which highlights what a crap race Bottas did at Jeddah. If anything, he demonstrates how right Mercedes were for jettisoning him from the team for George Russell.Last edited by Nitrodaze; 7th December 2021 at 11:30.
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7th December 2021, 15:27 #202
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Hmmm .
That was spicy .
A quick stop got Max ahead to set up the epic finish , but it got a bit scary there at the DRS line .
The game seemed a bit pointless for Lewis to become involved in , rather than just speed by as Max was obviously going really slowly .
It's pretty obvious , even to me , that Merc has more speed now for some reason .
I guess staying behind him could help imply that Max had any chance at all of re-passing Lewis .
But , I don't think we've seen Merc pull the magic pin that lets the pedal go all the way to the floor yet .
I'm not so sure they will have to .
Epic finale on the way .
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7th December 2021, 18:32 #203
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And to make matters worse, both he and marko post race were moaning about not being treated fairly etc.
As you said, back in the day, all his incidents combined would have been a potential black flag.
If we remember, Grosjean was given a race ban ( and probably should have gotten one for his ridiculous Catalunya 360 move as well in 2020), and that was for cumulative incidents including Spa of that year.
RBR and Verstappen in particular has gotten away with way too much without any kind of of proper ramifications.
Masi and the stewards are incompetent, complicit and/or working of the premise of "not interfering with the championship" which is simply wrong, and against their own regulations and rules.
The thing that scares me most is that Max is eventually gonna do something that will put another driver in serious harm. He has not learned or grown or shown any kind of respect for other drivers.
I am actually not looking forward to Abu Dhabi because I reckon he is about to do something incredibly dangerous or stupid in his desperation.you can't argue with results.
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7th December 2021, 19:47 #204
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7th December 2021, 21:17 #205
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I agree. He's got no respect for the sport. He's as dumb as MS was.
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8th December 2021, 05:42 #206
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Overall I'd agree. If the DRS situation wasn't in play, none of this would have likely happened. Despite what was claimed, I think Lewis was playing the game just as hard, and though the brake check wasn't a legal move, it wasn't wise to tuck in right behind and play the game either. I'm sure the stewards looks at both the drivers telemetry in their decision, and finding one predominantly at fault doesn't mean the other did no wrong.
They had already scrubbed off a lot of speed playing cat and mouse, and neither wanted to be the first over the DRS line.
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8th December 2021, 09:53 #207
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I think any driver on the grid would have done exactly what Hamilton did. He was trying to harness the slipstream from Verstappen in order to overtake. That is the standards racing technique. Hamilton wanted Verstappen to drive on fast enough to provide the slipstream, Verstappen wanted Hamilton to pass on the dirty side of the track before the DRS line so that he can receive DRS in order to allow him to overtake Hamilton. They both had a card up their sleeves, but Verstappen got frustrated when Hamilton did not overtake and applied the brakes in anger it seemed. This is where he became a culprit for a penalty.
Though l initially thought he wanted to take out Hamilton, l believe that was not the case. He simply lost his cool.Last edited by Nitrodaze; 8th December 2021 at 09:56.
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8th December 2021, 10:28 #208
With them going into a braking zone/corner your slipstream theory doesn't really stack up. There would be far more to be gained from a high speed differential of passing him quickly. Max might have left a cars width but he made it tight to avoid that happening too.
Agreed on all other points though.
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8th December 2021, 12:51 #209
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While i agree that other may have done the same thing, slowing down shifting down 3 gears clearly shows the only thing he was trying to do at that moment was stay behind verstappen till after the DRS line.
Remember, verstappen was obliged to let hamilton pass. It was hamilton refusing to pass and extremely close behind who created the dangerous circumstance in the first place.
As i said before, the should be a rule that if you are given the chance to pass and you refuse to do so, you lose that chance.
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8th December 2021, 15:24 #210
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Having seen some of the telemetry from both cars , it seems that , at the very same time that Max applied those brakes , Lewis was on the gas .
To me , that implies that Lewis , in the moment had decided to pass Max , rather than stay behind .
What appeared to be "cat-like" reflexes , may have just been an already decided upon move .
In that fateful moment , it seems that Max was frustrated Lewis wouldn't pass and braked , not knowing exactly how close Lewis was .
And , Lewis , frustrated that Max slowing down , decided to exit the game a fraction of that moment too late .
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