Quote Originally Posted by Samouri View Post
Absolutely....The poor start by Lewis, and that damaged floor in the front of the left front tire, surely played a role in Hamilton's poor race pace and performance, which enabled Bottas to finish 20 seconds ahead of Lewis. All in all still....a good drive and win by Valtteri.
Well, coming home comfortably in p2 with a damaged floor is not a bad consolation prize.
It's gonna be a long season and on days when things don't go your way, you gotta make the best of it and he did.
So I'm not worried about Bottas whatsoever. I will congratulate him on a decent drive and deserving win, but have no delusions that he is any kind of worry to hamilton over the season.
He got a better start than Hamilton and that was that.
Last year, he should have probably gotten his win in Baku, so this is somewhat of a redemption for him. He did get carried away with his radio comments, and i have a funny feeling, they are gonna come back and bite him as a meme later in the year.