2021 Race 7 - French Grand Prix

[Nitrodaze]

Bottas took Hamilton's car for a drive this time and still couldn't out-qualify him , even though Lewis wasn't happy with the old Bottas car .

Don't panic yet , Daze-man .
There might be some manipulation going on , but Merc is the puppet master here , not F1M .
They are just trying to scare you a little before the ultimate triumph over the worthy opponents .

Exciting , eh ?

Do you remember what it was like at the end of the Schumacher era? It was kind of like this actually. Everyone thought Ferrari would bounce back, but somehow they didn't. Renault sneaked away with two championship wins.

I think there have been some fundamental changes to the Mercedes chassis. For a start, it now has a rake. Converting a low rake car to a high rake car would certainly mess with the fundamentals of the original architecture of the car. We hear of chassis swapping and performance characteristics of the car have obviously dropped below what we saw at Barcelona. They are trying new things and may well find an answer at some point.

But it would not be respectful to Redbull to not acknowledge that they are genuinely the faster car and Mercedes are playing catchup. If Redbull wins at Paul Ricard, they are very much set to win the triple header. Which would effectively set the stage for a Redbull and Verstappen championship win.

This is not a drill, this is real.