Lewis showing his true self there
Meaning?
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Meaning?
Mercedes show a disturbing reliance on computers instead of opening their eyes or listening to their drivers. The inters take 4-5 laps to get going, what’s the point pitting him with 7 to go?
Rightfully so! Team should have listed to the man out on the track.
You mean like last race...
Not as bad.. At least he isnt finishing 6th
Yeah I'd be fecking livid if I were him.
Rightly so. fecking absurd from Mercedes.
So you think he should have stayed on?
Rightly so. fecking absurd from Mercedes.
Jenson Button > Mercedes Strategy Team & Computer
Good race by Bottas, never in doubt that he's an awesome driver
They wanted to pit him there 2 laps too soon as well.
He also didn't want to pit, which would have been worse... He won the race
If the track was getting dryer and they were going to last definitely, as he was almost on slicks anyway for the previous 10 laps.
and they might not, they should have left him out, drivers decision should be what matters, if it fails all on him.
Nice drive from Bottas.
Problem is it was not getting drier fast enough, no sun and cold conditions.
He did once the rain came, this isn’t a similar situation
I'd have loved to see what you'd have said last race if Hamilton kept himself out
Well he could have ignored them, they can't force him to box.
Exactly the point. The computer computes.
The driver can feel the car through his body.
As Button has pointed out a million times in this race, the drivers go through a graining period after 2/3 laps of quick pace, everyone had that same period. And Max would be telling his team to leave him alone, as would pretty much any driver would when fecked like that. Hell even someone like Ricciardo tells his team to leave him alone when he's screwed.Lewis is losing it. He's absolutely fuming and it's showing in his lap times too. Man if this had been Verstappen..
And fecked him in Monaco, France and Hungary.
Yes. He made it clear he could manage the car and the likeliest outcome was 3rd or 4th. Instead they pitted him which guaranteed 5th.
I would have said the same, drivers choice, live by the sword die by the sword.
Lewis is losing it. He's absolutely fuming and it's showing in his lap times too. Man if this had been Verstappen..
Think that was the tyres graining.
If it was Max? you mean like when he gets annoyed after a pit stop and ends up on top of Hamilton’s car?
Yeah but there’s also a chance they can’t pass him and he holds onto P3, Mercedes have played to cautious here and should have stuck out, worse case scenario if he stays out has the same result as pitting.
he could have yes.
Of course. it has been another terrible strategy decision from his team.
Like Norris did in the last race?
So in reality over the last two races, he probably netted more points listening to his team
Yeah, if he is so certain.
That's probably correct.
I agree, that was the time to pit him.
I cant disagree with you.
Too logical. Let the narrative be it is Hamiltons fault and his "lap times have suffered".
Once he stayed out he had to stay out. As you say he would have got 5th minimum and could have held 4th (Perez for me would have caught him but I don’t think Le Clerc would have) - by pitting maximum 5th and they also put 6th and 7th in play. An utterly ludicrous call and not the first time they’ve done it this season.
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Am I the only one who thinks David Coulthard's voice is nearing Jackie Stewart's with increasing age?
The difference between this race and the last one was the team got on the radio to Lewis and told him there was more rain coming in the previous race. The change in conditions meant Hamilton would have pitted anyway given that information.
Here there was no change in conditions rather than a slow drying of the track and it could be argued that Hamilton was on the best tyres for that - there was no new information
Here there was no change in conditions rather than a slow drying of the track and it could be argued that Hamilton was on the best tyres for that - there was no new information
Why are people comparing it to last week. Mercedes didn’t tell Lewis to come in today because of the threat of rain.
When the team says there is more rain, you listen. They have more information.
When the team says there is more rain, you listen. They have more information.
Championship gap will only increase from here with the races coming up. Still thing the rain arriving in Sochi was what sewed the title up for Max.
Lewis should have pitted around the same time with Bottas/Max/Perez anyway. He would have caught Leclerc maybe even Perez for podium.
It was a very good race, not a single yellow flag or SC in a lets say moist race.
I enjoyed it, plenty to keep you watching.
I enjoyed it, plenty to keep you watching.
I said when Max pitted , Lewis should have pitted straightaway.