Fantastic lap. Big advantage to RB now. Max just needs to smash it on the first few laps on the softs and try to build a big lead.
Bottas 6th
Bottas 6th
F1 2021 Season
- Thread starter pauldyson1uk
- Start date
Wow. Mercedes really messed that up.
Well dont Red Bull , pulled that one out.
Bottas was of no help, did not expect him to be, but FFS 6th !!
Max starts on soft , Lewis on mediums, dont think he will be too disappointed.
Bottas was of no help, did not expect him to be, but FFS 6th !!
Max starts on soft , Lewis on mediums, dont think he will be too disappointed.
This is good for Lewis.
To start on soft's isn't the play and it wasn't planned by either of the top two teams.
RB short term gain but lose time tomorrow
To start on soft's isn't the play and it wasn't planned by either of the top two teams.
RB short term gain but lose time tomorrow
I think it's all about the race and strategy.
Hamilton can play the long game tomorrow, Perez in 4th helps him too. Bottas useless as usual.
I’m not sold on this theory that this is good for Merc. Red Bull have been faster this weekend than a lot of people expected. It’s advantage Max now, for sure.
He got pulled along both straights by Perez, really clever by Red Bull, Merc have never had the same nous when it comes to using both drivers.
Bottas
I wonder if the start with soft will prove to be decisive. They had their hand forced , technically mediums would have been perfect, and probably WC awarding.
Qualifying setting up the race nicely.
Red Bulls looking super quick today. Max's to lose tomorrow!
Even their fans are a bunch of cnuts.
Embarrassing fans as per.
Slipstream from Perez.
Like peas in a pod.
Honestly might not be the worst thing for Hamilton to not have Max up his arse from the off
"I'm glad I can see where he is." Makes it sound planned!
Makes it sound planned!Lewis "at least I can see where he is"
I think you have to be worried about that pace if you’re Merc. Even without the tow Max would have had that quite comfortably.
Totally agree. Although Red Bulls race pace looks good.
I don't think so.
They looked quick with a tug and on soft's. Before that Merc had the pace.
50/50 for me RB did not want to start on softs, dont care what Horner says.
Missed the start though, how was RB forced to go in with the softs?
One lap pace is very different to race pace with 100kg of fuel on board.
Max destroyed the only mediums they had left.
Don't agree, very 50/50 for me. Strategy needs to be bang on.
Exciting though huh!!!
The Red Bull has been a great car over one lap, the Merc generally has been great in race trim.
Its perfectly balanced, a clean lap one and this will be great.
Its perfectly balanced, a clean lap one and this will be great.
It was neck and neck on the mediums before Max flatspotted, with RBs comfortably quicker on softs.
If it's going to come down to strategy, Red Bull must have the edge too, given Merc's propensity to feck things up.
Get in there... Maxxx. Now he can drove off while Perez crash in the back of Hamilton.
He had improved through sector 2 on that last lap he aborted, right?
Not a disaster for Hamilton imo. Strategy is going to be very important tomorrow. If Hamilton was on pole he would've struggled to keep Verstappen off him on that first corner anyway.
Personalities and dislikes aside, Max and Lewis do make the sport interesting.
Obviously, they are quicker tyres.
RB will not want to go for a two stopper as that would mean they have to get 23ish seconds from somewhere. Pole usually wins but the pole sitter doesn't usually start on different tyres than the rest.
The soft's will start to go and the advantage will go to Merc. Can they take advantage though, that's the question.
When they were both on sofas in Q3.
Pole always wins here, but they've tweaked the track so who knows.
All about strategy tomorrow - Mercedes just didn’t get the tyres in the window. They’ll have strong race pace tomorrow.
The tow played a massive part
But the strat isn't like to will be tomorrow. RB could be looking at a two-stop. It'll be hard for them to get that extra 23ish seconds back
I agree. RB could still do it but that second stop could become a problem