F1 2021 Season

[pauldyson1uk]

Wonder where Perez is going to be after he stops

Maybe behind Seb ?

 

[PlayerOne]

Can't see Max keeping the lead, Merc looks great.

 

[Leg-End]

Mercedes again dropping the ball trying to bring Bottas in play, like seriously that is so poor.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Bottas getting a nice tow from lewis.

 

[Jippy]

still think Lewis will take Max

Looks like he'll be stuck behind him in dirty air for ages then his tyres will degrade and it will be a dull procession to the end.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

what are Mercedes doing !!!

 

[The Firestarter]

Perez is quite good innit...

 

[PlayerOne]

Merc letting Bottas race Lewis? Surely not

 

[The Firestarter]

Merc letting Bottas race Lewis? Surely not

Don't see how that will happen.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

hard meant to last 45 laps, lets see it they do .

 

[ArjenIsM3]

Merc looks faster than the RB. Even Bottas has the pace to rival Max.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Bottas dropping back , Lewis has DRS.
Max need to be perfect for the rest of the race I think to hold of Lewis, but Lewis will be harming his tyres keeping up in the dirty air.

 

[James_42]

Mercedes are so frustrating, why give Bottas priority on strategy? Usually the leading driver gets priority on pit stops yet whenever Hamilton is leading they still seem to pit Bottas first.

Red Bull would never risk a win for Max by favouring Perez on strategy.

 

[sewey89]

Lewis doesn’t even seem to be getting closer to Max, despite the DRS zones

 

[Buster15]

Merc looks faster than the RB. Even Bottas has the pace to rival Max.

This is what we wanted to see. Can Lewis overturn the bad strategy. Hopefully it will not be limited by tyre wear.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

makes you wonder why the Mercedes strategist did not see how good the undercut was here.

 

[hellhunter]

Lewis front left already showing shadows

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Mercedes are so frustrating, why give Bottas priority on strategy? Usually the leading driver gets priority on pit stops yet whenever Hamilton is leading they still seem to pit Bottas first.

Red Bull would never risk a win for Max by favouring Perez on strategy.

They swap every race , always have done, I presume it was the race for Bottas to pit first.

 

[Buster15]

Mercedes are so frustrating, why give Bottas priority on strategy? Usually the leading driver gets priority on pit stops yet whenever Hamilton is leading they still seem to pit Bottas first.

Red Bull would never risk a win for Max by favouring Perez on strategy.

Exactly that. They have been made to look rather silly by loosing track position.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Max saying he cant keep this up till the end of the race.
Well Max if you want to win the race you have too.

 

[The Firestarter]

Max saying he cant keep this up till the end of the race.
Well Max if you want to win the race you have too.

Surely he meant that the tires will be gone with this rate?

 

[Dan_F]

They swap every race , always have done, I presume it was the race for Bottas to pit first.

Plus they could have bought Lewis in a lap earlier. They messed up, it wasn’t to do with bringing Bottas in first.

 

[elmo]

Ferrari struggling today

 

[Tiber]

I'd still rather see races decided by driving rather than tires and pit stops, but it's better than no overtaking at all

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Surely he meant that the tires will be gone with this rate?

I would think so, I would have thought RB and Merc would be one stopping, but not so sure now.

 

[vangagal]

Leclerc is struggling a lot after pit first for hard tyre there. Great chance for 2 pit stop here?

 

[Jippy]

Lewis falling way back.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

If this turns into a 2 stop race, Mercedes have to take the bull by the horns and pit and pit quickly or they have no chance.

 

[sewey89]

Merc strategy really looks like it’s fecked Lewis up here

 

[Tiber]

Red bull go first

 

[pauldyson1uk]

they have to pit Lewis, to stand a chance of winning this race.

 

[Buster15]

Verstappen in.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Max pitting, merc need to also pit.

 

[Leg-End]

Well played by Red Bull

 

[sewey89]

they have to pit Lewis, to stand a chance of winning this race.

Appears they’re making the exact same mistake as they did with the first pit

 

[Buster15]

Leclerc is struggling a lot after pit first for hard tyre there. Great chance for 2 pit stop here?

Ferrari looking really slow.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

Appears they’re making the exact same mistake as they did with the first pit

It would appear so, if they dont pit could cost them the podium also

 

[Buster15]

Lando having a cracking race. Shame he seems to loose places at the start.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

could this be just Lewis and Merc with the mind games , making RB think they have a problem , but really are OK.
I dont think it is , but !!

 

[elmo]

Merc are letting the race get out of their hand