He did very well, I like him. But as another poster pointed out, track position is key on this track and Russell benefited at the start. He also wasn't impeded on pit exit.
Oh, big time. But it's humiliating for Lewis, too. There's no way around it. Being lapped by the guy who you pushed all the way last season and were expected to do this season (before it became apparent their car wasn't up to it) is utterly humiliating for that driver.
Really!! Lucky to win all the races he has, do me a favour. Lewis clearly driving a dog of a car, struggling to get his set up right, ok Russel has got to grips with his car better than Lewis, but come on lucky, the most talented driver after just 4 races in a Mercedes, utter rubbish.
they might do with 4 or 5 races left.
Rosberg and Alonso are two very very good drivers. Bottas today showed he's a very good driver. Even if Russel were to finish this season ahead, it may just be that Hamilton's age is finally catching up to him. You watch football, therefore you should be aware that even the best decline.
The level they are now ... Sure
Definitely a wtf moment, I'm sure. Considering the injustice of last season and also Max's antics last season it will have been incredibly frustrating for Hamilton. But reality is the team haven't made a car that's good enough to compete yet.
Interesting, I must've missed that.
Yeah, Red Bull looking really strong. Max seems dialed in at the moment. He's been incredibly unlucky this season so far, but to only be 26 points behind after already having two DNFs is impressive. Hopefully, him and Charles can keep it up.
Suck it. Think I will have to boot a few folk who have given up. Fair amount have kept with it though.
I think the Ferrari bounces as bad, if not worse than the Merc. I think the bouncing might be masking other issues for Mercedes.
Yes it is awkward. But Russell got the breaks and Lewis didn't. Of course Toto wants to keep Lewis motivated. He is their star driver. But Lewis is highly experienced and understands the situation.
People have very short memories. They forget he had a team mate who became world champion.
The rari bounces brifefly on the straights , the problem for Merc is that they bounce on entry into the corners as well.
Ferrari are just doing a Ferrari. Get close to greatness and then totally shit the bed.
That doesn’t really help with knowing what happened but cheers.
Sainz had a small collision with Ricciardo and had to retire. LeClerc had a small slipup and almost crashed which cost him the 3rd place. Bad luck basically. But RB was faster anyway
They were slower than Red Bull, Leclerc was third and opted for new set of soft tires since they had nothing to lose, Norris was far behind in fourth. As he was pushing with new set he made a mistake(similar to one where he made a save in qualifying) and almost crashed, but manage to save it but had to enter pit and change his front wing.
Thanks both!
The simple answer is he had a poor start off the line, then when he caught Perez DRS wasn't turned on because of the wet track.
Ferrari seems to stop bouncing when it arrives at a corner or under breaking whereas Mercedes can't control it. I can't see anyone solving it this year either due to the restrictions on R&D so it might just be case of sitting out of the title fight for a year.
Could have sworn I read some analysis somewhere showing that the Ferrari is mostly bouncing only at the highest speed on the ends of straights, but as soon as any braking is applied it locks back down to the track. For Mercedes, they are still having porpoising issues on corner entries, which is making things extremely difficult for the drivers (and could perhaps explain why Russell has adapted better - obviously he's far more used to a shitbox car than Lewis).
Exactly, give me some of that luck.
This is a fair comment.
