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We do love blaming Williams on charltonlife.ForeverAddickted said:Funnily its Williams who have screwed Russell here in a way as it was their driver who forced that Safety Car
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Gutted for Russell but thats equalled by Perez being on the brink.
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Phew at least he's getting two points1
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3. He got fastest lap too.ForeverAddickted said:Phew at least he's getting two points2 -
Give the man a drive next year.1
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Criminal he’s not got a drive for next year3
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Lance Strolls old man keeping his kid on and getting rid of their first race winner is everything that’s wrong in Formula One10
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Ocon P2, great result for him also.1
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Yeah I wasnt sure if he'd get 9thlordromford said:
3. He got fastest lap too.ForeverAddickted said:Phew at least he's getting two points1 -
Brilliant for Checo - he must have a seat next year, somewhere.
Unlucky, George - but what a future the boy has.3 -
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I reckon that was Hamilton in a mask changing the tires6
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I see this a lot, but let's be perfectly honest here Stroll is by no means a terrible driver, and Stroll Snr saved the team from the brink.DamoNorthStand said:Lance Strolls old man keeping his kid on and getting rid of their first race winner is everything that’s wrong in Formula One
What we should be questioning is why get rid of Perez for Vettel, who by all accounts looks to be a busted flush6 -
That looked like it was going to get really interesting for theist few laps, gotta feel for him!2
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Seems Stroll thought he had the chance to win the race himself 🤔2
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Granted, he’s not terrible. But he’s also not very good.sam3110 said:
I see this a lot, but let's be perfectly honest here Stroll is by no means a terrible driver, and Stroll Snr saved the team from the brink.DamoNorthStand said:Lance Strolls old man keeping his kid on and getting rid of their first race winner is everything that’s wrong in Formula One
What we should be questioning is why get rid of Perez for Vettel, who by all accounts looks to be a busted flush
I’m sure Laurence Stroll’s plan was to get a teammate that won’t make his boy look shit every week.
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Should have signed Latifi thenlordromford said:
Granted, he’s not terrible. But he’s also not very good.sam3110 said:
I see this a lot, but let's be perfectly honest here Stroll is by no means a terrible driver, and Stroll Snr saved the team from the brink.DamoNorthStand said:Lance Strolls old man keeping his kid on and getting rid of their first race winner is everything that’s wrong in Formula One
What we should be questioning is why get rid of Perez for Vettel, who by all accounts looks to be a busted flush
I’m sure Laurence Stroll’s plan was to get a teammate that won’t make his boy look shit every week.
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And he would, if he was as good as Perez.ForeverAddickted said:Seems Stroll thought he had the chance to win the race himself 🤔0 -
Toto just said it was a total fuck up in his post race interview on Sky!!3
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No point beating about the bush ... tell it how it is!DaveMehmet said:Toto just said it was a total fuck up in his post race interview on Sky!!2 -
Helmut and Christian surely have to be finding Checo this evening and signing a contract. Fantastic drive from him and unbelievable that this could have been his penultimate race.4
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Am cynical about what happened at Mercedes5
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I never said anything about lack of wheel to wheel action, I was talking about lack of racing for the lead. Weekly whoever leads after the initial post start chaos settles down will just cruise off and never be really put under pressure. That’s partly because Merc are so superior and partly because Bottas is such a wet fish.lordromford said:
Well, ok, but not really. You’re complaining that there’s not enough wheel to wheel action, but then when someone points you to some you’re complaining that it’s not the right kind of wheel to wheel action.Exiled_Addick said:
Yes but that’s the situation every week. My point is that first lap crash ruined what was going to make this weekend more interesting than usual. Formula one needs people fighting each other for the lead. Constantly having to watch the midfield battle for 2 or 3 points is like saying the fight between Villa and Southampton for 9th place in the Premier League is where all the excitement is.lordromford said:
So watch further down the field then. Plenty going on down there.Exiled_Addick said:
The whole interest in this weekend was with Lewis gone, Red Bull fast in race trim, and Leclerc and Perez on the fringes of the fight as well, we might finally see a genuinely competitive race. Well nearly all those factors gone we’re just left with two mercs again with no one who will get near. Right now looks like Russell will leave Bottas a few tenths a lap behind him just like Lewis does so we may not even get a Merc race. I’ll be happy to see Russell win but I hoped we might get a bit of a race for a change. Now we’re just watching who manages their tyres better... again.lordromford said:
That’s the spirit.Exiled_Addick said:Well that’s the race ruined. We’ll just be watching two Mercs follow each other round all afternoon.
Anyway. It doesn’t matter, it’s just a difference of opinion. Let’s not argue about this any more. I’ve had this argument on here too many times already and I’m a bit tired of it. Let’s agree to disagree. No hard feelings.It was happening even today - had he not crashed Verstappen almost certainly was going to pressurize Russell in a way Bottas couldn’t. Taking nothing away from Russell, he drove great, but it wasn’t going to be a serious competition for who won.As it was, it was a spectacular final few laps, although entirely because of Mercs dropped bollock and bad luck for Russell. Credit to Perez though, he passed on track for the lead and recovered brilliantly from the first lap incident. Very happy for him as I’ve been a bit of a fan of his for years.
No idea what’s holding Red Bull back from just signing him up. All the usual front runners were taken out of the equation and Albon is not even close to a podium, he’s just no where near good enough.0 -
Why... If they wanted to screw up Russell's race they could easily have done so without losing the win for BottasPrincessFiona said:Am cynical about what happened at Mercedes
Had Bottas not been in the same fucked up pit stop then I might agree0 -
What today highlights is the risk in pit stops. I’m not sure Merc really needed to pit either car and every time you do you risk a fuck up. Track position is king unless you’re on seriously worn tyres and I think they’d done more laps with more fuel on-board on the mediums than they were going to have to do on the hards and the slower cars behind were not stopping for fresh tyres.5
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What it does is highlight Russell’s talent! This from the BBC analysis:SELR_addicks said:It does lessen Hamilton's achievement somewhat that Russell can walk in from the bench and race just as well and win a race just as clearly.
But its definitely not the car eh.
“Russell had two days to prepare for his drive in the Mercedes. The car did not fit him. He is five inches (14cm) taller than Hamilton, he had to wear boots that were one size too small to fit his size 11 feet in the cockpit and operate the pedals, he needed ice on bruises at the end of every day in the car, and he was using Hamilton's gear change and clutch paddles, which were too small for his fingers.”
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As the Commentators said too... the Mercedes isnt overly built to over take, we saw at Monza how neither Bottas or Hamilton could get through enough of the field yet Russell made extremely short work of Bottas, Stroll and OconStuart_the_Red said:
What it does is highlight Russell’s talent! This from the BBC analysis:SELR_addicks said:It does lessen Hamilton's achievement somewhat that Russell can walk in from the bench and race just as well and win a race just as clearly.
But its definitely not the car eh.
“Russell had two days to prepare for his drive in the Mercedes. The car did not fit him. He is five inches (14cm) taller than Hamilton, he had to wear boots that were one size too small to fit his size 11 feet in the cockpit and operate the pedals, he needed ice on bruises at the end of every day in the car, and he was using Hamilton's gear change and clutch paddles, which were too small for his fingers.”5 -
George Russell is a very very good driver.
The acid test of the junior CV tells us that outside of Hamilton and Leclerc his is without doubt the best of the field.
He’s won everything on the way to F1.
He’s better than Bottas, and I place him well clear of Lando in terms of championship potential.6 -
Bottas last 3 races have been 8th 8th and 14th, that's Albon level of performance almost.
I can see a scenario where Russel replaces him at some point next season, especially if Red bull and improve with Perez4 -
This just sums up what a talent George is , I'd be shocked if we don't hear very early into next season that he's signed for 22'Stuart_the_Red said:
What it does is highlight Russell’s talent! This from the BBC analysis:SELR_addicks said:It does lessen Hamilton's achievement somewhat that Russell can walk in from the bench and race just as well and win a race just as clearly.
But its definitely not the car eh.
“Russell had two days to prepare for his drive in the Mercedes. The car did not fit him. He is five inches (14cm) taller than Hamilton, he had to wear boots that were one size too small to fit his size 11 feet in the cockpit and operate the pedals, he needed ice on bruises at the end of every day in the car, and he was using Hamilton's gear change and clutch paddles, which were too small for his fingers.”
That move on Bottas was absolutely fantastic.5
