Lance Strolls old man keeping his kid on and getting rid of their first race winner is everything that’s wrong in Formula One
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.
What we should be questioning is why get rid of Perez for Vettel, who by all accounts looks to be a busted flush
Granted, he’s not terrible. But he’s also not very good. I’m sure Laurence Stroll’s plan was to get a teammate that won’t make his boy look shit every week. (joke)
Lance Strolls old man keeping his kid on and getting rid of their first race winner is everything that’s wrong in Formula One
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.
What we should be questioning is why get rid of Perez for Vettel, who by all accounts looks to be a busted flush
Granted, he’s not terrible. But he’s also not very good. I’m sure Laurence Stroll’s plan was to get a teammate that won’t make his boy look shit every week. (joke)
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.
Well that’s the race ruined. We’ll just be watching two Mercs follow each other round all afternoon.
That’s the spirit.
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.
So watch further down the field then. Plenty going on down there.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What it does is highlight Russell’s talent! This from the BBC analysis:
“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.”
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.
What it does is highlight Russell’s talent! This from the BBC analysis:
“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.”
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 Ocon
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.
What it does is highlight Russell’s talent! This from the BBC analysis:
“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.”
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'
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Come on SERGIOOOOOO!!!!!
Unlucky, George - but what a future the boy has.
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.
(joke)
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.
Had Bottas not been in the same fucked up pit stop then I might agree
“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.”
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.
I can see a scenario where Russel replaces him at some point next season, especially if Red bull and improve with Perez
That move on Bottas was absolutely fantastic.