Alright when was that again.....?

[Deleted member 963434]

When Russell next drives the Williams, it will feel like something is broken!

he will feel like he driving in iceRacing xD

 

[ZuneGuy]

Only in Hockenheim in the rain.. you forget? Everybody made mistakes every high end sport man.

Lewis was winning the race and driving beautifully until the team make the mistake of putting their driver on soft tires during an extremly wet German GP. The mistake was made by the Mercedes team. Bottas, Leclerc, and even Perez who has a kind of talent for built-in traction control crashed out on wet tires.

Only in Hockenheim in the rain.. you forget? Everybody make mistakes every high end sport man.

Lewis was winning the race and driving masterfully until the team made the mistake of putting him on softs during a particularly wet time in the race. Later the track dried enough for softs, but everyone went back to the intermediate tires when they saw the mayhem that ensued. The mistake was made by the Mercedes team. Bottas, Leclerc, and even Perez who has a kind of talent for a built-in traction control crashed out on wet tires.

 

[Deleted member 963434]

There seems to be a strong 5G tower near you, sorry for that, dont give up.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

 

[ZuneGuy]

The pit stop debacle was simply a by-product of Lewis not being there. They don't make dumb mistakes like that when Lewis is in attendance. Now, Russell missed the podium because the last stop was made necessary because Russell drove over on-track debris.

Meanwhile Russell looks up to Lewis as what he would like to one day be, but can never ever be...

 

[michelforest]

Your first sentence amply proves why you see nothing wrong with his attitude.

According to him, RP ended up with two cars on the podium based purely on merit, not luck. After all, it was a totally normal race, and the RP cars just overtook everyone to get there. There was no luck at all for RP that both Mercs were taken out of contention by bad moves behind the pit wall, or that Verstappen was eliminated on lap one by a boneheaded move by Leclerc. Nope... no luck at all, pure merit.

Perez drove one heck of a race, and deserves a lot of credit, but he doesn't get to the top step of that race without a healthy dose of luck, either. He would likely be the first one to admit that. That doesn't take anything away from his drive, it's just a fact. At the end of the day, a win is a win, and that's what matters. Perez was very humble in the post-race interviews because he understands all that, and because that is the way he has always presented himself. Lawrence Stroll, on the other hand, came across as a braggart and a tool, which is not a good look on anyone.

A little humility would have especially been advisable in this case, when Racing Point's first F1 win came from the driver that Lawrence Stroll decided wasn't worth keeping next year...

I didn't see it that way at all. Stroll simply pointed, rightfully, that he took a broken team and turned it around and the results are now obvious. You may hate the guy, for some reason, but there's no denying that he has succeeded in everything he has tried so far. He went into business and became a billionaire and now he's the head of a F1 team that has won a race. Of course there's an element of luck, but Perez drove a perfect race, the team made the right calls in the pits, in other words, they didn't make a mistake, unlike Mercedes who f*cked up big time, so Perez and RP deserve to win.

If you feel like Stroll was bragging, I say cut the guy some slack: he's just won his first race so let him have his 24 hours of glory. He knows full well that if we get a "normal" race next week, it will be another Mercedes 1-2.

 

[muzikant]

Lewis was winning the race and driving beautifully until the team make the mistake of putting their driver on soft tires during an extremly wet German GP. The mistake was made by the Mercedes team. Bottas, Leclerc, and even Perez who has a kind of talent for built-in traction control crashed out on wet tires.

Lewis was winning the race and driving masterfully until the team made the mistake of putting him on softs during a particularly wet time in the race. Later the track dried enough for softs, but everyone went back to the intermediate tires when they saw the mayhem that ensued. The mistake was made by the Mercedes team. Bottas, Leclerc, and even Perez who has a kind of talent for a built-in traction control crashed out on wet tires.

If you believe that its fine and I am happy for you

 

[muzikant]

Meanwhile Russell looks up to Lewis as what he would like to one day be, but can never ever be...

Man what are you smoke... Russel is young. You cant say that because he is get started his career

 

[Sasha Jednak]

For sure not Leclerconado
Very nice showing by Russell, and he gets my vote.
What this race shows is that Hamilton does everything, he even changes his tyres on pit stop, that’s why it can’t happen to him what happened today.

 

[michelforest]

Well, you don't want 2 champoinship contends , you want one and then someone who collects points but is happy with 2nd

Sadly, that's the way it is now. The days of Senna and Prost in the same team are long gone...

 

[ZuneGuy]

If you believe that its fine and I am happy for you

uh huh....

 

[muzikant]

Sadly, that's the way it is now. The days of Senna and Prost in the same team are long gone...

Yess for sure sadly! I hope in the future the teams a bit closer together with exciting races
There is so much young tallent

 

[Raymond Racing]

Today's facts:
-Perez drove one hell of a season, finally leading to a well deserved win after one hell of a comeback;
-Russel is the real deal, for the love of god let's not waste him on Williams for another year;
-We all already knew this, but todays race confirmed how bad Bottas is on sunday, he can't drive, second tier driver;
-Hamilton is good but not that good, it's the car that is godlike.

They're gonna keep Bottas on because they need a yes-man to be the "Mercedes #2" (read:Hamilton's *****), because Toto Wolff and possibly even the Mercedes execs don't want a repeat of the Alonso/Hamilton and Hamilton/Rosberg personality clashes, and all the morale draining, PR fiasco (especially in the British Press) and not to mention team expenses from double-DNF collisions that would entail from a second fighter in the team, especially one of George's caliber being this competitive in the Merc right out of the gate.

 

[thunderpop]

I think Mercedes did it on purpose not to let russel win because it would have shown that hamilton is not the champion that people believe, strange that the wrong things only happen to others and not to him. I had voted for Perez to win but I didn't think he would win

 

[Guga_Cyr]

Has to be Perez, for coming from last to first & all that - but fark Russell was SO unlucky not to come away with the win, on a weekend where he did absolutely everything right....

 

[ZuneGuy]

Man what are you smoke... Russel is young. You cant say that because he is get started his career

Uh huh.... Anyone with a keen eye can see what's there boy.

"Man what are you smoke" I think that I should be asking you that....

 

[Jugulador]

Pietro Fittipaldi for beating both Verstappen and Leclerc... well done, son

 

[Raymond Racing]

I think Mercedes did it on purpose not to let russel win because it would have shown that hamilton is not the champion that people believe, strange that the wrong things only happen to others and not to him. I had voted for Perez to win but I didn't think he would win

Usually Mercedes have Military Precision when it comes to their pitstops. While I hesitate to call foul-play it did seem oddly convenient that the one time they fumble a pitstop big-time is when they called up a reserve driver while their #1 was off sick, and it looked like he'd win on his Mercedes debut.

 

[muzikant]

Uh huh.... Anyone with a keen eye can see what's there boy.

"Man what are you smoke" I think that I should be asking you that....

you're trolling a bit. Russel did a great race and you can't predict the future.

 

[TOONS12]

I didn't see it that way at all. Stroll simply pointed, rightfully, that he took a broken team and turned it around and the results are now obvious. You may hate the guy, for some reason, but there's no denying that he has succeeded in everything he has tried so far. He went into business and became a billionaire and now he's the head of a F1 team that has won a race. Of course there's an element of luck, but Perez drove a perfect race, the team made the right calls in the pits, in other words, they didn't make a mistake, unlike Mercedes who f*cked up big time, so Perez and RP deserve to win.

If you feel like Stroll was bragging, I say cut the guy some slack: he's just won his first race so let him have his 24 hours of glory. He knows full well that if we get a "normal" race next week, it will be another Mercedes 1-2.

He purchased Mercs 2019 championship winning car....skills...

Worse than that, Toto has shares in Aston Martin now and RP just so happen to have loads of benefits from Team Merc.
And next year the team is Aston Martin......... Hmmmm, totally legit...

 

[markg88]

Usually Mercedes have Military Precision when it comes to their pitstops. While I hesitate to call foul-play it did seem oddly convenient that the one time they fumble a pitstop big-time is when they called up a reserve driver while their #1 was off sick, and it looked like he'd win on his Mercedes debut.

and it has given Racing Point an almost guaranteed 3rd spot in the Manufacturer's title.