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Originally Posted by littleman
The best overtake of the race was Bottas on Raikkonen, yet he's not getting the headlines he deserves for it.
The move was absolutely sublime.
He positioned his car perfectly, lost no traction or momentum and gave Kimi all the room they both required.
It was so perfect it was all too easy to overlook.Sure the Red Bull drivers pulled off some exciting stuff, not Max so much, but none had the understated class of the Bottas move.
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It was a good move no doubt, but given the tyre condition of Raikkonen having suffered from being the Ferrari sacrificial lamb and left circulating on old rubber in the hope he might be able to help Vettel by holding Bottas up, it is not as though the cars were of equal performance and grip. Kimi was struggling to do 39's and Bottas, on relatively fresh rubber was lapping in mid 37's. Kimi did not have the car to offer any real resistance.
Mind you the key factor in the Ricciardo moves, although opportunistic was also more a tyre influence.... the Bottas move also assisted by Bottas backing out at the end to save a collision. Had it been Ricciardo and Hamilton the result would have been tears.