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26 Mar 2017, 20:22 (Ref:3721681) | #51 | |
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Bottas 2017 is looking a lot like Rosberg 2016 to me.
Give the car wider margins than Lewis does, and with any luck Lewis will break something and put himself out of the way while Bottas cruises to some big, easy wins. Regardless, right now he's looking like an easy P3 in the championship because Kimi and Max are days behind. |
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26 Mar 2017, 20:57 (Ref:3721691) | #52 | ||
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I thought Bottas was solid and undramatic in the car this weekend. So solid, and so lacking in drama in fact, that there was little to suggest that the difference in pace to Lewis was down to anything other than pure speed.
Lewis must be very hungry for the title after last year, and I think he naturally digs deep for a battle against an extra-team opponent. I highly doubt Bottas will be embarrassed by Hamilton, but I suspect he will be squarely beaten over the course of the season. |
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27 Mar 2017, 15:11 (Ref:3721886) | #53 | |
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I thought bottas could have passed him late. He was closing fast for quite a while only to stall out at about 2 seconds behind Hamilton. Looked like he was playing the team role for now. Very encouraging start I think. Wish he would have made a run on Hamilton at the end, but he probably wasn't allowed just yet.
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27 Mar 2017, 15:14 (Ref:3721887) | #54 | ||
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Or could it be he was hitting the minimum distance you can easily run behind another car? I think it's a bit early for team orders.
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27 Mar 2017, 15:22 (Ref:3721888) | #55 | |
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I think it makes sense for team orders the first few races to not cause strife with Hamilton right off the bat. Give a few races to gauge whether bottas has enough to compete. You think Hamilton would have been as positive post race if his teammate had passed him?
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the team orders part is a bit tricky though...yes they didnt employ team orders telling VB to specifically to back off but using the same tire strategy for both drivers always strikes me, to some extent, as a behind the scenes team order (not that i have a problem with team orders). by virtue of going longer on his first stint on ultras i would have thought there could have been/should have been an opportunity to let VB try out the super softs for his second stint. |
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27 Mar 2017, 17:19 (Ref:3721910) | #59 | ||
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I'm afraid I don't buy it.
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27 Mar 2017, 18:04 (Ref:3721925) | #60 | |
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Valterri didn't finish too far behind Lewis, so that's not a bad start
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28 Mar 2017, 01:10 (Ref:3722008) | #61 | ||
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Team orders for sure. Merc wanted to maintain second and third positions incident free.
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28 Mar 2017, 12:52 (Ref:3722151) | #62 | ||
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Still don't buy it.
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28 Mar 2017, 15:01 (Ref:3722183) | #63 | ||
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But... I can imagine that both drivers were instructed to hold position. I think who was the leading Mercedes driver likely had little impact. So if the roles were reversed, I expect the result would have been the same. Finish in that position to guarantee points and podium for both drivers. To early in the year for heavy handed team orders. Richard |
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28 Mar 2017, 15:12 (Ref:3722186) | #64 | ||
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Is being instructed to hold position not team orders?
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Given team orders can range from the extreme of "pit this lap" to "allow your teammate to pass", I would say holding position is a "team order". I don't disagree with your comment at the top of this page other than the sureness that there was an order of any type. The context of the general discussion however has been if Bottas was told to not pass or pressure Hamilton due to a preference for Hamilton to finish in front of Bottas. My opinion is that real or implied driver ranking within the team was likely not a significant factor in any orders at the end of this race... if any orders even existed. I would assume that constructor points was the prime motivation with respect to late race strategy. Richard |
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28 Mar 2017, 21:35 (Ref:3722270) | #66 | |
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If Lewis was behind Bottas in a faster car at that stage of a GP, telling him to hold station would be a complete waste of breath.
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29 Mar 2017, 03:57 (Ref:3722333) | #67 | ||
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I think it is all huff and puff given Lewis wasn't able to get past Verstappen even with a known pace advantage, then Bottas was never going to get past Hamilton with the same car.
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29 Mar 2017, 09:01 (Ref:3722379) | #68 | |
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You're probably right, apparently Ocon was 27 km/h faster down the straight than Alonso and could not get an overtake right.
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29 Mar 2017, 14:28 (Ref:3722434) | #69 | |
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I think this is right. Bottas probably could have challenged Hamilton at the end but wasn't going to ruffle feathers in the team yet. Hamilton wouldn't have cared about that. Bottom line is that bottas looked competitive enough that he probably could have made a run and passed Hamilton late, which is encouraging for anyone thinking Hamilton could walk away with it this year or dominate his new teammate.
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29 Mar 2017, 15:40 (Ref:3722453) | #70 | ||
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I'm not so sure - I certainly think Bottas could have got closer to Hamilton - but then he'd have been in the dirty air of Hamiltons car and not be able to get within DRS range. Also how hard was Hamilton pushing? He wasn't going to catch Seb so he may well have just turned the engine down and cruised to the finish. All ifs and buts really though so we'll have to wait and see......
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29 Mar 2017, 18:52 (Ref:3722475) | #72 | |
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If they did have to put in team orders to keep Bottas behind, then surely that's good enough for Mercedes to know that Bottas is doing just fine? He doesn't have to beat Lewis to prove he's good enough to keep - he just needs to be close. If he's so close he gets told to slow down, then surely Mercedes would be happy with that?
Arguably, if they told Bottas to hold position, it's better than Rosberg did a lot of the time, and they kept him. |
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9 Apr 2017, 14:20 (Ref:3725037) | #73 | ||
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I see Hamilton is winning in the hair department. His transplant has rooted well!
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Well, he's comprehensively ahead in all respects really after China......
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