We could say the same about Hamilton - He couldn't overtake Alonso (a better driver) for eternity in Hungary with a much quicker car & fresher tyres.selvam_e2002 wrote: ↑10 Oct 2021, 11:18RB were lucky in Russia else they would have finished in P7 or P8. They cannot even overtake Alpine. Not sure how RB was fast in Russia?ringo wrote: ↑10 Oct 2021, 04:33Redbull was a very fast race car in Russia. For what it's worth we may see the same in Turkey. biased for race pace. Mercedes did not have any advantage in russia and thats why Bottas was so easily passed. Max was up to 9 seconds behind lewis at some point in russia, so i disagree with your very exagerated assessment. The races have been close. Even Monza during the race, as we saw that Mclaren had genuine race pace.Juzh wrote: ↑09 Oct 2021, 21:17Fact of the matter is since silverstone update mercedes has been ahead by significant margin in every race apart from Zandvoort, but circumstances prevented them from capitalising on that massive pace. Anyone still not accepting that is a dreamer at this point. Sooner or later this run of less than optimal results for mercedes will come to an end and I fear Hamilton will just run away with it at that point.
Hamilton overtaking Verstappen on track tomorrow is entirely feasible scenario. Red bull has not been fast at all on back straight and DRS + slipstream is worth something like 30 kmh on this track.
Anyways - Mercedes has been 2 tenths quicker than RB on an average - Sometimes it becomes more in tracks like Monza or Sochi but in tracks like Zandvoort it becomes equal or mabe a tenth to RB ! It is what it is !
