Juzh wrote: ↑06 Dec 2021, 21:39
Swifty wrote: ↑06 Dec 2021, 17:29
Toto assembled the better car, the better PU and, of course,
the better driver.
Earlier in the season when Hamilton was under real pressure of not having by far the best performing car and worse season prospects he was falling off the track every second race.
If it were not for Bottas playing bowling in Hungary then Hamilton's title chances would be much, much further away than what they are now. It's easy to play strategic mind games on track if you're in an inherently faster car that's also sh1tloads faster on straights, thus making it dead easy to put constant pressure on the guy in front.
Everyone seems to forget that Hamilton made the mistake of not pitting at the restart, started the race on his own and then pitted the next lap to rejoin in last position. That race was by no means a "gift", he had to come through the field.
Anyway, I still think Verstappen has a solid chance of taking this championship. He's leading it on race wins, so if both cars DNF he wins the championship, and that's clearly his mindset. He dominated this race last year, and that was during a year when the Mercedes had a much bigger advantage. I fully expect Max to do everything possible to win this championship, and if that includes taking both cars out of the race to prevent Hamilton finishing ahead of him, that's what he will do. He absolutely will not care what people say, the record books will record him as the 2021 WDC and that's all that matters.
