[ 2020 ] AMG Mercedes F1 Team - Mercedes

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I wish the guys at Sky Sports would stop trying to drum up this imaginary competition between Hamilton and Bottas. They keep making it out like they are in an even fight, wondering who will get the upper hand!

I realize without an imaginary competition between the 2 Mercedes drivers there wouldn't be much competing in F1 at all right now, but come on!

Hamilton is a half second faster than Bottas whenever he needs to be. It's not a competition.

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Ringleheim wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 06:09
I wish the guys at Sky Sports would stop trying to drum up this imaginary competition between Hamilton and Bottas. They keep making it out like they are in an even fight, wondering who will get the upper hand!

I realize without an imaginary competition between the 2 Mercedes drivers there wouldn't be much competing in F1 at all right now, but come on!

Hamilton is a half second faster than Bottas whenever he needs to be. It's not a competition.
They’ve got to try and upsell any drama or narrative. They are trying to sell a product to people to make them watch, at the end of the day. Sky are the masters of this and will brief the whole team on what they should be saying. They are hardly going to say ‘well this will be an obvious 1-2 for Mercedes and an easy win for Hamilton again.’ Bad for business! They are as much salespeople and hype men as commentators, pundits and presenters.

Look the job they did convincing the UK/world that darts is a must watch sport!

(Apologies, this may be leading the thread grossly off topic...)

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Bottas gave another "to whom it may concern FU" speech apparently.

Which to be honest I really don't understand. The only reason he won was because of the Hamilton penalty. Personally, I would only be happy and mouthing off like that if I had deserved it via pole or good racing.

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Hamilton will come back very hard on Bottas next race. wait and watch.

Bottas need to grow....

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djones wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 17:52
Bottas gave another "to whom it may concern FU" speech apparently.

Which to be honest I really don't understand. The only reason he won was because of the Hamilton penalty. Personally, I would only be happy and mouthing off like that if I had deserved it via pole or good racing.
I can understand him wanting to say something in response to all the criticism and he was clearly amped up in the moment, but it was a bit cringe, and he was slightly gifted the win.
Psychologically as well it was slightly telling.

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El Scorchio wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 18:33
djones wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 17:52
Bottas gave another "to whom it may concern FU" speech apparently.

Which to be honest I really don't understand. The only reason he won was because of the Hamilton penalty. Personally, I would only be happy and mouthing off like that if I had deserved it via pole or good racing.
I can understand him wanting to say something in response to all the criticism and he was clearly amped up in the moment, but it was a bit cringe, and he was slightly gifted the win.
Psychologically as well it was slightly telling.
Really? Bottas was gifted nothing, he was significantly faster on the mediums and had a 39 second gap for his stop which wipes out the 10 second penalty and then some. Came back out on the hard tires 16 seconds ahead then cruised away to a 23 second advantage at the flag.

Lewis was always at a disadvantage starting on softs compared to Valtteri and Max on the mediums and would have lost that position with or without the penalty.

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Raleigh wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 18:58
El Scorchio wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 18:33
djones wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 17:52
Bottas gave another "to whom it may concern FU" speech apparently.

Which to be honest I really don't understand. The only reason he won was because of the Hamilton penalty. Personally, I would only be happy and mouthing off like that if I had deserved it via pole or good racing.
I can understand him wanting to say something in response to all the criticism and he was clearly amped up in the moment, but it was a bit cringe, and he was slightly gifted the win.
Psychologically as well it was slightly telling.
Really? Bottas was gifted nothing, he was significantly faster on the mediums and had a 39 second gap for his stop which wipes out the 10 second penalty and then some. Came back out on the hard tires 16 seconds ahead then cruised away to a 23 second advantage at the flag.

Lewis was always at a disadvantage starting on softs compared to Valtteri and Max on the mediums and would have lost that position with or without the penalty.
I don’t think you can just state that Hamilton would have lost the position. Could have happened but it’s not a fact. Hamilton is far better on his tyres than Bottas. What is fact is that he was just completely taken out of the equation for the win by the penalties leaving only Verstappen as any sort of competition for the win, but on a track which really doesn’t suit the RB. Having Hamilton out of the equation is definitely a gift for any other driver!

Edit- to add, I’d also call it a bit of a gift to Hamilton or Verstappen if it was vice versa in the same situation

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El Scorchio wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 19:17
I don’t think you can just state that Hamilton would have lost the position. Could have happened but it’s not a fact. Hamilton is far better on his tyres than Bottas. What is fact is that he was just completely taken out of the equation for the win by the penalties leaving only Verstappen as any sort of competition for the win, but on a track which really doesn’t suit the RB. Having Hamilton out of the equation is definitely a gift for any other driver!

Edit- to add, I’d also call it a bit of a gift to Hamilton or Verstappen if it was vice versa in the same situation
Penalty certainly eliminated Lewis from any chance of the win, but realistically on the worse tire strategy he was at best fighting Verstappen.

Valtteri matched Lewis up till his stop and then started pumping in fastest laps and was steadily pulling away right up until his own stop despite Hamilton being on new hard tires. Lewis did have traffic but only slight, if I recall he only had to pass Vettel and did so very quickly.

After stops Valtteri was on newer tyres and continued to lap faster than Lewis with both cars in clear air.

Bottas has always been very good on Sochi, the track is very kind on tires which negates any advantage Lewis might have and ontop of that Bottas had the better tire strategy. Overall, even without the penalty Valtteri would have been well ahead after the pitstops and on newer tires.

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Raleigh wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 19:48
El Scorchio wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 19:17
I don’t think you can just state that Hamilton would have lost the position. Could have happened but it’s not a fact. Hamilton is far better on his tyres than Bottas. What is fact is that he was just completely taken out of the equation for the win by the penalties leaving only Verstappen as any sort of competition for the win, but on a track which really doesn’t suit the RB. Having Hamilton out of the equation is definitely a gift for any other driver!

Edit- to add, I’d also call it a bit of a gift to Hamilton or Verstappen if it was vice versa in the same situation
Penalty certainly eliminated Lewis from any chance of the win, but realistically on the worse tire strategy he was at best fighting Verstappen.

Valtteri matched Lewis up till his stop and then started pumping in fastest laps and was steadily pulling away right up until his own stop despite Hamilton being on new hard tires. Lewis did have traffic but only slight, if I recall he only had to pass Vettel and did so very quickly.

After stops Valtteri was on newer tyres and continued to lap faster than Lewis with both cars in clear air.

Bottas has always been very good on Sochi, the track is very kind on tires which negates any advantage Lewis might have and ontop of that Bottas had the better tire strategy. Overall, even without the penalty Valtteri would have been well ahead after the pitstops and on newer tires.
Well, unfortunately because of the double penalty, we will never know. As soon as it was announced it became all about damage limitation, gapping Perez and conserving the engine for Hamilton rather than anything else. Ruined what would have been a very intriguing tussle.

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PlatinumZealot wrote:
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Morteza wrote:
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I would love to buy a scaled model of the black W11. Which brand makes them? And where can I purchase online?
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Bottas didn’t hold off lewis for the indisputable win, earning it through attrition. Who’s to say he wouldn’t have had an un-forced an error like many other good drivers who have had HAM in their mirrors? That ‘to whom it may concern’ comment was cringe as f

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PlatinumZealot wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 20:22
I would love to buy a scaled model of the black W11. Which brand makes them? And where can I purchase online
Earliest W11 model should be shipping out in December:

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djones wrote:
27 Sep 2020, 17:52
Bottas gave another "to whom it may concern FU" speech apparently.

Which to be honest I really don't understand. The only reason he won was because of the Hamilton penalty. Personally, I would only be happy and mouthing off like that if I had deserved it via pole or good racing.
BOT stayed within 3s of HAM the entire first stint, there is no guarantee that HAM would have won today without the penalty. BOT drove well today and has driven well at Sochi in several other occasions.