Not really sure, we didn't really get to see his race pace did we? We saw how much faster Lewis was to Bottas when Bottas pitted.tangodjango wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 17:50On the plus side Max had much better race pace vs quali as compared to Portimao.
True but consider that Bottas had what appeared to be not insignificant damage and was only half a second off Hamilton's fastest lap on his own effort at the end of the race. I don't feel there was that much in it even between Lewis and Max maybe two-three tenths maximum. It was much more at Portimao maybe because of low grip conditions there as some others have mentioned.NathanOlder wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 18:30Not really sure, we didn't really get to see his race pace did we? We saw how much faster Lewis was to Bottas when Bottas pitted.tangodjango wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 17:50On the plus side Max had much better race pace vs quali as compared to Portimao.
I don't think it is luck but trying to build hand made british F1 legend. When I saw that pit vsc thing I just closed TV and that was my last time. I will not watch it any more.
Didn't Bottas still have the big lump of vettels car stuck at that point. I thought they only cleared it in the 2nd stop.
Isn't it up to Red Bull - Honda to build a faster car?
If Hulk struggles then he is "rubbish", likewise Perez. I don't think Hulk will struggle, he does quite OK with cars with unstable rear. Perez could struggle and that would "out" Perez as being overrated all along...
RBR deliberately ignored #14 Alonso for 2020 or 2021, which is just madness IMO. To overlook an available fast driver who performs well -- huge missed opportunity.
I don’t know when they cleared that, they didn’t say on the radiobroadcast I was listening the race on but after Max did clear him he was keeping pace with Lewis. Last race he lost more and more. We will never really know as Lewis and Max weren’t racing eachother here but there are some indications RBR was closer than last race imho. Still, Merc is clearly fastest everywhere.NathanOlder wrote: ↑01 Nov 2020, 20:02Didn't Bottas still have the big lump of vettels car stuck at that point. I thought they only cleared it in the 2nd stop.