El Scorchio wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 18:41
WaikeCU wrote: ↑18 Jul 2021, 18:35
I’m gonna change this conversation you guys are having. Props to the team to call the swap. It gave Lewis the chance to catch Leclerc!
Exactly. People will grumble about team orders but it netted them an extra 8 WCC points so it was the right move that any team worth their salt would do. Bottas was not going to get LeClerc.
Also he’s not in the WDC fight so it was the right move for both campaigns. Anyone who can’t see that simply isn’t looking at it objectively.
I couldn't agree more, the team always acts in the best interest of the team, Lewis's pace on the hard tyres was phenomenal and by ordering Bottas to let him past it allowed Lewis to close the gap and win.
Last race (Austria) Lewis had damage and he was ordered to let Bottas past and not try to defend, so it goes both ways.
Bottas has no chance of winning the drivers championship, Lewis is still in the fight so the team would be stupid not to maximize the results in favour of the driver with the best chance of winning.
It's a shame that Lewis's brilliant win is being overshadowed by hate for what was a simple racing incident, the main thing is Max is ok and I'm sure he'll be back winning more races (not too many I hope lol).