2021 AMG Mercedes F1 Team

[zibby43]

Just seen a Sky interview with Russell and Bottas. I’m 90% sure Bottas is staying by the body language.

Russell is in already for Merc.

Merc are waiting for Alfa to sort Bottas’ seat.

Sounds plausible, but do you have a source?

Yes. And that same source inspired an article from The Race today, which stated:

Though Wolff’s proclamation could theoretically mean alternate avenues are being explored for Russell, it appears considerably more likely that Mercedes is waiting for Bottas to agree terms on a deal with another team – speculated as being Alfa Romeo – so that his F1 future is sorted when it makes the announcement.

[selvam_e2002]

Why so silent here? Is Mercedes gambled not to go with full wet? Hence Russel in front or it is raw talent from Russel. It is very surprise Russel in front of Hamilton

[Unf]

It is very surprise Russel in front of Hamilton

It is... until 2022

[rickybobbyf1]

Odd they mostly set up the car for a dry race. I wonder which forecast they are using. It seems like every one I checked said rain for the race.

[mkay]

Odd they mostly set up the car for a dry race. I wonder which forecast they are using. It seems like every one I checked said rain for the race.

Probably James Vowles. Seriously this is looking like the wettest F1 weekend in several years and Merc gambles on a dry setup. This definitely feels like Vowlesian hubris.

[rickybobbyf1]

lol yes. Multiple forecasts say 91% of rain around the start of the race…

[1m0bius1]

Can we expect George to assist Hamilton here?

[rickybobbyf1]

Can we expect George to assist Hamilton here?

I doubt he will actively assist. The most he will do if he wants to be a team player for Merc is not put up a battle against Ham. Also, Ham will be starting behind pole man, not Russell.

[Manoah2u]

ehm, russell wil start behind pole man, not hamilton.

i'd argue that russell only needs to make sure that IF max is not in front of them, he doesn't have contact with hamilton.
with max in front, merc needs to change that, so russell is going to give ham a toe plus drs, and a buffer for the pitstops.

[zibby43]

ehm, russell wil start behind pole man, not hamilton.

i'd argue that russell only needs to make sure that IF max is not in front of them, he doesn't have contact with hamilton.
with max in front, merc needs to change that, so russell is going to give ham a toe plus drs, and a buffer for the pitstops.

They’re referring to how the cars line up on the grid. Not the order.

[ringo]

Were Hamilton's last runs done on used tyres?

[mkay]

Were Hamilton's last runs done on used tyres?

No. It was a new set (his last).

Issue for Hamilton is that he doesn’t have a new set of inters and 2 out of 4 sets are compromised with flatspots, while Max still has one new set. That’s a solid advantage going into what is likely going to be an intermediate tyre race based on the forecast rainfall around the time of the GP.

[1m0bius1]

Forecast is for 0.3-0.4 mm of rain over 3 hours... basically 0.1-0.15mm an hour. Isnt that basically dry or extremely light rain?

[NathanOlder]

Patiently waiting for the F3 race to see how the circuit looks.

[Just_a_fan]

ehm, russell wil start behind pole man, not hamilton.

i'd argue that russell only needs to make sure that IF max is not in front of them, he doesn't have contact with hamilton.
with max in front, merc needs to change that, so russell is going to give ham a toe plus drs, and a buffer for the pitstops.

Russell will be to Max's left, Hamilton will be behind Max. That's how the grid works.