Bottas pips Verstappen and Hamilton to complete clean sweep of Mugello practice

13 comments on “Bottas pips Verstappen and Hamilton to complete clean sweep of Mugello practice”

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   David Bondo
   12th September 2020, 12:21

   Wow Verstappen 1 second quicker than his teammate and on the pace of the Mercedes. Imagine what he’d do in a Merc.
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      Gigantor (@kbdavies)
      12th September 2020, 12:33

      He’ll do exactly what either of the two Mercedes drivers are doing. And this is practice, not we qualifying.
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      Esploratore (@esploratore)
      12th September 2020, 12:56

      Even as a verstappen fan, I have to admit it’s more albon who’s a disaster than verstappen who does magic, he’s a very strong driver but on mercedes I feel he’d be on hamilton’s level (on a typical race) or little faster, while hamilton has more exp.
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         David Bondo
         12th September 2020, 13:04

         He’s be a lot quicker than Hamilton in the same car.

         Bottas no better than a Perez or Grosjean at the end of the day, yet often close to the pace of Hamilton.
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            David BR (@david-br)
            12th September 2020, 13:49

            Really? Yet in wet weather qualification this year, when the cars level out considerably and driver talent comes to the fore, Verstappen was still over a second off Hamilton’s pace. Personally I’d guess Verstappen would be very slightly quicker, while Hamilton is a bit more subtle with inputs and slightly better in terms of car awareness and track conditions. But they’d be very evenly matched. There’s no need to downplay Hamilton’s level, proven on multiple levels and in multiple situations, to make a claim for how good Verstappen is.
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               mystic one (@mysticus)
               12th September 2020, 14:00

               max seems faster thanx to the fact he is driving like there is no tomorrow… he is way too aggressive and doesnt think about a whole race let alone whole season — he is like living the moment… his mission is to overtake at all costs… this reason he looks faster over a lap, but whole gp/season is a whole lot different ball game… with the current limited budgets financially (spending) and physically (car parts) he will find it best to tone down a little… it is not like ham is slow, he just takes it easy, he has been one of the most aggressive fair guys in the past, he can be aggressive but he uses his brain more than say compared 2007 13/14 years ago when he jumped f1 wagon…
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               David BR (@david-br)
               12th September 2020, 15:58

               @mysticus That description certainly applies to a couple of years ago, but I think Verstappen has evolved already. Also I don’t see his aggression as a problem. The issue I thought was his tendency to be a touch arrogant when he got passed, he’d ‘flick’ the car in front of the passed driver, a bit like some tailgaters do once they’ve passed to show you shouldn’t have been holding them up (maybe it’s just a Brazil thing). And that sometimes cost him, Brazil 2018 being one case when he clashed with Ocon. Aggression has to be channelled to 100% functional, not pointless gesture, which is what Hamilton has perfected.
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               mystic one (@mysticus)
               12th September 2020, 16:39

               @david-br thats kind of what i was saying… his aggression is not really a fair one, some of the moves he has been doing until this year were blatantly dangerous… Yes he has mellowed this year a lot compared to previous years… he still keeps the cheeky/snobbish attitude a bit, but his comments after race calmed and matured… Hope he continues to be fair aggressive, that makes racing enjoying…
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      trib4udi (@trib4udi)
      12th September 2020, 13:26

      well, we simply will never know. Personally, i find Bottas a tier 2 driver (category: Perez, Hulk) and one could expect Max to have 0.3s edge on him.
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   John H (@john-h)
   12th September 2020, 12:24

   Gasly and Stroll again! Fair play.
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   Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
   12th September 2020, 12:27

   “Sergio Perez was the quicker of the two RP20s, lapping just over half a second slower than Bottas.”

   This should say Stroll I think!
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   Rodber
   12th September 2020, 13:11

   Leclerc holding people up again. Tut tut.
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   Ajaxn
   12th September 2020, 15:12

   Looks like Mercedes is trying to build his confidence. The troubles is when Hamilton holds back that makes all the more likely that Verstappen will step in.

   Hamilton can afford to drive within himself on this ‘unknown’ track and leave the risk taking to those who need the points.

   The story of this race will be Bottas or Verstappen, who gets that runners up spot?

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