Ivan Vinitskyy

It was especially shocking that after lap 54, when Bottas got his new soft tyres, he was still slower over the next 6 laps than Ham on old Mediums. This poor pace has allowed Max to pit and steal fastest lap point.

If your main concern in consistency then this was VERY consistent. Race director always has a final say whether to start the race, stop it, safety car it, VSC it, close pit or anything else. It has to be a human […]

Made no sense to do a standing start given there was only 1 dry line, imagine all cars going for it right after light out. It would have been a mess, and those who wouldn’t have found space on dry patch would […]

A better question is what was Bottas doing letting Williams catch up to him in the first place?

Mick is clearly struggling with the concept of percentages.

@maisch Its physics! The only way to slow them down is to make them slower in quali and why would you do that? It’s exciting to see the cars go around on empty with full power with a single (or 2) shot at it.

Its this kind of nonsense that keeps getting talked about. Yes, many champions are arrogant and out of this world but many are not. Many have humility and are down to earth.

@jerejj Don’t go the other extreme. It would have been wiser to admit the challange ahead and just aim for matching Ver by end of the year. Not beating Max and even Ham, when Mercedes turns out to be faster.

Typical f1 driver with unrealistic belief in his abilities. Will undoubtedly fall flat.

Go away with that kind of mentality, it is incompatible with being an adult.

@minilemm That’s just whataboutism isn’t, just because we don’t question other drivers – doesn’t mean we can’t this one.

It continues to paint the same picture we started hearing about last year. He isn’t just aggressive on track, he just doesn’t care about other people but himself. Running a red light on its own is not enough but […]

If I were to guess I’ll say the delay in contract signing is related to length of contract. Next year is easy to figure out but after that…

@deanfranklin
Can you really judge Russell from one race? Yes he didn’t make a mistake but he didn’t have much to content with. Today’s race speaks more conclusively about Bottas who struggled a lot. Rus […]

Because it’s about money and that comes from marketing / pr where Vettel brings in more. That’s actually the story people who who don’t follow F1 know very well.

Look what happened to Bottas, that’s what would have happened to Russel too. Old tires are good for nothing.

And down to turn 4 near the end… it’ shocking FIA did nothing.

@hotbottoms That’s exacly why he needs to do it. In these times pulling away shows the driver can be fast and look after the car / tyres.

Not for average person, of course not but he’s not average. He had different pressures as a driver for a multi billion dollar brand. To go after these items in his position could be called non-conformist. […]

Lewis is actually as conformist as they come
Could you give some examples to support this view? In my view he is doing a few things that you could call unexpected from someone in his role.
1. He doesn’t […]