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@sjzelli @red-andy I haven’t heard the radio message, but I suppose that Hamilton was told to do the opposite of what Ricciardo would do. It’s not the first time a team is doing this. Mercedes was genuinely ready […]

Yes @selbbin! I was impressed how Lando followed Hamilton in Austria, but not quite enough to take the top step. Now, since Spa, the team is legitimately annoying to the top duo.
There’s more to come: Lando can […]

@balue I’m well aware of Bottas contract with Alfa Romeo (technically Sauber, by the way).
To sum up my point in one sentence: no driver is irreplaceable in F1. Mercedes can fire Bottas and find someone else. […]

@redpill Anyone can be fired anytime in F1. Contracts can be undone with the right amount of money. Who can replace Bottas? Simple: George Russel.
I don’t think Bottas is willingly under performing, he just can’t […]

@esploratore1
maybe some of it on purpose
So, this is speculation.

Erikje After being stuck behind Ricciardo, Verstappen was passed by Alonso in an Alpine… Did you enjoy that move?

Thank you for the link @miltosgreekfan!
This explains how Pérez ended so far back: RB pitted him two laps after Verstappen and he hit the wall.
The curse on this seat is definitely still on.

If RIC didn’t have a slow pitstop, 100% Ham comes out behind him and spends another 20 laps looking at that McLaren rear wing

That is debatable: given the pace advantage of the Mercedes in clean air, Hamilton w […]

Refusing to obey to team orders or throwing a race to the bin because you feel upset is setting a very bad precedent: no one wants to hire that kind of drivers.

You’re right: RedBull’s strategy was sub-optimal. Usually they are sharp strategy wise, I don’t understand why they pitted Verstappen around the same time as Hamilton, when he had more durable tires.

You summed it up well. Lando’s time is coming, sooner or later he’ll win his first race.As you said, I hope the whole teams learns from this and make better call in the future. They are slowly catching up with the […]

I don’t mind seeing him clinch title #10. That’s a round number, then he retires.
But don’t get me wrong, I want those titles to be hard to get, with battles that remains in the memories.

Absolutely @johnrkh. Under normal circumstances, I don’t see Hamilton clinching the title. He needs to be flawless and bad luck on Verstappen’s side to win in the end.

As I remember, they at least called him twice in the pits. There may have been more messages that weren’t played on TV. In the end you cannot force a driver in, he has to drive in the pits. And if he doesn’t want, […]

Lots of ‘if’ there mate.

He did not succeed for 45 Las with by far the fastest car.

Show some respect to that McLaren.
As Verstappen himself noted: the Williams is not as bad as people usually think. Same goes for the McLaren: it is […]

I believe he threw the race on purpose

Which – if true, and we are far from that point – is a very idiotic thing to do. F1 teams look at your past to decide if they hire you or not. Refusing to obey to team […]

Hamilton spent almost the entire race stuck behind one or the other Mclaren

As did Verstappen, albeit he only encountered one car from Woking. He eventually passed, but it took him more time than for any other […]

Lando wanted that win, especially after Monza. But, I hope next time he’ll question the team decision, and if the wall insist, do what they say.

What an achievement! And I’ve seen all of them.
But remember: records are there to be surpassed. So, who is going to replace Hamilton in the top step?