Not my quote. But DChemTech clearly does state 'Well, Perez was about 40s behind Bottas - and remember, some claim Bottas is of "Mazepin level".' which indicates he's seen it claimed somewhere, so it's probably best to address that to him rather than me. But in the past people have absolutely stated on here Bottas is 'worse' than Giovanazzi and on Latifi's level which is equally absurd.Sieper wrote: ↑10 May 2021, 13:13Nobody claimed that. Somebody said Max is of Bottas level. To which it was replied, well, if you believe that then you must think Bottas is of mazepin level. So it was actually a sensible reply on a trolling effort before that. And that is now being abused to push the troll agenda.El Scorchio wrote: ↑10 May 2021, 11:40Also, anyone claiming Bottas is 'Mazepin level' is either an idiot or trolling and their words aren't worth the effort it takes to read them. Is he top tier? No. There are only three top tier drivers in the sport at the moment. He is comfortably in the top 7-8 drivers, along with Perez. If he wasn't, they wouldn't be employing him at Mercedes at a cost of 8 million dollars a year with titles at stake when they could get someone to drive it for half a million dollars.NathanOlder wrote: ↑10 May 2021, 11:27
Well Perez messed his qualy up and only started 8th. Plus he's new to the team (most new drivers are being beat easily by their team mates at the moment) So there's no way Perez vs Bottas can be compared yet. We still haven't had a race where the top 2 team lock out the front 2 rows and get away 1-4 at the start. That will be interesting to see.
But essentially we are agreeing anyway. Bottas is by no means one of the worst drivers on the grid, and using him or Perez as a stick to try and beat either Hamilton or Verstappen with is just silly.