2021 Spanish Grand Prix - Catalunya, May 07 - 09

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JordanMugen wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:40
PhillipM wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:38
I've a feeling Bottas will be popular today. Holds up Lewis which might have cost a win, couldn't even close the gap on fresh tyres to Max to cover off the fastest lap attempt from Verstappen, Mr.Mediocre is become Mr Liability
Nah, Rosberg showed how to hold up Lewis and defend from Hamilton properly. :wink:

Bottas seems lesser interested in defending his WDC challenge at any cost than Rosberg. :cry:
By crashing into him?

Lewis isn’t dumb and learns fast. I don’t think Rosberg had a chance of beating him again.

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not sure who in their right mind ever thought Bottas is a rival in terms of WDC, the rest was just PR stunt to give impression he is, if you look back at his years in Merc, there was never a real chance, at times he can give a push for Lewis to stay motivated and improve here and there, but there isn't really a competition between them on Sundays

I think Merc gifted the title to Rosberg and this is just compensation for Lewis

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Very interesting that Hamilton said he almost over-rode the strategy and stayed out.

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NathanOlder wrote:
grubschumi13 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:40
Mercedes have more pace than RBR. It's clear now.
On sundays yes, not on Saturdays yet
Who got pole for this GP?... Not a massive difference between them, but even if small the advantage is clear on the Mercedes camp.


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JordanMugen wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:42
PhillipM wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:41
JordanMugen wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:40
Nah, Rosberg showed how to hold up Lewis and defend from Hamilton properly. :wink:


Bottas seems lesser interested in defending his WDC challenge at any cost. :cry:
I mean that's the worst thing, he wasn't defending his own WDC challenge, he was helping Red Bulls.
Bottas 3.0 is, as always, going maximum attack for the title! 8)

Clean-shaven Max looks very odd. :lol:
I’d like to see him with a great big beard. Wouldn’t be comfortable racing with it inside the helmet though!

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Great race for Ferrari, and Charles in particular, once again. On a good trajectory! Not long now

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JPBD1990 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:49
Great race for Ferrari, and Charles in particular, once again. On a good trajectory! Not long now
Carlos almost pipped Ric too.

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El Scorchio wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:47
Very interesting that Hamilton said he almost over-rode the strategy and stayed out.
Well going into the chicane he was .500 behind Verstappen so he probably would have had him. That's what surprised me when he jumped into the pit. But I guess having done that it led to giving RBR no chance of pitting Verstappen to come back at Hamilton if he had gotten past if Hamilton had stayed out and got past

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JPBD1990 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:49
Great race for Ferrari, and Charles in particular, once again. On a good trajectory! Not long now
I REALLY want to see him in a car where he can be up there with Hamilton and Verstappen. That would be superb, and I think Leclerc is a dynamite driver. He will be champion one day.

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Hoffman900 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:50
JPBD1990 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:49
Great race for Ferrari, and Charles in particular, once again. On a good trajectory! Not long now
Carlos almost pipped Ric too.
He had a cracker after the start. If he got that right, it’d have been super close with Charles. Yeah the boiz! Gettin it done.

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El Scorchio wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:43
214270 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:39
What happened to RUS? 2nd race in a row he’s lost a bunch of places in what seems like 1 lap. No cigar…again
He must have made a mistake
Dear oh dear, not again.
Team ANTI-HYPE. Prove it, then I’ll anoint you.

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Better race pace and better tire deg, if Lewis had got into that first corner ahead I wonder what the gap would have been at the end of the race ?

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214270 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:53
El Scorchio wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:43
214270 wrote:
09 May 2021, 16:39
What happened to RUS? 2nd race in a row he’s lost a bunch of places in what seems like 1 lap. No cigar…again
He must have made a mistake
Dear oh dear, not again.
I don’t know for sure he did because I don’t think it was shown but it’s surely the only explanation. His star is fading a tiny bit since the Sakhir GP.

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Did the team just switched off Tsunoda's car to teach him a lesson ? :)

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GP2 GP2 Driver from Alpine to Alonso...... As you sow so shall you read.....After 4 years. :D :D :D :D