F1 2020: ROUND 16 Bahrain 2

ctrl-alt-delete

Gotta laugh at Russell there,

"this should be a big tyre advantage"

George " I fcuking hope so"

H3llR4iser

Well that was a magnificient cokc up...in all this, Bottas still has the same tires he came in with

jammiedodgers

Absolutely gutted for Russell and Bottas, but you have to love the drama of it all!

ACitizenErased

They put Bottas tyres on Russell then realised when Bottas came in that Russell's tyres were left over.

Tzardine

Get that safety car in FFS

murphyebass

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Bottas has nothing to do with handing anyone the win here.

Pit crew were an absolute shambles.

Ah he was driving terribly as it was. Russell was hammering him.

He’s really looked ****e today. Worse than I thought he’d be.

But he had his excuse now. It was the pit crews problem.

chopperbyrne

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Bottas has nothing to do with handing anyone the win here.

Pit crew were an absolute shambles.

Russell will win unless he has a mechanical issue or Bottas ****s him on a restart.

MaddChris

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

That must be a penalty. What a **** up.

Brundle said if you come in within 3 laps of the mistake you avoid a penalty.

BikeRacer

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Gotta laugh at Russell there,

"this should be a big tyre advantage"

George " I fcuking hope so"

Didn't someone here say he was too boring/nice to curse? :pac:

flazio

The Williams can't even overtake the safety car on the main straight.

Polar101

Well it was getting boring, glad the pit crews decided to spice things up a bit.

ctrl-alt-delete

So really Russell should be let through to go on and try win the race?

Gaoth Laidir

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Well that was a magnificient cokc up...in all this, Bottas still has the same tires he came in with

Yes, and they're hards. Russell has new mediums on.

ACitizenErased

Someone's gonna be sacked from the Empire for that.

They're not even new tyres they put on Russell. Talk about creating problems for yourselves.

Tzardine

BOT on old Hard tyres, RUS on newer softer ones. Come on RUS. Get it done quick.

Edit - RUS might be on his old tyres still too?

MAULBROOK

A bit of Maranello madness from the Mercs

How many ****ing laps are they going to waste under the SC? Let them go ffs.

donspeekinglesh

MaddChris wrote: »

Brundle said if you come in within 3 laps of the mistake you avoid a penalty.

I really, really hope so. Feel so bad for George. Must be a new(ISH) rule change. I have vague memories of a driver getting punished for doing one lap in practice on the wrong set.

PsychoPete

Surely they should let Russell pass Bottas

Rossi IRL

Russell robbed

ctrl-alt-delete

You beauty George

Tzardine

Comitted there from RUS. Quality

antodeco

Well done George!

chopperbyrne

Excellent from Russell there.

h3000

A man driving for a seat in a Mercedes. Great move.

Charlie-Bravo

George can race!!! What a brave move.

Tzardine

We are seeing talent here lads. More than just a quick car.

Rossi IRL

Very composed overtakes from Russell

2 more to go

Fair play Russell.

Cool_CM

Great overtake. That's the edge that Bottas looks to be missing

Faugheen

Come on George!

2011

Fantastic! Go Russell !!

ctrl-alt-delete

Right, i'd settle for either George or Sergio to take this one now.

Tzardine

I swear to god, if he wins this.......

chopperbyrne

On the podium now.

Can't see Ocon holding him off, but Perez has that stupid straight line speed at the front of the pack to help him.

flazio

Max should be worried. He's got no chance to get the Mercedes-Benz seat after Lewis leaves.

ACitizenErased

What's Perez lapping compared to Russell anyone know

Brundle loves going on about the Merc not being great in traffic but the last couple of seasons it's Bottas not great in traffic.

MaddChris

Don't know how anyone else feels, but this is brilliant!

namloc1980

Russell has left Bottas in his wake.

skipper_G

ACitizenErased wrote: »

What's Perez lapping compared to Russell anyone know

3 tenths quicker last time

ACitizenErased

F1 is 1000000x better when Hamilton's not racing, don't care what anyone says

namloc1980

ACitizenErased wrote: »

What's Perez lapping compared to Russell anyone know

Russell faster

Rossi IRL

Perez has the win

Russell might have the pace to catch him but not pass him unfortunately

Hope I'm wrong

chopperbyrne

Deleted User wrote: »

Brundle loves going on about the Merc not being great in traffic but the last couple of seasons it's Bottas not great in traffic.

In fairness, on the rare occasion Lewis has been in traffic he's struggled a bit too, but he's just so good at taking the opportunity when it appears, he gets past anyway.

tipp_tipp_tipp

Come on checo

Tzardine

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Perez has the win

Russell just hasn't got that pace to catch him unfortunately

Hope I'm wrong

RUS is quicker, and closing, but I dont think he has enough laps.

flazio

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Perez has the win

Russell just hasn't got that pace to catch him unfortunately

Hope I'm wrong

Perez had a podium last weekend, remember what happened there?

MaddChris

Deleted User wrote: »

Brundle loves going on about the Merc not being great in traffic but the last couple of seasons it's Bottas not great in traffic.

Exactly.
The few times Hamilton has been down the grid for any reason, he's cruised through the pack.....