Yankee_Jack
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So we go to Belgium with wet weather possible. A track where wet weather and track has reined carnage in the past. A 7 km track, with two long straights that will show who the fastest cars really are.
Think it has to be the cars, when you look back a few seasons Hamilton and Vettel used to be nip and tuck.That was a crazy race. Gasly from Sainz and Strohl.
Hamilton penalized to last pace cuts through the pack to finish 7th. Bottaro’s only managed 5th. Are cars and drivers really that different at Mercedes.
I was thinking about the difference between Hamilton and Bottas. It doesn't make much sense that in qualifying both drivers are nip and tuck. On Sat, there was just 0.069 seconds separating them. During a race ... Bottas just can't stay with Hamilton, even when he starts well, and as it showed today, Bottas has little to no edge over other teams.Think it has to be the cars, when you look back a few seasons Hamilton and Vettel used to be nip and tuck.
I agree Yankee, Think in this case it may well be Bottas, he does tend to blow hot & cold, nowhere near Hamiltons consistency.I was thinking about the difference between Hamilton and Bottas. It doesn't make much sense that in qualifying both drivers are nip and tuck. On Sat, there was just 0.069 seconds separating them. During a race ... Bottas just can't stay with Hamilton, even when he starts well, and as it showed today, Bottas has little to no edge over other teams.
I wonder whether it is more that Bottas generally starts behind Hamilton (even if by a meagre .069 seconds) and the Mercedes perform significantly worse in the dirty air (Hamilton encountered some of this when he was making his way through the field yesterday). I think they have designed a car at Mercedes that presumes it will be in the lead!I was thinking about the difference between Hamilton and Bottas. It doesn't make much sense that in qualifying both drivers are nip and tuck. On Sat, there was just 0.069 seconds separating them. During a race ... Bottas just can't stay with Hamilton, even when he starts well, and as it showed today, Bottas has little to no edge over other teams.
A good point and if that is the case then Bottas has to up his game in qualifying to oust Hamilton from pole.I wonder whether it is more that Bottas generally starts behind Hamilton (even if by a meagre .069 seconds) and the Mercedes perform significantly worse in the dirty air (Hamilton encountered some of this when he was making his way through the field yesterday). I think they have designed a car at Mercedes that presumes it will be in the lead!