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he served it in pits...
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he served it in pits...
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Exactly. He doesn't have that penalty he wins.
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He wasn't going to win it though, he was too far back. It was a nice idea but that's about it.
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There's the rub. He would have been right up there with Vettel if he hadn't (quite deliberately) tried to hold up Ricciardo.
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Shades of his McLaren days, right there. Dick move. Dick move.
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Vettel finally says it: "THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT."
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FERRARI!!! now, back to the WEC for the end 👍
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I'd give DOTD to either Vettel or silent under the radar driver Grosjean or Perez.
Most likely Perez considering where he started and how difficult this track is.
Most likely Perez considering where he started and how difficult this track is.
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Vettel's still ahead by a margin.
I might have been reading them wrong, but I could have sworn they were only .9 seconds quicker.Nice win for Seb and Ferrari. Anything over the Mercs and I'm happy.
Absolute heartbreak for Alonso. The guy just can't catch a break. I'm starting to think you might be right @Dennish. The mkre I see of this, the more I see him walking out of McLaren for good.
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Vettel's still ahead by a margin.
Lap 54 was, laps prior to that were as I said 1.2-1.5, but laps 54 and 55 where Lewis dealing with 3 back markers.
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Supreme by Vettel. Gutted for Bottas though, one day he'll get the win.
Kimi and Danny Ric are being outclassed by their team-mates yet again.
Kimi and Danny Ric are being outclassed by their team-mates yet again.
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Ricciardo got Webber'd.
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Still kinda weird to see how good the atmosphere is in the pre-podest room (no idea how it's really called) this season. Considering how awkward and cold it was all those years with Nico and Lewis.
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@andrea Wouldn't say he is fully Webber but I suspect he will be soon.
@Vinylshark Early days but it will get frosty eventually.
@Vinylshark Early days but it will get frosty eventually.
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Going to be a night of reflection for Lewis. So many missed opportunities:
That bottled last lap in Q3.
That terrible grid start.
That idiotic move on Ricciardo in the pits.
If he'd done any of those three differently, he might have won tonight.
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Gutted for Verstappen. And Alonso. And feeling a tiny bit sorry for Stroll. Yes, he did crash again, but it was mostly not his fault.
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DOTD should go to Vettel. Great run. Great pace. Some on-track action. Masterful strategy with the undercut. Sure, Lewis was faster both Saturday and Sunday, but it's results that count. And Vettel got the result.
That bottled last lap in Q3.
That terrible grid start.
That idiotic move on Ricciardo in the pits.
If he'd done any of those three differently, he might have won tonight.
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Gutted for Verstappen. And Alonso. And feeling a tiny bit sorry for Stroll. Yes, he did crash again, but it was mostly not his fault.
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DOTD should go to Vettel. Great run. Great pace. Some on-track action. Masterful strategy with the undercut. Sure, Lewis was faster both Saturday and Sunday, but it's results that count. And Vettel got the result.
I can't imagine Ricciardo going full Webber actually. Maybe Verstappen does surpass him, but Webber in his last 3 years wasn't even close to Vettel, whereas Ricciardo can at least end up being like Rosberg against Hamilton, in that some days he'll still be able to get more out of the car.
If Red Bull does try to turn Ricciardo into Webber 2.0, I suspect he walks as there's a good chance that at least a couple of other teams will want him.
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3 races over and Bottas already 30 points behind Vettel. They should change the point system. 25 Points for the winner is just too much imo.
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Most would agree, but when the FOM set up the points that we've had for some years now, it was with a mindset that winners should be rewarded more.
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No. He'd have lost time double-stacking in the pit lane.
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Why do they introduce Damon Hill with the title under his name being 22 Grand Prix Winner rather than F1 World Champion...
No he'd have been actually with in DRS time of Vettel at the end there and who knows. Lewis @niky put it, ruined his own race.
No he'd have been actually with in DRS time of Vettel at the end there and who knows. Lewis @niky put it, ruined his own race.
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no burnouts during the interviews please
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In what sense? Do you mean compared to other motorsports, or F1's past systems? If the latter, he's a 1st place + 7th place behind Vettel - much the same under the 2003-2009 points system, where he'd actually be a 1st + 6th behind.
This has been discussed before but the current system, compared to 2003-2009, doesn't reward race winners more - it punishes 2nd instead. Which technically does make a difference if it's only a two-way title fight, but if Bottas can get in the mix then it will matter less.
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Still a lot of season left for Bottas to make up ground. I don't think he has a reason to panic.
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Is this gonna be the year in which Mclaren do not take a single point?
Compare Mclaren year for year here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Grand_Prix_results
Compare Mclaren year for year here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Grand_Prix_results
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