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Is that why BOT spun on the safety car lap? :

Tim2179

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no, bottas just sucks

Greyout

falcongsr

refreshing to see a plot where merc doesn't have a brutal pace advantange

look at how SAI hung in there after the SC while everyone else faded. that car's got pace it seems

clayton bigsby

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wonder if Vettel would have had a better chance to catch Ham if Kimi woulda gotten the **** outta the way with his complaining ***.

falcongsr

he would have come up to RIC after VER and faffed about trying to get past him. it wouldn't have made up the margin to HAM entirely.

the safety car after GIO's crash on the front straight gave the lead cars a free pit stop after VET gambled on an early switch to dry tyres. that settled it.

Greyout

doh

falcongsr

not bad for a #77 driver

Greyout

Did he bring the number 6 from williams or is that Nicos old number?

If nicos old number, that explains why they accidentally called him Nico on the radio :facepalm:

falcongsr

his car says 77 on it

that engineer worked with nico for a long time. it takes a lot of getting used to. he should learn to live with it, but he doesn't want to. i guess what i'm saying is it's a hard habit to break.

Greyout

That looks like a 6 on the... bonnet.

or is that the petronas logo

falcongsr

the car number is in red below that. it is not visible in the onboard shot.

Greyout

o rite

Tim2179

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pilot need to get his eyes checked doe

njn63

It's pretty crazy how good he looked relative to Massa. I wonder how bad Massa is.

falcongsr

give him a few races to settle into the new team. there's a lot of integration with the team in just getting the car setup

Tim2179

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Didn't Vettel win in his 2nd race w/Ferrari doe?

Tim2179

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Young Wolff

falcongsr

yeah

Tim2179

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and Versenna? He juan on his first outing with Red Bull?

1158

I think part of the problem is Bottas is replacing the reigning world champion and driving against one of the top 3 drivers on the grid. Not to mention the Merc doesn't have the pace advantage it did. I'm gonna guess he's pressing way too much and just needs to settle down.

Tim2179

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Let's just say there is a reason Merc only signed him to a juan year contract and it isn't because Bottas refused to sign a longer one.

falcongsr

yeah

falcongsr

like i said, he's not bad for a #77 driver.

just give him some time

1158

Well yeah. The quality of drivers available next season is much better than what Merc could scrape together with short notice this year. I think Bot is going to need an unbelievable season to stay at Merc moar than 1 year. I'll be amazed if he's there in 2018.