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Mercedes | 7 | 33.33% | |
Ferrari | 0 | 0% | |
Red Bull | 4 | 19.05% | |
Force India | 2 | 9.52% | |
Haas | 0 | 0% | |
Renault | 1 | 4.76% | |
McLaren | 0 | 0% | |
Toro Rosso | 0 | 0% | |
Sauber | 7 | 33.33% | |
Williams | 0 | 0% | |
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30 Sep 2018, 15:01 (Ref:3853523) | #1 | |
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Team of the Grand Prix: Russian Grand Prix 2018
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30 Sep 2018, 17:18 (Ref:3853555) | #2 | ||
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RBR. Ricciardo and Verstappen started 18th and 19th, with Verstappen finishing 5th and Ricciardo 6th.
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30 Sep 2018, 18:31 (Ref:3853589) | #3 | |
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I would like to give Ferrari a shout for doing tactics right this time, managing to get Vettel in front of Hamilton. The Mercedes was the better car in every respect so that was their only shot. It didn't go their way in the end.
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30 Sep 2018, 19:48 (Ref:3853622) | #4 | ||
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RBR gets my vote and after the disgraceful way Mercs acted i will never vote for them again
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30 Sep 2018, 23:57 (Ref:3853682) | #5 | ||
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Red Bull Racing...
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1 Oct 2018, 04:10 (Ref:3853708) | #6 | ||
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Mercedes, but they picked up a load of bad karma too.
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1 Oct 2018, 08:50 (Ref:3853757) | #7 | ||
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Very tricky. On performance it should clearly be Mercedes, but I hate team orders. In the end I abstained.
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1 Oct 2018, 09:55 (Ref:3853771) | #8 | |||
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and that's the reason I gave it to Mercedes. where as Ferrari have tried to deceive fans with team orders in the past, Toto was the perfect manager and made the right call for the team. and then explained his decision afterwards. 1,2 in qualifying, the race and played a perfect team game |
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1 Oct 2018, 12:18 (Ref:3853804) | #9 | ||
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Fair point. TW was up-front about it, whereas Ferrari in the past were very evasive.
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1 Oct 2018, 13:24 (Ref:3853818) | #10 | ||
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1 Oct 2018, 13:42 (Ref:3853822) | #11 | ||
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Sauber for turning what looked to be a pigs ear earlier this year and somehow creating a silk purse...
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1 Oct 2018, 14:18 (Ref:3853832) | #12 | ||
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I can't see any reason why. As has been said forever and a day (it seems), team orders have always played a part in F1, whether overtly or otherwise. It was clearly the right thing to do and if any of us had been team managers, we'd have done it to.
I don't see what difference it made to a dull event. I give my vote though to RBR as irrespective of Mercedes, they deserve it. |
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1 Oct 2018, 14:43 (Ref:3853842) | #13 | |||
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It's not about what difference it made to a dull race. If this had happened in an exciting race, the reaction would be the same, maybe worse. |
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1 Oct 2018, 14:57 (Ref:3853846) | #14 | ||
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[QUOTE=Neil22;3853708]Mercedes, but they picked up a load of bad karma too.[/QUOTE
We have always had team orders in F1,many of us would have made the same call.. |
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1 Oct 2018, 16:56 (Ref:3853868) | #15 | |
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Evasive? Only when team orders were forbidden so they had to be. This is just as blatant as any team order ever given, how anyone can say they were 'upfront' about it is ridiculous. How many times have we not heard the same Wolff claim they want to let Bottas race however he wants to?
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1 Oct 2018, 16:59 (Ref:3853869) | #16 | ||
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Blatant or upfront, same thing to me. Bottas knows his opportunity to race Hamilton will now come only once Hamilton has finished winning the WDC. He had his chance to establish the right to fight him many races ago - and failed.
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1 Oct 2018, 17:05 (Ref:3853872) | #17 | |
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Missing the point. There are people trying to deflect this issue by twisting this into some criticism of Ferrari, who don't even have anything to do with this. In fact, when it comes to team orders Ferrari have actually been honorable to their own detriment this season.
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1 Oct 2018, 17:56 (Ref:3853880) | #18 | ||
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I don't believe I've missed any point, but nor am I deflecting anything at Ferrari, I haven't mentioned them at all, as far as I recall. I'll eat crow over Vettel's 'double move' but not this one.....
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1 Oct 2018, 19:01 (Ref:3853895) | #19 | |
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You're not of the 'people' I mentioned
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Cheers.
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1 Oct 2018, 20:08 (Ref:3853905) | #21 | ||
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Merc. Otherwise, we'd only be talking about Bernie's beard snuggling up to Vlad.
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I don’t like what Mercedes did on Sunday but I can see why. Not only are they under threat in the championship but Vettel was within striking distance of Hamilton in the race. You only need backmarkers like in Singapore to make a huge difference and put Hamilton at risk. So given bottas is out of the championship, why wouldn’t you swap positions? For the record, I wasn’t criticising Ferrari, but making the point that Toto was the perfect manager and stood up to say it was his choice, made it obvious what he was doing rather than being underhand and treating fans like they’re idiots. |
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As for being underhand, there didn't appear to be any blistering on Hamilton's tyres, rear or otherwise, when the call for Bottas to give up his position was made. Unfortunately, I feel fans were cheated. |
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As for the blister, you can see a small blister appearing on the left rear of Lewis’s car as highlighted by the commentators and DC at the time. Last edited by ascarracinguk; 2 Oct 2018 at 06:14. |
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2 Oct 2018, 08:05 (Ref:3853984) | #25 | ||
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Again, why were fans 'cheated'. Perhaps those who watch F1 on a superficial level, maybe, but not 'fans'. They would have known what was likely to happen and shouldn't have been surprised about it. I'm not debating that it was good for the race or for F1 in general, it clearly wasn't. But its allowed and was (by me at least) 100% expected.
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