What Mercedes really needs in the next race or two, is a 1-2.
That will give them breathing room in each championship!
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A quick turnaround at the start and a tense battle for the lead earned Lewis Hamilton victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was aggressive and eventually finished second, ahead of Mercedes' Bottas.
It has everything to do with, with all those crying FIA is biased towards RB because of a single incident, while there have been erratic on and off-track decisions that favored MB, and that could play a decisive role in the end. I agree there is no literal balance to settle, the FIA just needs to settle their track limit policy, both in overtaking and non-overtaking situations, and they need to stop mid-season rule changes unless there is a clear, imminent safety concern.cooken wrote: ↑14 Nov 2021, 20:47Case in point. Bahrain has nothing to do with it. There is no 'balance' to settle. Thinking this way is just bitter and immature.
On the edge is one thing, Max trying to cause a crash rather than being overtaken is another!101FlyingDutchman wrote: ↑14 Nov 2021, 20:56We had a deserved winner. For that I’m grateful.
VER fought on the edge and imho a bit over but I’d probably would too if I was fighting for a championship. Stewards are the ones that have been inconsistent. Have your beef with them. Not with protagonists that have given us a season to remember
Fox, you might try to recalculate laps needed...
Oh stop it. The balance of power will continue to switch from track to track. Did you forget last week where Redbull finished almost half a minute up the road? 2 of the remaining tracks are very technical and that favors Redbull. Also the Merc power unit has power degradation so it won't be as strong at the other tracks. This thing can go either way but Max is still the favorite imo. He has got the FIA in his back pocket.pantherxxx wrote: ↑14 Nov 2021, 20:59That Mercedes is too fast. They improved at least 1 second a lap since Mexico and USA where Verstappen was significantly faster.
Verstappen couldn't even keep Lewis out of the DRS zone even with all the dirty air. But how did they improve so much in just 1 week? Whatever they're doing it doesn't sound like a legitimate solution.
We need to have professional stewards and a decent race director.foxmulder_ms wrote: ↑14 Nov 2021, 21:00Hamilton ==> from 20th to 1st in 93 labs. LEGEND!
FIA is a joke.
True, Merc would have 1 less win if it wasn't for that 10 second time penalty debacle in Silverstone, so the FIA leniency towards Merc was clear there. And Ferrari would finally have the win they deserve, just saying. Ever since then, every race ending collision have been heavily punished and rightfully so, Bottas and Stroll and Verstappen himself have received various grid drop penalties for race ending collisions.DChemTech wrote: ↑14 Nov 2021, 21:01It has everything to do with, with all those crying FIA is biased towards RB because of a single incident, while there have been erratic on and off-track decisions that favored MB, and that could play a decisive role in the end. I agree there is no literal balance to settle, the FIA just needs to settle their track limit policy, both in overtaking and non-overtaking situations, and they need to stop mid-season rule changes unless there is a clear, imminent safety concern.
It is indisputable that there have been decisions favouring mercedes this year throughout the season (note, that does not inply they deliberately made them to favor mercedes, I never said such a thing.), and it is ridiculous to use this single event to call "see, FIA bias RB clearly", or to use it as an argument to show that the decisions on many aspects did not favor Mercedes (non-deliberately).
Exactly! I couldn't agree more. But you forgot to add the extra plus 5 pace penalty for the engine,foxmulder_ms wrote: ↑14 Nov 2021, 21:00Hamilton ==> from 20th to 1st in 93 labs. LEGEND!
FIA is a joke. Redbull is a gang of hypocrites. max's only "talent" is pushing others off the circuit.