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[Peter303]

Welp that's it for Romain's F1 career...



At least he ended with a bang. (too soon?)

Mercedes say he might get a test drive.

Mercedes open to Grosjean test drive

Mercedes are prepared to give Romain Grosjean a test in one of their cars to close off his Formula 1 career.

www.bbc.co.uk

Toto lending Lewis' car out to anybody right now while he's sick in bed. I wonder if he knows

 

[hariseldon]

Welp that's it for Romain's F1 career...



At least he ended with a bang. (too soon?)

It’s the right decision. Tbh he took a hell of a hit - time to get out while he can.

 

[FunkMiller]

I’ve always found Grosjean a decidedly average driver, but his mental strength and recovery after that crash is quite something. Good man.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Aitken looks like Russell’s twin in his picture.

 

[Can't decide]

Lap one and half of the interesting drivers for this race are out already.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Awful, awful, awful, awful from Leclerc.

Really unlucky for Verstappen and Checo.

 

[FunkMiller]

What merc are thinking right now:

Why the fuck are we paying Lewis Hamilton so much?

 

[Airbus Jr]

Savages

RIP Bottas career

 

[hariseldon]

Russell’s car has a problem it seems. Bugger.

 

[hariseldon]

Oh god that pit stop!

 

[hariseldon]

Oh fuck they put bottas’s tyres on Russell.

 

[Can't decide]

WTF Mercedes.

 

[Can't decide]

To think Perez went from 3rd down to last and is now leading the race.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Perez winning would be awesome and who knows, maybe it would increase his chance (just a tiny little bit) of getting that RBR seat.

 

[hariseldon]

Holy shit Russell can overtake!!

 

[Can't decide]

This has been a great race, there's always been action. Bottas is a jobber though.

 

[Business]

Damn... gutting.

Happy for Perez nonetheless.

 

[hariseldon]

Ridiculous race but I’m delighted if Perez gets the win - fantastic driver.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Poor George tho, at least he's showing extremely good pace in a championship winning car.

 

[FunkMiller]

George Russell will be in a top car very soon. He did a brilliant job tonight. Merc fucked him with their clown shoes pit act.

...and we can see just how poor Bottas really. Lewis has been very lucky.

 

[StonedRider]

Fuck Mercedes, they killed a dream

 

[Can't decide]

Incredible race and win for Perez.

That's a massive points haul for RP.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Get in there, Checo.

 

[hariseldon]

So good for Perez to get the win. Russell was fantastic but Perez has earned this.

 

[FunkMiller]

Birth of a future world champion tonight.

And Perez to RBR definitely.

 

[hariseldon]

Birth of a future world champion tonight.

And Perez to RBR definitely.

Fingers crossed on the latter, and on the former I think you might be right. Some fantastic driving. Bottas was made to look like an idiot.

 

[StonedRider]

George Russell will be in a top car very soon. He did a brilliant job tonight. Merc fucked him with their clown shoes pit act.

...and we can see just how poor Bottas really. Lewis has been very lucky.

Yeah, great performance from George today, calm and solid driving. Championship material!

 

[J-Roderton]

Bullshit for Russell. Excellent for Checo. I only got to watch bits and pieces of this one. I’ll have to watch the full replay.

Also wtf Leclerc.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Pierre and Sergio's wins are the high points this year.

 

[FunkMiller]

George will replace Lewis at merc when he retires. Maybe 2022, maybe 2023.

 

[J-Roderton]

He definitely did impress me from what I’ve seen of him in that Merc today.

 

[Nicktendo_]

FUCKING HELL MERCEDES. What an absolute shit show. They didn’t even need to fucking pit!!!

Whatever, I’m so glad Sergio got his first win. Emotional. I hope he’s still in F1 next year. Russell’s time will come. What a race that was. Absolute rollercoaster.

 

[J-Roderton]

More of this circuit please.

 

[StonedRider]

Don't forget, George had uncomfortable seat, two days to get used himself to the car and steering wheel controls, new racing engineer.

 

[J-Roderton]

 

[FunkMiller]

More of this circuit please.

Hell yes. The dull procession we normally see week in week out replaced by a fun, frenetic, fast paced race. F1 need to learn some fucking lessons from this weekend.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Awesome results for both Checo and Esteban. It's always great to see drivers achieving their best ever career results.

 

[TTOOLL]

What an amazing race. They must’ve learned something today I hope, we need this every race.

Russell deserved it and Perez too so whatever, I would be happy anyways.

 

[Grieves]

Gutted for Russell. I hope he gets another chance next week.

Bottas just looked broken today.

Mercedes showing Ferrari levels of incompetent.

 

[Breakage]

Just caught the highlights. What a colossal fuck up by Mercedes. Would have been Russell's win if it weren't for that. I thought he was gonna pull it back when he was closing in on Perez.

 

[J-Roderton]

 

[Airbus Jr]

Mercedes fell over themselves trying not to lose face when a back marker on 1.5 M can turn up on a few days notice and nearly win in a 40 M drivers car ...

Russell proves its the car.

Never reached q3.
Never lead a lap.
Never scored a point.

Put a back marker in a Mercedes and he nearly wins

 

[Nicktendo_]

Mercedes fell over themselves trying not to lose face when a back marker on 1.5 M can turn up on a few days notice and nearly win in a 40 M drivers car ...

Russell proves its the car.

Never reached q3.
Never lead a lap.
Never scored a point.

Put a back marker in a Mercedes and he nearly wins

If any lessons were learned this weekend, I hope it's that Merc realise they don't need to pay Hamilton silly money. I'd like to see what he'd do if Merc lowered their offer for next year.

 

[eot]

"Showed your metal" lol

 

[xrnzaaas]

I wouldn't downplay Russell so much. He's clearly a big talent, just stuck in the slowest/second slowest car. Just because he didn't score any points or didn't enter Q3 prior to his Mercedes drive doesn't mean anything. Personally I wouldn't count on the same pace if they put someone like Grosjean behind the wheel of the Merc.

And yeah, I wouldn't mind if Hamilton made a drama queen move and left F1. People would still have a British driver fighting for the championship, only this time a likeable one.

 

[StonedRider]

Mercedes fell over themselves trying not to lose face when a back marker on 1.5 M can turn up on a few days notice and nearly win in a 40 M drivers car ...

Russell proves its the car.

Never reached q3.
Never lead a lap.
Never scored a point.

Put a back marker in a Mercedes and he nearly wins

Obviously, in F1 difference between 20th and 1st place is a car. But difference between first and second-third is usually a driver. Russell proves he's the driver capable of fighting for the win.

 

[GHG]

Mercedes fell over themselves trying not to lose face when a back marker on 1.5 M can turn up on a few days notice and nearly win in a 40 M drivers car ...

Russell proves its the car.

Never reached q3.
Never lead a lap.
Never scored a point.

Put a back marker in a Mercedes and he nearly wins

And yet look at Bottas.

People can downplay Hamilton all they want, maybe in a decade his haters will start to recognise what he's achieved isn't easy for a whole multitude of reasons. Just having a great car isn't enough, the likes of Bottas and Albon prove that week in week out and Vettel did a couple a seasons ago when the Ferrari was clearly the superior car but he crumbled under pressure.

Also its ridiculous to downplay Russell's performance, he's a once in a generation driver.

If there's anyone Mercedes need to get rid of it's Bottas.

 

[Breakage]

Nvm

 

[Airbus Jr]

 

[xrnzaaas]

Geez, the new season hasn't started yet and the left side of F1 is already at Mazepin's throat demanding action for posting the Instagram video of him groping a girl. Not that I condone his behavior in any way, of course. Haas will have a foockin' difficult next season with him.