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Old 27th October 2020, 19:30   #16
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Re: Formula 1: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix (October 23-25)

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12 posts and no mention of Kimi? That is unfair

P16 tp P6 on the opening lap! What a phenomenal driver he is. And Kimi being Kimi, downplayed the entire incident in his typical style
Exactly, Kimi and Sainz lit up the first few laps! It was an amazing display of switching on the tyres quickly. P16 to P6 in an Alfa was incredible.

Sainz rolled back the years when McLarens used to take the lead from a Mercedes, perhaps between 2010-2012 when Mercedes used to qualify extremely well but used to fade away in the race.

The mid field battle too was amazing, Perez and Gasly were scything their way. One can imagine where Perez could have ended up had he not been punted by Verstappen (what a sore loser, can't let anyone pass except maybe through his Red Bull, like Ricciardo did in Baku).

I loved this track, definitely sticking to the calendar now!
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And this was that start from Kimi... Awesome!

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Re: Formula 1: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix (October 23-25)

The race in a nutshell.



Congratulations, Lewis! It's amazing how 91 looked like a huge number not so long back.
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Re: Formula 1: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix (October 23-25)

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Why was Bottas denied his tyre choice towards the end? I didn't understand that rule when they said that since Hamilton is already on the hard compound, hence he too has to go for those and not the soft compound as he wanted.
Those opted for soft tyres struggled in the end. Perez on the soft was overtaken by Gasly and Sainz. Ocon on the brand new softs was expected to catch Sainz. But Sainz pulled away from Ocon. Even Riccardo on old tyres managed to keep up with Ocon . If Bottas were on soft, he would lose his 2nd place to Verstappen.
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Those opted for soft tyres struggled in the end. Perez on the soft was overtaken by Gasly and Sainz. Ocon on the brand new softs was expected to catch Sainz. But Sainz pulled away from Ocon. Even Riccardo on old tyres managed to keep up with Ocon . If Bottas were on soft, he would lose his 2nd place to Verstappen.
Agreed on the merits and demerits of each tyre. But my query was what is the rule which Mercedes cited to Bottas and didn't let him have his choice of tyre.
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Agreed on the merits and demerits of each tyre. But my query was what is the rule which Mercedes cited to Bottas and didn't let him have his choice of tyre.
Bottas pitted on lap41 with 25 laps still remaining. During the start of the of race, soft tyres started losing performance after 15 laps. May be this caused Mercedes to stick with hard tyres.
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Agreed on the merits and demerits of each tyre. But my query was what is the rule which Mercedes cited to Bottas and didn't let him have his choice of tyre.
Mercedes dont have separate strategies for VB & LH. So as a policy both drivers are put on the same tyre compound when they pit, exceptional circumstances excluded, in single stop races.

Bottas requested for the soft tyre but was turned down because of the same tyre compound policy. The second reason obviously was that Max could have caught and passed VB if VB was on the soft tyres.
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