) but I don’t think I missed much.
This wasn’t LH’s first race weekend so if he doesn’t know the rules by now he never will, only saw a small bit of the highlights (getting ready for the pub
Another instance of commentator bias was DCs dismissal of Stroll 'losing it' on cold tyres... and then having to correct himself when it became apparent that LeClerc had thumped him from behind. Contrast this with anytime Lewis laps at less than the absolute maximum 'he must be nursing a problem with the car'. I'm really starting to dislike DC.
It must be tough for Bottas, not only does he get beaten every week, but he also has to answer to the media every week. But chirping about your victory when you had it handed to you was foolish. I expect memes.
Bottas could have mentioned that Lewis may have had a 10 second penalty - but that he beat him by 17 seconds. So there's that I guess...
Did you see that one of the stewards (Mika Salo) said that Hamiliton is 'full of sh*t' regarding his 'Stewards are out to stop me' outburst?
Bottas is probably a really nice guy and I'm happy for him that he is earning big bucks doing what he loves, but when one car dominates we need a better driver in that seat.
Toto's job is to bring home results and Titles, not to amuse the fans because his drivers fight and collide with each other.
This is absolutely correct, of course, but it does not make for a good 'show' and that is why we end up with calls for reverse grids etc. If we had two top drivers fighting it out every weekend the 'show' would take care of itself.
I can't help but think that if Bernie was still in charge, he would have applied pressure to change things by now. He knew his 'product' was dependent on bums on seats and if people got bored and stopped watching it would affect his income...I think Liberty Media will struggle to do that because they don't have the deep level of influence that Bernie had.
Maybe he would have tried it, but also the boring (much more than now!) Ferrari dominance years with Schumacher and his slaves, and also the not very exciting Red Bull dominance years with Vettel were under Bernie’s management, and he couldn’t change it, so it should not be easy to solve... because it also depends on the rest of teams and drivers.
There are other championships with BOP systems (GT, WEC), ballast (DTM), reverse grids (F2), but F1 is more pure sports: everybody is racing with same technical regulations, and the faster driver&car starts the race from the first position, with the rest of the drivers also starting the race ordered according to their performance, so in theory a F1 race could perfectly end in the same order in which it started, and without a single overtaking. It has always been like this, and only the unforeseen events or problems that have pushed drivers out of their natural position have provided comebacks and more lively races.
The reversed grid is an artificial way of giving excitement to the race, but with current F1 cars so difficult to overtake (and more depending on the circuit), I don't think it was the most fair or sporty. It can be valid for “school categories”, but not for the highest category of motorsport, where pure performance must prevail
(much more than now!)
seriously? 7th year of total Mercedes dominance and 7 of the most boring F1 years. Ferrari never had that, not even in the '50s.
