Bottas could cost Mercedes a constructors championship next season if he keeps driving like this if Ferrari and Red Bull can compete next year.
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FIA Formula One 2018 |OT| Halo: Racing Evolved
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Whatever I think of Alonso he's undoubtedly one of the fastest drivers in F1 history, not good for the sport to see him go.
Bottas will be under constant pressure next season.
Mercedes will have two good simulator guys next year in Ocon and Vandorne
Fun race to end the 2018 season. Very entertaining to watch. Can't wait for Melbourne next Spring!
Alonso is a troll lol, David Couldhart ask him if he was coming back to F1 races from time to time and Alonso said, yes, but not as a comentator like many F1 drivers do, hahaha.
I think he's making another pit stop first.
Bottas is truly a waste of a Mercedes seat.
Yeah I was tearing up a bit as they gave him a bit of a guard of honour
Yay, 5 more years of this shambles.
I had a lot of time for Pirelli when they were specifically asked to make dogshit tyres that fell apart after 5 laps, did so, and then got slammed for it. They were completely unfairly criticised and never got pissy about it.
But the last few years they just seem to have no clue how their own tyres work:
- They never get the predicted strategy right.
- They always bring at least one compound that can seemingly do twice the race distance, completely negating any contra-strategy.
- The deltas between compounds is never as big as they predict it will be.
- Seemingly random alterations to pressures, tread depth and composition, implemented with little to no testing, in the middle of a season.
I guess there's no guarantee anyone else would be any better, especially since there was only one other bidder.
There was never going to be another real alternative in this contract process, especially since they would have been required to shit out the current tires for just one year.
It's so weird that Kimi had an awesome season this year and it was Bottas who was (by far) the worst driver out of top 3 teams. He really needs to step it up next year if he doesn't want to be replaced by Ocon (or one of many other drivers wanting to drive for Meercedes).
The next season can either be super awesome or dull as hell... We could end up having a 3 way title fight between Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.
But the following could happen too:
-Mercedes fixes their tyre problems and they find more power
-Ferrari can't keep up with Mercedes and both drivers routinely steal each other points
-The Honda engine isn't better than Renault and we see Red Bull fighting with Renault and Force India for 3rd in the championship
But the following could happen too:
-Mercedes fixes their tyre problems and they find more power
-Ferrari can't keep up with Mercedes and both drivers routinely steal each other points
-The Honda engine isn't better than Renault and we see Red Bull fighting with Renault and Force India for 3rd in the championship
By Kimi's standards. First win in a long time and he didn't have to be reprimanded by the team to improve. ;)
He's gonna get replaced, he signed a one year deal with a one year option. He finished 5th in the standings and Mercedes still won the WCC.
He was probably lucky he got a new contract before Ocon got fucked.
Kimi collected 251 points, compared to 205 in previous season.
Bottas meanwhile scored 247 points, compared to 305 last year
He got a pole and a win in the last 8 races of the season, which is not something you can say about Vettel.
Man, what a wasted season for Seb.
Kimi didn't have an awesome season by any standards. Both him and Bottas have totally underperformed.
Only a bit. The lack of internal rivalry will be one of Mercedes strengths next year compared to the competition.
True.
But if HAM gets hit with bad engine luck again or just has a bad year becase reasons, Bot ain't winning anything to make up for it. With Nico they knew that if one of them had a bad day, the other was almost always there to pick up the pieces. Obviously we don't yet know how RBH and Ferrari will do with their new lineups.
Bottas is a reminder of just how good Rosberg was and I doubt he'd have been finishing fifth in that race in the same car. I expect Bottas will have a strong start to next season but I also think 2019 is the year when Mercedes streak of manufacturer titles will end because Ferrari finally have a second driver with something to prove.
If you're in the UK and you don't want to pay for Sky your two options are: VPN+F1 TV( if this still works) or less legitimate methods.
I've been watching BBC and then Channel 4 via satellite since 2010 and I'm going to miss the crew. They were a big part of my enjoyment of F1 for me.
Now I'm crossing my fingers Liberty Media will be launching F1 TV here in Sweden for next season. Viasat's contract is currently up for renegotiation.
Ah I was worried that would be the case, guess i'll watch nefarious replays.
Ferrari No2. And he had a lot of bad luck. I think it was his best season since Ferrari return.
edit: 12 podiums, 69 points behind Vettel, it wasn't bad at all.
Kimi wasn't destroyed by his teammate, Bottas was.