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Lozzer said:
Indeed, Lewis was lucky again with the Red Flag allowing him to unlap himself, Norris and the Ferraris were great I thought.
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For sure Ferrari and McLaren did good having both cars up there. Decent points haul for both those teams... felt a bit for Le Clerc getting mugged off by Norris on the restart after Verstappen nearly losing it LeC must have lost focus briefly.
 
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Oneball said:
That Bottas Russell crash was weird, there were a lot of sparks before he lost it and hit him.
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A dry track and it probably wouldn’t have happened. As soon as Russell was on the wet stuff, the outcome could have gone either way. Should Bottas give more room being wet? I can’t imagine any driver doing that. Embarrassing for Bottas though, being overtaken by a Williams.
 
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Andyk said:
Luck with red flags or not Lewis showed again why he is the best. Not many get out of the gravel traps but a great move to back out. Great to see Lando up there.
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He’s not the first to benefit from unlapping himself and he won’t be the last. So lucky, yes, but also passed a number of cars on a track you can’t pass on.
 
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Swedish Paul said:
A dry track and it probably wouldn’t have happened. As soon as Russell was on the wet stuff, the outcome could have gone either way. Should Bottas give more room being wet? I can’t imagine any driver doing that. Embarrassing for Bottas though, being overtaken by a Williams.
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Not sure it was that either. 50 secs in, onboard from one of the Alfas

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2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: Bottas and Russell collide in huge crash

Williams’ George Russell and Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas collide, causing a huge crash at the 2021 Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and bringing out the red flags at Imola.
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Oneball said:
Something like that or puncture or they set the ride height too low, there seem to be a lot of sparks from well before he actually lost control.
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Sparks would have been from the skid block on the front of the floor. He lost its because he put a rear wheel onto the grass. If you watch the replay, his front wheel is right on the edge, which means his rear was atleast on the white line, probably over. (Rear is wider than the front)
Wasnt a failure, just hard racing, and im just glad both drivers got out ok. Hamilton got very lucky yes, but as much as i dislike him as a bloke, you have to respect him for race craft after the restart, he got his head down, focussed and finished P2. Max was unstoppable today though, and deserved the victory. Perez had abit of a shocker, but also some bad luck, hopefully he will bounce back in Portugal.
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It was nice to see Hamilton get stitched by Verstappen in the race, far faster driver and car!
It's coming to an end for Mercedes!

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That was a good race to watch, shows you what happens at an old skool circuit, with a bit of rain.

The Russell/Bottas crash was both of their faults, Bottas should not have moved at high speed in those conditions, and Russell should not be that far off the dry line on slicks with white lines and his first Williams point to protect. I think that far from harming Russell, it just strengthens his claim to a Mercedes seat next year.
 
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Swedish Paul said:
Who thinks Norris and Russell will be at Mercedes next year?
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Lahn-dohh as Zak brown calls him will be at McLaren for a while. He's clearly part of their renaissance. He needs to get a few more podiums , narrow my missing out on 2nd yesterday, but he's growing, he had pace and ran a clean race.

Meanwhile, the Russell -Bottas conversation ran like this...
Next year , that'll be my seat. I'm faster than you.
- '****£&&&!' in Finnish followed by the finger...
 
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Oneball said:
Something like that or puncture or they set the ride height too low, there seem to be a lot of sparks from well before he actually lost control.
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agree that sparks appears while the Williams was still fully on the racetrack. There is white line in the muffle of the circuit there too. If it was a street circuit you might expect this as car passes the crown of the camber.
Maybe the Mercedes did move right, but hardly a jink just "leaned into him".
In the dry Bottas would have died a little being overtaken by a Williams on a processional circuit. In the wet it is "racing incident" which exposes the imbalance of ambition to experience in one driver. He'll better for this.
 
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I do wonder if next year we will see Hamilton and Russell at Merc and the year after Russell and Norris as the dream team. Bottas is in the pipe and slippers part of his career and by normal F1 standards has done really well. He can have Vettel's seat next year.
 
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Mercedes/Toto Wolf have a lot of young talent in waiting, so it won't be someone currently in F1 to replace the second seat once Hamilton and Bottas retire from the sport. Anyway who's to say that Mercedes will stay in the sport, remember this is Tyrrell's old team.
 
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