27-10-2019, 10:28 PM
(27-10-2019, 10:24 PM)Jody Barton Wrote: That's the mistake I think Ferrari made today NeilP, covering off Albon. I guess Albon had been pressuring Vettel, but also the pitstops being messy and he over cooked it two timmes again. Two stops was supposedly quicker on paper, but I think the work Mercedes do on a Friday really helps them on a Sunday. The drive today by Lewis was fantastic. Not sure where it ranks in his drives, but it has to be up there. A very controlled and mature race. Scratching my head over the Max driver of the day thing, no way. A bit of a lunge on Bottas, but he got it done, and I don't think he takes the blame for the puncture either, racing incident for me, and Bottas was sleeping, I think Bottas also takes a bit of blame for that one, but I seriously think no one to blame, one of those things.
Agree with all of this,
Thing is, I don't think Ferrari could do an early 1 stopper, they just don't manage the tyres well enough IMO. I was pretty confident Lewis would win from 20 laps out, he was heeeping the gap stable at 2.4 - 3 seconds. I know Ferrari would not be able to do that on old hard tyres.