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Just too many obstacles in his way including this DRS zone change which was important and negated RB's chances shown vividly with Checo struggling with too short a run. |
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Possible, but not probable. I would think there have been plenty of races where guys wore down tires to the bare minimum and not gotten DSQ'd for minimum weight. Nearly 3.5 lbs to me sounds like MB may have been trying to push the envelope a bit like they did last year in COTA. Take a chance by being too light or wearing down the skid block too much hoping they don't get caught...
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Russell DSQ.
Drivers usually pick up rubber 'marbles' after the finish to add weight. No extra lap at Spa to do that (7km circuit). Bummer for Russell. Congrats to Hamilton for the race win.
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But I think other (strange)! things are going on with the Benz cars ....
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Interesting constructors race. Mclaren do have the fastest car. Followed by red bull, merc and then (by some margin) Ferrari. Every team has been squandered points in some form or fashion (George dnfs, mclaren race day execution, Lando race starts, Perez under performance, verstappen loss of composure in Hungary). Even basic communication like the out lap importance in Monaco and today's lack of communication about George's one stop ahead show some atypical gaps from Mercedes. Great drive from George, but Lewis wasn't even aware he was racing George as he began his final stint.
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Every kg is worth 0.1s a lap so the DSQ is unavoidable
Although people know that they drive around a lap picking up rubber after the race, but I don't know how many g/kg of rubber you can normally pick up. They also weigh the driver so maybe russell had a big dump before the race or didn't eat or drink enough, so who knows! Maybe they removed the bump and forgot to add the weight back |
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You can tell me on PM's and I smell 'Cn', flexi wings, reduced DRS zone, strat tailor made to perfectly fit into the sudden increase of speed, tyre management (except for car 63 at the end) etc.
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Long final stint with tires = less rubber at the chequered flag.
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I think they tried something with Russell's car to make it faster with lighter upgraded parts . As we know Russell lost the race with -1.5 KG . But with the (minus)! -1.5KG he gained a 0.15/0.25 sec. laptime X 44 laps = (!) On the other hand : LEW's car was also bullet fast ,and his car weight was fine. The Benz Empire Strikes Back !
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He said : Our car upgrades are really bad . The upgrades from the other teams are a lot better . I wouldn't know what I did wrong .. Marko wasn't happy with Checo's comments and said : Checo gets next Monday his evaluation . I'm not happy with how Checo has performed in this season (!) After the race , Marko had an urgent meeting with Mr.Teeth aka. Daniel Ricciardo (RIC) This could be a very long rest for Checo in Mexico
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All he can say is , it was a great job from the Benz factory . LEW is forbidden access in the Merc box and to shoot pics from the Merc car . LEW is now actually the #2 driver at Mercedes , because LEW will be a Ferrari driver in 2025 . Russell's car will get a further FIA investigation .
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It took a few laps to reload (recharge) the battery . Coming out of a corner : The cars pace is not what you want... So far in this season ,Checo crashed and totaled RB20's for $3.5Million (!) There goes the Red Bull buget cap . That's a lot of RB20 upgrades gone missing....
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man it really sucks for F1 to have summer break now, the last 2 weeks have been so exciting in formula 1 racing world.
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