F1: Bottas is a womb, Hamilton blames sports supervisors

Bottas believes that it was beyond a uterus that he could not overtake Hamilton at the start (Photo: AFP)

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Valtteri Bottas He was almost ahead of Lewis Hamilton at the start, but had a good chance of winning when his teammate was punished. From the moment Bottas took the lead, he was unstoppable and confidently reaped his second win of the season at the Russian Grand Prix.

“At first I tried to pass Lewis because I knew it would be my first chance He remembered the nine-time winner of the Finnish race. – Finally, I was satisfied with second place because a huge bee or something similar smashed into the grill of my helmet just in front of the stopping distance, so I didn’t really see when I should brake and I slipped a bit. I knew the race would be long and that since I was on medium tires I would have a few more options. Then Lewis was punished, and when it came out of me, I felt like my pace was really good. Then I was able to keep everything under my control. “

It didn’t go very well Max verstappen for him, but mainly thanks to penalties from Hamilton, the Red Bull driver finally saw the checkered flag in Sochi in second place. Verstappen admitted they weren’t waiting long before the race, so he was especially glad that he couldn’t be on the bottom step of the podium.

“Knowing this track that Mercedes has, except last year, has always dominated here Said the Dutch cyclist on the asphalt track of Sochi. – He couldn’t really pick up the race on medium tires and launch attacks. But my wheel change was quick, our mechanics are very good at it. After that my speed was fine, and although we lost a bit on the straights, it was still a good goal to finish seven or eight seconds behind on a track where we knew we would not be competitive. In the end, I tried to get the extra point, but in the end I fell behind. I am happy because normally we can only fight for third place, so we will try to save this format for the rest of the season. “

Verstappen also referred to Hamilton’s penalties and the two penalty points awarded on the plus, as the British penalty greatly helped him achieve a slightly better than expected result in Sochi.

“If you cause an accident, you get penalty points for it, but Lewis didn’t do it on purpose. In the field, I will try to stay as far away from sports supervisors as possible, but at the hotel or in a bar, I might run into them. ” The Dutch pilot joked.

Even before departure, it was conceivable that he wasn’t looking towards a simple race. Lewis Hamilton, who was inspected by the athletic supervisors because he did not perform a start test in the designated area before the head circle. The Mercedes driver starting from pole position was ultimately penalized for the incident, plus he received not one but two penalties at once for the same foul. Hamilton said the verdict was ridiculous and that the board of supervisors was simply trying to stop it.

“I’m sure no one has received two five-second sentences before for such a ridiculous reason Hamilton said about the verdict. – I have not put anyone in danger, I have done this on millions of tracks over the years and no one has questioned it. Apparently the punishment was exaggerated, but we were expecting it. It’s like they want to stop me. But it’s okay, I have to stay focused and then we’ll see what happens. “

After gout Toto Wolff, the head of the Mercedes team also mentioned the performance of the barn in Sochi.

“The result is great, Valtteri led brilliantly today. He was not wrong and handled the tires well Wolff said, then referred to Hamilton’s punishments. – The sports supervisors said he didn’t test drive in a place where riders would normally be, and I agree with that. However, the rule book says the test drive must be done after the line, to the right, and Lewis did. The rule can be interpreted in different ways and we have to find out why in the team we made a mistake about it. Lewis has already suffered many blows in his life, and we all find this judgment too harsh. Regardless, we should be happy with first and third place. I am happy for Valtteri, because a victory is just a victory ”.

Sixth, he waved the checkered flag Charles Leclerc-t, that he is somewhat unsure about the development of Ferrari. Monaco don’t understand why they were so much more competitive than in the previous race at Mugello, but of course they are happy with their result in Sochi.

“I am very satisfied with today. Sure, it’s still hard to rejoice in sixth place, but unfortunately it’s Leclerc confessed. – We make the most of today. I was disappointed with the timer yesterday, but now I think things couldn’t have gone better, even if the timer had worked better. I’m happy with the weekend, but now we have to figure out what we did differently, which made us perform much better than in the Muggello fight. “