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      02-25-2021, 12:09 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone View Post
It would not have made much difference if Russell had been allowed win the race with that being used as a 'bargaining chip' by Wolf for the HAM situation,but Wolf panicked and screwed him though the fact Russ ran rings round BOT was enough to convince even simple minds that the car is the star.
No doubt the Merc had a performance advantage at that race...no one is disputing that.
So why sabotage Russell?
He had already passed Bottas for the lead and generally driven a great race (better than Bottas).
He was on for the win so deliberately messing up his pit stop achieved what?
Other than making Mercedes look like the Keystone cops...no one was fooled into thinking that Russell wasn't otherwise going to win the race.
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