• Mateoto@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    It’s crazy how Hamilton was catching up so far considering he is in a much worser car than Russell. Russell in third place is much crazier, seeing how Antonelli is overperforming and Mercedes having by far the best car on the grid.

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      3 days ago

      In all of this Mercedes had some mechanical problems as well. Russel DNFed twice so far through no fault of his own and scored no points in Monaco because of the arguably faulty pitlane speeding measurement and subsequent penalties that shouldn’t have been applied. Antonelli didn’t score twice due to mechanical failures.

      Hamilton is super consistent in scoring high-to-mid point finishes, but if Mercedes irons out their mechanical problems they are going to win both driver’s and constructors championship this year.