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  • Sochi 2021 - VER v. BOT

    From geoff@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 27 11:05:10 2021
    Anybody other that me think that BOT's total lack of defending and
    handing the overtake to VER 'on a plate' was his way of say "Fuck you
    Lewis - I'm not assisting you, and fuck you Merc" ?

    geoff

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  • From Darryl Johnson@21:1/5 to geoff on Sun Sep 26 18:23:40 2021
    On 2021-09-26 6:05 PM, geoff wrote:
    Anybody other that me think that BOT's total lack of defending and
    handing the overtake to VER 'on a plate' was his way of say "Fuck you
    Lewis - I'm not assisting you, and fuck you Merc" ?

    geoff

    I do not think that.

    Although I do not know for sure, I would expect that there would
    sufficient bonus clauses in his contract that he would be incentivized
    to do the best he could. Perhaps not to point of letting Hamilton past
    in order for Hamilton to place higher, but at least sufficient to get
    his best possible performance.

    There's always the possibility of some difficulty with his car to
    explain his lackluster performance today. So far, I have not seen
    anything to justify this thought, but still...

    I do think that although Bottas was able to turn a fast single lap or
    two, his lack of race pace overall is what caused him to be dropped by Mercedes. Today was just another instance of this.

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Darryl Johnson on Mon Sep 27 15:06:13 2021
    On 27/09/2021 11:23 am, Darryl Johnson wrote:
    On 2021-09-26 6:05 PM, geoff wrote:
    Anybody other that me think that BOT's total lack of defending and handing the overtake to VER
    'on a plate' was his way of say "Fuck you Lewis - I'm not assisting you, and fuck you Merc" ?

    geoff

    I do not think that.

    Although I do not know for sure, I would expect that there would sufficient bonus clauses in his
    contract that he would be incentivized to do the best he could. Perhaps not to point of letting
    Hamilton past in order for Hamilton to place higher, but at least sufficient to get his best
    possible performance.

    There's always the possibility of some difficulty with his car to explain his lackluster
    performance today. So far, I have not seen anything to justify this thought, but still...

    I do think that although Bottas was able to turn a fast single lap or two, his lack of race pace
    overall is what caused him to be dropped by Mercedes. Today was just another instance of this.

    I've always believed that Bottas is only any good in clear air. He just doesn't do well in traffic
    at all.
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  • From Alan Baker@21:1/5 to geoff on Mon Sep 27 11:34:08 2021
    On 2021-09-26 3:05 p.m., geoff wrote:
    Anybody other that me think that BOT's total lack of defending and
    handing the overtake to VER 'on a plate' was his way of say "Fuck you
    Lewis - I'm not assisting you, and fuck you Merc" ?

    It wouldn't entirely surprise me.

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Alan Baker on Mon Sep 27 22:07:25 2021
    On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 12:34:10 PM UTC-6, Alan Baker wrote:

    It wouldn't entirely surprise me.

    what percentage then?
    dick wad

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Alan Baker on Mon Sep 27 22:13:24 2021
    On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 12:34:10 PM UTC-6, Alan Baker wrote:

    It wouldn't entirely surprise me.

    entirely? you trolling simple
    piece of shit

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Alan Baker on Mon Sep 27 22:18:07 2021
    On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 12:34:10 PM UTC-6, Alan Baker wrote:

    It wouldn't entirely surprise me.

    penis up the ass for entire?

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  • From Bigbird@21:1/5 to geoff on Fri Oct 1 12:49:43 2021
    geoff wrote:

    Anybody other that me think that BOT's total lack of defending and
    handing the overtake to VER 'on a plate' was his way of say "Fuck you
    Lewis - I'm not assisting you, and fuck you Merc" ?


    Not really. Bottas has never looked that good at defending... or racing
    really, compared to a number of other current drivers. His unimpressive performance was sadly consistent.

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