Bojan Vrbnjak
Let's remember: Hamilton received a mark-up penalty five seconds, causing him to lose another place and finished the race only in fourth. To the young Norris, who won third place, was just missing 0,198 seconds.
The question now is whether it could Hamilton still found you two tenths of a secondif in the last rounds Bottas, driving in front of him, picked up the pace a bit. Hamilton he doesn’t believe he’s his teammate deliberately slowed down. "I probably know Valtteri better than other people. I know I would never do that. He is a real racer and wants to win in a fair way.“But we must not forget that they are both racers Mercedesa received instructions yesterday to drive a little slower.
Also the team boss Toto wolff ensures that Bottas did not go any games. “Valtteri had no idea what was going on behind him. Of course, we could argue about it now, that we might be able to stay on the podium if we both pressed to the end with all our might. As a racer, however, you don’t know what’s going on in the background. All you see is that your teammate is in a safe second place," so Austrian.
Why didn't Mercedes swap places between the two racers?
Of course, this could also be an option to do so Hamilton provided more room for maneuver in the face of penalties. But Toto wolff explain: “There was a debate, but then it quickly became chaotic. We had such an example years ago in Hungary, where Verstappen almost overtook us." Bottas we should first clarify the situation in order to Hamilton dropped forward. Last but not least, she would be like that change of places too much complicated and associated with oversized risk.
