Marko Hanželic
Valtteri Bottas was in third place in the jubilee Formula 1 race in Silverston anything but happy: "As a team, we fell asleep today," criticized Mercedes' tactics during the race quite clearly after the race. Finn he didn’t like the fact that Sunday not only lost the win, but also internal duel against Lewis Hamilton.
But the team boss Mercedes, Toto Wolff, does not agree with Finč's criticism: "I don't think we slept," says the Viennese. "But I understand his view of what's going on during the race." It's after the race Bottas noted that his strategy "It was not optimal by any chance". If I pressed harder in the second stint, Ms. Verstappen would not overtake. It would also be better for both of them if Hamilton could extend his second stint. Bottas he wanted to go to the second stop later, not with the racer Red Bull Racing.
"His position is that we should do the exact opposite of Max," he says Wolff. “But that wouldn’t change anything at all. Max would be on fresh tires and we would be on tires that would no longer be in the best condition. And he would still be in front of us. So I don't know what we could do better. "
To the Austrian it is clear that Mercedes on Sunday he simply had a slower race car. However, he understands that Bottas he is not happy because he lost second place against his tactics Hamilton. But there was a simple reason for it.
"When we saw Valtteri's tires, we could see that there was a lot of rubber left on them, so we extended the Lewis stint," he said Wolff. “At first, he felt a lot of vibration, but there was still a lot of rubber available. So it was getting faster and faster as the layer of rubber shrank. And that's why he was able to stay on the track longer. ”
“It is clear that he is not satisfied and I respect that. Nobody is happy with such a result. ”
