News Details

‘Strategy calls were two different scenarios'

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes denying him a different tyre choice to Lewis Hamilton in Portugal was 'different' to allowing Hamilton a long first stint at Imola. Last time out at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Bottas ran second behind Hamilton with no sign of being able to challenge his team-mate for the win. Bottas asked Mercedes for a bit of help, wanting a different tyre choice to the reigning World Champion. Mercedes denied his request, putting Bottas on the same tyres and Hamilton with the Brit racing to the victory 25 seconds ahead of his team-mate. Fast forward two weeks to Imola and this time it was Hamilton chasing Bottas with the Brit's having fallen to third at the start, behind...
Full Story »
5y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ocon: Massive medium tyre stint key to outpacing...

Esteban Ocon outpaced Renault teammate Daniel Ricciardo for the first...
5y ago from F1i.com

F1 Social Stint | Wonderful video for Hamilton after...

It is race week again and so the teams and drivers are getting ready for...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Pirelli suspects debris led to Verstappen tyre failure

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli believes debris led to the tyre failure...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Wolff explains 'robust' call on Bottas' tyre choice

When Valtteri Bottas pitted on lap 41 of the Portuguese Grand Prix, the...
5y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Can Aprilia dethrone Ducati in the 2026 MotoGP title...

The conclusion of the 2025 MotoGP season saw an unprecedented level of...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Aprilia Racing presents 2026 MotoGP livery

Aprilia Racing kicked off 2026 by unveiling its newest MotoGP livery in...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Berta eyes bold move, Arsenal poised to trump rivals...

Arsenal are very interested in signing the Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet....
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'I didn’t think he had it in him' - Jimmy Floyd...

Former Chelsea hitman Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has said that he had doubts...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Eking more out of the Arsenal attack

I listened with great interest to the half-season data review on the...
10h ago from Arseblog.com

Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal Prediction and Betting...

The Premier League is back in action with another round of matches this...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.