#f1twt moot hunt since its raceweek!!
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wished so bad to be proven wrong here, but of course:
Wolff has confirmed a full PU upgrade at Monza for Antonelli because "that's the best track to take it [the grid penalties]".
but for Russell, "discussions are ongoing about where to take it" - because apparently, the best track to take it isn't quite the right answer for him. How peculiar.
the ADUO upgrade has not been officially confirmed yet in English articles, but Italian media has confirmed it,
and Mercedes won't risk grid penalties if not for the ADUO.
Russell has used up 1 more PU component than Antonelli this season. MORE, not less.
Sure, he does have less mileage on his ICE and TC - ONLY because Mercedes had waited for his ICE to crack open instead of switching it out for precautionary purposes like they did for Antonelli - but counterintuitively, he is STILL the one getting disproportionately disadvantaged by his PU.
They had stabbed him in Hungary immediately after the new parts were fitted, and they had attacked him in the Dutch GP as well:
because after a flawless Sprint Quali and Sprint, Russell suddenly had ANOTHER deployment issue in early laps that let Piastri fly past with a breeze - up to Lap 7. (Suzuka flashbacks, anyone?)
So, on top of the >Software< problems that's affecting Russell every single race weekend,
he will now also have the inferior PU >Hardware< for a minimum of 2 GPs.
& perhaps MORE IMPORTANTLY:
He'll have a PU deficit not only to his teammate,
but also to the two Ferraris, confirmed to bring their 2nd ADUO update to Monza as well,
and possibly also the McLarens (depending on where they take the upgraded Mercedes PU).
Mercedes is yet AGAIN throwing Russell to the Ferrari lion den in favor of protecting Antonelli - despite after seeing this weekend: Russell dominates his teammate when given a functioning car and software.
In both Race strategies and Season updates strategies, the @MercedesAMGF1 team are making incomprehensible decisions that indicate they are willing to RISK their Constructors' Championship for something else -
And the only gain from these decisions seem to be protection for a certain Driver's championship points.
Is that the "championship" Wolff says he's "fight[ing] for"?
It had felt unthinkable, but now - there doesn't seem to be any other logical explanation.
if the constructors were more important, mercedes should have let kimi stay 1s ahead of george, as this would ensure them getting a double podium. instead, they decided to risk george falling to p5 just to protect kimi’s p2 it wasn’t even possible to catch up lando bro
🚨 Marcus 🗣️"Good job mate, good job, good drive, sorry we've made it so difficult at the end there for you."
Toto🗣️"George, great, great, great defending()"
George 🗣️"Thanks"
Toto🗣️"I didn't think that was possible to do()"
Mercedes Team Orders -
to RUS: we will invert cars at T1.
(Russell asks whether Antonelli is fighting for a win - goes completely unanswered)
(Russell inverts cars at the very next T1)
to ANT: Kimi, we will try and give George overtake, so [try to stay within] 1 second
(six seconds later)
to ANT: uh... cancel that, cancel that message, cancel that message. Head down.
???????????
at this point:
-Antonelli was 11.2s behind Norris
-Norris had the faster pace
(NOR 1:15.197 vs. ANT 1:15.405)
-5 laps remaining
Mercedes had ZERO chance of a P1, so WHY did they CANCEL the plan to protect George?
What orders were given within those 6 seconds to ruin Russell's chance of a podium?
“these are our rules, we don’t want to waste time with our pair and we switched like we saw. kimi had a free stop and we have returned it to how it was before” 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 ur INSANE.
pasta boy did not even give george a mere boost after swapping positions then not swapping back after failing to overtake lando wtf merc nvr fails to pmo
i thought if one fails to overtake, they should swap positions back? 🤔 isn’t that what george did back then? since u r aiming for the constructors, i don’t see a reason not to do so. @MercedesAMGF1
comparing this to piastri & sainz incident to defend max is diabolical 😭😭
is sainz at fault? yes.
is george at fault? no.
did george cry or whine about it? no.
but honestly most of the 63s weren’t even mad?? it was just damn embarrassing for max lol
“ohhhh max so rude max so mean” drivers do this all the time 😭 preemptively responding to possible complaints is so normal 😭 drivers call each other stupid like twice a race this is such a nothingburger