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Great start for Lewis as Verstappen goes wide and drops to second. Maybe that lack of downforce that gives Red Bull the extra speed down the straight was their undoing.
 
Bottas could have ensured Lewis wins the race but his poor driving let Verstappen straight through.
 
Would love to be a fly on the wall at the after race meeting between Wolff, Hamilton and Bottas.
 
The Red Bull under cut won it early in the race . If they had pitted Lewis again then he still wouldn't have won. Only way was to stay out.
 
Interesting race, Lewis is right, still got good points. Merc won't like being outsmarted by Red Bull, so should set up a good battle next weekend.
 
The Red Bull under cut won it early in the race . If they had pitted Lewis again then he still wouldn't have won. Only way was to stay out.

Bottas should have held Verstappen up instead of just letting him past. He seems to be going backwards this season.
 
Bottas should have held Verstappen up instead of just letting him past. He seems to be going backwards this season.

His tyres were shot, he'd have had no chance, just like Hamilton couldn't stop Verstappen get by, and if anyone could, it would be Hamilton.
 
His tyres were shot, he'd have had no chance, just like Hamilton couldn't stop Verstappen get by, and if anyone could, it would be Hamilton.

He always destroys his tyres far sooner than Hamilton but also kept making silly mistakes and losing concentration. He should have been further ahead of Verstappen than he was.
 
From bits I've read, Bottas wasn't slow in coming forward during the race criticising the decision to not listen to 'the drivers' when it came to the tires.
 
He always destroys his tyres far sooner than Hamilton but also kept making silly mistakes and losing concentration. He should have been further ahead of Verstappen than he was.

To be fair to him, he did tell the team (Before Red Bull made the decision for Verstappen) that he needed to make it a 2 stop race. Not heard him so angry on the radio to the team before.
 
To be fair to him, he did tell the team (Before Red Bull made the decision for Verstappen) that he needed to make it a 2 stop race. Not heard him so angry on the radio to the team before.

Yes he did but I think his anger got the better of him and he seemed to lose concentration as a result.