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Originally Posted by M5theonlyone
From what I can see seing that 0.5 sec is a mountain in F1 is that Ham is down mostly and it's a coin throw between Seb and Max with Seb nearly on par with Max in the bends.What's telling is Hams loss of 5km/h on speed trap and down marginally on bends.With the implementation of another fuel flow pressure check system will this be the norm now for Merc. I can't see them just turning the engine down for these races and the high altitude excuse may be wearing a bit thin.
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It could also be that they are conserving the engines to make it to the end without penalty. While watching the race, I was wondering why Bottas was pushing so hard and following so closely when it's terrible for temperatures. Then his motor went. No surprise there.