News Details

The Day After: A Hollow Victory for Mercedes

Taking the decision to deprive Valtteri Bottas of a well-earned victory at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, Toto Wolff and Mercedes ensured everybody went home a loser. Perhaps more than any year in recent memory, 2018 has been a year full of races that showcased F1 at its best – Sunday in Sochi saw the sport at its worst. Whatever the situation, whatever the reason, team orders that decide the outcome of a race are never going to be easy to stomach, and that was particularly true on Sunday. Valtteri Bottas did everything right, and yet because Mercedes felt Lewis Hamilton needed an extra seven points to bolster his comfortable championship lead, he goes home a loser. Sure, you can say...
Full Story »
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sochi Day 1 Team & Driver Reports & Photos

< ► > Teams and drivers report from the first day of practice...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Morning After: The Moment Arrives for Bottas

Keeping alive his unbeaten run in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton praises ‘incredible gentleman' Bottas...

Russian Grand Prix – Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Video: Valtteri Bottas' Sochi Autodrom track guide

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas claimed his maiden Formula 1 win at last...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Márquez reigns supreme in Austria with...

t;li>Marc Márquez takes 142-point lead over brother AlexWins sixth GP...
10h ago from TheGuardian.com

Marc Marquez makes it six in a row with victory in...

Marc Marquez continued his dominance with a sixth consecutive win,...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Strongest season yet for Pato O’Ward has been...

Pato O’Ward is having the best IndyCar season of his career, and is...

McLaren to auction future F1, IndyCar and WEC cars in...

McLaren is to auction future F1, IndyCar and World Endurance Championship...

Chip Ganassi: ‘We’re spoiled’ having drivers...

Alex Palou clinched the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series title over the weekend,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Premier League trio circling to sign £30m...

Jakub Kiwior’s Arsenal future looks increasingly uncertain, with...
3h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'Glaring issue' – Gary Neville names the signing...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has made it clear that his old club...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Ruben Amorim stands by Manchester United goalkeepers...

t;li>Bayindir error hands Arsenal 1-0 victory at Old TraffordAmorim:...
7h ago from TheGuardian.com

'That's a worry' – Roy Keane aims dig at Arsenal...

Manchester United legend Roy Keane has aimed a sly dig at Arsenal even...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.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.