Bottas Fastest Lap

1 day agoValtteri Bottas has rejected suggestions he defied team orders when he set the fastest lap of the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix late in the race. Hindsight nothing happened that lewis couldve taken advantage of that would give him the race win but if there.

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But the Finn was instructed to slow down in the final sector which allow Hamiltons stop for softs on lap 70 to be rewarded with a point for fastest lap - setting a 1m11097s to Bottas 1m12549s.

Bottas fastest lap. 1 day agoValtteri Bottas has insisted he did not go against Mercedes team orders and attempt the fastest lap at the end of the Dutch Grand Prix. But the Finn was instructed to slow down in the final sector which allow Hamiltons stop for softs on lap 70 to be rewarded with a point for. Valtteri Bottas nearly snatched a point from Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by setting the fastest lap of the Dutch Grand Prix when he wasnt supposed to though team boss Toto Wolff was understanding of the situation after the race.

Bottas was called in for a precautionary pitstop on safety grounds at Zandvoort on lap 67 of 72 switching from medium to soft tyres and promptly set the fastest first two sectors of the race. Bottas finished a distant third after the team initially attempted a one-stop strategy as Mercedes tried to use a strategic pincer movement to overhaul Max Verstappen who ultimately was too strong. I didnt do the fastest lap but Lewis got it so we got solid points as a team Bottas he said afterwards.

10 hours agoMercedes boss Toto Wolff has said that he will talk to Valtteri Bottas over the Finns cheeky fastest lap towards the end of the Dutch Grand Prix which threatened to take a. When Bottas was told to slow down he made the fastest mark on the first two sectors but slowed down in the third to adhere to the team orders yet he still did the quickest lap. Luckily for Hamilton there were 2 laps in hand and the Briton used the initial lap to warm his tires up to optimum temperature and attempt the fastest lap on the very last lap of the race.

Lewis Hamilton admitted in a post-race interview that teammate Valtteri Bottas taking over the fastest lap of the race would not have been a problem since the bonus point would still end up in Mercedes pocket. Bottas had a late pitstop during the Dutch Grand Prix to fit soft tires. 1 day agohe was asked before the lap even began to not go for it.

1 day agoValtteri Bottas insists he followed Mercedes orders when told not to go for the fastest lap in the Dutch Grand Prix despite still posting the quickest time to that point. He still went for it and got it. Valtteri Bottas is told by Mercedes NOT to set the fastest lap.

1 day agoBut the Finn was instructed to slow down in the final sector which allow Hamiltons stop for softs on lap 70 to be rewarded with a point for fastest lap - setting a 1m11097s to Bottas 1m12549s. Hence Mercedes had to bring Hamilton into the pits on the very next lap. The official line is this Bottas unintentionally drove the fastest lap on lap 69.

1 day agoBut the Finn was instructed to slow down in the final sector which allow Hamiltons stop for softs on lap 70 to be rewarded with a point for fastest lap - setting a 1m11097s to Bottas 1m12549s. Valtteri Bottas sets the fastest lap anyway. Bottas getting that fastest lap means he essentially forced mercedes hands to pit lewis.

Lewis Hamilton was running second to Max Verstappen on the road and already held the fastest lap with Verstappens chances of beating the mark on old hard tires looking. No he has withdrawn said the team boss Toto Wolff when asked about the situation. Strange fastest lap or a rebellion.

In the closing laps of the Dutch GP there was tension between Valtteri Bottas and Mercedes after they pitted the Finn for soft tyres and then took the fastest lap away momentarily from Championship contender Lewis Hamilton. 1 day agoValtteri Bottas says he was just playing around with his fastest lap at the end of Formula 1s Dutch Grand Prix and denies suggestions he disobeyed a Mercedes team order. Mercedes were on the edge about pitting hamilton incase something happened that would let lewis pass max.

Despite such demands Bottas went on to set the fastest lap time.

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