Bottas has “no concerns”, he went too far with the Mercedes F1 radio criticism | F1

Bottas fought for victory for most of the race, running right behind Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton before Red Bull switched the Dutchman to a two-stop strategy.

When the Finn struggled with tire wear in the final stages of the race, he fell behind Verstappen and then Sergio Perez.

During the race, Bottas criticized Mercedes on the team radio: “Why the hell doesn’t anyone listen to me when I say it’s going to be a double stop?” F — ing hell. “

In view of his team radio message, Bottas has “no concerns” that he has exceeded the target.

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“Don’t worry, I made it very clear what I was thinking,” said Bottas. “I suggested two stops at the beginning of the race, but the team decided it would be a single stop. The team came from a single source and here we are. “

Bottas described feeling like a “sitting duck” falling off the podium.

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“Yes, I think the winning strategy was two stops today,” added Bottas. “Easy to say afterwards, but that’s how it is. As a team, we were too focused on just getting the one-stop and thought it was for the best, but it wasn’t. I ran out of front tires for the last 10, 15 laps so I really tried to get the car home. It wasn’t fun today, the last stint.

“You feel like a sitting duck! It’s easy. Of course I tried everything to get onto the podium, but the tires were completely gone, so no chance. “

After the race, Toto Wolff announced that Mercedes had decided not to pit him for the fastest lap, as Perez was being investigated because he had finished the move off the track and had a five-second time penalty can lead to.

Wolff explained to Sky Sports F1: “We thought that Perez might get a penalty if he overtook outside the track limits so we said stay within 5 seconds so it was really a balance between that penalty and the fastest lap. We gambled, we lost. “