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Message: [QUOTE="cider_and_toast, post: 377293, member: 43"] I have to say, and I posted this in the Perez thread, I thought this was the one part of the race that was absolutely great. I have no problems with what RBR did here and in these circumstances this is what a teammate is for. I thought the battle between Hamilton and Perez was great. Both drivers hanging it out but respecting each other. There isn't a team in F1 that wouldn't have done the same thing which is what makes Bottas's performance all the more awful. I don't know how he was being handled inside the team but he clearly put the absolute minimum effort into helping Mercedes achieve their end of season goals. For what it's worth I don't believe Perez was short fuelled but I do believe they detected a fault on his car in the last few laps and were desperate not to cause another safety car or VSC. [/QUOTE]