Do. Not. Lose. It sounds so obvious, doesn’t it? Not losing is a good thing. But in Formula 1, losing is a strange concept. You can do everything perfectly, but if you’re Haas this season, that probably results in P19 and P20. But the message to both Mercedes and Red Bull as we enter the closing stages of the year has clearly become ‘do not lose’, rather than ‘go and win’. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez finished second and third in a Turkish Grand Prix that Valtteri Bottas pretty much dominated, and while the fact that it wasn't Lewis Hamilton taking maximum points made defeat easier for Red Bull to stomach, the team was well and truly beaten on Sunday. And yet it was happy....
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