Fantastic race!
Button was clever, Hamilton fast, but too far behind, Kubica is so strong this season, Petrov is really a talent, Vettel was unlucky, Schumacher had a new aerodynamic package which wasn't as good as Rosbergs old one, thus perfoming that bad...
This season will be really interesting.
Great race. Hamilton and Alonso made the race. McLaren are really strong. I hope that Ferrari will make big jump in Europe or Alonso's chances will blow up..
Absolutely mad race, but very exciting. Once again Button proves to be a very cool customer in changeable conditions. I was concerned he'd get a penalty for excessively bunching up the pack at the re-start, but it seems he got away with it, but it wasn't just him making controversial moves today.
Hopefully Red Bull's dominance in the dry will be challenged as we head to Europe, but certainly they don't enjoy an advantage in the wet.
Well Barcelona will change a lot as new aerodynamic packages will be used by nearly all teams.
And I don't think you can judge the performances of the teams in the rain today because there were many facts not related to the pure speed of the cars which led to this result.
Let's take Vettel as an example. Bad tactics at the beginning (change from prime to intermediate wheels and back, lost many seconds when waiting for webber finishing his stop) and some slightly slower cars in front of him later.
Just saw the race. Amazing. Hamilton breaks the rules 3 times with 3 moves that are right in the rulebook as drive-through penalties, are in no way shape or form ambigous, and gets no penalties.
I know the steward Charlie Whiting is a close personal friend of Hamilton, but this is just pathetic.
Too bad about that farce, as the race was otherwise rather good
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Which 3 moves were they? (Dont worry, he may be a Brit, but I dont like him - I just didnt think I noticed 3 contentious moves)
The first two are here
Crossing the white line on pit entry, and going side-by-side with another car in the pitlane despite not being in the priority lane while the other car was. Both are listed under reckless driving and are to be punished with a drive-through.
The third was swerving from side to side on a straight several times on Webber, almost causing a shunt between the two.
And he has the gall to accuse Schumacher of "aggressive driving" (which he would have a point in, if it wasn't for the hypocrisy)
Edited by issoisso on 19-04-2010 20:00
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Hamilton does seem to think different rules apply to him. Alonso was also guilty of the pitlane entry infringement, which was even more stupid because he was illegally overtaking his teammate so he didn't have to cue. Great team player he is.
Edited by lagetcher on 19-04-2010 20:30
lagetcher wrote: Hamilton does seem to think different rules apply to him. Alonso was also guilty of the pitlane entry infringement, which was even more stupid because he was illegally overtaking his teammate so he didn't have to cue. Great team player he is.
That was definatley the highlight of the race, if not the no-show rain. In general it was a good race but it could have been better. I still wish the re-fueling rules from last year were in place. One (planned) pitstop a race isn't as exciting as, as many as needed.
That has got to be the first time ever in the dozens of incidents in Webber's career where he's only half to blame.
What a couple of idiots.
Dumb move from Vettel + Dumb move from Webber = Crash.
Compare and contrast with the McLaren drivers giving each other the room and respect you're supposed to give when fighting side by side with someone.
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I hoped the Peugeots wouldn't finish the race. They did not. HA!
Too bad McNish, Kristensen and Capello finished only third.
Edited by arthon on 13-06-2010 14:49
(which he would have a point in, if it wasn't for the hypocrisy)
