Kimi Raikkonen can thank his KERS device for winning the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps this year. He had trouble fending off Fisichella all through the race but managed to get past him with KERS power. Vettel meanwhile is third, both here as well as in the championship.
Sebastian could have won this race if they had not messed up his qually with a heavy car. The team is making too many mistakes this year. They released Webber unsafe and had the wrong fuel strategy for Vettel. Vettel in clean air was the fastest car on track.The FOZ wrote:I consider Vettel to potentially be a points black hole...I fully expect him to blow up two more engines between now and season's end, and start racking up the grid penalties.WhiteBlue wrote:Vettel will be the big winner in the championship race.
I think it was smart race craft, keep out of danger by running wide, he had no intent to take that corner on the track. No doubt that he gained out of it. He passed cars onto the entry to the corner because he knew he could carry more speed to overtake them then run wide and hold that gain when he rejoined.ISLAMATRON wrote:Kimi passed 2 cars while off track after La Source, Ferrari get away with cheating again.. what's new?
Pretty much F60 simply has no pace to win the race, but Kimi's usual Spa magic makes it all possible.
The rule is that you must have all 4 wheels on the racing surface to complete a pass, if you are not completely ahead of the car you are passing and one of your wheels goes off the racing surface you must give that position back, the was the case with Hamilton's penalty at France last year when attempting to pass Vettel.jddh1 wrote:Oh stop it.ISLAMATRON wrote:Kimi passed 2 cars while off track after La Source, Ferrari get away with cheating again.. what's new?
The rule is that you cannot make up places. He had already passed the Toyotas. He did not fall behind or gain a position. So that's why it wasn't even investigated by the stewards. In addition, no one even complained to the stewards so that they would launch an investigation.
So, please, stop it with the Ferrari bashing. I know you know the rules so just stop it.
Going off track to avoid danger is fine but gaining positions(or time according to the FIA) because of it is not good race craft IT IS ILLEGAL, is that not exactly what Hamilton was penalized for at SPA last year. But once again when it is a red car it is ignored, and even celebrated by the unscrupulous tifosi.richard_leeds wrote:I think it was smart race craft, keep out of danger by running wide, he had no intent to take that corner on the track. No doubt that he gained out of it. He passed cars onto the entry to the corner because he knew he could carry more speed to overtake them then run wide and hold that gain when he rejoined.
ISLAMATRON wrote:jddh1 wrote:Oh stop it.ISLAMATRON wrote:Kimi passed 2 cars while off track after La Source, Ferrari get away with cheating again.. what's new?
The rule is that you cannot make up places. He had already passed the Toyotas. He did not fall behind or gain a position. So that's why it wasn't even investigated by the stewards. In addition, no one even complained to the stewards so that they would launch an investigation.
So, please, stop it with the Ferrari bashing. I know you know the rules so just stop it.
Its a near impossible rule to enforce in that situation. We so rarely see any penalty on incidents at the first bend after a start. I think it is simply a matter of survival. Perhaps grass/gravel on that corner would make running wide more of a disadvantage?ISLAMATRON wrote:Going off track to avoid danger is fine but gaining positions(or time according to the FIA) because of it is not good race craft IT IS ILLEGAL, is that not exactly what Hamilton was penalized for at SPA last year. But once again when it is a red car it is ignored, and even celebrated by the unscrupulous tifosi.
