Vettel and Webber have secured a perfect result for Red Bull by finishing 1-2 in Japan. The Bulls started from the front row of the grid and were never under threat to secure this finish. Fernando Alonso finished third and keeps his championship hopes up.
Congrats to Kubica. I didn't see that lap coming *at all*. I do feel that neither of the Red Bulls, Hamilton and Alonso have managed anything close to their ultimate lap, though. I mean, Hamilton's second sector was better AFAIK in his first attemts, and the same is true for Alonso by almost 2 tenths by my reckoning. Vettel also left some scrapes there, but not that it matters.
Let's see what happens tomorrow... emmmm... in 4 hours. Button on a reverse strategy could be fun. I feel it's the wrong call, since his hard tyres may deteriorate a tad too fast in the beginning for the soft tyres to last the whole race. How will it pan out for the McLaren guys if the start is uneventful? Alonso should be slightly concerned about Renault's pace on race trip, albeit his start should be more of a worry. He hasn't been particularly good off the line this year. And the Red Bulls... well, other than a much smaller margin that I imagined, anything other than a 1-2 could be considered a crass failure. I can't see Webber beating Vettel here, though.
Finally, I should shut up and go back to sleep.
I am not amazed by F1 cars in Monaco. I want to see them driving in the A8 highway: Variable radius corners, negative banking, and extreme narrowings that Tilke has never dreamed off. Oh, yes, and "beautiful" weather tops it all.
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Was interesting hearing from Lewis that the gearbox damage was from the brush with Webber at Singapore and not from his crash on Friday.
That said, I think it'd be a shame if the stewards penalise Lewis for -allegedly- blocking the Hulk. It was a super good job by Lewis.
+Props to Kubica for a stellar job too.
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second on kubica's performance. We all know he's a street track specialist but it seems like he's stolen massa's mojo and has translated it to a third place for renault in the starting grid (after the BOSS's demotion [pun intended])
If Web starts badly as we saw past few races I will be glad to see Rob in 2nd and not easy to be passed with highest speed traps almost all over, Go Robert Go.
Although after rain there is less clean/dirty track side difference I believe he can do it!
