Put your money on Vettel (coming from a Hamilton fan). The RB7 is just so fast and contrary to Webber, Vettel has really gelled in with the new car (ıf Webber is given equal machinery, that is). I was spectating at the general admission area outside of turn two; by lap 7 or 8 Vettel's engine sound and aggression over downshifts had notably toned down. By then everyone's body language around was indicating that they also new Vettel had it won bar a mechanical glitch or a pit stop mess up.
By this time (after 4 races) in 2010 Vettel was on 45 points and behind his rivals, but he still won come the end of the year. While one of the best surely, I still don't think he is *the best* driver around, but the with the RB7 Newey has done what he did going into '97 (fw 18 to fw 19), making the car a bit faster and a lot more reliable. Ferrari and McLaren need huge gains asap which I just can't see happening.
On a side note, Heidfeld and Petrov's cars sounded insane. It was like corn popping, m16 on auto fire and a jackhammer punching through concrete all at the same time. After a few laps the urge to put my earplugs on I could resist no more.
About the action shots I mentioned earliler in the thread. Well, I attempted to take a shot of the trailer truck which carries the drivers on the driver parade lap. It, and the shots from the Gp2 race all turned out disastrous lol. I'm afraid you'll have to make do with what's available on the net. Here
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/05/08/2 ... -pictures/ there are some very good shots, and hopefully our friend here
http://www.hunnyf1.com/ will shortly be posting his work from the weekend. They're better than my best anyway.
This, from saturday, was taken by a fellow Turkish fan whom I met at the track. He was kind enough to send it to me via e-mail. I'm the dude at the far right, presenting the goods to
the boss lol.
It was ironic though that he made the mistake on lap 1 which ruined his race right in front of us. He went almost head to head into the corner with Webber but there just wasn't enough grip on the outside. I wonder if Hamilton (or anyone from the team) watches the support races. Cause a gp2 driver (don't know whom, was a red and yellow car) went off line in that very same corner, couldn't get the car to slow down went into the gravel and the barriers eventually. Similarly, some other driver from the Porsche cup who (again) attempted to take the corner from the outside line lost it completely and had a wild spin even before corner entry.
That's all for now. I have a little more coming up shortly; for the dinner's served
