Canadian GP 2011 - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

[andrew]

I take it that's what happens after you've had some moderating fuel? You go out and wallop a horse.

[wesley123]

Hamilton was driving like the track was dry.

It was not.

Hamilton was driving like he had significantly more grip than everyone else. He did.

IMO he is just by far the best guy in the wet. In 2008 he dominated most soaked races, and by dominating I mean really dominate. He was like, 55seconds clear of the rest of the field in Monaco until the safety car came? GB wasnt much different either.

[flynfrog]

Get it out of your head that we're asking for anyone to let anyone else through - we're asking drivers to give space to each other. Almost every single overtake requires that.

there was almost a whole track on the other side

[beelsebob]

Get it out of your head that we're asking for anyone to let anyone else through - we're asking drivers to give space to each other. Almost every single overtake requires that.

there was almost a whole track on the other side

Shame that if you were to steer right to try to use it, you'd drive into the other person

[vall]

Hamilton was driving like the track was dry.

It was not.

Hamilton was driving like he had significantly more grip than everyone else. He did.

IMO he is just by far the best guy in the wet. In 2008 he dominated most soaked races, and by dominating I mean really dominate. He was like, 55seconds clear of the rest of the field in Monaco until the safety car came? GB wasnt much different either.

May be the car had to do something with it, no?

[flynfrog]

watching nacar is like watching the autobahn from a rest stop.

better than a red flag Been up for 30 + hours now watching racing why stop

[myurr]

Get it out of your head that we're asking for anyone to let anyone else through - we're asking drivers to give space to each other. Almost every single overtake requires that.

there was almost a whole track on the other side

But he had committed to the left when Button moved left. There was a car in the way stopping him from going to that side of the track.

[timd]

This forum more and more is getting filled by the same 3 or 4 people repeating fanboy statements either bashing the driver they hate, who will ALWAYS be wrong or defending their favourite driver no matter what. It felt to me before like people took a bit more of a "technical" and balanced view of things. Far more sensible thread of the same topic on iracing.

[flynfrog]

Get it out of your head that we're asking for anyone to let anyone else through - we're asking drivers to give space to each other. Almost every single overtake requires that.

there was almost a whole track on the other side

Shame that if you were to steer right to try to use it, you'd drive into the other person

not if you lift

[zeph]

restart in 15 minutes. Mandatory rain tires.

[myurr]

May be the car had to do something with it, no?

Yes, but then compare his pace to Kovalainen's in Silverstone 08 which was probably Hamilton's most impressive wet weather drive (although Monaco comes close). In the same car, on the same tyres, Hamilton was 4 seconds a lap faster for a large part of the race.

[FrukostScones]

watching nacar is like watching the autobahn from a rest stop.

better than a red flag Been up for 30 + hours now watching racing why stop

yeah, I have to get more into it, I know only the red car and not a single rule.

[wesley123]

Hamilton was driving like he had significantly more grip than everyone else. He did.

IMO he is just by far the best guy in the wet. In 2008 he dominated most soaked races, and by dominating I mean really dominate. He was like, 55seconds clear of the rest of the field in Monaco until the safety car came? GB wasnt much different either.

May be the car had to do something with it, no?

Sure the car was good, but still 55 seconds is a lot.

[myurr]

not if you lift

And then how are you going to get into that piece of track having scrubbed all your speed? What you're basically saying is that as soon as Lewis had chosen to go left and Button chose to move to defend that Hamilton should have given up on any chance to overtake. Pretty cowardly way to go racing.

[andrew]

Race looks like starting again in 10 minutes.

The driver to watch will be Kobayashi. I predict a banzai move on Vettel that will either be brilliant or end in tears, and Massa will steal the win.