Jenson Button has yet again proved he is simply a master in controlling changeable weather conditions as he drove a great race and profited from other's mistakes. Sebastian Vettel finishes second and still does a great job in the championship while Fernando Alonso is third.
Proof would be better, not just opinion and name calling. DC is about middle of the road from what I've seen of BBC coverage.n smikle wrote:You want to know how I figure out that he is snitching?
He's talking complete rubbish. DC has absolutely no influence over stewards calls. He simply say's what he thinks, just like everyone else and has nothing to gain from it other than adding what he considers best value to his job as commentator.richard_leeds wrote:That's odd n_smikle, because my recollection of Coulthard's commentary is that he usually prefers events to be left as "racing incidents".
Also a snitch is a police informant. So are you saying Coulthard discovers team secrets and then informs the FIA?
What are you on about?
Personally, I found it amusing that they suggested they should introduce a new offence – overtaking in a way that displeases DC.Alexgtt wrote:He's talking complete rubbish. DC has absolutely no influence over stewards calls. He simply say's what he thinks, just like everyone else and has nothing to gain from it other than adding what he considers best value to his job as commentator.
Wow, yet another example of people taking things way too seriously. Take a chill pill!
He should have been faster on super softs, a second a lap for 13 laps was all he needed if the next car was 7 seconds down the road after the stop. It's a well known fact the super softs are a second faster than the softs, and fact is he wasn't fast enough chump, sorry.n smikle wrote:Anyway - I still haven't gotten over the switch to super softs on Hamilton's Mclaren. Total disgrace. How was he supposed to win the race 30 laps on super softs and the pursuer only 7 seconds away on prime? In the words of Fernando Alonso, THAT IS F'ing RIDICULOUS!
Not fanboy bashing, but would the SS even be capable of that kind of pace for that amount of time?Diesel wrote:He should have been faster on super softs, a second a lap for 13 laps was all he needed if the next car was 7 seconds down the road after the stop. It's a well known fact the super softs are a second faster than the softs, and fact is he wasn't fast enough chump, sorry.n smikle wrote:Anyway - I still haven't gotten over the switch to super softs on Hamilton's Mclaren. Total disgrace. How was he supposed to win the race 30 laps on super softs and the pursuer only 7 seconds away on prime? In the words of Fernando Alonso, THAT IS F'ing RIDICULOUS!
*awaits a fanboy bashing*
I was confused by this too – but if you look at the pace of all the drivers an supersofts, they were, for whatever reason, not faster than the softs at that point in the race. Perhaps the track's weird oily/greasy/sticky surface in the rain negated all advantage they had? Perhaps the pirelli supersofts work by getting hotter more easily and sticking down better, and that was being negated by the drizzle.Diesel wrote:He should have been faster on super softs, a second a lap for 13 laps was all he needed if the next car was 7 seconds down the road after the stop. It's a well known fact the super softs are a second faster than the softs, and fact is he wasn't fast enough chump, sorry.n smikle wrote:Anyway - I still haven't gotten over the switch to super softs on Hamilton's Mclaren. Total disgrace. How was he supposed to win the race 30 laps on super softs and the pursuer only 7 seconds away on prime? In the words of Fernando Alonso, THAT IS F'ing RIDICULOUS!
*awaits a fanboy bashing*
no chance, the ss were only god for a couple of laps.Diesel wrote:The super softs were wearing out quicker due the the green track. But equally, it was unknown if it was possible to get the softs up to temp in the damp conditions.
Personally, I feel that had Lewis not spun etc. and continued on his strategy, it might have been possible for him to fight his way back to second, possibly first? Who knows, but he would have been on fresh super softs while the rest of the front runners were on old softs.
If I'm not mistaken you are actually correct, but the advantage Ferrari (Alonso) had was he ran his last set of SS for only something like 8 laps came in for the primes and cruised to a podium!richard_leeds wrote:Odd that we're not hearing the same criticism of Ferrari who were on the same strategy. Two of the top three teams went for the SS.
Well the practice times said that the SS would be a second a lap faster, but within a lap or two those on the softs were actually quicker. I guess the combination of compound and construction was just more suitable for those conditions as well as being more durable - or Lewis was overly trying to conserve the tyres, although Alonso was also slower.ell66 wrote:no chance, the ss were only god for a couple of laps.Diesel wrote:The super softs were wearing out quicker due the the green track. But equally, it was unknown if it was possible to get the softs up to temp in the damp conditions.
Personally, I feel that had Lewis not spun etc. and continued on his strategy, it might have been possible for him to fight his way back to second, possibly first? Who knows, but he would have been on fresh super softs while the rest of the front runners were on old softs.
for all of mclarens expertise, time and time again they make basic errors where just a bit of common sense should prevail, the worrying thing is that they dont really do anything about it and just put it down to "motot racing" all the time and thus they'll continue to make these mistakes over and over.
personally i felt the inters were a good gamble, at that point he was allready looking at 4th due to having to stop again shortly anyway, but the decision to put the super softs on again was a shocker that cost lewis the win and the team a valuable 1-2.
Yes... and in 8 laps he certainly didn't make up the 17 odd seconds needed for a pit stop, did he... it would have been better simply to go onto the softs... then he would have finished ahead of vettel.Mr Alcatraz wrote:If I'm not mistaken you are actually correct, but the advantage Ferrari (Alonso) had was he ran his last set of SS for only something like 8 laps came in for the primes and cruised to a podium!richard_leeds wrote:Odd that we're not hearing the same criticism of Ferrari who were on the same strategy. Two of the top three teams went for the SS.
