2012 British GP - Silverstone Circuit

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Shrieker
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Good win for Webber. Mclaren just disappointing...
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With Merc's awful pace, 7th is a good result from Michael.
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Teechnical wrote:Ferrari.
*facepalm*
Alonso had to use soft tyre.... but now for sure top3 teams at race pace are: Redbull Lotus and McLaren at close gap with Ferrari

GJ Mark!! Fernando and SEB....
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Great drive from both Webber and Alonso.

Grosjean from where he started to where he finished, that's an obvious sign of things to come!
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have to say though, some of the worst tv coverage of an F1 race I've seen in a while. Showing Senna et al. instead of the Alonso / Webber, showing Webber coast home for half a lap then showing the crowd after the race rather than the Massa / Kimi scrap and Senna / Button / Koba for the final points.

Good for Mark though, bummer for Fernando but he'll bounce back

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Morteza wrote:Congrats to Mark! Well-deserved, really.
God, I'm happy that Seb couldn't get past Fernando. It would be the second time after Canada.
My sentiments.

I'm disappointed Alonso didn't win, but I'd rather see Webber win than Vettel.

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Soft tyres that can't last for 7-8 laps, and are slower than the hards even when they're fresh ? Bridgestone should never have quit.
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clipsy1H wrote:
Teechnical wrote:Ferrari.
*facepalm*
Alonso had to use soft tyre.... but now for sure top3 teams are: Redbull Lotus and McLaren at close gap with Ferrari

GJ Mark!! Fernando and SEB....
You're saying that Lotus and Mclaren are still ahead of Ferrari? I'd put Redbull and Ferrari pretty much even with the rest varying degrees behind

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Hail22 wrote:Great drive from both Webber and Alonso.

Grosjean from where he started to where he finished, that's an obvious sign of things to come!
He start P10 and finish P6 with good start he could be on Podium or maybe fight for win.

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Shrieker wrote:Soft tyres that can't last for 7-8 laps, and are slower than the hards even when they're fresh ? Bridgestone should never have quit.
There's that too.

The Pirelli tires are a joke. Alonso lost that race because of these idiot tires.

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Hail22 wrote:Great drive from both Webber and Alonso.

Grosjean from where he started to where he finished, that's an obvious sign of things to come!
I wonder what will happen if he starts a race on pole :)
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I dont think many will agree, but the McLaren really is the dog of the top running cars and has been for a while.

Today is just the first time Hamilton has matched Buttons poor performance in the car (and Button was lucky to even score a point today).

Grosjean/Raikkonens pace is race winning.

The Ferraris pace is race winning.

The Red Bulls pace is race winning.

The McLarens are nowhere tbh.

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What a freaking fail from Ferrari. Unbelievable. After Canada again they deny Alonso a victory...

If Massa could start on the soft tires and keep up with Webber and Vettel, why the hell do they risk Alonso's strategy and start on the hard tire? He had those RedBulls in the pocket. If he started on the soft tire this would be a walk in the park for Alonso, very disappointing...

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alpen wrote:have to say though, some of the worst tv coverage of an F1 race I've seen in a while. Showing Senna et al. instead of the Alonso / Webber, showing Webber coast home for half a lap then showing the crowd after the race rather than the Massa / Kimi scrap and Senna / Button / Koba for the final points.

Good for Mark though, bummer for Fernando but he'll bounce back
No I disagree with you any coverage is better than the one Star Sports give . Today they gave 11 advertizment of around 2.5 minutes at critical moments in the race . The commentator are so blind that they claimed Adrian Sutil as Alguswari and then kept going on about how he is important as a Pirelli test Driver :evil:

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Pirelli Soft Tyres.
*facepalm*
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