Lewis Hamilton has won his first Grand Prix of the season thanks to a solid three stop strategy. Kimi Raikkonen fended off a hard challenge from Vettel to finish third while Vettel does another great job for the championship.
The only way Grosjean is winning a race is if Raikonnen has retired. He's a #2 driver this season, quite understandably.rssh wrote:Forecast for Hungry is hot and dry weekend ;imo perfect setting for Lotus/Ferrari to fight for a win. I hope its Grosjean this time and as history says many drivers first wins have come on this track.
Also Merc has perfect setting to evaluate the tyres and try not to overheat them this weekend.
There is nothing "understandable" about it sport-wise unless you live mentally in 2005 while watching F1 through rose-tinted marketing glasses. People watching through those glasses make 'top driver' claims without a single 'top driver' performance and with plenty of mediocre ones.Jonnycraig wrote:The only way Grosjean is winning a race is if Raikonnen has retired. He's a #2 driver this season, quite understandably.rssh wrote:Forecast for Hungry is hot and dry weekend ;imo perfect setting for Lotus/Ferrari to fight for a win. I hope its Grosjean this time and as history says many drivers first wins have come on this track.
Also Merc has perfect setting to evaluate the tyres and try not to overheat them this weekend.
Grosjean is not in the WDC hunt, Raikonnen is, albeit barely. Letting Raikonnen come in second whilst Grosjean wins would be utter madness. In a situation whereby Grosjean is in position to win a race, Raikonnen is likely to be right up there with him, hence the need for a retirement.iotar__ wrote: There is nothing "understandable" about it sport-wise unless you live mentally in 2005 while watching F1 through rose-tinted marketing glasses. People watching through those glasses make 'top driver' claims without a single 'top driver' performance and with plenty of mediocre ones.
Secondly, are you saying that if RG leads with KR let's say fourth Lotus would go for 'undercut' like in Germany rather than win the race? I wouldn't go that far but in general I agree that they have shown numerous ways to not achieve results this season: updates distribution, set up, tyres, inventive qualifying strategies (like Bahrain) or plain, old good team orders. I'm certain they'll make sure problems of German GP won't repeat themselves in Hungary.
The Ferrari and Monaco could've been even worse?SectorOne wrote:Do they really heat up their tires better? HAM and VET complained in Monaco on the exact opposite.f1316 wrote:I also note you didn't address the point on being better able to heat up the tyres helping grip; before you said quali order wouldn't be related to the new tyres...
was it?raymondu999 wrote:The Ferrari and Monaco could've been even worse?SectorOne wrote:Do they really heat up their tires better? HAM and VET complained in Monaco on the exact opposite.f1316 wrote:I also note you didn't address the point on being better able to heat up the tyres helping grip; before you said quali order wouldn't be related to the new tyres...
was it?SectorOne wrote:
Hungary, Belgium, and Italy are the best chances for Alonso and anyone else to attack Vettel's lead. Red Bull will definitely have the latest updates ready for the flyaways (once they are past the Spa/Monza specials).SilverArrow10 wrote:He has a point. Vettel is on fire right now and Ferrari have fallen behind. It frightens me the fact that if Vettel's gear box had not failed he would have won the last three races, if he wins this one the rest of the boys might as well go home because Red bull and Vettel wont make enough mistakes or have enough bad luck for the competition to catch up.
