Jenson Button has added one to his tally of Formula One victories after dominating the Turkish Grand Prix. As soon as he got into the lead in lap one, there was nobody who could really do anything about him. Red Bull's Mark Webber finished second while Sebastian Vettel is third.
It's very risky to bring new driver mid-season since there is no testing. Grosjean and Hartley would drive their cars first time in real track at fridays practise. Could they do any better than Piquet/Bourdais? I doubt it. And Nelson showed today that he can race, he just need confidence and he'll be fineESPImperium wrote:However, i can see a few changes in drivers very soon. Bourdais to leave F1, Grosjean replace Piquet and Piquet or Hartley replace Bourdais.
Barichello had to go for it. Finishing 13 is same as finishing last, you still got no points. And with his gearbox problem, which you can tell from the long straight everytime he reaches the second half of the straight he dropped back massively so he couldnt get anywhere near enough to have a proper attack.n smikle wrote:Barichello did not keep a cool head and he payed for it.
You dont think that was a mistake do you?tommylommykins wrote:One little gem that the commentary men missed was at Rubens's first pitstop: The brawn lollipop man didn't clear his thing in time and poor Barrichello got a good old whack on the head with it as he left the box!
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I think it was right that Vettel publicly question his team. So what if Webber has been there for a long time. You've got a golden boy here who can bring home glory. Chris Horner, please don't get those sentimental values cloud your judgement, you need to be strong and do the right thing. Rather than do the silly thing.
In the end of the day, the teams has to give the driver the best opportunity to win. But Red Bull decides to point out that Vettel has 'lost his first place' so in a way it is 'Vettel's fault'. Moreover, they expect Vettel to overtake Button after pitstop. Even if Vettel overtakes Button, he will loose it again because he has to pit again.
Reminds me of Ruben's 3stop vs Button's 2stop.
Well said, I like Vettel and will follow him as my fav driver when Webber eventually hangs up his helmet but Vettel screwed up, not the Team and Webber made the most of his strategy to come out on top.ISLAMATRON wrote:jamsbong wrote:http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/n ... 3707.shtml
I think it was right that Vettel publicly question his team. So what if Webber has been there for a long time. You've got a golden boy here who can bring home glory. Chris Horner, please don't get those sentimental values cloud your judgement, you need to be strong and do the right thing. Rather than do the silly thing.
In the end of the day, the teams has to give the driver the best opportunity to win. But Red Bull decides to point out that Vettel has 'lost his first place' so in a way it is 'Vettel's fault'. Moreover, they expect Vettel to overtake Button after pitstop. Even if Vettel overtakes Button, he will loose it again because he has to pit again.
Reminds me of Ruben's 3stop vs Button's 2stop.
Vettle just needs to STFU... it was him who lost the lead on the first lap and dropped way behind Button in the first stint... and then his team gave him a quick service and he caught up to Button and could not muster up the balls to make a passing attempt a la Hamilton last year, had he passed Button he would have snatched 2nd just as HAmilton did last year. Vettle needs to up his passing game.
If they had switched him to a 2 stopper and he came in 2nd he would be complaining about the team not 3 stopping him to go for the win.
I think Vettel who speaks his thoughts openly is more real than many drivers who speaks for what they've been told. Alonso vs. Hamilton was great drama. it was really fun and thats because Alonso refused to be treated like a fool and spoke out the politics behind Mclaren. But Massa vs. Hamilton, not really fun coz they are like robots... "Affirmative, I will comply"ISLAMATRON wrote:Vettle just needs to STFU...
