Sebastian Vettel has done what he needed to. He stuck his head down, gave it all and won the race. Ferrari's terrible strategy and McLaren's good form here have given him the world championship, well deserved. Lewis Hamilton is second, Jenson Button third.
If only that would happenandrew wrote:With a bit of luck, we will see Webber and Hamilton have an on track meeting in the first corner. Alonso will suffer a catastrophic failure of all 800 ponies, and Vettel wins. The other podium spots are shared by Schumacher and Massa.
So that should pan out to being a top notch race!
I'm talking about qualifying and practice. A team may qualify last but they still have fast laps don't they.komninosm wrote:andrew wrote:HRT is still a young and very inexperienced team, as are the drivers. Mistakes of all kinds are bound to happen. Were blue flags waved or were these elusive as is often the case? Were the HRTs on fast laps? If they were then it is absurd that they should pull over to run their lap. All these have to be considered before passing judgement.what are you talking about? Ruin their fast lap? Are you talking about Qualifiers? I think we're talking about races [all year] and about more cars, not just the HRT [though especially them]. Isn't there a blue light in the cockpit anyway?
Also "HRT" and "fast lap" is almost a contradiction in terms
Dietrich was pretty atament that Red Bull would not win that way. Do they go against the team owner?Shrieker wrote:I think the Bulls will be 1-2 again, Vettel will slow down in the final lap to let Webber take the title, Alonso and Lewis will have a good on track tussle with Lewis finishing 3rd and Alonso 4th.
Keep in mind what Horner said: "It's up to the drivers, we won't intervene".Sean H wrote:Dietrich was pretty atament that Red Bull would not win that way. Do they go against the team owner?Shrieker wrote:I think the Bulls will be 1-2 again, Vettel will slow down in the final lap to let Webber take the title, Alonso and Lewis will have a good on track tussle with Lewis finishing 3rd and Alonso 4th.
ringo wrote:Ferrari and mclaren strongest on this circuit. Alonso and Hamilton specifically, lewis in sector 3. Vetel looks like he'll qualify 4rth.
I don't know where this is coming from but the Bulls are barely breaking sweat. They have more than enough speed through the corners to make up for any straight line deficit, which let's face it, is all the advantage anyone else has.
Great minds think alikeandrew wrote:With a bit of luck, we will see Webber and Hamilton have an on track meeting in the first corner. Alonso will suffer a catastrophic failure of all 800 ponies, and Vettel wins. The other podium spots are shared by Schumacher and Massa.
So that should pan out to being a top notch race!
alvinkhorfire wrote:The swap between Webber and Vettel should not be delayed till the final lap. What if the safety car is deployed near the end of the race? They cannot swap position during the safety car period, right?
Terrible dilemma for RBR. Honestly, never thought about that.raymondu999 wrote:What if Alonso blows his engine on the last lap?
If I was Webber and leading I'd be having radio problems about then.raymondu999 wrote:What if Alonso blows his engine on the last lap?
Yea' like that is going to happen. How did you come to have this bit of salacious info?f1ssk wrote:last lap : P1-lewis, P2- webber , P3 - alonso and
Any1 expecting lewis to b in front of webber and letting him pass on the last lap to win the championship ! lewis would prefer webber to alonso winning
cant wait to see alonso after that !
