Turkey Grand Prix 2010, Istanbul Park - Race 7/19

fini · 30 May 2010 at 14:23

"Slow down and save fuel" - bet Button's got half a tank left lol

Glaucus · 30 May 2010 at 14:23

Peg said:
Which point have I got wrong? Vettle was in the lead at the time.

It doesn't matter, he did not have the line, he also had space. There was no need to plow into the side.

Pete19s · 30 May 2010 at 14:23

Its not quite over yet. Could be a day of many lessons to learn, dont drive into your team mate and dont forget to put enough fuel in the car.

Flibster · 30 May 2010 at 14:24

More Mike Gascoyne tweets - such a great chap for his informative tweets.

Heikki's failure from the Power Steering. Rain shower risk getting less

Crazy driving from Webber, spots of rain in the pitlane, do not think there will be a need for inters

No team orders at Mclaren then

McLaren drivers a bit better at giving each other room than at red bull

Peg · 30 May 2010 at 14:25

AcidHell2 said:
It doesn't matter, he did not have the line, he also had space. There was no need to plow into the side.

Webber should have given him the line though. He should not have defended his position against Vettle once Vettle got in front. If it was anybody else then fair enough.

Glaucus · 30 May 2010 at 14:25

I bet mclaren weren't expecting to have such high fuel usage following so close all race.

FreeStream · 30 May 2010 at 14:25

Fuel issues for McLaren!

Yas786 · 30 May 2010 at 14:25

If Hammy wins this then McLaren are quite lucky that the Gods of F1 racing were looking down on them favourably

...up until Vettel tried to take out Webber but took himself out, it was looking like a RBR 1-2 finish.

Would suck for Hammy if his engine blew up or ran out of fuel....

NathanE · 30 May 2010 at 14:26

Alonso just destroyed Petrov's race

Scratchy · 30 May 2010 at 14:26

Do Red Bull really think McLaren are low on fuel? Could they actually not finish the race I just assumed it really meant slow down and stop racing, which is why they told Hamilton both cars had got the same message.

NathanE · 30 May 2010 at 14:26

McLaren fuel situation sounds more serious than everyone assumed???!!

Flibster · 30 May 2010 at 14:27

Oh dear. Poor Petrov. Contact with Alonso and a receives a puncture.

Vulcan · 30 May 2010 at 14:27

Peg said:
Webber should have given him the line though. He should not have defended his position against Vettle once Vettle got in front. If it was anybody else then fair enough.

Vettel didn't get in front though.

Peve · 30 May 2010 at 14:27

If the mclarens run out of fuel its going to be ridiculous.

Glaucus · 30 May 2010 at 14:27

Peg said:
Webber should have given him the line though. He should not have defended his position against Vettle once Vettle got in front. If it was anybody else then fair enough.

Not at all, they are still racing, there was no need for vettle to turn. Just look at button and lewis being ahead in part of a corner means nothing.
There was simply no reason for vettle to turn in

watch the replay, once people have seen the in car footage they all changed to vettles fault.

dalin80 · 30 May 2010 at 14:28

Peve said:
If the mclarens run out of fuel its going to be ridiculous.

I think they werent expecting to be pushing each other so much for so long.

Yas786 · 30 May 2010 at 14:28

NathanE said:
McLaren fuel situation sounds more serious than everyone assumed???!!

Still lapping at 1.30's though...so dont think its that bad tbh.

Yas786 · 30 May 2010 at 14:29

Longbow said:
Vettel didn't get in front though.

Well not to pick hairs lol but he was a bit ahead of him before he went into Webber.

NathanE · 30 May 2010 at 14:29

The McLaren gap to Webber in 3rd is 22seconds... so McLaren should be able to put it into most conservative map and tell drivers to short shift and still have plenty of gap time to spare.

Flibster · 30 May 2010 at 14:29

Longbow said:
Vettel didn't get in front though.

Half of Vettels car was ahead of Webber - how much in front do you want?