Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011, Yas Marina Circuit - Race 18/19

Jph said:
He [Vettel] truely is amazing in Qualifying.
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He's also amazing in the races, too.
In fact, overall, he is an amazing driver.

We can only hope that next year Ferrari and McLaren can build a car which is slightly better than the RBR...otherwise, assuming that Vettel improves a little, next year, Vettel will be a triple World Champ, this time next year.

I think if everybody has a similarly performing car next year, Alonso is now about the only driver who will be able to give Vettel a close run.
 
About time for Barichello to quit isn't it? Can't ever see him getting on the podium and he's not getting any younger. With the good personality he has though, I can see the BBC offering him a microphone at some point.
 
Merlin5 said:
About time for Barichello to quit isn't it? Can't ever see him getting on the podium and he's not getting any younger. With the good personality he has though, I can see the BBC offering him a microphone at some point.
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He's doing the best he can with the car he's been given. Can't really ask much more than that. That Williams is a pig of a car. Stick him in at Force India and you'll have a good pairing with Di Resta there.
 
el_dazza said:
He's doing the best he can with the car he's been given. Can't really ask much more than that. That Williams is a pig of a car. Stick him in at Force India and you'll have a good pairing with Di Resta there.
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But Barichello started his F1 career before the pyramids were built, and he's never won a championship. Why is he still not in a top car?
 
Really don't understand why people get so wound up by Vettel being on pole/in front/winning. If he's the fastest driver out there then that's where he deserves to be. Would these people seriously advocate artificially slowing him down just so it's a "better spectacle" ?
 
Durzel said:
Really don't understand why people get so wound up by Vettel being on pole/in front/winning. If he's the fastest driver out there then that's where he deserves to be. Would these people seriously advocate artificially slowing him down just so it's a "better spectacle" ?
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Yeah I agree with that. And it'll make next year more exciting to see who, if anyone, can take vettel down so to speak. Most sports have a whizzkid that everyone tries to beat. Like Usain Bolt for instance. Mike Tyson when he was at his best. Ali, Schumacher, Federer, etc.
 
Durzel said:
Would these people seriously advocate artificially slowing him down just so it's a "better spectacle" ?
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No and nobody has suggested anything of the sort, so quite which orifice you've pulled that stupid notion from i'm not sure.

That doesn't stop it getting rather tedious seeing the same person win everything, just as it was bloody tedious back in the days that Schumacher was pretty much guaranteed a win before the weekend began.

What people want to see is the other teams catch up so Vettel is really worked for his victories, at the moment he's cruising to half of his victories without breaking a sweat.
 
Durzel said:
Really don't understand why people get so wound up by Vettel being on pole/in front/winning.
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It is not the fact that he wins everything that annoys me, it is the fact that every race, in FP they run slow, and the media say "Mclaren and Ferrari have caught up and should be on pole", and then in Q1+2, they are still faster than Vettel, even Webber is up with him.
then suddenly on the last lap of Q3, Vettal suddenly finds tenths of second from "apparently" nowhere and takes pole. He then just runs away with the race, even though FP times showed he shouldn't be that much faster.

I know it is RB playing with everyone else, but it seriously annoying.

How would people react if every golf tournament, player A was ten shots off the lead for the first three rounds and then the final round they shot fifteen shots better than everyone else.

I see if you do this consistently, you are either mildly unsporting, or you are cheating somehow by turning something off in FP to make it last, and then turning it on during Q3 and the race. :confused:

I know people will say this is ridiculous, but it is how I feel. :mad:
 
Qually times

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[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   [/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m38.481s
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.622s  + 0.141
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.631s  + 0.150
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m38.858s  + 0.377
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m39.058s  + 0.577
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m39.695s  + 1.214
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m39.773s  + 1.292
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m40.662s  + 2.181
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m40.768s  + 2.287
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes
Q2 cut-off time: 1m40.554s                                   Gap **
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m40.874s  + 2.440
12.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m40.919s  + 2.485
13.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.009s  + 2.575
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m41.079s  + 2.645
15.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.162s  + 2.728
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.240s  + 2.806
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m41.760s  + 3.326
Q1 cut-off time: 1m42.605s                                   Gap *
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m42.979s  + 3.197
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m43.884s  + 4.102
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.515s  + 4.733
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m44.641s  + 4.859
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.699s  + 4.917
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m45.159s  + 5.377
24.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosoworth   no time
 
Now I love all things Jenson, but his 'tasche is appalling. :eek: Get rid of it, son.

With Vettel on pole and likely to dominate once again, all one can hope for now is Lewis getting a bad start and having a racing incident or two with Massa. :D

Merlin5 said:
About time for Barichello to quit isn't it? Can't ever see him getting on the podium and he's not getting any younger. With the good personality he has though, I can see the BBC offering him a microphone at some point.
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It probably is about time and Brazil would be an appropriate place for a final outing.

He's still probably a handy driver, even now, but I can't see anyone taking him on. The young driver market is getting a bit crowded.
 
el_dazza said:
He had a top car at Ferrari, just some unknown bloke called Schumacher called the shots. He had a top car at Brawn but let Button get too far ahead too early and left his charge too late.
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Good point.

Barrichello has driven title winning cars, but has always been outperformed by his team-mate, when it counted.

He's a decent No.2 driver...but that's it.

And besides, there are so many young drivers out there, why not give them a chance?
 
Watched it on the TV for the first time in years and my internet has finally come back on. Was so disappointed vettel managed to beat the McLarens it would have been great to see them both on the front row. I have a feeling we'll see vettel disappear off into the distance after the first lap again as a result but some good (if you can call it that on this circuit?!) racing further down the field. Just hope the DRS zones make there be at least some overtaking
 
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