Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012, Yas Marina - Race 18/20

Swings and roundabouts. Vettel got lucky with the SC this weekend, but he got boned by one in Valencia.

Its the same for everyone. Alonso had some luck at the start of the year when his rivals were busy tripping over each other.

I do find it interesting that suggesting Alonso should have some bad luck to spice up the championship earlier in the year got a barrage of abuse, yet its par for the course to wish doom and gloom on Vettel and then slate him if he does drive well.
 
Race Result

Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              1h45:58.667
 2.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     0.852
 3.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     4.163
 4.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     7.787
 5.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    13.007
 6.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    20.076
 7.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    22.896
 8.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    23.542
 9.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    24.160
10.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    27.463
11.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    28.075
12.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    34.906
13.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +    47.764
14.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +    56.473
15.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +    56.768
16.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +  1:04.595
17.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +  1:11.578


Standings

Code: 
[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Vettel       255        1.  Red Bull-Renault          422
 2.  Alonso       245        2.  Ferrari                   340
 3.  Raikkonen    198        3.  McLaren-Mercedes          318
 4.  Webber       167        4.  Lotus-Renault             288
 5.  Hamilton     165        5.  Mercedes                  136
 6.  Button       153        6.  Sauber-Ferrari            124
 7.  Massa         95        7.  Force India-Mercedes       95
 8.  Rosberg       93        8.  Williams-Renault           73
 9.  Grosjean      90        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         22
10.  Perez         66       
11.  Kobayashi     58       
12.  Hulkenberg    49       
13.  Di Resta      46       
14.  Maldonado     43       
15.  Schumacher    43       
16.  Senna         30       
17.  Vergne        12       
18.  Ricciardo     10
 
What were Sky chatting on about when they kept saying all Vettel needs to do is score 15 points in Texas and he will win the championship. Surely he has to win 15 more than Alonso?
 
Eddie Jordon's pre race predication that Vettel would come 5th was on target. As everyone else has said he got extremely lucky. As Murray Walker would say "F1 is IF backwards."

There were a lot of "IF" incidents which gave Vettel his position on the day. With the Safety Car, DNF's, Dubai's smooth track which degrades the tyres less and use of DRS any top team driver with a good strategy could have done what Vettel did.
 
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Vettel gained 10 KPH with the gear ratio changes. Williams is a rocket in a straight line!
 
majnu said:
Eddie Jordon's pre race predication that Vettel would come 5th was on target. As everyone else has said he got extremely lucky. As Murray Walker would say "F1 is IF backwards."

There were a lot of "IF" incidents which gave Vettel his position on the day. With the Safety Car, DNF's, Dubai's smooth track which degrades the tyres less and use of DRS any top team driver with a good strategy could have done what Vettel did.
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EJs pre race prediction was 8th.
 
I enjoyed the whole race & was well pleased to see Kimi win, His comments were awesome. :cool: Shame Lewis didn't get the win though as he for want of a better word pawned everybody over the weekend.
As for Vettel I think he did unbelievably well no matter how much luck came his way.
 
Fluttershy said:
Was in stitches at this :D :D
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ha ha now thats cracker :D:D:D good old FA
 
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