Australian Grand Prix 2010, Melbourne - Race 2/19
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Got to feel sorry for Vettel, seems like a lot of race wins he has lost now due to a mechanical failure of some sort. RBR must be hugely disappointed following the promise showed from Quali.
Very happy for Button though. I personally think Hamilton would have had to pit anyway due to trye degradation from all the overtaking/aggressive driving he was doing.
Very happy for Button though. I personally think Hamilton would have had to pit anyway due to trye degradation from all the overtaking/aggressive driving he was doing.
Well well well..
You wouldnt believe the swearing I was doing when Jenson came into the pit first. I'd basically taken the entire McLaren team down a peg or two for being experienced numpties who couldnt perform a race strategy to save their lives.
How wrong was I?! What an awesome race by Jenson and Hamilton.
Webber can shove his front wing up his own arse. If you can't judge speed for overtaking properly then its probably best you don't just run in the back? If Lewis hadn't dodged the first Mark "The Cruise Missile" Webber attack I don't think they'd have even gotten to the second event. Lets see the press write about hooning on the track?!
Understandable anger from Lewis. That strategy was a bit naff. McLaren hedged their bets quite nicely, but you can't really do that to a driver like Hamilton when he is near the front. Undoubtedly would have passed Kubica and a 1-2 for McLaren.
Great drive from Kubica and Massa again. Those consistent podiums give you a decent platform for a championship.
Performance wise.. could anyone have challenged a Red Bull in the dry with clean air? Probably not.. talk about misfortune for Vettel. But good to see different cars on the podium.
Quotes of the day
"Whose idea was this? This was a terrible idea!"
Lewis "The Hoon" Hamilton
"3.5 seconds is the gap.........
.............don't tell me.. I don't want to know"
Alonso "My Car's The Widest" Alonso
"Wettel"
Legard? referring to Sebastian "Reliability" Vettel in the wet to start.
You wouldnt believe the swearing I was doing when Jenson came into the pit first. I'd basically taken the entire McLaren team down a peg or two for being experienced numpties who couldnt perform a race strategy to save their lives.
How wrong was I?! What an awesome race by Jenson and Hamilton.
Webber can shove his front wing up his own arse. If you can't judge speed for overtaking properly then its probably best you don't just run in the back? If Lewis hadn't dodged the first Mark "The Cruise Missile" Webber attack I don't think they'd have even gotten to the second event. Lets see the press write about hooning on the track?!
Understandable anger from Lewis. That strategy was a bit naff. McLaren hedged their bets quite nicely, but you can't really do that to a driver like Hamilton when he is near the front. Undoubtedly would have passed Kubica and a 1-2 for McLaren.
Great drive from Kubica and Massa again. Those consistent podiums give you a decent platform for a championship.
Performance wise.. could anyone have challenged a Red Bull in the dry with clean air? Probably not.. talk about misfortune for Vettel. But good to see different cars on the podium.
Quotes of the day
"Whose idea was this? This was a terrible idea!"
Lewis "The Hoon" Hamilton
"3.5 seconds is the gap.........
.............don't tell me.. I don't want to know"
Alonso "My Car's The Widest" Alonso
"Wettel"
Legard? referring to Sebastian "Reliability" Vettel in the wet to start.
that did make me chuckle and is i think sig worthy.
Unless McLaren win the championship at which point I foresee the return of the apocalyptic water based punishment of the lord.
Only Whitmarsh will survive.. floating in his carbon fibre ark tub.
Bloody fantastic race.
I feel really bad for Hamilton though who seemed to have the best drive of anyone, overtaking Massa, Rosberg, Webber, and even Button, but ended up getting a bit screwed over.
Did anyone else laugh when the virgin racing car re-overtook schumacher near the beginning?
I feel really bad for Hamilton though who seemed to have the best drive of anyone, overtaking Massa, Rosberg, Webber, and even Button, but ended up getting a bit screwed over.
Did anyone else laugh when the virgin racing car re-overtook schumacher near the beginning?
Hamilton was my driver of the day for this really. Made some fantastic overtakes and would have been up there were it not for the strategy. That said I don't think he can blame anybody for the strategy - they got it wrong but it could so easily have gone the other way.
Just wondering though, with Button so easy on the tyres and the Red Bull not great on them, would Button have taken Vettel if he'd not gone off?
Just wondering though, with Button so easy on the tyres and the Red Bull not great on them, would Button have taken Vettel if he'd not gone off?
I agree, he was no where near Hamilton and Fernando. Though I'm still surprised that McLaren Pitted Hamilton when they did.
Would be out of line by the stewards to punish Webber, otherwise why would anyone try and overtake, it was a brilliant race, plenty of action and they need to not ruin it.
Probably would have, well he would have at least had a go at him - Webber had to change his tyres so its not out of the question to assume that Vettel would have to as well.
I'm not sure he would have, because I think Button was still losing time to the rest, but he was just far enough ahead. The Red Bull/McLaren pace seemed pretty even, McLaren faster in the straights, Red Bull would have kept Vettel out as long as Button didn't pit either probably