Brazilian Grand Prix 2010, Interlagos Circuit - Race 18/19

GeneralD said:
I think Williams probably went from a more wet set up in the hope of getting higher up the pecking order, eventhough we are expecting a dry race tommorow. A gamble that paid off, yes the track gets better with each lap that passes but he was over a second faster, that is surely down to using a wet set up........?

On a personal note I hope the vettel smashes into the hulk, picks up fernando and hamilton looses his wing, allowing that handsome man webber to go on a and win:D
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Not sure about the wet setup, Hulk was nowhere in Q1 and Q2 where it was a lot wetter.
 
i can certainly see vettel balsing up his and atleast 1 other persons race into turn 1, probably hulks

as for the lap, werent a lot of drives losing stacks of time coming onto the full throttle final sector, i assume in an attempt to carry as much speed as possible they actually lost it due to having no traction, nico seemed to get this balance right better than the others.
 
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Interesting point on James Allens site, if there's any rain the top ten will only have used inters and full wets to go onto:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/5010

What's the bet that if it's a dry start those just outside the top ten (Button especially) starts on the hard tyre and runs as long as possible(to get in front on those pitting on softs), hoping for a late shower requiring a switch to inters.
 
pimper said:
I wonder how worried Rubens is now after seeing what Hulkenberg just gave us!!!! Barrichello will be seriously kissing boots to secure his seat at Williams next year.
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What even though he's outqualified him what 12-6 and scored double the points?

There has never been much doubt Williams will resign rubens.

He had a decent lap in lucky circumstances. You don't hire a driver for one off lucky instances. Rubens has pounded on him for most of the season.

I know which of the two I'd be hiring first next year.
 
dannyjo22 said:
What even though he's outqualified him what 12-6 and scored double the points?

There has never been much doubt Williams will resign rubens.

He had a decent lap in lucky circumstances. You don't hire a driver for one off lucky instances. Rubens has pounded on him for most of the season.

I know which of the two I'd be hiring first next year.
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But for a team struggling for money Rubens is currently more expensive to keep and Hulks performances have been better once he got a little more settled into F1
 
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Let's not forget that with rookies in midfield cars they tend to look for flashes of brilliance, and signs of growth rather than outright pace from the start. Hulkenberg has ticked both of those boxes, and bringing Williams a pole after such a long dry spell, an incident like this could play a big part in their decision on whether to back an up and comer or an old workhorse.
 
"Although it was initially suspected that the advantage that Hulkenberg enjoyed had been because he had opted for a wet-weather set-up due to the conditions, his outfit has made it clear that that was not the case."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88015

Incredible. His Williams was good at putting temperature into the tyres, which the other cars couldn't do. Obviously, this is because the Williams is hard on tyres, but it worked today.
 
Great stuff. Hulkenberg putting a midfield car on pole, by such a big margin in damp conditions, shows true brilliance. Its a shame that he has only managed to do this once in so many races.

As somebody said earlier, Barrichello has been far more consistent and as a result has scored more points. I would much rather take Barrichello, over Nico "flash-in-the-pan" Hulkenberg.
 
Setroc said:
Let's not forget that with rookies in midfield cars they tend to look for flashes of brilliance, and signs of growth rather than outright pace from the start.
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I would disagree on that one.

All the top drivers have been fast, right from the start. With experience, they become more refined and learn how to deal with difficult situations, but their speed stays pretty much constant.

Hamilton, Senna, Schumacher, Alonso, etc have all be fast right from the start. I don't think I've ever come across a driver with average speed at the start of his career and then super speed later on in his career.
 
that may be so, but as far as memorable moments for a rookie goes, quali was a good way to put yourself on peoples radars. not necessarily team bosses, but maybe as a means to attract some more personal sponsorship, you know, the very thing that williams, and a few other mid-field teams, are going to be gagging for next season, what with the cut-backs/withdrawal of some of the bigger sponsors
 
pimper said:
I wonder how worried Rubens is now after seeing what Hulkenberg just gave us!!!! Barrichello will be seriously kissing boots to secure his seat at Williams next year.
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Not very, seeing as his experience has helped turn Williams around this season and get the most out of their car.
 
Not for or against Hulk - but really glad for Williams, always been my 2nd team (unless they were My 1st team during the whole 90's)

Really hope he can hold the RB's up a bit and it should make for an interesting race, really want Alonso to have a complete disaster

Actually starting to really want MW to win the championship considering all that RB have done to assist SV this year, just dont think Alonso derserves the title at all (even ignoring the FIA foul-up, it would be very difficult for anyone NOT to win in the Ferrari this year with the whole team behind only him), Massa just hasnt been with it at all most of the season

LH is going to push too hard again and will make a major mistake either today or in AD
utajoker said:
sounds like button should do a switch with him today and he mite get a few points :p
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or repeat his performance from last year and get on the podium (given that he is starting three places better off this year)
 
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FrankJH said:
Actually starting to really want MW to win the championship considering all that RB have done to assist SV this year, just dont think Alonso derserves the title at all (even ignoring the FIA foul-up, it would be very difficult for anyone NOT to win in the Ferrari this year with the whole team behind only him), Massa just hasnt been with it at all most of the season
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So let me get this right, Alonso doesn't deserve the title because he's a no1 but Webber deserves it despite ruining the title chances of others?

Of course Alonso deserves it, he's had the worst luck and reliability of the top 3 teams and yet is still in the hunt. So what he was gifted 7 points, so was Lewis when they stopped Button having a run at him more than once. Just because the switch happened it's just as likely the results would have been different had cars actually been allowed to race each other. It's still colluding to affect the result.

It was a wise call to make when you look at massa's 2nd half of the season pace. It didn't affect his title chances because he had none.

Alonso is leading the title despite not having the fastest car or most reliable car. That rarely ever happens. I've seen a more reliable car beat a faster car but I've never seen the most unreliable car AND not the fastest car ever take a title.
 
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