German Grand Prix 2013, Nürburgring - Race 9/19

Pigeon_Killer said:
If anyone honestly thinks a team would sabotage their own driver and put him in any danger they need their heads examined.
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Not this time however in 2010 Webber was sabotage by his own team. Calling him early so Alonso would to and it worked.

And don't forget Lewis did not have any time to check if the car was good in race pace. But he done very well.
 
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I did text my mate after the f1 saying webber seems to get all the bad luck.vettel dosnt seem to get much nowadays... apart from last weekend. Maybe he is just that fast.
 
Saying Vettel gets all the luck (excluding last weekend) doesn't take into account his KERS issue today. Ok, he held on despite the problem but if he hadn't had the issue he may have cruised home like he did in Canada.
 
From Will Buxton

Just for reference: Rosberg unsafe release Hungary 2010 $50k. Alonso unsafe release, Hungary 2009, $50k and (overturned) race ban.
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Very light penalty for Red Bull it seems.

both very similar incidents to today's unsafe release. Itonically, Rosberg's tyre hit Big Nige in 2010. Today, he retrieved Webber's tyre.
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Big Nige is a properly big lad though. When Rosberg was told who it had hit he said, "I'd be more worried about the tyre."
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Irish_Tom said:
Saying Vettel gets all the luck (excluding last weekend) doesn't take into account his KERS issue today. Ok, he held on despite the problem but if he hadn't had the issue he may have cruised home like he did in Canada.
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He tends to have more issues when having to go flat out (loose term in 2013 season :p), compared to building up a lead then controlling pace to bring car home.
 
Vettel is always at the front things will rarely go against him because he has less chances of crashing into ppl etc. he has had the fastest car for 5 years straight now, i think towards the 2nd half of 2009 he was the quickest and last year it was close with him and mclaren, so he always has an advantage over the rest of the field having the fastest car and also less factors for him to crash into someone or be put under any pressure to make a mistake. Thats why he has good fortune imo.
 
€30k isn't much of a penalty to Red Bull.

I'd love to see instead of fines in F1, you lose 1 constructors point for every €1000 that the fine would have been.
 
I'm still of the opinion that Webber would have been leading the race had they not fluffed up his pit stop.

a 30k fine is a joke, considering they very nearly killed a camera man and endangered the lives of everyone down the pit lane :\
 
FIA Statement

The Stewards, having received a report from Race Director, heard from a team representative, examined video evidence, have considered the following matter, and determine a breach of the regulations has been committed by the competitor named below and impose the penalty referred to.

No/Driver - 2-Mark Webber

Competitor - Infiniti Red Bull Racing

Time - 14:17

Session - Race

Fact - Unsafe release from a Pit Stop.

Offence - Breach of Article 23.12 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations.

Decision - The competitor (Infiniti Red Bull Racing) is fined €30,000.

Reason - The team released car 2 before all wheels were safely fitted and the right rear wheel came off as the car left the pit stop position. The wheel passed four teams and struck a camera operator causing injury.
 
spirits247 said:
Lotus should have won - they had the fastest car but poor decision making and Grojean held Kimi up two laps too long in dirty air. :(
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I felt that too.

I also think KR should have risked staying out or pitted earlier. At the point he pitted i was a bit surprised.

Another squandered opportunity! not as bad as last week. made worse by fact that it was vettel who won!
 
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