Good race and great result
In what way was that a good race? Pretty much nothing happened
Indian Grand Prix 2012, New Delhi - Race 17/20
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In what way was that a good race? Pretty much nothing happened
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Boring race, thats about it really, anyone else think Webber and Webbers engineer don't like being second best so "had a kers problem" just so Vettel didn't gain too much on Alonso 
Shame we had a tyre choice that meant people could go pretty fast without real issues, but at a track with very little overtaking. DRS being utterly negated by Kers most of the time and poor matchups in cars making some cars impossible to overtake and others painfully easy.... poor Kimi.
I do think the 2014 one set of gear ratios will help with that particular issue, having an 8th gear and being able to for all intents and purposes have that extra gear unlimit the car under DRS at every race of the year will help with races like this.
Same old though, Mclarens decent starters but VERY slow in the first few laps, heavy with fuel or some other issue, not really sure. Ferrari quick off the grid, quick in the first few laps, then ultimately not a lot they can do, Webber with an issue that loses him a place or two, Hamilton with good pace for everything but the first stint but a car that wasn't capable enough, and Vettel cruising to a victory..... who could have predicted that...........
People are being a bit daft with the doom and gloom, one crash, one failure, one poor lap in quali and Vettel is no where near "safe".
It is however looking more and more like Red Bull won't be beaten on pure pace for the rest of the year now, I'd prefer to see a real head to head rather than Alonso win it due to a RBR failure.
Shame we had a tyre choice that meant people could go pretty fast without real issues, but at a track with very little overtaking. DRS being utterly negated by Kers most of the time and poor matchups in cars making some cars impossible to overtake and others painfully easy.... poor Kimi.
I do think the 2014 one set of gear ratios will help with that particular issue, having an 8th gear and being able to for all intents and purposes have that extra gear unlimit the car under DRS at every race of the year will help with races like this.
Same old though, Mclarens decent starters but VERY slow in the first few laps, heavy with fuel or some other issue, not really sure. Ferrari quick off the grid, quick in the first few laps, then ultimately not a lot they can do, Webber with an issue that loses him a place or two, Hamilton with good pace for everything but the first stint but a car that wasn't capable enough, and Vettel cruising to a victory..... who could have predicted that...........
People are being a bit daft with the doom and gloom, one crash, one failure, one poor lap in quali and Vettel is no where near "safe".
It is however looking more and more like Red Bull won't be beaten on pure pace for the rest of the year now, I'd prefer to see a real head to head rather than Alonso win it due to a RBR failure.
I was wondering about this.
I have regularly heard Webber being told that he has no KERS.
Is it just my imagination or does Webber's car tend to suffer MUCH MORE than Vettel's car, with regards to KERS failure?
When you get excited about a few sparks you know it was a boring race
LMAO.
I remember a few races ago, when RBR were adding spice to the race by telling Vettel on the radio (and TV audiences) that Vettel's car could break on any lap and that he must slow down. That was funny.
The conspiracy theorist in me believes that nothing was wrong with his car and RBR were just toying with us.
Better still hamilton can't win the title nowwhere's sunama?
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Seems to but then, maybe its a simple case that he overheats the kers by using it more. He's slower more likely to be under attack and so uses it more to stay ahead. It "comes back" because supposedly it overheats, cools down, then starts working again. Vettel cruising outfront and being just a faster driver has less need to push the kers and so it fails less often?
I really don't know, I mean Webber had Alonso all over him shortly before it failed so was probably using it out of the last corner, getting to use a full lot again, using it to fend off DRS then using the rest 10 seconds later to defend DRS again so a lot of usage around only 1/3rd of the track, then Vettel is using it here and there around the whole track.
I'm surprised Ferrari don't gimp Massa's kers more often although subtlety is not their forte and he generally needs it to stay inside the top 10 these days.
I've not watched the last few GP's but it seems clear that Red Bull are once again dominating, still it's better than a tyre lottery.
I've not watched the last few GP's but it seems clear that Red Bull are once again dominating, still it's better than a tyre lottery.
LMAO.
I remember a few races ago, when RBR were adding spice to the race by telling Vettel on the radio (and TV audiences) that Vettel's car could break on any lap and that he must slow down. That was funny.
The conspiracy theorist in me believes that nothing was wrong with his car and RBR were just toying with us.
radio 5 live mentioned about the radio message from RB pits to Vettel in the last race , stating his tyres were really getting borderline - when Paul Embry's crew looked at them after the race they were said to look great lol
Better still hamilton can't win the title now
75 points behind.
75 to win - Hamilton needs Vettel not to score at all and Alonso and Webber to score very few. Then Hamilton could win the championship on countback.
Highly unlikely, but mathematically still possible.
No he is out of it, even if Lewis won the next 3 and Seb had DNF then countback is still on Seb's side said Sky.
Vettel would be on 5 wins and Hamilton on 6.
If the wins were the same, then they'd look at 2nd.
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