Indian Grand Prix 2013, New Delhi - Race 16/19

Glaucus · 27 Oct 2013 at 11:59

If anyone missed the celberations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24692355

Mr Men · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:08

Well done Seb

Mr Men · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:11

dannyjo22 said:
I'm not sure how much longer Alonso can carry on with the hunger he showed for a few years prior to this one. He seems to have tailed off this year. I'm not convinced he will even be at ferrari next year.

It's easy to see you don't watch F1 anymore

Tailed off? based on today?

Mr Men · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:18

On the plus side at least Alonso can use his helmet again next race

Pigeon_Killer · 27 Oct 2013 at 12:35

Great interview by Vettel

lunarwolf · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:01

congrats to Vettel, totally deserved. the worrying thing is that he keeps on improving. rinse and repeat for 2014? I am not sure any driver joining RBR could beat him tbh. If Seb went to another team like Mercedes or Ferrari then maybe he could get beaten, but I am not so sure. he's been almost perfect.

driver of the day was RG. I still can't believe he finished 3rd

Kimi was a total douche. almost collides w/ teammate and then move out of Massa's way. definitely lost respect for him, on par w/ multi 21 or Senna divebombing Prost at Suzuka

too bad for MW, Alonso, Button and Hulk

, my fav drivers on the grid (I like clean and fair racers, even if I doubt any will get a championship in the foreseeable future)

Rybo89 · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:05

Lol did kimi move for Massa? I missed that.

lunarwolf · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:12

well he didn't defend at all. but he more than defended against RG, his teammate that let him through in Germany. completely lame

413x · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:14

lunarwolf said:
well he didn't defend at all. but he more than defended against RG, his teammate that let him through in Germany. completely lame

could have easily cost RG third that

lunarwolf · 27 Oct 2013 at 13:16

al4x said:
could have easily cost RG third that

not to mention 2 DNFs for Lotus, which would hwve been tragic for the constructors which they really need to secure funds

ci_newman · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:08

lunarwolf said:
not to mention 2 DNFs for Lotus, which would hwve been tragic for the constructors which they really need to secure funds

Has Kimi actually been paid yet? Perhaps 2 DNF's was his plan for re-couping his money

smr · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:09

Congratulations Seb. Phenomenal job. Loved the celebrations too.

smr · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:10

Was nice to see perez beating lewis too! Haha.

Rybo89 · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:19

I actually think you are in love with lewis.

smr · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:25

Tbf perez hustling lewis was about the only exciting thing in the race.

utajoker · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:36

smr said:
Was nice to see perez beating lewis too! Haha.

And jenson! Haha.

ci_newman · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:46

Interestingly this thread is the same length as the one from last years race. After the race last year I said this:

ci_newman said:
A dull race that I had on in the background while playing games on my phone or tablet.

It turns out that some things don't change

Glaucus · 27 Oct 2013 at 14:51

€25k fine for rbr.
I'm glad they went that way.
You never know what they will pull out the hat.

Amid his celebrations of becoming F1's youngest ever quadruple title winner, Vettel and team boss Christian Horner were summoned to see the stewards to explain the driver's actions and several hours after the race a reprimand was issued to the German and fine of €25,000 to Red Bull.

Vettel pays tribute to team
However, the stewards did state that the "special circumstances" of the occasion had been taken in to account in the ruling.

"The driver failed to proceed directly to the post race parc ferme as detailed under article 43.3 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations," the FIA statement read.

"Due to the special circumstances the Stewards accepted the explanation of the driver.

"The team failed to instruct the driver sufficiently to return directly to post race parc ferme."

The penalty represents Vettel's first reprimand of his latest title-winning season.

smr · 27 Oct 2013 at 15:55

utajoker said:
And jenson! Haha.

Would be amazed if he finished behind jenson considering the extra pit stops and puncture jenson had

Leeroy Jenkins · 27 Oct 2013 at 16:09

I forgot about the race today wasn't going to watch it any way. Vettel has to move team imo to prove if he is better than the rest of the grid. He is doing a good job but he has had it so easy for so long now leading from the front all the time and when he's not leadig from the front he has the fastest car on te grid by a big margin to make those positions back, huge advantage over every body else.