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It was the decent racing that led to the tyre issues.
Poll: Italian Grand Prix 2018, Monza - Race 14/21
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Vettel is very, very fast. You can't take that away from him. The rest of his racecraft has been highlited as questionable in these last few seasons.
It was difficult to see when he was in the Red Bull as he had clear no.1 status and the car was so much faster than anything else.
It was difficult to see when he was in the Red Bull as he had clear no.1 status and the car was so much faster than anything else.
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The first laps after the safety car were good close racing. The tyre issues made the race interesting, but I wouldn't say it made for a better race as such. If anything it took away from the race as there was an element of inevitability about it, the same as Austria when Ricciardo's fell apart and Hamilton dropped back.
Speaking of Austria, that had a similar amount of overtaking and battling near the front and similar tyre issues, but that only had 2 votes of 10/10.
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But Hamilton DNF so it can't be a 10/10 for many
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And, as far as I can see, their defence is simply that they asked for a delay until Singapore and took silence (no reply) as consent. I guess their only other defence will be that it makes no material performance difference.
Soldato
That's a defence right up there with Red Bull's denying that a hole in the floor was really a hole a few years ago!
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It was always questionable tbh. He was the original crash kid for a reason.
During the middle of last week, me and a friend were offered a General Access ticket to Monza, as long as we could both get there.
A hasty easyjet flight and a hostel booking later and off to Milan/Monza we went!
Had a great weekend, watched the race from the inside of the Parabolica just by the Pit Entrance, was good to see the drivers setting up overtakes and had a video screen in view to see them finish them off.
Walked the entire infield in the General Access section, which pretty much spans everywhere and they even have small grandstands/seating areas in some places.
The atmosphere was crazy all the way up to the point Lewis overtook Kimi, then it went flat and the people in Red started leaving in droves.
Got onto the track after the race, the pit straight was crazy post race and the Tifosi made their thoughts heard during the podium ceremony. I can imagine it was a lot louder around the track than it was on TV.
Walked the entire track and got also myself up to the old Monza Banking too which was very cool. You weren't really supposed to be up there, but the Italian Security didn't care.
Spotted this in the F1 E-Sports Fan Zone after the race, must be a tidy little number for OcUK
A hasty easyjet flight and a hostel booking later and off to Milan/Monza we went!
Had a great weekend, watched the race from the inside of the Parabolica just by the Pit Entrance, was good to see the drivers setting up overtakes and had a video screen in view to see them finish them off.
Walked the entire infield in the General Access section, which pretty much spans everywhere and they even have small grandstands/seating areas in some places.
The atmosphere was crazy all the way up to the point Lewis overtook Kimi, then it went flat and the people in Red started leaving in droves.
Got onto the track after the race, the pit straight was crazy post race and the Tifosi made their thoughts heard during the podium ceremony. I can imagine it was a lot louder around the track than it was on TV.
Walked the entire track and got also myself up to the old Monza Banking too which was very cool. You weren't really supposed to be up there, but the Italian Security didn't care.
Spotted this in the F1 E-Sports Fan Zone after the race, must be a tidy little number for OcUK
I just did a couple of searches of old posts as I remember questioning Vettel's racing ability years ago, check these out:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/19658007
July 2011 said:
How about this:
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/16910974
July 2010 said:
Do the bold bits sound familiar?
I have to say though it's quite concerning for his fans that he's not learned much in 7 years.
Soldato
Here's a clearer view of what happened between Alonso and Magnussen at the end of Q2. Basically Alonso was leaving space, Magnussen stole it before Parabolica and Alonso decided he wasn't having any of it 
Another one to file under 'Magnussen being a dick'.
Another one to file under 'Magnussen being a dick'.
RE Vettel: yup, just look at China in 2016 when he got spooked by a fast TR coming up the inside of the right hander when he ran a bit wide (Kvyat?).
Ended up taking out Kimi. He is not good in traffic or under pressure!
Ended up taking out Kimi. He is not good in traffic or under pressure!
Completely agree, Magnussen was out of order there and got what he deserved there.
Here's a clearer view of what happened between Alonso and Magnussen at the end of Q2. Basically Alonso was leaving space, Magnussen stole it before Parabolica and Alonso decided he wasn't having any of it
Another one to file under 'Magnussen being a dick'.
They even said that it was Grosjean then Magnussen so KMag passed Romain too.
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Definitely sounds familiar! He is flattered by his 4 championships tbh.
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Magnussen even tried to squeeze him off the track into the braking zone for turn 1. Lack of class.
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Here's a clearer view of what happened between Alonso and Magnussen at the end of Q2. Basically Alonso was leaving space, Magnussen stole it before Parabolica and Alonso decided he wasn't having any of it
Another one to file under 'Magnussen being a dick'.
Brilliant!
Soldato
Yup.