Japanese Grand Prix 2013, Suzuka - Race 15/19

drunkenmaster · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:25

Duke said:
DRS not open on Marks car?

Vettel didn't use his DRS to get Grosjean either did he? their DRS's not working for some reason, are other cars DRS working?

Flibster · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:25

@sniffpetrol said:
Next year they're making Suzuka more exciting by keeping the figure of 8 but getting rid of the bridge. #F1

Stryda09 · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:27

drunkenmaster said:
Vettel didn't use his DRS to get Grosjean either did he? their DRS's not working for some reason, are other cars DRS working?

Pretty sure Vettel did use DRS. He was just a lot closer to RG as they got onto the straight.

drunkenmaster · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:28

Brundle definitely asked if Vettel's DRS was even open when he got Grosjean, I just couldn't actually see myself if it was or not. Occasionally it's just very hard to see when the DRS is open on some cars, the Merc has a smaller slit than most and due to colour it's less obvious, RBR you can usually tell though, Lotus is really obvious.

Regy53 · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:29

I really like RG now. He has a great personality of track, on track he copes wih pressure so well. He could be a world champion imo

Spuj · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:29

Stryda09 said:
Pretty sure Vettel did use DRS. He was just a lot closer to RG as they got onto the straight.

At the start of the zone it opened but when he swung out To pass Grojean it closed then opened again just before the first corner

Stryda09 · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:32

Good job by RG today. Lotus/Him messed up their strategy. Brilliant strategy by Red Bull and Vettel though, I'm surprised it worked so well.

Locky · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:32

Boring race tbh

Glaucus · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:32

Shame Alonso didn't dnf, then some of the whiners might not post and make these threads readable. Good race though, lots of action.

el_dazza · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:32

Great race, great results

deuse · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:33

Another boring race... thank god for MotoGP

Duke · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:33

Good race and great drive again by Grosjean. Sauber doing well again.

413x · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:35

drunkenmaster said:
Not really, he blinked, he thought he'd try and undercut on a car CLEARLY going for a two stopper, he was ahead, had track position and wasn't massively slow and in doing so put himself into doing 50% longer stint on these tyres which has cost him probably both positions. if he actually stopped when Webber did, or waited another 5 laps he'd be way better off than he is now.

didnt see anyone else almost almost beating a red bull

Stryda09 · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:35

The FIA guy put a block under the wheel to stop it rolling before the conspiracy theories begin...

Spuj · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:36

Great result and a very enjoyable race. Brilliant stuff from RG to, really starting to show how good he is.

413x · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:40

hes likeable too. It was only really the first lap cars bunched he was **** at

hes always looked really fast, least the other stuff can be improved on

Duke · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:42

al4x said:
hes likeable too. It was only really the first lap cars bunched he was **** at

hes always looked really fast, least the other stuff can be improved on

Yeah he has always shown good speed

413x · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:43

looking good for lotus to get second if all this continues

Flibster · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:44

Oh god... I watch Sky to get away from this tit.

Duke · 13 Oct 2013 at 08:44

Where is Webber? Something happened when the crowd made a noise.

edit: back again, did he slip over?