Caporegime
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He was only told it was crucial because Mclaren didnt want him having another go at there golden boy.
Yup, because they didn't tell golden boy to slow down and save fuel, did they, oh wait.
At every stage, without fail, Hamilton was faster than Button, you also got the distinct impression that Button could not catch a Red Bull and wouldn't have been able to pull away while Hamilton was basically faster, in dirty air(he spent the entire race closer to the car infront than Button did) and had he gotten past Webber he Hamilton would likely have pulled out a lead as Webber in Hamiltons dirty air would almost certainly be slower.
As for conserving fuel, it was clear as day Hamilton was told to slow down to conserve fuel and obvious from his laptimes he instantly slowed down, this was the ONLY stage Button was faster, and Button was told he needed to slow down aswell.
Both cars would be fueled the same and getting the same fuel saving instructions, Button decided to try and get ahead of Hamilton after he slowed down for tactical reasons, at race pace Button wasn't able to gain on Hamilton
Pretending otherwise is hilariously biased, in any way trying to claim that Button was the faster driver is, daft.
I think Hamilton had a poor day though, I think his line through 3-4 corners was needlessly tight. Especially the last corner, infact when he was forced wide after Button overtook him, he got his cleanest run through the corner, starting wide and sweeping much faster through the corner. The rest of the race he goes in far to tight, kills to much speed and is slow out the corner. Sometimes the Redbulls didn't have the grip to turn into some corners, in other corners they were just taking a wider faster line.
The Vettel/Webber incident had me in stitches, it was hilarious, still can't quite decide who was in the wrong. If Webber had just moved over when it was clear Vettel had the inside and was clearly faster, he should have just pulled over for safety. Vettel shouldn't have moved over but could he fairly expect that Webber would know he was done and would pull over, probably. really both their faults though 65/35 with Vettel the most at fault.
Both of them are absolute idiots though, though it almost seems more ridiculous that Button, having seen the two infront take themselves out, decided to try the same by going after him, and then turning into him into the first corner.