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| Tweet Topic Started: May 29 2011, 10:59 AM (2,291 Views) | |
| P1 | May 29 2011, 02:53 PM Post #196 |
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Please do not get me wrong. I actually would have preferred to see Button win it today. Unforseen circumstances placed Vettel in the unfortunate situation of getting his hard tires on, way too early compared to what they had planned. Despite this, he managed to take them to the finish line all the while maintaing the lead. Guess we all could envision a Button being able to nurturing his tyres to acomplish that for 68 laps, but not a Lewis or Vettel. The rules are in any case (roughly ;o) the same for all. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | May 29 2011, 02:59 PM Post #197 |
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Don't worry I am not offended, nor really that frustrated other than for the actual winner, who in reality obviously deserves the win as he was the one that crossed the finishing line first. jenson drove as good a race this weekend as he did two weeks ago. And despite Lewis being the faster racer, Button puts it together more consistently. Button was p10 by the end of lap one two weeks ago and ended up on the podium. Lewis just made a big mess of his race this weekend, which is a pity for him really. All in all I enjoyed the race and the chat. Not the one liner wind up from those who cared not to contribute. |
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| PiquetFan | May 29 2011, 03:01 PM Post #198 |
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I tend to agree. Seb played the cards he was dealt extremely well today. Sympathies for Jenson as well - he could have won this Grand Prix and he and the Macca were clearly the fastest package out there today. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | May 29 2011, 03:07 PM Post #199 |
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Yes, it's a very narrow track, 5 cars into one corner don't go too well as we found out near the end. I saw only one genuine overtake, Lewis on Schumacher. It was brilliant. |
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| ELUSIVEJIM | May 29 2011, 03:12 PM Post #200 |
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Thought Schumacher passing Lewis was very clean at the hairpin |
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| ELUSIVEJIM | May 29 2011, 03:14 PM Post #201 |
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Lewis will be given a penalty K Kobayashi should be as he hit Sutil. Did not see the other |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | May 29 2011, 03:14 PM Post #202 |
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I missed that, was that on the first lap? Lewis didn't think so, but I DID miss it. What I was implying was that it's not really a race of overtaking on track. So once Vettel was ahead, slow tyres or not, he'd have had to suffer the fate of Sutil to have really lost that race. No one would have bet on a 60 lap stint. |
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| ELUSIVEJIM | May 29 2011, 03:17 PM Post #203 |
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Yes I agree but I do feel Vettel's tyres would have cost him if the race had not been stopped. Alonso was struggling too but we will never know |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | May 29 2011, 03:22 PM Post #204 |
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Agreed. Can't complain for the quality of entertainment at least. |
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| ELUSIVEJIM | May 29 2011, 03:24 PM Post #205 |
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Was another good race. Think Canada will be better tho as there will be two DRS area's
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| spottygiraffe | May 29 2011, 04:21 PM Post #206 |
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Sorry to have missed the chat today. Great race until the red flag spoiled my entertainment. Very disappointed Jenson didn't win -it was such a good chance for him today and he didn't put a foot wrong. It's very worrying that Vettel is quite so far ahead in the WDC this early in the season -time for the FIA to find something illegal on the RB?! |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | May 29 2011, 04:47 PM Post #207 |
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I think they know it's there, they just can't prove it
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | May 30 2011, 02:12 PM Post #208 |
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What is it with Lewis? He is so far up his own a*se he's incapable of learning. He's bloody lucky that I'm not on the panel recommending his punishment....... I'd ram his head physically where it always seems to be emotionally. |
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| Pasta | May 30 2011, 03:53 PM Post #209 |
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He is young enough and flexible enough - that maneuver might be possible. |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | May 30 2011, 06:23 PM Post #210 |
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ah ... I'm just grumpy that he cost Williams some desperately needed points. I wouldn't really ram his head up his arse. Actually I'd ram his head up Martin Whitmarsh's arse. Whitmarsh always defends Lewis even when he ought to be chastising him. Look at how Horner disciplined Webber last year, instead Whitmarsh indulges Lewis's infantile behaviour. I think it would make for a nice reciprocal arrangement to have Lewis's head up Martin's arse. |
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