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British GP Raceday Thread
Topic Started: Jul 10 2011, 11:01 AM (2,046 Views)
Jack
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Lord Tau,Jul 10 2011
03:37 PM
I'm sick and tired of seeing Alonso pointing at his steering wheel everytime he wins this season.

It's getting repetitive and annoying and I wish he would stop. It's borderline arrogance.

<sarcasm>

Keep a copy of this message, you may need it at the end of the season.

(with the sarcasm alert removed). <devil>
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flood1
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Nice race for Perez
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Jack,Jul 10 2011
03:41 PM
Lord Tau,Jul 10 2011
03:37 PM
I'm sick and tired of seeing Alonso pointing at his steering wheel everytime he wins this season.

It's getting repetitive and annoying and I wish he would stop. It's borderline arrogance.

<sarcasm>

Keep a copy of this message, you may need it at the end of the season.

(with the sarcasm alert removed). <devil>

<thumbsup>
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PiquetFan,Jul 10 2011
01:55 PM
Anyone prepared to offer odds on a Ferrari win today?

<cool>
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Pasta,Jul 10 2011
01:37 PM
TheCompleteGuitarist,Jul 10 2011
01:33 PM
Did I hear RBR say to Webber "Maintain the gap"?

Yes but that is legal now

I know, I just wondered.
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TheCompleteGuitarist
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On a final note regarding the team orders, two interesting comments from the BBC stream

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Guardian chief sports writer Richard Williams on Twitter: "Did #F1 fans really expect #RedBull to risk losing both cars on last lap? Get real!"


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petedapilotzzz via text on 81111: "Am absolutely disgusted at Red Bull telling Webber to stay behind Vettel."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport...one/9534435.stm

I don't have any problem whatsover with team orders, but I did find it curious.

If they wanted to save both cars for sure they could just as easily have said to Vettel

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Mark's attacking, whatever you do, don't make a balls of it


or something to that effect to make sure that Vettel didn't take them both out in his attempt to defend.

Seems they don't trust either of their drivers or is it that they only favour Vettel? Horner did say Webber is not out of the title race. Why would he say that?
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TheCompleteGuitarist
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Any one else think Button might have made the podium?
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TheCompleteGuitarist,Jul 10 2011
04:14 PM
Any one else think Button might have made the podium?

He would probably have beaten Ham, but I reckon the Bulls would have kept him at bay today.
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Very happy and very surprised that Alonso won by 16 seconds <yahoo>

Felt sorry for Buttons Tyre changer, the camera's were all on him but IMO it was the lollipop mans fault.

Was nice to see Christian Horner squirming away under questions about TEAM ORDERS!! Bet he would have had lot to say if Ferrari or Mclaren had done that <icecream>
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It's not exactly rare for a team to tell their drivers to hold station. It happened all the time after the final stop when we had refuelling. The drivers might not like it, but having seen Hamilton and Button collide two races ago and taking Turkey last year into account, it can't have been a very hard decision for Horner to make.

I would say I am surprised that so many people are "outraged" about it, but I think the people that are just don't understand motorsport very well.
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John
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Team orders don't mean squat id the drivers ignore them... Vettle's second ahead of Webber was because he kept Webber behind.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93001
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That is what makes the furore even funnier. It didn't change the result! Webber would have looked a bit of a tit if he'd ignored the warnings and they ended up colliding. I guess it would have been interesting if that had happened, what would the media have to say about the matter?
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John
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Great drive from Alonso, and with 3 different winners in the last 3 races the season still has surprises in store.
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John,Jul 10 2011
12:51 PM
Team orders don't mean squat id the drivers ignore them... Vettle's second ahead of Webber was because he kept Webber behind.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93001

So I guess that's Webber's admission he got beat straight up by a better driver.
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I think Webber did a pretty good enough job considering, he probably had a bit of a conversation going on while he was having a go. 5 laps or whatever are not always much especially in with (ahem) equal machinery.

I didn't think RBR gave team orders?
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