Some very disappointing driving and ethics by some drivers today, some magic drives, and some bloody good strategic calls - finally, the top was the exciting bit with Hamilton, Piquet and Massa dueling.. Sadly, the midfield was very disappointing.
Alonso got handed the short end of the stick on every single three-fight he was in - in his counter against Kimi, Vettel's unusually-early braking stopped him. In the Trulli-Raikkonen-Alonso trio at the start, it was the same story again. Vettel's pushing in the pitlane wasn't very fair, either - no matter how hard you drive your car, the one already out of the pits has the right-of-way if you emerge side by side. And the spin...
Kazuki Nakajima was way off his usual self, so that one was disappointing too..
Everything started to go well, but then ffs.. The T clock crash maded all to go pit, and AGAIN the ferrari made it wrong.. for the kimi i mean.. why they just didnt do like mclaren? One go to pit and other go little bit later.. the hole race goed totally..grm.. wrong.. lets see if something miracle still gonna happen.. otherwise this race goed just like last one
Because not every strategy works with every car. Hamilton is notorious for being hard on his tyres - perhaps McLaren suspected his tyres wouldn't hold for 35 laps? His car was superior throughout the race, and he had the fuel until it was only 17 laps to go - perhaps Kimi didn't have that much fuel?
Why is Massa being held up by a "heavy" Piquet? One stopping means Piquet was heavy at one point, but he's now got fuel to the finish exactly the same as Massa....
Not only that, but Massa wasn't gaining more than a tenth per lap! Usually, Massa's gains were in the 0.1-0.02s range...
BTW: Great pass by Hamilton on Masa, followed by bad mistake on Masa's part.
I was very disappointed by that move - on both ends. Firstly Massa, who defended on the outside - exactly where you
can't defend - and allowed Hamilton to get into position in the first place. Second irk was Lewis, who, when he already had the position (side by side at the Spitzkehre is almost always a position) just drove a normal line, bumping Massa wide. And to think people criticized Alonso for that very thing at Spa's La Source last year.
Stupid me here thinking that team orders were forbidden, and that McLaren lets the drivers battle for the positions.
First the camera shows Dennis at the pit wall, then zooms in on a radio button he pushes, and just seconds later Kovalainen misses the racing line and the hairpin apex by about half a mile, practically parks on the outside of the corner, and lets Hamilton past. No overly late braking, no tyres smoking, nothing. Just a very visible filling of a team order.
I don't know what feed you were watching, but they showed none of that on my end. First off, to run wide, you don't necessarily have to lock the brakes. Second, no teammate
ever would block his teammate if the latter has a reasonable chance of winning while he
doesn't - friendly teammates usually let the other one pass if he's on a different strategy. Third, pro-Finn conspiracy again? Fact is, Heikki was slower throughout the race, while Hamilton was overtaking left and right - and won.
He did beat Kimi though, and is second in the championship.
I realize he is a bit of a hot head, but I think Ferrari would be foolish to drop him based on his over all results... especially considering his many highlights from this year alone.
Bingo. Massa may have his silly moments, but doesn't everyone? Fact is, his errors were highlighted so much more - and he's still 2nd in the championship. As usual, the numbers speak for themselves - in Ferrari's place, I wouldn't mind having someone like Massa, considering he's 2nd in the standings and
not behind his teammate.
How can ron dennis be an idiot again? He is full of experience but he keeps doing same mistakes over and over again!
What mistake? It may not have been the safest thing to do, but Hamilton still won. Haug told RTL commentators that by their calculations, it was the best way for Lewis - and that otherwise, he couldn't have won it.
Piquet got 2nd by luck. He was 14th just after making his one and only stop when the safety car came out. He ended up in 2nd when the others pitted. He did hold his own after the safety car came back in, but he was nowhere before then.
True, it's Symmond's podium. He called him in just before the crash - the sort of epic strategic calls usually reserved to NASCAR. Piquet should give him the trophy!
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race was extremely boring until his crash.
He was clearly on form again after his splendid win in Silverstone, and Mercedes would be happy to win in Hockenheim in 10 years. As for Piquet, I think he deserved credit for his drive. Even when he was 17 in qualifying, lady luck smiled upon him and he has proved critics wrong by finishing 2nd, while Alonso was in 11th. This should be the turning point for Piquet, just like Heikki did last year. 👍
That pass Hamilton made on Massa was legal?
