I hope so, Appie. The moment with Heidfeld just burst a bubble - he was chasing him so well, genuinely outpacing him, until he got overzealous into Loew's - not the best overtaking-corner, to say the least.
The local idiots at the cable-company published the wrong times, and I ended up missing the first 22 laps on my tape - shame, as they seemed quite awesome: I returned to find a BMW chasing a Ferrari, a Renault a BMW (shame it ended with both in the pits
), and a Ferrari doing drive-through duties. Some very awesome, some very sloppy, and some downright shameful driving from some drivers today...
you should have heard what RTL commentators said about raikkonen, they said even idiot to him. and for them raikkonen should get a penalty for it
RTL put up their worst show so far. Every non-German got cursed at, no matter what. If it only it wasn't the only channel with F1, I wouldn't touch it again. Their bias broke every record in the book.
Whatever, it was a great race. The guy I feel bad for is Piquet, I wonder if he really wanted to go out on dry tires? Clearly wasn't in his skill set that's for sure.
He pitted far too early for those, indeed - at a time when even Alonso struggled (running off at the Swimming Pool), how should Piquet have handled it? Heck, 10 laps later, Jenson was just starting to handle them.
The weird thing is that the car didn't decelerate too well and began swerving instantly as he braked, unusual behaviour on cars that are set up to understeer safely in hard brakings.
He locked the rear wheels under braking - very normal this season, since the banning of Engine-Braking controls. Exactly what he struggled with in Melbourne - and something I wouldn't expect by someone of his caliber.
That seemed like a pretty huge accident for Rosberg, glad to hear he is ok but could have been alot worse. DC needs a result, badly, especially when Webber keeps on bringing in these 4th or 5th place finishes.
Finally, Barrichello scored his first points since 2006, good on him.
Rosberg had it coming - he was pushing very hard, on the very limit, and overstepped it quite often. He drove very fast, but very aggressive..
But Barrichello, Vettel and Nakajima... Paint my bottocks blue, that was good. And with Sutil, it could've been the ultimate result for the #2s and underdogs.
(Today made up for the time he drove off with the fuel pipe)
That would be his teammate Albers, at Magny Cours last season. Got sacked a race afterwards.
He seemed slightly more upset and less calm when talking to ITV's Louise Goodman after the race, it was like he was trying to stop sobbing. He was saying it was the best race of his carrier and that he may not have this opportunity again, it was a sad day.
Having seen the RTL Interview - he had visible dry tears there, too, but Sutil is known for his "brave face" in front of German media.
Toyota: What the hell was this? Such a good start! Man, Glock really sucked, he should drift instead in Japan
That Toyota seemed very robust - many other cars stopped dead after the stuff he pulled when he went ass-forwards into the wall. 5 NCAP stars?
Robin, I respect your opinions but I think your wrong. I don't think he'd risk the points he had for a few more. Not with a risk like that. The back end steps out on him and he tries to correct it. No way can I see kimi trying a move from there. I dont think he braked late, either the back stepped out or he locked the rears like Massa did into turn 1.
You'd be surprised how impatient the top drivers get behind slower drivers. From the Hamilton battles at Bahrain, to the Heidfeld battles at Barcelona - they get very aggressive.
Raikkonen was too far away to even consider a maneuver - there's no doubt he wasn't trying to overtake on that corner - but he was definitely trying to catch up. I've rewinded my tape and watched the replays several times in slow-mo, comparing them to other shots of the same angle - and Kimi did start braking on the very edge. Sure - he would've made the corner, and a patch of rain was present - but hell, you don't take those kinds of risks, not in 5th and not in 15th place, in that weather.
Frankly, I have this suspicion that, if it had been Piquet or Nakajima doing that same maneuver in 15th place, nobody would bother not-blaming the driver. It'd be his fault straight away.
