His KERS isn't working, apparently. I don't know...something just isn't sitting too well with me; in Melbourne there were differences between his and Vettel's car (so I've heard) and now the tides are going in the same direction. Either he doesn't have what he did last year, or there's some foul play going on in the background.
Don't be rediculous. If the team wanted they could have got rid of Webber. Why on earth would they risk the constructors championship (which is where all the money is) just to make him look bad? Do you think they were sabotaging Sebastian last season with all his unreliability? It's been two races and Webber's had some bad luck, but I think it's pretty easy to understand that Red Bull are having issues with their kers.
Duffers917K
I hope other people catch up or else it's going to be another boring season with Vettel running away with it.
Can't say I feel the same way. Come on Sebastian.
Terronium-12
Question: Would anyone dare refer to Vettel as the "Contemporary Schumacher"?
He's been compared to Schumacher for a few years now. It's obvious he has his eye's on Schumi's records.
Anghammarad
There's no way that Hamilton could have kept him behind and Heidfeld would definitely not have been able to pass Alonso.
Yeah... Alonso will always have the pace over the Renault [/sarcasm]
Duffers917K
Debuts part way through a season and then joins another team after. (Schuey in the same year, Vettel the next year)
Actually, Vettel debuted with BMW Sauber and participated in one Grand Prix for them (covering for the injured Robert Kubica at the 2007 Us Gp). The main difference being that Schumi was with Benetton for the next race, Vettel had to wait until the Hungarian grand prix (when Toro Rosso got rid of Speed).
Grayfox
If RBR know that the KERS is not working or they don't want to use it , why install it?
Just adds 50kg more to the car.
The car has to meet the minimum weight anyway, and with the weight distribution fixed this season, they might as well run it. Either that or fit 30kg ballast.
InvincibleM5
Is he the first marshall to get run over by an F1 car? Lucky... Too many weird things happened this weekend.
No. Tom Pryce and a marshall were killed during the 1977 South African grand prix. Renzo Zorzi had broken down and his engine caught fire. 19 year old marshal Frederik Jansen Van Vuuren ran across the track with a fire extinguisher as the cars of Hans Joachim Stuck and Tom Pryce crested the hill. Pryce had been following Stuck closely, Stuck saw Van Vuuren and moved out the way but Pryce was unsighted and struck the marshall. Pryce was killed due to the fire extinguisher impacting his helmet. The marshall was killed on impact.
There may be more cases, but this one sprang to mind immediately after reading your post.
Anghammarad
The Renault is obviously a much better car this year than last. Just makes Kubica's absence more disappointing. With him they would probably race for victories instead of just podiums. Here's to a speedy recovery Robert.
I'm not so sure. There is a large deficit in laptime to the Red Bull. Say what you want about Petrov (Personally, I count myself as a fan) but Nick Heidfeld is known to be quite consistent. The fact is that the race pace just isn't there, but they can improve the car. It's still a good car, but can't yet compete with the might of the Red Bull.
Ardius
Pfft, lightweights . I remember when the Japanese GP was held at the early hours of the morning. 7am is nothing and I work late shifts during the week!
I pulled an all-nighter for Australia so I could watch all of P3 and qualifying live.
Word. I have watched every practice, quali and race session live for the past few years now.