Well said.Maldonado didn't become GP2 champion by idly coasting by. He did, after all, beat Sergio Perez to the title, and Perez is highly-rated. Now, we've seen GP2 front-runners falter in Formula 1, and GP2 backmarkers thrive, but I think Maldonado might be one of the most under-rated drivers the sport has seen in a long time, probably because the FW33 was pathetic. As bad as it was, it's worth noting that when Maldonado wasn't out-qualifying or out-racing Rubens Barrichello, he was very close behind.
Well said.
People seem to think that Rubens declined greatly between the time when he was faster than Button in the second half of 2009 and his stint at Williams. He probably didn't. The fact that Hulkenburg and Maldonado weren't that far off from him as rookies reflected very well on them. I expect both to beat their teammates this year, especially Maldonado. Senna is too slow, there's many drivers that left F1 (Rubens, Buemi and Jaime in particular) that would make better use of that seat.
He started 14th on the grid. I don't recall him getting punted at all on Saturday ...
Sepang's a great circuit, should be a good race.
He started 14th on the grid. I don't recall him getting punted at all on Saturday ...
But a lot of people got held up on their laps in Q2 as Kobayashi and Perez should have also made Q3 easily....
He started 14th on the grid. I don't recall him getting punted at all on Saturday ...
I don't know who hit him, but Senna had to pit at the end of lap 1.Bruno Senna on F1.comI had a great start, but I tried to take the outside line at the first corner and I felt someone make contact with me. I then had to do an extra pit stop which made things difficult.
I don't know who hit him, but Senna had to pit at the end of lap 1.
I don't know who hit him, but Senna had to pit at the end of lap 1.
www.espnf1.comAfter showing promise in pre-season testing, it was a weekend to forget for Senna. He was 0.4s shy of his team-mate in qualifying and a first corner incident set the tone for his race. He actually had a good start but was tagged from behind by Daniel Ricciardo and thrown up into the air. He had to pit as a result and was then fighting an uphill battle on a three-stop strategy. His race came to a premature end when he collided with Felipe Massa in what was widely accepted as a racing incident.
He started 14th on the grid. I don't recall him getting punted at all on Saturday ...
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They did the Liuzzi one from his accident at Monza last year didn't they? That's a funny one
Tom<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeZ_LCRdeOg">YouTube Link</a>
That's the one.
Looking forward to this weekend, it's a slightly less awkward time in the UK so I can get some sleep on Saturday night 👍
...unless the weather comes in and turns everything the other way round. That said, I'd love to see a wet race.
Why? Maldonade is a GP2 champion and was close to Barrichello. Senna was even with Chandhok and Klien and performed worse than Petrov.As good as Maldoando may be, I doubt that he's that much better than Senna, if at all, that Bruno can give it all he has and qualify 14th, while Pastor makes it to 8th.
The fact that Maldonado qualified 8th while Senna was just 14th - the difference between them being seven-tenths of a second - kind of implies that Maldonado is better than Senna.As good as Maldoando may be, I doubt that he's that much better than Senna, if at all, that Bruno can give it all he has and qualify 14th, while Pastor makes it to 8th.