2013 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix

[daan]

Are you even allowed to cross the white line during a pass? Vettel was virtually passing Webber in the pitlane there.

When you're on the track that line doesn't exist. It only exists when you are leaving the pitlane.

 

[dice1998]

I kind of enjoy this kind of drama in F1 again.

 

[DegenThought]

Always felt a little guilty for disliking Vettel. I don't anymore.

 

[mr_geez]

After the race,why did they blur Webber's steering wheel on replay?

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

I actually like Seb more after today.

And if Nico done the same, you would have loved him more to. I see you got a bromance going on

 

[Mike Rotch]

As previously mentioned, the majority of the board highly respect Senna and you all know damn well he'd have done the same thing.

I can't help but feel if one replaced "Senna" with "Schumacher", fewer people would be using it as a crutch.

 

[Tired Tyres]

Bottas in 11th...he could get a point assuming Vergne gets some sort of penalty for the release into the Caterham.

Also, good work by Bianchi again, showing just how out of his depth poor old Chilton seems to be.

How much of that is Bianci being good or Chilton being slow though.

If they had kept one of their previous drivers we would have a yardstick to measure him by.

 

[Vinylshark]

I wonder who said the truth:
Webber on the podium: "The team wanted me to slow the pace down."
Horner on german television: "Mark wanted himself to slow the pace down."

 

[mattythedog]

After the race,why did they blur Webber's steering wheel on replay?

He gave Vettel the finger.

 

[SagarisGTB]

No, he would have crashed into his team-mate and then gone on a rant about going for the gap.

 

[Bye Ya]

And if Nico done the same, you would have loved him more to. I see you got a bromance going on

It's true. Let racing drivers race and competitors compete. But... Seb's move was a low blow because Mark had turned down his engine, I believe. If they were straight racing, then fine. But I don't know for sure how it all went down. I just like the primal competitiveness and desire to be first.

 

[Grayfox]

When you're on the track that line doesn't exist. It only exists when you are leaving the pitlane.

But when you are racing you can't see anyone leaving pit lane.

Smashing someone when you are going 200mph and someone leaving is going 100mph.

Not a nice thing to see and Webber has first hand experience with that sort of thing.

 

[SkengD]

Vettel such a cucumber

 

[Alex.]

I can't help but feel if one replaced "Senna" with "Schumacher", fewer people would be using it as a crutch.

Completely agreed. It's more of a Schumacher trait than a Senna trait but the former tends to be thought of as a cheat a little more often.

 

[niky]

More drama post race than their was in the actual race.

Nice of Hamilton to admit Rosburg had him beat, that surprises me. Hamilton gains a few pts in my book.

But wow. Tension.

I don't think Hamilton was happy about the situation back there. He and Nico are genuine buds, and he likely really does feel bad about the whole thing.

Vettel versus Webber, on the other hand...

 

[dice1998]

I wonder who said the truth:
Webber on the podium: "The team wanted me to slow the pace down."
Horner on german television: "Mark wanted himself to slow the pace down."

Interesting. 👍

 

[F1 fan]

Says one of the most vocal Hamilton haters on the forum.

Old news bud... I make no secret about disliking him. However, in the past twelve months I have pretty much avoided commenting on him unless I have something neutral/nice to say.

 

[Müle]

After the race,why did they blur Webber's steering wheel on replay?

Because they can't show the little kids the universal hand sign for "f:censored: you"

 

[Grayfox]

He gave Vettel the finger.

On the australian feed they blocked out the fist he done by quickly showing the crowd.

I want a full HD pic of that.

 

[05XR8]

I didn't mind Schumi but, I liked Mika and JPM because they couldn't care less who he was.

I liked Seb when he won his first race. After that he went downhill from there. No respect for his elders...

 

[Bye Ya]

Completely agreed. It's more of a Schumacher trait than a Senna trait but the former tends to be thought of as a cheat a little more often.

It's the thing we loved about Senna and Schumi, go on Seb.

 

[DegenThought]

I kind of enjoy this kind of drama in F1 again.

It at least keeps it interesting for me while McLaren is in their slump.

Anybody catch the look on Vettel's face when he's spraying the champagne and turns from Hamilton to Webber and realizing he's gone already

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Vettel apologized...but won't hesitate to do it again

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Cracking race!

Great battles..
Team order drama..
Pitlane calamity..

What more could you want!

 

[Wardez]

Vettel apologized to Webber in the follow up presser.

 

[SilverArrow]

Alonso on twitter: Today that I'm not in the podium I'm missing a good moment..! I will try not leave them alone again ... )) #goodMood

 

[Brutaka]

But when you are racing you can't see anyone leaving pit lane.

Smashing someone when you are going 200mph and someone leaving is going 100mph.

Not a nice thing to see and Webber has first hand experience with that sort of thing.

That is true, maybe you should call in FIA and make that a rule 👍

 

[Anghammarad]

Can't believe all the pit drama. FI was a JOKE.

McLaren having to retire Button after that improvised test, and Perez's pit on lap 55, WTF!

Perez apparently had a puncture.

 

[Lizard]

On the australian feed they blocked out the fist he done by quickly showing the crowd.

I want a full HD pic of that.

We got it pixelated.

 

[Mike Rotch]

From the BBC feed:

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner tells Sky Sports: "They took it into their own hands, which was uncomfortable for us - we gave them instructions to hold station but Sebastian took it into his own hands to win the race - he wanted to win.

"They've raced each other hard before - they're very good drivers. There are points at stake and they both want to win. For the team it's hugely uncomfortable.

"It's difficult when you have two competitive drivers like ours. It's difficult to watch because you could end up giving up 43 points. You have to remember there's two elements to F1 - there's a drivers' championship and a constructors' championship."