Wouldn't Vettel mention that his tyres were falling away then? It's a lot more preferable than his (gracious) admission that he simply made a mistake that caused him to spin.
Twice? You can't blame that on him for him being in the lead. It would have played into anyone's hand if they were in his place.
Button was lucky because he didn't have to risk an overtake move that might not have worked and could have dropped him down to 3rd or worse. The spot was given to him after Vettel's mistake. Again, that's not to take anything away from Button's drive.
Wouldn't Vettel mention that his tyres were falling away then? It's a lot more preferable than his (gracious) admission that he simply made a mistake that caused him to spin.
Wouldn't Vettel mention that the tires were falling away then? It's a lot more preferable than his (gracious) admission that he simply made a mistake that caused him to spin.
That's a fair point Didn't think of that one, but for the last fee GPs we've seen RB slow down towards the end of stints, seemingly because of tyre wear. But it might just be right down to a drivers mistake this time
Not really sure what to think about this. The race was world class, no doubt about it. But to see Vettel lose the lead right at the end to, of all people, Button, is very frustrating. Though contrary to last year he is comfortably leading this championship and basically still has it.
I think Schumacher and Kobayashi is worse though. Vettel, Schumi, Kobayashi would have been pretty damn good.
Let us not forget that Button is still under investigation. Nothing is set in stone yet.
Vettel is really growing on me this season, he was very gracious in defeat, clearly praising the team and admitting it was all his fault. He had a very good drive, people say he was lucky with pitstops during safety car periods but lets not forget those same safety cars also killed every gap he pulled out several times.
Also an excellent drive from Schumacher, what a pass on Kobyashi and Massa.
You forget that the Pirelli's run fine up to a point and then suddenly drop off. They may have been visibly worse, but if they had gone past their prime Vettel would have mentioned it, and his times would have reflected that drop off. Button was simply fast enough to pressure Vettel into an error.
Whether it was the car, or Button or a combination of both, it was an impressive run. It was like Button had NOS boost, the pace he was setting was beyond anything anybody else could muster up. Good job on him for not giving up for what was a frustrating start to his day.
Loved how masa got 5th by 0.05 seconds
Vettle and the RB7 unfortunatley is the best if there is nothing around him. As soon as you get into proper racing its both of the mclaren boys easily. Plus if vettle hadnt made a mistake, i reckon jenson would've done a banzai into the last corner and taken vettle by accident too
I'm not entirely convinced Hamilton was particularly out of line this race. He wasn't the only driver making multiple contacts this race. The first incident was clearly his fault, but it looked more a case of making a mess of it in tricky conditions rather than a silly and dangerous attempt at an overtake. The second incident looked just that, a racing incident.
I'm really getting tired of people bringing up this excitement BS. Possibly endangering someone else's life because you're overly aggressive isn't fun nor entertaining - it's reckless and stupid.
This isn't to go on Canada in particular as I missed the beginning, I'm specifically referring to Monaco in this regard. I'll make a judgment on what happened today after I've seen the beginning (watching it now).
Vettel on that final lap before the mistake was phenomenal to watch. I've never seen someone take a corner as raggedly fast as he did that first chicane on lap 70.
We've been over this already. Button took the racing line. It's not Button's fault if someone he cannot see decides to go for a closing gap. Hamilton went for a gap that was always going to close.
Watch it again. See how Rosberg and Schumacher ahead drove the line that Button took too?
Because Button could totally tell there was someone behind him with all that spray. Button was taking the racing line. Hamilton was stupid for trying to pass Button that way.
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