UnblessedSoul
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Amazing race, shame GAF was down through most of it
The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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EarsOfASnake
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Amazing race, so much drama. Really happy to have Schumi on the podium at last, he deserves at least that this year. Felt naked without Gaf co commentating.
Fuck Maldonado. The guy is a fucking liability. He was doing exactly what Hamilton did throughout the race then he has the nerve to blame him for the crash. God damn amateur needs to get a hefty penalty for the next race. He desperately needs to get some etiquette/race craft from somewhere because at the moment he brings shame to the Williams name.
thechemist
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Poor Hamilton, but on the other hand what a great result for Schumi, hope he doesnt lose his podium....
brotkasten
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Alonso drove a really amazing race, but do we really need to point out that his P1 finish was due to luck?
Not that he's not
But if it wasn't for Roman's and Vettel's DNF, he wouldn't be on P1.
criesofthepast
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Such an amazing race. I'm stunned.
Dutch Gronk
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What an amazing race. Most entertaining one in a while.
Plus the best podium possible.
Plus the best podium possible.
Elvin Atombender
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What a season - even Valencia is great entertainment!
SunhiLegend
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Amazing race. Unbelievable drive from Alonso to win, Schumi and Webber also had a very good race, especially at the end.
brotkasten
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Honorable mentions:
Webber, from P18 to P4
Senna, for saving that car
Massa, for showing once again, how obsolete he is (P15)
Webber, from P18 to P4
Senna, for saving that car
Massa, for showing once again, how obsolete he is (P15)
Mohonky
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Those Maclaren / Hamilton pitstops, god. Could they continue to be any more shit?
At halfway i was about to put this one down to another shitty run away Redbull victory, but then everything went tits up for the leading pack.
Hamilton pit fail.
Redbull reliability fail.
Lotus reliability fail.
Maldonado just complete fail.
If there is one thing to say though, that damned Redbull looks like the dominant car again, at least it certainly was today.
I have no idea how it can be legal though, not allowed to cover the rear driveshafts, yet it claearly has carbon fibre diffusers over it. Another Redbull 'we'll take the rules, ignore them, say we took our own interpretion of the rules and grab the extra speed till we get told to change it with no retrospective action against us.'
At halfway i was about to put this one down to another shitty run away Redbull victory, but then everything went tits up for the leading pack.
Hamilton pit fail.
Redbull reliability fail.
Lotus reliability fail.
Maldonado just complete fail.
If there is one thing to say though, that damned Redbull looks like the dominant car again, at least it certainly was today.
I have no idea how it can be legal though, not allowed to cover the rear driveshafts, yet it claearly has carbon fibre diffusers over it. Another Redbull 'we'll take the rules, ignore them, say we took our own interpretion of the rules and grab the extra speed till we get told to change it with no retrospective action against us.'
As long as he didn't use it to gain an advantage he'll be OK, they said on the BBC forum having DRS open isn't the issue it's if he didn't slow down.
If I recall the rules say that you can't have an enclosed fairing around the shafts. They don't. I seem to remember reading that they have managed to shape the other arms to enclose the shaft enough to offer as much as possible. There is still a gap and it's not enclosed as per the rules.
The question will be how long it takes anyone else to join in.
RomanticHeroX
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Alo, Kimi and Schumi. That's very much a podium I'm happy to see. Incredibly unlucky for Grosjean, who was doing an incredible job, and Vettel who would've won by a mile. I think it was also obvious to see Maldonado was going to cause something horrible to happen. Fucking idiot needs to be stripped of his license before he gets someone killed.
That's not a Red Bull thing, that's every team in the sport. That's how this works.
That's not a Red Bull thing, that's every team in the sport. That's how this works.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Hamilton should have done an Alonso and just accepted that he was a sitting duck, he cost himself 12 points today by forcing Maldonado off the track.
Mohonky
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Hai guyz, Schumi is cheating, can you strip him of his spot and put Vettel in Webbers place. Thankz
The Super Bob
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Maldonado 20 second penalty, moves him down to 12th. Senna up to 10th.
Kobayashi has a 5 grid place penalty for Silverstone. Vergne has a 10 grid penalty and a £25k fine.
Still no news on MSC yet. Gary Anderson on the BBC made it clear that the regulations do not specifically ban the use of DRS during waved yellows. You just have to show you were slower than in previous laps.
Kobayashi has a 5 grid place penalty for Silverstone. Vergne has a 10 grid penalty and a £25k fine.
Still no news on MSC yet. Gary Anderson on the BBC made it clear that the regulations do not specifically ban the use of DRS during waved yellows. You just have to show you were slower than in previous laps.
great finish of the race. If Msc gets punished, i don´t think it will hamper his joy about this podium experience. that´s something they can not take one away afterwards. And hopefully they won´t.
mad respect @ Alonso. Deserved win if not for the mechanical failure of Vettel.
and yeah, i also think Hamilton should be intelligent enough to know when his car is out of juice.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Bullshit penalty. What did Hamilton get for forcing a fellow competitor off the track?
CurlySaysX
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One of the best races ever and Neogaf melts down a few minutes before the race starts.
Sad to see Sauber's shitty tyre strategy of 2011 making a come back. Kobayashi was on hamilton's arse before the first pit stops and somehow Kobayashi ends up 11th and stuck behind the schumy train with Hamilton comfortably in 3rd? And Perez's tyres melted at the end.
Sad to see Sauber's shitty tyre strategy of 2011 making a come back. Kobayashi was on hamilton's arse before the first pit stops and somehow Kobayashi ends up 11th and stuck behind the schumy train with Hamilton comfortably in 3rd? And Perez's tyres melted at the end.
Same as everyone else who did the same thing during the race and yet didn't get t-boned.
fu3lfr3nzy
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Its a shame GAF wasnt working during the race. The one time Valencia was exciting, none of us could express our emotions online :/
I felt really bad for Grosjean. He could've had a solid second, if not, winning the race. You can tell how frustrated he was when he was exiting the car. Hopefully he'll have more podium finishes this season.
Vettel: had the race won until his DNF. Yeah, he's pissed :lol
When he came up to Horner and horner hugged him, Vettel looked like he was gonna cry
Hamilton: I know everyone's jumping on Pasta saying its his fault(which it is for the most part), but Hamilton was also pulling one too many defensive maneuvers both on Kimi and Maldonado when its clear his tires were gone and the other two guys are capable of overtaking him. Now dont get me wrong, Schumi did the same to Hamilton last year at Monza(defensive part) but he should've let the other two guys pass and would've probably ended up with more points despite not making the podium.
I did feel bad for him when he crashed and him bashing the steering wheel and throwing it away. After his win at Montreal, its sad to see his race end the way it did
Maldonado: on prupose. nuff said (although Hamilton forced him off track, so really what do you expect from him?)
Kimi: nice to see him on podium again. although he got lucky because of Hamilton. Otherwise he would've been stuck in third.
Schumi: amidst all the craziness during the race, the last thing I expected was for this man to get in the podium. After the crap he's been through since his comeback, let alone this season, its nice to see the old man stand on the podium once again.
Alonso: man of the hour. coming off that poor qualifying result and winning the race from 11th (in front of his home crowd no less), was amazing. Like I said, people always seem to forget that despite Alonso's poor qualifying results this season, the man manages to find his way up front so you can never count him out. Great race from him and he's even leading the WDC points at the moment
It was nice to Alonso/Kimi/Schumi on podium given how all three are former/current Ferrari drivers and world champions in their own right
I felt really bad for Grosjean. He could've had a solid second, if not, winning the race. You can tell how frustrated he was when he was exiting the car. Hopefully he'll have more podium finishes this season.
Vettel: had the race won until his DNF. Yeah, he's pissed :lol
When he came up to Horner and horner hugged him, Vettel looked like he was gonna cry
Hamilton: I know everyone's jumping on Pasta saying its his fault(which it is for the most part), but Hamilton was also pulling one too many defensive maneuvers both on Kimi and Maldonado when its clear his tires were gone and the other two guys are capable of overtaking him. Now dont get me wrong, Schumi did the same to Hamilton last year at Monza(defensive part) but he should've let the other two guys pass and would've probably ended up with more points despite not making the podium.
I did feel bad for him when he crashed and him bashing the steering wheel and throwing it away. After his win at Montreal, its sad to see his race end the way it did
Maldonado: on prupose. nuff said (although Hamilton forced him off track, so really what do you expect from him?)
Kimi: nice to see him on podium again. although he got lucky because of Hamilton. Otherwise he would've been stuck in third.
Schumi: amidst all the craziness during the race, the last thing I expected was for this man to get in the podium. After the crap he's been through since his comeback, let alone this season, its nice to see the old man stand on the podium once again.
Alonso: man of the hour. coming off that poor qualifying result and winning the race from 11th (in front of his home crowd no less), was amazing. Like I said, people always seem to forget that despite Alonso's poor qualifying results this season, the man manages to find his way up front so you can never count him out. Great race from him and he's even leading the WDC points at the moment
It was nice to Alonso/Kimi/Schumi on podium given how all three are former/current Ferrari drivers and world champions in their own right
thechemist
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Ditto. Loved them both overtaking lol.
RomanticHeroX
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Hamilton left a car width going into the turn, which is what's required of the defending driver. I think you could definitely make the argument that he should've known Maldonado would've done something stupid on prupose and just taken the best points, but that's kind of the problem. If you have a driver who you can basically count on driving into other cars you need to get him the hell out. If all Maldonado ends up with is a 20 second penalty that's ridiculous.
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