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[ramparter]

Kimi looks happy!!! What happened there? I mean, other than him winning..

 

[Salacious Crumb]

A lot of booing

Most for the politicians , but Vettel got some as well. Not cool.

 

[criesofthepast]

lol "we are live on tv so watch your language"

 

[Fantomex]

Iceman won? I ain't even mad. I see Alonso with a huge smile on his face. As if he's relieved that the Redbull is not gonna leave them in the dust this year. I think this will be a good year for competitive racing!

 

[John Dunbar]

Kimi looks happy!!! What happened there? I mean, other than him winning..

he's getting divorced.

 

[Lach]

Thought they weren't going to do Podium interviews anymore.....I like them (depending on the interviewer) so I'm ok with this...

 

[nny]

Kimi looks happy!!! What happened there? I mean, other than him winning..

Free booze.

 

[Lach]

lol "we are live on tv so watch your language"

Didn't catch them. Was he looking directly at Vettel when he said that?

 

[DrM]

he's getting divorced.

good one!

Here is a song, dedicated to Mclaren MP4-28

 

[hylje]

he's getting divorced.

Correct answer

 

[moojito]

Nice race. Shame to see Massa getting the shaft from Ferrari. I hope the "Vettel wdc confirmed" people see now that they need to rein in the hyperbole a bit. As the great philosopher Walker once said, "Anything happens in grand prix racing, and it usually does!".

 

[brotkasten]

Alonso sure is popular. Can't wait for the reactions on Vettel.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[DancingCactus77]

Did the crowd just boo him?

Alonso sure is popular. Can't wait for the reactions on Vettel.

 

[Dead Man]

Still hate this podium interview.

One of the Australasian commentators just said "furtherest"....

SMH

 

[brotkasten]

Did the crowd just boo him?

They did. A very lame thing to do.

 

[sleeping_dragon]

I knew the ice man would win after that dandruff commercial. LOL

 

[brotkasten]

Man I hate Boullier and I really wish his team didn't win.

 

[duracell017]

interesting they are doing the podium interview in front of the crowd.

 

[RukusProvider]

Did the crowd just boo him?

Webber fans.

Anyway, great race and really happy to see Kimi win.

 

[jey_16]

Vettel is taking it pretty well, he gets too much hate.

 

[bobnowhere]

Seems as though Webber had no KERS at the start and maybe through the race.

 

[paskowitz]

Vettel is taking it pretty well, he gets too much hate.

I do not think people hate Vettel, just that he wins.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Three championships would do a lot to harden you from random hate.

 

[DrM]

Seems as though Webber had no KERS at the start and maybe through the race.

He simply botched the gears on start, as he usually do on every third race... also, he got stuck in the traffic, as for KERS we will hear in next few hours

 

[brotkasten]

I do not think people hate Vettel, just that he wins.

And for showing everyone that Webber is just not good enough.

 

[DancingCactus77]

Can't blame Red Bull favors Vettel. Webber has no fight in him and continues to botch the start.

 

[DrM]

Button finished almost 82 seconds behind Kimi. So on average, Mclaren is 1,4 seconds slower than front runners. Simply incredible backwards development.

 

[bobnowhere]

He simply botched the gears on start, as he usually do on every third race... also, he got stuck in the traffic, as for KERS we will hear in next few hours

He said it live on camera, I wasn't speculating. Also said they had trouble with telemetry at the start, hence the hive of activity around his car.

 

[Fuzz Rez]

He said it live on camera, I wasn't speculating. Also said they had trouble with telemetry at the start, hence the hive of activity around his car.

Let it go, the old man is out after this season.

 

[PdotMichael]

He said it live on camera, I wasn't speculating. Also said they had trouble with telemetry at the start, hence the hive of activity around his car.

After so many years I think that's just an excuse anymore like the famous front tires of Button.
There is no reason why Vettel doesn't have those problems but just Webber.

 

[Zeknurn]

I'll have to agree with Di Resta, it's the worst when you get stuck behind a MacLaren. Damn backmarkers.

 

[dalin80]

Three championships would do a lot to harden you from random hate.

I wouldn't say the hate is random, it seems to be very consistent all year round.

It doesn't help that he is trapped in the trifecta of douchebags including horner and marko.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

My only question: WTF happened to Massa? Surely he was driving superbly, so it has to be the strategy or pitting timing?

 

[Addnan]

My only question: WTF happened to Massa? Surely he was driving superbly, so it has to be the strategy or pitting timing?

They pitted Alonso ahead of him.

 

[DrM]

My only question: WTF happened to Massa? Surely he was driving superbly, so it has to be the strategy or pitting timing?

or simply his tires went off too early on that stint

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

KR: "The team got it perfect; I could push when I needed and the car felt really good. One of my easiest wins"

They pitted Alonso ahead of him.

or simply his tires went off too early on that stint

No room for conspiracy theory shit?

 

[dalin80]

A bit of a bad call for massa rather then deliberate sabotage, it also seemed to break his spirit after that he simply flailed around far from alonso's pace even though before it he seemed to have him matched.

 

[jey_16]

Man I hate Boullier and I really wish his team didn't win.

Why so?

 

[Tenacious-V]

My only question: WTF happened to Massa? Surely he was driving superbly, so it has to be the strategy or pitting timing?

Massa runs on emotion. As soon as Alonso pulled the undercut, it was game over for him.

 

[DrM]

I bombed so hard in GP prediction

 

[TylerD]

I bombed so hard in GP prediction

I got Alonso's P2 right.

 

[paskowitz]

Watching Webber's start... that was a horrible start.

 

[SunhiLegend]

A bit of a bad call for massa rather then deliberate sabotage, it also seemed to break his spirit after that he simply flailed around far from alonso's pace even though before it he seemed to have him matched.

Yeah, I don't understand what happened to Massa. He pit after Alonso putting him behind both him and Vettel but his lap times dropped as well, couldn't keep up with the pace which he was able to do at the start of the race.

Massa runs on emotion. As soon as Alonso pulled the undercut, it was game over for him.

This could explain it

 

[Adamm]

I got the top 3 in the wrong order

 

[Lach]

Webber just said he didn't have KERS for the first 20 laps on german tv...

 

[Tenacious-V]

I had Vettel, Alonso, Raikonnen

 

[Lach]

I had Vettel, Raikönnen, Massa...So close but not correct...

Had Vettel on third before the FP's but the dominance made me think I'm stupid not putting him on win...

 

[Hackbert]

lol@Lotus twitter :

If you want to win, hire a Finn..

Interesting first race...

 

[SunhiLegend]

I'm not happy until they win.

I kinda feel the same way if they genuinely have a chance for the win, which they did in this race. Take nothing away from Kimi though, excellent strategy and drive to win the race.