2013 Chinese GP ***SPOILERS AHOY***
Posted by flat tyre
Difference is, Hamilton killed Button in qualifying, but Button looked like he matched Lewis on Sunday. Perez, so far hasn't.
In all honesty, being out qualified by these margins by Button is not good. Button is not a Saturday person.
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
In all honesty, being out qualified by these margins by Button is not good. Button is not a Saturday person.
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
As i say that, rather slow pace from JB. Good first stint but the middle has been horrible 
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
Fantastic race. It was nice to see all the strategies play out. Unfortunately, it was obvious that Alonso was going to run away with it early on. The race for 2nd and 3rd was what made it interesting. Webber looked like a rookie with that overtaking attempt. The loose wheel just capped off a forgettable weekend for him.
Pity about Rosberg. Also disappointed with Massa. His pace in the practice sessions did not materialize in the race. Overall a really nice race to watch. I'm already looking forward to the next race.
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Pity about Rosberg. Also disappointed with Massa. His pace in the practice sessions did not materialize in the race. Overall a really nice race to watch. I'm already looking forward to the next race.
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Interesting race. The podium probably shook out in the correct order for the quality of the individual driver performances. Fairly virtuoso drive by Alonso, it seems the Ferrari handled the tyres best this weekend but you still have to make it count, Massa didn't. Alonso will be slightly ruing Malaysia because he ought to be leading the championship by now.
Kimi is back upto form, or at least Grosjean is back of it again. He's going to be a constant factor in this championship again. Hamilton possibly slightly flattered the Merc, Britney will be starting to sense the alarm bells even if having Schumacher's unrelability from last year doesn't help.
Red Bull, yeah you'd have to say as a team they didn't get the tyres switched on, too many mistakes on Webber's side of the garage but Vettel probably maxed out on what was on offer.
Button. Few other words except "Brilliant" do him justice at the moment. The McLaren cleary isn't right still but he's doing a excellent job of carrying it. Probably his best personal performance to date in an under par car. Perez lacks the consistency right now as well as qualify pace, plus he needs to stop moving around in the braking zones. I don't think the Kimi incident was strictly all his fault but his overall race craft is lacking.
Good jobs by Di Resta, Ricciardo and Hulkenberg. I sense p10 is slightly disappointing for Hulkenberg giving how close he was to Vettel for much of the race but he does seem to be out performing that car.
Williams, just so desperately bloody slow. The car visibly lacks grip and they were in no mans land today playing inter team strategy. The #BOTTAS wins this round, once again. Please Williams... Give him a better car as he's being wasted at the moment.
Bianchi continues to be pretty much the rookie of the season, slightly less "WOW" impressive now because winning the also ran race will now be expected as standard. Solid effort by Pic. I didn't really keep tabs on Chilton nor the "Joss the Boss" wannabe though.
Lols of the days to be awarded to Guteirez, Webber and DC (for his quips about Alonso's girlfriend and her girlfriend and then on the podium when speaking Chinese and offending an entire nation) :D
Kimi is back upto form, or at least Grosjean is back of it again. He's going to be a constant factor in this championship again. Hamilton possibly slightly flattered the Merc, Britney will be starting to sense the alarm bells even if having Schumacher's unrelability from last year doesn't help.
Red Bull, yeah you'd have to say as a team they didn't get the tyres switched on, too many mistakes on Webber's side of the garage but Vettel probably maxed out on what was on offer.
Button. Few other words except "Brilliant" do him justice at the moment. The McLaren cleary isn't right still but he's doing a excellent job of carrying it. Probably his best personal performance to date in an under par car. Perez lacks the consistency right now as well as qualify pace, plus he needs to stop moving around in the braking zones. I don't think the Kimi incident was strictly all his fault but his overall race craft is lacking.
Good jobs by Di Resta, Ricciardo and Hulkenberg. I sense p10 is slightly disappointing for Hulkenberg giving how close he was to Vettel for much of the race but he does seem to be out performing that car.
Williams, just so desperately bloody slow. The car visibly lacks grip and they were in no mans land today playing inter team strategy. The #BOTTAS wins this round, once again. Please Williams... Give him a better car as he's being wasted at the moment.
Bianchi continues to be pretty much the rookie of the season, slightly less "WOW" impressive now because winning the also ran race will now be expected as standard. Solid effort by Pic. I didn't really keep tabs on Chilton nor the "Joss the Boss" wannabe though.
Lols of the days to be awarded to Guteirez, Webber and DC (for his quips about Alonso's girlfriend and her girlfriend and then on the podium when speaking Chinese and offending an entire nation) :D
I don't think anyone said that.
I've always been a large Rosberg advocate, I very much want him to do well. So far this year he's been quick but mostly when it doesn't matter. What's the use of beating Hamilton in Fp 1,2,3 q 1 & 2 if you still go on to be out qualifed by him and finish behind him in the race?
I've always been a large Rosberg advocate, I very much want him to do well. So far this year he's been quick but mostly when it doesn't matter. What's the use of beating Hamilton in Fp 1,2,3 q 1 & 2 if you still go on to be out qualifed by him and finish behind him in the race?
Quite honestly, I think he finds it difficult to cope with pressure... it even dates back to when he nearly got a podium (win, I think?) in the Williams at Singapore, but binned it after exiting the pits.
I think he's an awesome talent, though, and I've been cheering him on since Australia 07. That's when I really started to notice.
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I think he's an awesome talent, though, and I've been cheering him on since Australia 07. That's when I really started to notice.
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Rosbergs too nice. That's the only obstacle.
He has the DC gentlemans touch that doesn't make him $hite on mutual respect to others.
Versus Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Schumacher... all who stick two fingers up to anyone else and do what they want and need to above others.
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
He has the DC gentlemans touch that doesn't make him $hite on mutual respect to others.
Versus Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Schumacher... all who stick two fingers up to anyone else and do what they want and need to above others.
No, Hamilton probably hasn't adapted fully yet as evidenced by his stopping at McLaren's pit-box in Malaysia. He is a driver however capable of driving around such trivialities.
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