marcuzzi Wrote:
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> I think most drivers thought the race was over. I
> watched Alonso heating its tyres only once or two
> during the final lap, and certainly not in the way
> he uses to (we could expect him also not to put
> too much stress on them after 77 laps). Radio
> communication is clear here. At least Hamilton and
> he thought the race was over. Probably Massa had
> the same radio communication as Fernando.
>
> But then why some of them started to push at the
> SC line? My guess. If you notice, Fernando went to
> the outside of the previous corner, leaving the
> inner and cleaner side of the previous corner
> clear. After the corner he sees the green lights,
> some cars pushing, Michael speeding up, and he
> starts to push suddenly showing great lack of
> grip. Same as Massa did. If racing was his
> intention, he could have gone slower at the entry
> of that corner to get faster on the output. He
> could have warmed up his tyres. He just had to put
> his car in the middle of this corner, whatever the
> speed, to make sure no one could overtake him
> (Michael knows this well). Come on, Fernando has
> made at least 3 errors this year (bad + illegal
> starts and last saturday's crash), but this is
> even harder to expect on him.
>
> I'm not saying that the rule is ok, or that
> Michael doesn't have a point on this. I'm just
> saying that most drivers thought that the race was
> over, even if some them decided to race just in
> case when they saw the green flashing lights. The
> rule here has to be more clear. You can't wait til
> the last corner before the SC line to see which
> color will have the flags past it.
I totally agree with that.