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      03-28-2011, 10:04 AM   #133
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great win by Vettel, sad to see the Saber guys get DQed, they both had a great weekend

good job Petrov, just makes you think what Kubica could have done
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You must have mixed up Perez with Maldonado.
No. I was talking about Perez, the Mexican rookie from Sauber, who ended up P4 in Q1.
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great win by Vettel, sad to see the Saber guys get DQed, they both had a great weekend

good job Petrov, just makes you think what Kubica could have done
As usual, Heidfeld is a failure. Quite embarassing for forsum after Petro.
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As usual, Heidfeld is a failure. Quite embarassing for forsum after Petro.
I'm not a Heidfeld fan but considering his car was heavily damaged in a collision on the 1st lap, that's hardly a fair statement.
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I still cant believe Petrov finished 3rd, great drive for him and well deserved, I honestly expected him to pick up where he left off last season by crashing out.

Man RB is in a league of their own, but the fight of the race was def. for 5th place where Massa tried his best to hold back Button but after it was all said and done, Massa just dropped off and had nothing to show for during the race, it seems to be last season all over again.

Lets go Alonso!
Yeah, that was a tad disappointing. Massa looked a man renewed at the beginning of the race, but seemed to just disappear once Button (illegally) got past him.

Hugely impressed with Sauber, although I hope they fix that silly wing issue so they can actually KEEP their points

Overall, I quite enjoyed that race. Not very interesting amongst the top 3, but there was plenty of overtaking and intrigue farther down the grid. Vettel drove a controlled race and looks ominous for the rest of the season. Schumacher #2 in the making, guys?

However, we need to keep in mind that Australia is always a bit of an oddball. It's a street circuit, so cars that have been quick here in the past are not necessarily the most competitive at traditional road courses. Malaysia will give us a very, very good indication of Red Bull's true pace as well as the general order of the grid.
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No. I was talking about Perez, the Mexican rookie from Sauber, who ended up P4 in Q1.
I think you misunderstood me.

I think Maldonado is shit.
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Yeah, that was a tad disappointing. Massa looked a man renewed at the beginning of the race, but seemed to just disappear once Button (illegally) got past him.

Hugely impressed with Sauber, although I hope they fix that silly wing issue so they can actually KEEP their points

Overall, I quite enjoyed that race. Not very interesting amongst the top 3, but there was plenty of overtaking and intrigue farther down the grid. Vettel drove a controlled race and looks ominous for the rest of the season. Schumacher #2 in the making, guys?

However, we need to keep in mind that Australia is always a bit of an oddball. It's a street circuit, so cars that have been quick here in the past are not necessarily the most competitive at traditional road courses. Malaysia will give us a very, very good indication of Red Bull's true pace as well as the general order of the grid.
That's probably because as soon as Button got by, Ferrari ordered Alonso past Massa to force both McLaren and the Steward's hand. Legal or not, the events that occured shortly thereafter sunk Massa. I'm not even talking about the pitting either, since Alonso pitted before Massa after the incident.

Just made this.
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As usual, Heidfeld is a failure. Quite embarassing for forsum after Petro.
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I'm not a Heidfeld fan but considering his car was heavily damaged in a collision on the 1st lap, that's hardly a fair statement.
I'll give Heidfeld a few more races then I'll judge him.

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That's probably because as soon as Button got by, Ferrari ordered Alonso past Massa to force both McLaren and the Steward's hand. Legal or not, the events that occured shortly thereafter sunk Massa. I'm not even talking about the pitting either, since Alonso pitted before Massa after the incident.

Just made this.
Lesson learned for the Scuderia after Silverstone 2010...very slick I must say!
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I think i'm most amazed by the performance of Perez and the fact they pulled off a 1 stop race? How in the hell did they do that?!
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I think i'm most amazed by the performance of Perez and the fact they pulled off a 1 stop race? How in the hell did they do that?!
Heard it mentioned that Perez rides the curb more than any other driver.
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      03-28-2011, 08:42 PM   #144
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SV should have been punished on the move against Button.

even though it wasn't as clear, it was similar to the other button incident, Ferraris underhand techniques made it tricky for button after that incident with Massa!
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SV should have been punished on the move against Button.

even though it wasn't as clear, it was similar to the other button incident, Ferraris underhand techniques made it tricky for button after that incident with Massa!
+1 it was the same or worse as what button did, button wasn't even squeezing him out and he clearly totally left the track.

You don't have to enforce the rules to the letter, but you have to enforce them consistently, and they did not.
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I think i'm most amazed by the performance of Perez and the fact they pulled off a 1 stop race? How in the hell did they do that?!
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Heard it mentioned that Perez rides the curb more than any other driver.
I believe Perez will be a surprise,... he's very aggressive yet disciplined and quite fast.

And yes, I support him because I'm Mexican too.
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Those were some awesome pics, thanks so much, like I was there
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SV should have been punished on the move against Button.

even though it wasn't as clear, it was similar to the other button incident, Ferraris underhand techniques made it tricky for button after that incident with Massa!
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+1 it was the same or worse as what button did, button wasn't even squeezing him out and he clearly totally left the track.

You don't have to enforce the rules to the letter, but you have to enforce them consistently, and they did not.
I was looking around for vids of this, anyone find one?
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I was looking around for vids of this, anyone find one?
Yeah, I have no idea what you guys are talking about and I watched the entire race...
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Yeah, I have no idea what you guys are talking about and I watched the entire race...
I think its somewhere near SV just exited the pitlane on his first pit stop.
SV and JB came close to turn one and SV overtook him on the outside of turn 2?

RBR said they will need to strip down MW's car after the race and see what went wrong, that caused him so off the pace compare to SV. To me, I think they need to take a closer look to MW instead. The car is fine, its just MW isn't as awesome as SV! Period!!!
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I was looking around for vids of this, anyone find one?
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I think its somewhere near SV just exited the pitlane on his first pit stop.
SV and JB came close to turn one and SV overtook him on the outside of turn 2?

RBR said they will need to strip down MW's car after the race and see what went wrong, that caused him so off the pace compare to SV. To me, I think they need to take a closer look to MW instead. The car is fine, its just MW isn't as awesome as SV! Period!!!
It was when vettel passed button, he bombed button in a corner and then went very wide, far over the line and curbing (but it's asphalt there). No one really said anything about it or took notice though. button wasn't squeezing him out or anything, he just went out there because he couldn't stay in the corner.

IMO it was the same thing or worse then what button did.

The main difference is buttons line gave him a shorter line around the track where vettels line only gave him the velocity advantage.

To Un trained eyes it would not look like an advantaged, but anyone who has raced will tell you being able to track out off the track gives you a huge advantage in entry and exit speeds. IE he might not have been able to pass button THERE if he didn't enter the corner so fast, they would have likely been side by side. But he flew past button and off the track.

I think the main reason no one cared was because he was obviously going to pass him eventually and it wasn't as tight as the other.
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It was when vettel passed button, he bombed button in a corner and then went very wide, far over the line and curbing (but it's asphalt there). No one really said anything about it or took notice though. button wasn't squeezing him out or anything, he just went out there because he couldn't stay in the corner.

IMO it was the same thing or worse then what button did.

The main difference is buttons line gave him a shorter line around the track where vettels line only gave him the velocity advantage.

To Un trained eyes it would not look like an advantaged, but anyone who has raced will tell you being able to track out off the track gives you a huge advantage in entry and exit speeds. IE he might not have been able to pass button THERE if he didn't enter the corner so fast, they would have likely been side by side. But he flew past button and off the track.

I think the main reason no one cared was because he was obviously going to pass him eventually and it wasn't as tight as the other.
I think you're prob right, when i saw it, I was like WOW, WTF!

but then i figured nothing would happen since it was obvious SV was gonna pass him sooner or later, he was on fresh tires while Buttons were pretty much gone
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I think its somewhere near SV just exited the pitlane on his first pit stop.
SV and JB came close to turn one and SV overtook him on the outside of turn 2?

RBR said they will need to strip down MW's car after the race and see what went wrong, that caused him so off the pace compare to SV. To me, I think they need to take a closer look to MW instead. The car is fine, its just MW isn't as awesome as SV! Period!!!
Here's a picture of the point he was farthest off the course. He easily has all 4 tires off track.



Another from the front shortly after:


My opinion is that he wasn't penalized because they didn't want an outrage from anyone. but he is clearly off track, and probably should have received a penalty.
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That's what many driver did in Turn 1 in Silverstone, Hockheim, and Spa.

Where the stewards said last year before the race that they will investigate drivers deliberately use those run-off area to gain speed and momentum advantage.

Now O-cha mentioned, the stewards missed it apparently. Good catch!
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