You missed the one with Vettel. Here:
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Sebastian Vettel pulled off a brilliant win at Barcelona after remaining faultless despite inpressive late pressure by Lewis Hamilton. Vettel struggled with KERS but kept his head cool without making a single mistake. Jenson Button made it to third position with a three stop strategy.
Perhaps because he's not quick enough to live with Vettel and Hamilton on pure pace alone unless the car is perfect.beelsebob wrote:Agreed, Button's race was quiet, but a great job.ringo wrote:We just had a great race and we're talking about DQs?
Redbull has too much downforce. Hamilton said after qualifying that they have 30+ points more, judging where they open the DRS in the last turn.
There was no way hamilton was going to get vettel, even without kers.
Good effort by him still. His best chance came right when Karthikenen blocked him.
The tyres were more in Mclaren's favour then.
Nice race by button too.
It surprises me that McLaren keep running him on an (n-1) stop strategy – it really isn't working for them.
Not what the vote on the forum home page is currently showing (34% for LH, 24% for SV at this moment)beelsebob wrote:I think his suggestion was that the RBR was actually the faster car and HAM was driving better... I disagree, as do pretty much everyone here it appears. Vettel for driver of the day definitely.andrew wrote:Yeah, but Brundle is a fool, or if you like, an on air troll. I take no notice of him.jamsbong wrote:As usual, Martin Brundle wants to stir up some controversy by insisting that Lewis is the Driver of the day. Even Coulthard question his logic.
TBH I got the impression that the Mclarens had better race pace today. Button came back from 10th to beat Webber to the podium, and Hamilton was slightly faster than Seb in the latter part of the race but just couldn't overtake. Red Bull seemed to have a small race pace advantage in previous races, but it looks to me the Mclaren upgrades worked today and closed the gap to Red Bull.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Considering how much quicker the Red Bull is, driver of the day has to be Hamilton around a second behind Vettel.
But it can't be easy to cover the races with all the pit stops and varying strategies going on this year.Ray wrote:Fantastic race between Lewis and Seb at the end, I was on the edge of my seat watching Lewis slowly close on him every time. Yet once again Formula 1 shows it has zero talent and zero brains in the broadcast trailer. Seriously. This is the WORST sport on tv. They focus on crap that doesn't matter, they cut away from battles regularly, and there is absolutely ZERO sense of speed when the cars are in frame. All the directors care about is the home driver and making damn sure all the trackside boards take up 90% of the frame on your TV. I hate this sport more and more every race because it's not covered by the TV crews, it's terrible.
No it isn't, but there is absolutely no excuse for cutting away from Alonso and Webber fighting it out to show an empty pit lane and front straight as a long and low shot. There's no onboards to speak of during real tight battles, there is nothing but long low shots that give no sensation of speed and instead show the trackside sponsor boards taking up 90% of the screen. FOM TV coverage is absolutely horrible. It's terrible in every way, shape and form. Watch Monaco next week and pay attention to how much of the screen the cars take up versus the amount the sponsor boards do. Especially in the hairpin, that stupid woman on the board is what the framing of the shot is based off of and when the cars turn towards Portier they will immediately zoom in on that sponsor board. Complete garbage camera work through and through.rfs wrote:JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote: But it can't be easy to cover the races with all the pit stops and varying strategies going on this year.
You have to consider that lewis was in dirty air most of the time, especially at the end. vettel could stay ahead of lewis out of the pits as he stopped a lap or a few laps earlier, gaining x seconds from fresh rubber.ringo wrote:Mclaren could not be the fastest car today, they would have cleared Vettel with strategy if it was.
The Redbull is better on the tyres and has more downforce.
The faster car would simply overtake before the 10 laps, or be riding up on the other's gearbox for that time.
Juding by Vettel not even having to defend i would say he was in control but was pressured.
I think he needs to consider which driver had all the toys and newer tyres, and which didn't. Lewis with slightly newer tyres, DRS and fully functional KERS could not pass Vettel who did not have the advantage of DRS, his KERS was on the blink and his tyres were 2 laps older.beelsebob wrote:I think his suggestion was that the RBR was actually the faster car and HAM was driving better... I disagree, as do pretty much everyone here it appears. Vettel for driver of the day definitely.andrew wrote:Yeah, but Brundle is a fool, or if you like, an on air troll. I take no notice of him.jamsbong wrote:As usual, Martin Brundle wants to stir up some controversy by insisting that Lewis is the Driver of the day. Even Coulthard question his logic.