I always knew you were a closet Petrov fan! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
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I always knew you were a closet Petrov fan! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
it was a good and entertaining raceQuote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
seems trendy to come on here and proclaim a race (any race) boring.
I'm not sure if you watched the race, but it was far from boring
I am severely disappointed by the mclaren performance, but I would not call the race boring, with action up and down the grid.
:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
It's how F1 should be, IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
It should be tense, suspense at something might happen, will happen; not countless meaningless overtakes, say Barcelona.
The first 20 laps were great. The drivers battled all over the track the track was a challenge and early pitstops mixed it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
Then the last 30 or so the cars got 3-5 seconds apart and stayed there, intersected only by the odd DRS move.
People on TV always say thank goodness for no rain, but I don't mind admitting I was hoping for a wet race today.
The reason being, Silverstone tends in recent years to be either brilliant or dull. No in between.
Great races recently: 2000,2002,2003,2008,2011.
Dull: 2001,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009,2010.
On balance this was an in between Great first half, dull second half.
Yup. It's a shame that I could only remember the latter. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by aki13
Personally, the thing I care the most is the battle for podium positions, and there didn't seem to be much of it, apart from the Vettel-Massa-Hamilton fight, which was pretty much done after the first pitstops. Even in the end, when Webber was behind Alonso, there was no tension whatsoever - with Webber being between half a second and a second faster, I expected him to get past Alonso in no time.
Edit: come to think about it, the fact that I had to spend something like a third of the race watching advertisements must have played a large part in my boredom. :mad:
What a Donkey I am, I forgot to list my Donkies.
Maldonado - He cracked under pressure again and wiped out Perez.
Sauber - They looked so fast and yet have nothing to show for it.
Kobayashi - For attacking his pit crew.
Rosberg - No pace
Thats my thoughts. There was no epic tension of a battle of years past. Will Webber overtake or can Alonso drive a brilliant defensive last 5 lapsQuote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
? With DRS you no the answer to both.
I no I am going to be hated and given a bashing for saying that.
Fortunately today Webber made the pass on Alonso well away from the DRS zone. He did have the advantage of DRS in some previous laps to help him close the gap, but remember that much of the time backmarkers allowed the Ferrari to also use DRS.Quote:
Originally Posted by aki13
Didn't Mark pass him outside of Brooklands after using DRS down the Wellington Straight??Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B