2012 Australian Grand Prix Thread - Official

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

What a moronic thing to say.

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6 infraction points for this and next insult will cost you a month ban !

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Originally Posted by pino

6 infraction points for this and next insult will cost you month ban !

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Insane.

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Originally Posted by Integrale

While everyone is finding excuses for their favourite drivers who didn't get the desired result, has anyone noticed that it was a very nice race today? :) I'm not a supporter of DRS, but it actually did why it was designed. It wasn't introduced for easy passes - I hope - but for tighter racing. I think that was the case.

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Rather than DRS itself, I think that today it seemed to work well just because many of the cars which were trying to overtake had lower top speeds that the people in front -Alonso and Webber-. Maldonado couldn't use DRS well either because Alonso was putting it great S3 times a lap after another.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Where did I say that? I ASK AGAIN, GIVE ME A QUOTE BY ME.

I said that it was stupid of you to say he should have been happy with a 7th place, they are racers and will go for the maximum they can get and yes, sometimes they get it wrong. But if you stop going for risky attempts then you should retire.

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OK, you didn't write it but you implied it all the way that it was worth it.
And since when is Rosberg a racer? He sure is fast in quali, but then the race is not his thing and his overtaking record is better not to talk about.
So why does he throw away a bunch of points for something he can't pull out safely, in the last lap of the race?!
I think that Rosberg did panic a bit due to MS showing him the way in qualifying and got busted.

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Originally Posted by AndyL

I think actually the safety car saved him a place or two. Having pitted on lap 31 or whatever it was, he was going to struggle to make the end of the race without another stop. But still, an excellent race from Alonso. Solid defence against Maldonado at the end. As so often in the past he's made a strong points finish in a mediocre car.

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Well we are seeing two different things, Webber was 5 seconds behind Alonso, Alonso goes to the pits I think it was lap 37 or so, hance no problem finishing the race with either softs or mediums on light fuel load.

Safety car comes in, and webber has time to change tyres and come out in front of Alonso who had just pitted. So Alonso loses 1 place and heat in the tyres.
We know he was not able to build the heat back into the mediums on light fuel....

Soft tyres at the end would have allowed him to run in the 1.29s range

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Originally Posted by ioan

OK, you didn't write it but you implied it all the way that it was worth it.

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Oh so you have no quote. What a huge surprise LOL.

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And since when is Rosberg a racer? He sure is fast in quali, but then the race is not his thing and his overtaking record is better not to talk about.
So why does he throw away a bunch of points for something he can't pull out safely, in the last lap of the race?!
I think that Rosberg did panic a bit due to MS showing him the way in qualifying and got busted.

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1) They all are racers in F1
2) You will notice I have never been a Rosberg fanboy and have dismissed him on many occasions.

Garry, your hatred to Seb blinds you. The kid is a bloody good driver. Yeah, he was lucky today, but he was there, when the opportunity arrived and you can't be serious if you think that the Bulls had a faster cars against McLaren. BTW, I know from where your bias comes - in 2009 and 2010 I supported Jenson and Alonso for the WDC, respectively, so Vettel was the enemy and I bashed him. With him the obvious favorite last year I had no bias and show him for what he is - an excellent driver.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Garry, your hatred to Seb blinds you. The kid is a bloody good driver. Yeah, he was lucky today, but he was there, when the opportunity arrived and you can't be serious if you think that the Bulls had a faster cars against McLaren. BTW, I know from where your bias comes - in 2009 and 2010 I supported Jenson and Alonso for the WDC, respectively, so Vettel was the enemy and I bashed him. With him the obvious favorite last year I had no bias and show him for what he is - an excellent driver.

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There is no way Red Bull was slower than McLaren today. Did you miss mr.number 2 Webber putting Hamilton under pressure at the end of the race?

Button was just insanely good today and by far the best driver. bieber was not impressive at all this weekened.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

There is no way Red Bull was slower than McLaren today. Did you miss mr.number 2 Webber putting Hamilton under pressure at the end of the race?

Button was just insanely good today and by far the best driver. bieber was not impressive at all this weekened.

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Did you see how far ahead button was before the SC, or what about qualifying yesterday (5th and 6th vs 1st and 2nd and by quite a margin)?

You chose Hamy's bad drive just because it suits your agenda.

Anyway, Vettel proved once more that he can race through the pack. A bitter pill to take, eh?!

Yes, Webber scored some good laps in the end. So did Jean Eric Vergne. These are new cars, teams make funny things with setup and as I said yesterday Oz is an odd track. But I can't dismiss the qualy yesterday - Red Bull were nowhere, the car simply isn't as dominant as it was last year, although it's a good, solid machine. But to progress from 6th to 2nd is impressive IMO. Note that I don't say that Vettel was better of Jenson. Simply that he drove very well. Better than Lewis Hamilton - at least in my opinion.