Driver and Donkey of the British GP

Sucks to be Pastor right now , with everyone piling on .

So , all you guys just want him to roll over and let Sergio punk him into giving up the line ?
Pah !

Have a look at the incident again .
Neither driver gave way , and they ended up trying to take up the same space .
It's not as if Sergio didn't know he was there .
And , it should be pretty damned obvious that Sergio knew that Pastor would not give up the place easily , since he's complaining about his reputation here .

He went outside .
He knew the risk .
He knew he was going into a corner with a car beside him .
He knew who was in that car .

How do you say "Cry me a river" in Spanish ?

Maybe Pastor should get some stick over incidents in the past , but not this time .
That was a racing incident .

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Maybe Pastor should get some stick over incidents in the past , but not this time .
That was a racing incident .

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The stewards disagree.

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

How do you say "Cry me a river" in Spanish ?

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"llórame un río", but it doesn't make much sense :p

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Originally Posted by Dave B

The stewards disagree.

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Gee , that's strange .

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

"llórame un río", but it doesn't make much sense :p

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It's all Greek to me .

Driver: Alonso and Webber tie. Their brief wheel to wheel action never looked like ending in tears.

Donkey: The fuel/tyre/DRS rules.


The rule book gets my donkey vote because, in my opinion, the tyre rules and the fuel rules are killing the racing and DRS is killing the defending.

I was left wondering whether it was the tyre rule that defeated Alonso or if he backed off so that he would have enough fuel to guarantee second place? That just isn't right. :crazy:

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Originally Posted by henners88

If it was a driver you disliked, I get the impression you would have said he carried far too much speed into the inside of the corner and caused an unnecessary incident. Its two races in a row now where Pastor has forced another driver into retirement by not being able to concede when he is beaten. The stewards were right to punish him and I think the drivers will be heaping on the pressure in fridays drivers meeting as the respect for his opponents just isn't there at present.

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Sergio knew Pastor was inside for that corner .
And , Pastor knew he knew .

This wasn't a lunge from way back , and they both judged the situation wrongly .

Pastor has admitted he misjudged the grip , first losing the front end , before the curbing , and then the rear , as he corrected .
And Sergio was angry that Pastor hadn't conceded the corner , when he had expected him to have done so .

Ergo , racing incident .

That's my opinion , and I'm dreadfully sorry if you're not impressed by it .

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Originally Posted by Bagwan

Sergio knew Pastor was inside for that corner .
And , Pastor knew he knew .

This wasn't a lunge from way back , and they both judged the situation wrongly .

Pastor has admitted he misjudged the grip , first losing the front end , before the curbing , and then the rear , as he corrected .
And Sergio was angry that Pastor hadn't conceded the corner , when he had expected him to have done so .

Ergo , racing incident .

That's my opinion , and I'm dreadfully sorry if you're not impressed by it .

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I'm inclined to agree, I don't think there was any malice in what Maldonado did, but it was careless. Once again, being overly aggressive has cost him and Williams some valuable points.

It's a bit like Hamilton last year, you just kind of knew that if it was a close pass then there was likely to be contact (especially if Massa was nearby). I just hope Maldonado can calm down in the second half of the season and accept when something's a lost cause.

Driver of the Day - Webber, Massa, Schumacher
Donkey - Alonso, Rosberg, Kobi, Pastor

Webber drove a great race, really pacing himself well, he dint let Alonso drive away, kept his tyres under check, and when the time came pushed and took victory, Massa similarly did the most he could, and Schumi defended as well as anyone to keep his 4th fastest car in 3rd and then drove sensibly, and a good overtake on Lewis, was a good moment.

Donkey - Alonso, used up his tyres much more then he should have had, to let webber pass him, he dint need to fight hamilton, rather should have just cruised behind him, webber had already made a pit stop and there was absolutely no need to race him and destroy his tyres till hamilton pitted. Rosberg was terribly slow today, the most I think I have seen him in the last year or so, much slower then where he should have been, Kobi for sending some of his pit crew to medical care, and pastor for making that dull head turn to take perez out of the race.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Just because I think you are totally wrong does not mean I think you are not entitled to your opinion. Its not often you apologise, but I don't think you need to in this instance.

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I guess you didn't read my post with the same amount of sarcasm I intended .
I am sorry for that . I don't use smiley faces .

Your previous post dismissed my opinion entirely , saying that if it had been a different driver , the opinion would be different .

Then , you stated your opinion , which was reasonably obvious , given your view on mine .

Punk Perez had to know Maldonado wouldn't just give it up . He could have taken a wider line and still beat him coming out .
But , since Pastor has had some recent events with questionable maneouvres , he gets punked again when Perez has a mic in his face .