Originally Posted by woody2goody
Well somebody ran into him at the start so we'll never know. I know it's fashionable to jump on the bandwagon of having a go at the poor guy, but he did make up 6 places on the opening lap before being shunted on that lap and spinning off on the second lap I think.
Oh and FYI, Ide was 2.8 slower than Sato in Australia qualifying, 1.7 in Malaysia, 3.9 (!) in Australia, and 1.6 in his fourth and final race, in Imola.
I will almost guarantee Luca will be within 0.5 of Kimi even by the next race. Comparisons of Ide are stupid. I bet if Michael Schumacher had been in the car, he would have been half a second off Kimi at least due to having to learn the car/track etc. By the end of the race he would have got there but only just.
Luca's race pace was on par with most of the midfield runners for most of the race. He would probably have beaten Grosjean, Alguersuari and Glock without the spins and penalty.