Vettel = Mr Nice Guy?

[Easy Drifter]

Vettel is as hard nosed and nasty as anyone in F1. Maybe not as prone to make silly mistakes as Mark but just a nasty.
Some reports say he and Hamilton hit while others say the puncture was from going over the curb.
There is rarely a race where there is not some contact among the leaders, and the in entire field in the first few corners. It is rarely intentional. If someone even twitches the field is so close the domino effect almost ensures there will be contact.

[Daniel]

Well we did see a good 1000 yards of racing between Seb and Mark up to Becketts and Mark got a better start and the inside line from Vettel. I think if Seb had not driven over Hamilton's front wing and got a puncture, we would have seen two teammates who would have eventually taken each other out. I can't see Mark giving any space after the shafting he received the previous day. We may have even seen a British winner afterall lol..

Yes but 1000 yards is hardly a race.

[Daniel]

I did find it amusing when Vettel suggested the theory that maybe Hamilton had hit him on purpose, but I think it was meant as a joke. Vettel knows as well as anyone else how fragile a front wing is and no driver in third place is going to risk a slow cruise back to the pits on the first lap from a deliberate damaging move.

Listen, I expect better from you. This is a lie! vettel did NOT say that! in fact he is quoted as saying the exact opposite....

[Daniel]

The proof http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/07/1...me-a-puncture/

He probably achieved what he wanted to achieve in Valencia! But I’m sure he didn’t mean to give me a puncture.

[Daniel]

just ask Fernando.

I'd rather not. I get enough whining and whinging from the end users I support at work....

[Daniel]

Hence my insinuation that it was a bit of a joke.. I agree with you on this so DON'T call me a liar.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8808172.stm

He clearly said "surely he didn't mean to give me a puncture"

Liar maybe not, but you've tried to create something that was never said.

[Daniel]

You said

Vettel suggested the theory that maybe Hamilton had hit him on purpose

Vettel said

I’m sure he didn’t mean to give me a puncture.

[N. Jones]

Brundle once said Vettel set a new standard for niceness but what with some of his aggressive driving tactics and a chance to a win WDC, it seems the kid has learnt why F1 is sometimes called the Piranha Club:

He's aggressive, Webber's aggressive. Both are in a fast car and both want to win the WDC. They are teammates and their team publicly does not believe in team orders or which driver is No. 1 & 2.

It all adds up to controversy and the comments we are now seeing.

I don't see a problem here.

[ioan]

I think that the Vet is becoming as much a victim in this as Webbs. Certainly he's not quite the man we had been led to believe he was but he ain't exactly Mr Nasty either. Horner is doing a fantastic job of screwing both of his drivers the chance at the title and is the villan in this story IMO.

Hear, hear!

[ioan]

I did find it amusing when Vettel suggested the theory that maybe Hamilton had hit him on purpose, but I think it was meant as a joke. Vettel knows as well as anyone else how fragile a front wing is and no driver in third place is going to risk a slow cruise back to the pits on the first lap from a deliberate damaging move.

I find it amusing the lengths Webber fans will go to twist Vettel's words into something worthy of being a column in 'The Sun'.