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Hamilton pulling into McLaren pits out of habit is the highlight so far!

 

Interesting read at the Beeb.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/22654575

 

I thought it was Alonso that they showed passing under yellow?

 

Quick note on Tyres - Paul di Resta of Force India did 56 laps on the mediums. By all accounts the decision to move to the Super Softs was his alone.

Look, in my opinion this kind of invalidates all the criticism of the tyres. If a mid-field team can finish 7th on a low-wear track that allows the drivers to push, and they did it with one and only one required pit stop, then the degradation issues are something the other teams are doing wrong. End of story.

The longer this nonsense goes on, the more I think that the bulk of the complaining is being done as a distraction to the fact that some cars are not as strong as the teams think they "should" be. It's all smoke and mirrors, and manufactured drama.

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Kimi got 47 laps from his Mediums, Jenson got 42.

As for Mercedes getting a big advantage, Nico Rossberg had 3 stops. The only other driver to have 3 stops was van der Garde. If they'd had such a big advantage, both Nico and Lewis would have been on one-stops like di Resta and Button.

Most of the rest had 2 stops, including Lewis, Seb, and Alonso.

Five drivers had one stop, including Button, Kimi, and Jules Bianchi who got 27 laps from SuperSofts.

This kind of thing happens every season. Drivers and teams cry loudly about some injustice at the beginning, and as the season goes on they learn how to adapt and suddenly we see cars performing better.

The only difference this year is that Pirelli was stupid enough to respond to the theater, instead of just ignoring it, and Mercedes was stupid enough to agree to in-season testing.

(OK, now I'm seriously done with the rant)

 

Hope this means Kimi will be staying at Lotus...can't help but pull for the little company that could......

 

See, I keep coming back for the drama and the arguments over minutia. I guess some people get their fill of that watching reality TV, or soaps, or somesuch. I get all from following the nonsense between races.

And yes Hamilton is pretty full of himself, but he also wears his heart on his sleeve and doesn't really filter his comments too well. Then the press (which adores him) jumps all over some off hand comment he says and suddenly it's a new controversy. To be honest, they all seem like pretty nice guys in most of the interviews. Seb's only unpopular right now because everyone still remembers the team orders kerfuffle (and forgets that Mark did the same to Seb a few years back). It's all part of the ebb and flow of the crowd.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

....and without the team behind him his results will be sure to suffer. I understand that he is angry, but crapping where one sleeps never improves life, he should have bit his tongue till season end and let his results speak for themselves.

 

Hulkenberg had a hell of a drive. Some top team needs to adjust the size of their car and get him on board.

I loved Hammy's radio transmission. "Anyone have any suggestions"

 

Korean Grand Prix | Caught in my headlights

 

Me thinks Grosjean proved himself very well by keeping his head on his shoulders and standing on the podium next to Kimi and Seb. A win was not there to be had, but had he forced the matter with Kimi and something had happened, he had way more to loose.

My hats off to Grosjean for keeping his cool, something he needs on his resume.....

 

I have a new buddy to watch races with...