F1 World Championship 2010 Thread

[.mcman]

yep, great qualifying. Q1 was quite entertaining. :)

[ViZioN]

Bah Hamilton nearly got pole, but second's pretty good. As Brundel says, only 25% of the pole sitters have coverted it into race wins, so he's got a chance.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

If the weather conditions tomorrow are like during today's qualifying the race will be a lottery, with a lot of DNFs and possibly a lot of surprises.

[san.W10]

http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/836/6776/

i was thinking of one FI in top 5 :D

Rosberg get 5 place grid penalty for changing gear box. - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86181

[san.W10]

FIA publishes amended Spa grid

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86212

[MightyJordan]

Well, it was nice to see Vettel fall victim to karma with a tyre puncture, after crashing out Button. Hopefully, Hamilton will cruise his way to the win now.

Nice to see Kubica still in 2nd. That'll be a nice surprise if he finishes on the podium.

And I'm amazed at Sutil; how easily he overtook Schumacher! :o He's still going strong in 5th.

Oh! Just as I was typing this, Hamilton ran off! He's still in the lead, but he really needs to pit now and switch to the intermediate tyres. And then in the pit lane, Vettel almost caused another accident, this time with Alonso!

OK, the top 3 all pitted, and Kubica's lost 2nd place to Webber. He overshot the pit stop, and almost ran a mechanic over.

Speaking of Vettel's near-miss, it's being investigated by the stewards. He'll probably get another drive-through penalty.

[Richard Hammond]

Vettel what a p***k, took out Button then nearly took Sutil out he needs to calm down when racing stop driving on the edge causing issues for everyone else. Im glad whine-onso is out. Feel sorry for Rubens not the kind of race he wanted for this 300th GP.

[MightyJordan]

Well, Alonso spun himself out of the race. :D

[Richard Hammond]

Just hope Hamilton can hold off Webber till the end now.

[Richard Hammond]

Well that was a bittersweet result, my boy Jenson taken off thanks to Vettel could have been a Mclaren one two, at least theres one Mclaren on podium. Im VERY happy that Alonso took himself out and that Massa had a relatively good race. Love the sound the Mclaren makes on lift off.

[ViZioN]

Great result for Hamilton, lead from start to finish. Real shame about Button but I'm glad Vettel and Alonso finished outside the points.

[SoyoS]

Great race, whenever it rains there's is always a good race and this just proves it! So happy for Lewis as well!

[.mcman]

Fantastic race as usual. Too bad Vettel took Jenson out. :pinch:

[san.W10]

http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/836/6777/

http://www.autosport.com/results.php?s=0&y=2010&c=1

good race

[brentaal]

Webber: Red Bull will have to prioritise

Mark Webber has hinted that it will soon be time for Red Bull to put its weight behind a single driver in the championship battle, as he pulled further clear of team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the standings by finishing second at Spa.

Lewis Hamilton and Webber have made a break in the title chase by finishing first and second in Belgium today. They are three points apart at the head of the standings, with their team-mates Vettel and Jenson Button respectively 31 and 35 points behind Hamilton with six races to go.

When asked if he felt Red Bull should now favour him over Vettel, Webber suggested that the team might have to adopt such a stance if it was serious about beating McLaren to the crown.

"McLaren have won many championships and have a good trophy cabinet, Red Bull have a good trophy cabinet but not as good," said Webber. "I think it depends on how hungry we are to try and do that.

"I think it is too early at the moment to say that [one driver should be prioritised], but maybe there is a different strategy compared to McLaren.

"It's still too early at the moment but not too far away."

However Hamilton believes that his McLaren team is not yet considering favouring either of its drivers despite the changing points situation.

"I think today Jenson was very unfortunate," said Hamilton.

"I get the same treatment as Jenson and vice versa, and that enables us to both score maximum points, so I don't feel there should be any preferential treatment. The team do their best, the maximum for each of us so no more they could do."

He also denied that the title battle was shaping into a straight fight between him and Webber.

"You have seen in the last few races how quickly things can change so we still have a long way to go, and many points to be grabbed by any of us drivers fighting for the championship," said Hamilton.

"The closest rival to me at the moment in terms of points is Mark but I still think the championship is open. We want to make sure that is not the case after another few races."

Source - autosport

[Mike]

Fantastic race as usual. Too bad Vettel took Jenson out. :pinch:

Vettel needs to go back to driving school, once again he's showed his complete lack of overtaking ability

[brentaal]

Vettel needs to go back to driving school, once again he's showed his complete lack of overtaking ability

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Vettel needs to go back to driving school, once again he's showed his complete lack of overtaking ability

QFT.

Vettel deserves the 'Reject of the Race' award for today's GP. Red Bull Racing are better off focusing on Mark Webber for the rest of the season imho.

Good drive by Hamilton (the one mistake near the end of the race notwithstanding). Thumbs up also to Mercedes GP - their strategy gamble paid off this time. 6th and 7th is a decent result given their starting positions.

Alonso... I am disappointed by him. After Friday I had expected a much better result.

After today the title race has essentially boiled down to two and a half contenders: Hamilton/Webber and maybe Vettel. Although - if he keeps making mistakes he'll be completely out of the title race as early as after Monza.

[MightyJordan]

[Buio]

Webber: Red Bull will have to prioritise

Mark Webber has hinted that it will soon be time for Red Bull to put its weight behind a single driver in the championship battle, as he pulled further clear of team-mate Sebastian Vettel in the standings by finishing second at Spa.Source - autosport

It was not so long ago Vettel had more points and Red Bull did prioritize him, so now that Webber got a clear lead in points, he is reminding them about that. :)

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I lol'd IRL.

[Kerm]

^As did I.

[Billus]

Vettel?

[Subject Delta]

:laugh: brilliant

[+bomberh Subscriber²]

Vettel at times shows signs of being a very good driver, however, the mistakes far outweigh the good moments of driving ability that he has shown.

He really needs to stop being hot headed and learn to stop being so impetuous.