Comments on: Super-soft tyres key to Button’s win and Vettel’s disaster (Monaco GP analysis)

By: Dileep Nair

Dileep Nair — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:14:30 +0000

Jenson Button was in a league of his own and seemed to be moving closer to the driver’s championship with each lap he completed. He did a better job of managing his super-soft tyres in comparison to Barichello, and never looked like anybody could challenge him. Do read more on what i thought about the Monaco Grand Prix here

By: spanky the wonder monkey

spanky the wonder monkey — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:03:10 +0000

kimi = mr binary. just a monotonous succession of 10001101101110110. you can visually watch him after the race -
“yeah, 3rd place!” …. smile.
realisation dawns
“ah ****. press interview.” …. smile gone.

By: The Limit

The Limit — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:23:04 +0000

@Brian.

I too read the Raikkonen interview for F1 Racing magazine, and to be quite frank, thought he attitude was very standoffish. It reminded me of some other celebrities that constantly complain about press intrusion and fan harassment.
The solution to this is simple and obvious. Do something else! In professional sports, press interviews and fan intrusion goes with the $45 million a year salary my friend. Second that to driving for a team as popular as Ferrari, it does not take a brain surgeon to realise what will happen.
To be perfectly honest, I think Raikkonen is just a product of the modern F1 system. The answers are always the same to every question, there is no emotion in public, everything very clinical. You are starting to see the same from Hamilton also, which you did not see so much back in 2007.
Behind closed doors, they are both probably great guys, but at the race, the corporate masks must be handed out enmasse by the teams.

By: martindb

martindb — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:19:32 +0000

Yes. The top three finishers were all fuelled to pit on laps 21 to 23, but they actually pitted on laps 16 to 17. Presumably they were slightly taken by surprise by the tyre wear.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:29:33 +0000

I didn’t know that McDonalds served beef.

By: PJA

PJA — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:02:13 +0000

Button’s smooth driving style conserving the tyres really helped him. I think this will be a major benefit for him next year as well when refuelling is banned as the cars will be a lot heavier at the start.

By: DGR-F1

DGR-F1 — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:31:22 +0000

Yes, if you think about it, Bridgestone must have loads of information on tyre wear at all the circuits, so by now they should know exactly which compound(s) suit which circuits, and should be improving the longevity of those compounds to help the car/suspension designers.
However, it appears from the evidence of last year and of so far into this year that Bridgestone have forgotten more about tyres than they have remembered. Why on earth does the FIA allow them to bring ‘Super Soft’ tyres to a 74 lap race when the tyres only last about 14 laps? Considering the aggro Michelin had over the same subject a few years back, it makes you wonder if the FIA know anything about tyres too….

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:06:17 +0000

According to an interview that F1 magazine did with RAI he pretty much said that he hates post race press conferences because he thinks that they are dumb and always ask the same questions after every race. Unfortunatly I live in Canada and can only watch the races on TSN but they never have pre or post race coverage. Once the time slot is over, they switch to the next show and as a reslult I never get to watch the post race stuff. It is extremely annoying.

By: Dirk Gently

Dirk Gently — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:53:34 +0000

At least Jenson has a personality…. I’d forgotten how awfully dull Raikkonen was in the post race interview. Let’s hope he fails to get on the podium for the rest of the season and save our collective sanity’s.

By: Dirk Gently

Dirk Gently — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:49:38 +0000

Lol, this type of ‘post’ makes me laugh… What utter tripe. You say he’s lucky in one breath, then say he drove flawlessly. So what is your point? Why can’t people give the guy some credit? Yes the Brawn is the best car, but this isn’t the first time a particular team has been leagues ahead of anyone else. Button has grasped this oppotunity and shown he is a class act, something that anyone who has followed F1 and his career over the years will know.