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115 comments on Who was the best driver of the Italian Grand Prix weekend? (Poll)

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   sato113 said on 13th September 2010, 23:58

   jenson button for keeping alonso behind him for so long, at monza. Imagine the pressure he must have felt knowing his car was slower. every lap was a qualy lap from him today.

   a mclaren driver leading at monza with a faster ferrari breathing down your neck is the toughest of challenges.

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   jahbaba said on 14th September 2010, 0:09

   Button had high downforce/drag/turbulence, at least in the curves, yet Alonso managed to stay close for most of the race, with a low downforce setup (must have been hairy in Parabolica, remember Massa in FP ?)
   Both were under high pressure, but made no mistakes (maybe one debatable each, BUT in quali, ALO with DLR)
   Both also behaved as gentlemen at post-race interview.

   I gave it to Alonso because he got the win, but I wish I could vote twice !

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     jahbaba said on 14th September 2010, 0:14

     ok, ALO did a definite mistake by pushing BUT at the start… but how is a driver supposed to see how far over a line he is pushing the other car ? And what if there are 3-4+ cars ? Who is going to get punished ?

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     Pedro Candeias said on 14th September 2010, 15:35

     @jahbaba, That’s exactly my point of view. The battle at the front was an excellent display of just how great drivers Alonso and Button are. I voted Button because, despite Whitmarsh’s dismissal, I think he must have been suffering from a loss of downforce; and yet he drove a flawless race. Alonso’s car was for all intents and purposes 100% at all times. And, like you said, they were perfect gentlemen post-race. But it was very very very close. I too wish I could vote for both.

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   Mc Phisto said on 14th September 2010, 0:21

   I suppose that most of Hamilton’s votes are ironic. As a Ferrari fan, I thought of voting him just for fun, but finally decided for Alonso.

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   Manu said on 14th September 2010, 0:24

   I has to be Alonso. Pole position, victory and fastest lap. He really needed it after Spa. Perfect week end.

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   Bullfrog said on 14th September 2010, 0:35

   Button by a gnat’s wossname from Alonso – because he made a mega start, didn’t put a wheel wrong under pressure, particularly through the first lap – and I’m voting for the driver, not his car or pit crew.

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     Robbie said on 14th September 2010, 12:56

     ‘I’m voting for the driver, not his car or pit crew.’

     Thumbs up to this.

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     Pedro Candeias said on 14th September 2010, 15:38

     +1 to this. Ultimately it was the pitstop that decided who got the win, because there was absolutely nothing in it between the drivers. Actually it’s kind of amazing how these guys can race for an hour and still come out of the pits side by side. It’s like olympic synchronized… racing.

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   gDog said on 14th September 2010, 0:40

   Alonso made 3 mistakes during the race – poor start, crashing into the back of Button (lucky he didnt ruin both their races, unfortunately I think he hurt buttons race more than his own) and nearly losing it all near the end passing a back marker.

   He was never going to get past Button even with the faster car. The pit stop was the only chance he had.

   Button actually was flawless all weekend, especially during the race under the pressure.

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   dragon said on 14th September 2010, 1:05

   Webber’s poor start means that he doesn’t get my vote, however he was brilliant in qualifying and then proceeded to pull out three beautiful passes (becoming something of an overtaking specialist, now? Massa @ Rivage was an amazing move) to claim a decent sixth position. Likewise, Vettel’s underwhelming qualifying means he doesn’t get my vote either, but he was super impressive during the race, putting in 52 fast laps on the rather friendly soft tyre. Fourth was probablt the best result RBR could have hoped for.
   Button deserves the driver of the weekend, but then again, Alonso was awesome as well. Button’s 36 laps of gritty, brake-locking defence made for great viewing, soaking in the pressure of a slightly faster Alonso, and only missed on what would have been an incredible victory after the team blinked first at the round of pit-stops. Then again, Alonso was untouchable in qualifying, that first lap would have been faultless – thanks BBC for showing me practically none of it – then put in the storming in-lap when he needed to.

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   Dona said on 14th September 2010, 1:10

   Why would anyone vote for Hamilton? He didn’t complete 1 lap & was to blame for his DNF.

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   Bernard said on 14th September 2010, 1:15

   There are some oddities in the results calculations. :)

   Felipe Massa (2%, 7 Votes)
   Sebastien Buemi (0%, 0 Votes)
   Lucas di Grassi (2%, 0 Votes)

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     PeriSoft said on 14th September 2010, 2:21

     Wow. If enough of us keep not voting for di Grassi, he might still pull this one out.

     I also noticed that Alguersuari’s bar is thicker than … ok, that sounded bad, but it’s thicker than that of the other guys with 0%. Sounds like the poll software doesn’t handle edge-cases very well – which you would think would be a fairly high priority for poll software. :P

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       Pink Peril said on 14th September 2010, 5:48

       Jarno’s bar is the same size as Jaime’s. Perhaps if your name starts with J, that entitles you to extra width? And now I am going to leave this alone, as there is just no way to comment on this topic without sounding rude !

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         IDR said on 14th September 2010, 7:19

         Well, that demonstrates size is not important….

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    Charles Carroll said on 14th September 2010, 1:22

    I went with Alonso. It was a solid weekend without any of his usual complaining about not receiving the “Moses” treatment.

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    Stevo said on 14th September 2010, 1:38

    Would have been Webber but for his start. Dropping to 6th on the first chicane, then 9th on the second. Valencia and Spa all over again.
    Has to be Fernando though. Jenson was good, but Alonso was better. I only caught the end of the stop so I could be wrong, but did Ferrari deliberately run a slow stop for Massa to keep him out of the way?

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    Robbie said on 14th September 2010, 1:43

    Button. He kept Alonso at bay until the pitstops despite having a slower car which was also damaged. Pretty impressive I’d say, especially on such a fast and open circuit.

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      Gill said on 14th September 2010, 4:35

      Its a fast circuit, but open… not..
      its a very narrow circuit

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    DaveW said on 14th September 2010, 2:08

    Where is Rosberg? He throttled Schumacher pretty much all weekend, more emphatically than usual, ran a strong race and split the RedBulls. He edges Alonso, who would have to share the accolade with this pit crew, and Martin Whitmars, anyway.

    I don’t see any reason for giving Button the laurels over those two. For the Nth time, there was no brave gamble. That’s a nice story line but it doesnt fit the facts.

    WHis set up was exactly as fast as the one Hamilton ultimately chose, all weekend. Hamilton ran too close behind Webber in Q3, and stuffed up a couple corners, that’s it. The fact that Button creeped down the straights in his choice may have cost him the lead, because the part of the track where he made his time came after the pit exit, another small detail he overlooked in making his supposed brilliant gamble. And he miscalculated that his tire approach would out-manage the tires compared to the opposition.

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      Alex said on 14th September 2010, 14:43

      Agree about Rosberg but disagree about Button. His choise in my opinion was the most brilliant, as well as original choise for Monza. Lewis made mistakes in qualifying because his set-up was too unpredictable in corners even for Lewis. He said on saturday that his setup choise was a mistake compared to Button’s. And Button’s setup worked very well in the race, despite Alonso’s speed advantage. Mclaren made mistakes in the race with bringing Button in too early, and with his pitstop being 0.8 sec slower he had no chance but ni blame for him there. So button is a big contender for the drive of the race even though I voted for Rosberg.

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      F1 Novice said on 14th September 2010, 18:42

      What Bridgestone are doing supplying an option tyre that can last the whole flipping race is beyond me – too conservative for my liking and does nothing for the racing.

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    David L said on 14th September 2010, 2:50

    I voted for Hamilton, he only made one mistake all race !

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      wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 14th September 2010, 3:15

      A very big one indeed.

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      Dizzy-A (@david-a) said on 14th September 2010, 3:18

      Button, Vettel, Alonso and Massa didn’t make any mistakes all race, and kept their cars running for 53 laps.

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        BasCB said on 14th September 2010, 10:17

        Well, Alonso did make a few mistakes (slow start, he did hit Button and his small off in the last lap) although they did not ruin his race in the end.

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      Gill said on 14th September 2010, 4:36

      he he he,,,, nice one

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      Nirupam said on 14th September 2010, 8:34

      “I voted for Hamilton, he only made one mistake all race !”

      Comment of the Day!!!!! :)

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    wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 14th September 2010, 3:07

    Webber as he seems to be the busiest driver of the race & for all those overtaking moves.

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