Rate the race: 2012 Italian Grand Prix
2012 Italian Grand Prix
What did you think of the Italian Grand Prix? Share your verdict on today’s race.
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Rate the 2012 Italian Grand Prix out of ten
- 1 (3%)
- 2 (1%)
- 3 (0%)
- 4 (0%)
- 5 (2%)
- 6 (8%)
- 7 (24%)
- 8 (35%)
- 9 (20%)
- 10 (7%)
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Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31) said on 9th September 2012, 14:25
Alonso v Vettel. Talking about equality.
Perez overtaking Alonso – that’s why Perez won’t drive Ferrari next year.
Imre (@f1mre) said on 9th September 2012, 14:42
Too quick for Alonso?
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31) said on 9th September 2012, 14:48
Maybe, and Perez wouldn’t like to be number 2 driver.
Imre (@f1mre) said on 9th September 2012, 15:45
But who would like to?
Osvaldas31 (@osvaldas31) said on 9th September 2012, 16:47
Massa! lol
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 9th September 2012, 17:15
@osvaldas31 @f1mre There’s been a lot of comments about this so I’ve set up a poll:
Did Vettel deserve penalty for Alonso move at Curva Grande?
F1fanNL (@f1fannl) said on 9th September 2012, 14:42
Agreed. Last year Alonso pushed Vettel off track, nobody cared.
Now Vettel does the same, Vettel get’s a drive through.
When Ferrari complain, FIA changes the rules for them.
When another team complains, FIA changes the rules against them.
But the FIA isn’t biased……
Atticus (@atticus-2) said on 9th September 2012, 17:04
When Alonso ‘pushed’ Vettel off the track last year, the current regulation of having to leave a 1-car width between the edge of the track during an overtaking maneouver was not in place.
Taking a look at last year’s replay, it is obvious that Alonso in fact left a car width for Vettel last year, only Vettel did not use it. This year Vettel pushed further to the left.
Mariano (@mariano) said on 9th September 2012, 18:15
+ 1
AndresM (@andresm) said on 9th September 2012, 19:54
+1
Donal Kelleher (@cdk2012) said on 9th September 2012, 22:29
Agreed, replay of 2011 shows this clearly..
Kimi4WDC said on 10th September 2012, 1:42
Look at the momentum Alonso was carrying, he put him self in that situation. He choose the wrong side and cried out to all the world about it. A cry baby.
Mike (@mike) said on 13th September 2012, 23:48
If Alonso can get into a gap, he should be able to take it without the guy in front forcing an incident.
michaeldobson13 (@michaeldobson13) said on 9th September 2012, 22:00
FIA.
Ferrari International Assistants.
Todd (@braketurnaccelerate) said on 9th September 2012, 22:22
I know it won’t get it, but this should be COTD.
Yorricksfriend (@yorricksfriend) said on 10th September 2012, 2:53
No it shouldn’t. It’s an old and tired saying.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 10th September 2012, 3:06
@braketurnaccelerate @yorricksfriend @michaeldobson13
Old, tired and in this case, not true.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys) said on 9th September 2012, 22:51
And in the time since, the FIA has cracked down on dangerous driving.
Jason (@jason12) said on 9th September 2012, 15:00
The Italians are 110% behind their car (even without a win)!
Amazing to see… Britons could learn a thing or two from that :D
pSynrg (@psynrg) said on 9th September 2012, 15:39
You’ve obviously never been to Silverstone…
Andy G (@toothpickbandit) said on 9th September 2012, 16:06
You mean booing everyone on the podium who doesn’t drive dor Ferrari? Yeah I’m good, thanks.
andae23 (@andae23) said on 9th September 2012, 16:48
I actually thought the Tifosi were behaving atrociously during the podium ceremony. Being not Italian nor British, I think the British fans are actually better ‘fans’ as they appreciate good racing, no matter which team they drive for.
cg22me (@cg22me) said on 9th September 2012, 19:38
Absolutely right.
Some (not all, by any means) Tifosi have the same attitude as some of these Beliebers etc… Being overly obnoxious and rude to anyone and anything that threatens their beloved Justin/Ferrari.
In a way, the sport is worse off having fans that show a lack of consideration, regardless of how passionate they are to their favoured team.
Mike (@mike) said on 13th September 2012, 23:51
You say that… But then, this argument is going on.
Maverick232 said on 9th September 2012, 20:51
What a stupid thing to say.. At Silverstone this year tens of thousands of us braved unbelievable weather to support the mclaren boys and although they struggled during the race we never lost our appreciation for them.
What we also did was stand and applaud a great fight between Webber and Alonso for the victory whilst still sporting our mclaren merch and union jacks.
THIS, is what true F1 fans do!!
Jorge Lardone (@jorgelardone) said on 9th September 2012, 15:46
Thats right!!!
robert hutton said on 9th September 2012, 14:25
boring first 10 laps, absolutely awesome 2nd half, my face was 2 inches from the screen since perez pitted
af2 (@af2) said on 9th September 2012, 15:19
I agree…
Passo (@passo) said on 9th September 2012, 14:26
Lots of DRS passes, but lots of legitimate passes as well. Definitely got more thrilling towards the end. 7/10.
adamtys (@adamtys) said on 9th September 2012, 14:28
really good race. shame about few retirements, without them race would be even more exiting at the end. 9/10
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 9th September 2012, 14:28
I really liked it ! DRS was fair (good they are nailing those !), and there were some good fights everywhere. 9/10, just the battle for the lead was missing.
Stefanauss (@stefanauss) said on 9th September 2012, 14:31
DRS was as bad as it gets down here.
Really just the idea of having DRS at Monza is plain stupid. DRS robbed the scene of many more side-by-side brake at 1st chicane and Roggia.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 9th September 2012, 14:42
@stefanauss I’m not so sure. It’s very hard to overtake here. I think DRS was good enough. It wasn’t straighfoward…
sdtaylor91 (@sdtaylor91) said on 9th September 2012, 15:51
the low downforce packages makes slipstreaming less effective, if i remember commentary or a tweet i read somewhere, i thought drs was pretty good here all things considered
f1alex (@f1alex) said on 9th September 2012, 16:53
I didn’t think the DRS was that bad to be honest, it allowed moves to be set up, but it was still down to the drivers to get their braking right into the chicane in order to seal the move.
Enigma (@enigma) said on 9th September 2012, 14:29
6/10 Good race, but we’ve seen much better. Above average, but nothing really special.
MuzzleFlash (@muzzleflash) said on 9th September 2012, 14:29
A bittersweet 7 for me. Disappointing for Button and Vettel. Promising for Alonso and Perez. Refreshing for Hamilton.
Race itself was entertaining. Not sure about the Vettel/Alonso incident. Not very fair on the front of it, but the stewards do seem to have developed a more punitive approach recently.
xeroxpt (@) said on 9th September 2012, 14:30
No realistic fight for the win despite the wrong pit strategy, Alonso was very quick off the line, but not that brave tactic wise, they just mimic everyone else, Sauber try the odd thing and get results again.
Alex Mansilla said on 9th September 2012, 15:25
Agree…
BradFerrari (@brad-ferrari) said on 9th September 2012, 15:42
How could Alonso be more brave tactic wise? He had to start on the mediums where Perez had freedom over which tyres to start on. He came in at the right time, any longer he would have lost positions.
andae23 (@andae23) said on 9th September 2012, 17:27
He could have tried a two-stopper, though I’m not sure it would have paid off.
Kimi4WDC said on 10th September 2012, 1:44
Or not crying about choosing the wrong side to overtake Vettel.
Antonio Nartea (@tony031r) said on 9th September 2012, 14:33
Classic italian grand prix. Clean, comprehensible, great battles on track, mechanical issues providing an element of surprise in the championship, a great drive by an outsider driver, crypted messages, penalties, controversy. It had absolutely everything. Quite an oldschool feel about it.
I won’t take Ferrari’s “think about tyre management, Felipe” into account as Alonso would have passed Massa and pulled away anyway, with or without instructions from the team. Mixed feelings about Vettel’s penalty as well, but I guess that doesn’t matter either now either.
A good watch. 8/10.
pSynrg (@psynrg) said on 9th September 2012, 15:43
Agreed. In attempting to be cryptic, which in itself was pointless considering team orders are permitted, they just drew more attention to the inevitable.
Mike (@mike) said on 13th September 2012, 23:53
I still can’t understand how they think that will fool anyone….
Warwick (@warwick) said on 9th September 2012, 14:33
7. Would have been 9 without Vettel’s penalty.
Lin1876 (@lin1876) said on 9th September 2012, 14:36
9. Came to a great climax towards the end with great racing up and down the field. That is all.
Todfod (@todfod) said on 9th September 2012, 15:40
Yeah… I would have given it a 10 if there was a battle for the lead. There seemed to be a great amount of action throughout the field for the entire race so I had to rate it a 9
Karthikeyan (@ridiculous) said on 9th September 2012, 14:36
+ Sergio Perez
+ Vettel versus Alonso
- No lead challenge
- Ferrari antis
- Crappy stewarding
Went with 4
tokyospark (@tokyospark) said on 10th September 2012, 6:00
Hard to please?
Ron (@rcorporon) said on 9th September 2012, 14:42
Bad day for my beloved RBR but decent enough race. Knew that Perez wouldn’t catch Hamilton so 7/10 for me.
sumedh said on 9th September 2012, 14:42
A Eight! The retirements and Vettel’s penalty ruined a bit for me.
Eggry (@eggry) said on 9th September 2012, 14:43
8 because of Perez