Curious to see if Hulks skin has turned green when he gets out of the car. That was a truly incredible performance. Epic race. Vettel racing in a different category though…
Nico Hulkenberg was absolutely brilliant. That was a masterclass in how to drive a Formula One car defensively – please, someone give him a better race seat. He wholy deserves it – no weight disadvantage can surely outweigh (excuse the pun) that amount of talent.
If he’s deemed too heavy for F1 in 2014 this will have to be go down in history as one of the biggest (If not the biggest) travesty F1 has committed. I’ve not rooted for someone to get a top seat this badly since Kubica.
Probably best Korean GP ever. Hulk looked very impressive, Kimi did great job, Grosjean bring quite points home…a lot of action and incidents. Good race.
@eggry Best Korean GP for on-track action … Once again a pitiful organisation, I wonder how they let them organize GP, they should at least force them to hire foreigner marshals.
Superb defensive drive by Hulk, not a single opportunity to Alonso or Hamilton. Kimi took the opportunity and helped by SC. Grosjean probably deserves this 2nd place, but anyway very clean drive from him after a nice quali.
What happened to Alonso though? That was a very average drive.
Webber was also great up until the tyre failure caused him to have to pit, only then to be wiped out by a very stupid move from Sutil.
Vettel though has firmly put his stamp on his fourth world title. He hasn’t had a bad race this year – gained all the points he could get when the car was arguably lacking against the Ferrari over a race stint in the first five races and has been utterly dominant since the race performance was turned around in Canada. He’s thoroughly earned every point he has.
The Ferrari was very slow on the whole. He consistently lost about three tenths of a second to Hamilton on the 2nd half of the lap during the later parts of the race.
Why is it harsh? He didn’t have a great start, losing a place. He then didn’t make any great advances on those ahead of him, just maintaining position and keeping an average pace. He was often running quite wide through corners, too – the front just not biting.
Yes it was nt a good race for him though that was more down to the general lack of pace of Ferrari this weekend than Alonso under performing as @vettel1‘s original comment seems to imply…
Vettel did what he does best and my bet is that he would win the title by Indian GP.. Hulk was very impressive .. I still think RBR or Ferrari should’ve signed him…
DOTW ranking for me: 1) Hülkenberg (Duh who else) 2) Grosjean 3) Vettel
I was really rooting for Grosjean to get past Raikkonen but alas that was not meant to be. It annoys me really, the main reason Raikkonen even got up there in the first place was due to the safety car. At least the team are now fully backing Grosjean since Raikkonen is leaving, I’m glad they have shifted their focus to him.
Also, not to mention that Grosjean didn’t appear to have the confidence to attack Raikkonen until his race engineer and even Eric Boullier intervened… perhaps some sort of inferiority complex?
I don’t think the F1 fans in Korea are that passionate so that might be why. There certainly weren’t many flags in the stands. I was cringing when the Jeep came out on track. What on Earth was the driver thinking when he decided to hop on to the fastest part of the track during full green? Not sure if any one else noticed but Ricciardo drove a fantastic race considering the rest of the weekend and where his team mate was. I wonder why he and JEV both retired on the second last lap. Hulkenberg clearly driver of the day. We all know his pure speed, but the fact he never defended off the racing line again Hamilton in T1 shows the maturity in his race craft. He should have gotten the Red Bull seat.
JCost (@jcost)
6th October 2013, 8:50
Seb being Seb but the DOD is clearly another German. Thumbs up for “Giant” Nico Hulkenbeg.
Prof Kirk (@prof-kirk)
6th October 2013, 8:57
I’m pretty sure Hulkenberg had TC
Yoshisune (@yobo01)
6th October 2013, 9:16
Clearly Vettel is not the only one able to put the power down before Hamilton.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th October 2013, 10:57
Maybe it’s just Hamilton @yobo01? :P
panache (@panache)
6th October 2013, 8:51
Curious to see if Hulks skin has turned green when he gets out of the car. That was a truly incredible performance. Epic race. Vettel racing in a different category though…
Magnificent Geoffrey (@magnificent-geoffrey)
6th October 2013, 8:51
Nico Hulkenberg – what an outstanding performance!
Holding off Alonso and then Hamilton lap after lap after lap in a Sauber?! What a brilliant driver he is.
Someone PLEASE give that man the car he deserves…
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th October 2013, 8:54
Nico Hulkenberg was absolutely brilliant. That was a masterclass in how to drive a Formula One car defensively – please, someone give him a better race seat. He wholy deserves it – no weight disadvantage can surely outweigh (excuse the pun) that amount of talent.
David Margono (@woshidavid95)
6th October 2013, 9:06
If he’s deemed too heavy for F1 in 2014 this will have to be go down in history as one of the biggest (If not the biggest) travesty F1 has committed. I’ve not rooted for someone to get a top seat this badly since Kubica.
David Margono (@woshidavid95)
6th October 2013, 9:07
this will go down in history*
Eggry (@eggry)
6th October 2013, 8:54
Probably best Korean GP ever. Hulk looked very impressive, Kimi did great job, Grosjean bring quite points home…a lot of action and incidents. Good race.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
6th October 2013, 9:09
@eggry Best Korean GP for on-track action … Once again a pitiful organisation, I wonder how they let them organize GP, they should at least force them to hire foreigner marshals.
Superb defensive drive by Hulk, not a single opportunity to Alonso or Hamilton. Kimi took the opportunity and helped by SC. Grosjean probably deserves this 2nd place, but anyway very clean drive from him after a nice quali.
Albert (@)
6th October 2013, 8:57
Nico’s the man. Good to see that the Lotus are back in form, if that’s Hulk’s future home, it does look good.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th October 2013, 8:58
What happened to Alonso though? That was a very average drive.
Webber was also great up until the tyre failure caused him to have to pit, only then to be wiped out by a very stupid move from Sutil.
Vettel though has firmly put his stamp on his fourth world title. He hasn’t had a bad race this year – gained all the points he could get when the car was arguably lacking against the Ferrari over a race stint in the first five races and has been utterly dominant since the race performance was turned around in Canada. He’s thoroughly earned every point he has.
Eggry (@eggry)
6th October 2013, 9:01
I guess Ferrari struggled with tyres more than others in colder weather.
Fikri Harish (@)
6th October 2013, 9:16
The Ferrari was very slow on the whole.
He consistently lost about three tenths of a second to Hamilton on the 2nd half of the lap during the later parts of the race.
ShaneB457 (@shaneb12345678910)
6th October 2013, 9:29
To say Alonso had an average drive is extremely harsh.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th October 2013, 9:47
Why is it harsh? He didn’t have a great start, losing a place. He then didn’t make any great advances on those ahead of him, just maintaining position and keeping an average pace. He was often running quite wide through corners, too – the front just not biting.
It wasn’t a good race for him.
puneeth Bharath (@puneethvb)
6th October 2013, 10:44
Yes it was nt a good race for him though that was more down to the general lack of pace of Ferrari this weekend than Alonso under performing as @vettel1‘s original comment seems to imply…
Vettel did what he does best and my bet is that he would win the title by Indian GP.. Hulk was very impressive .. I still think RBR or Ferrari should’ve signed him…
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
6th October 2013, 10:59
@puneethvb perhaps I should make it more obvious that “average” doesn’t mean “bad”, it means not good but not bad, either.
I don’t think that’s an unfair comment to be making, given his usual standards in races giving himself a difficult benchmark.
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
6th October 2013, 10:18
Why did Webber not have any mediums left? I would have thought they could use the ones from Q1?
David Margono (@woshidavid95)
6th October 2013, 9:01
DOTW ranking for me:
1) Hülkenberg (Duh who else)
2) Grosjean
3) Vettel
I was really rooting for Grosjean to get past Raikkonen but alas that was not meant to be. It annoys me really, the main reason Raikkonen even got up there in the first place was due to the safety car. At least the team are now fully backing Grosjean since Raikkonen is leaving, I’m glad they have shifted their focus to him.
David Margono (@woshidavid95)
6th October 2013, 9:03
Also, not to mention that Grosjean didn’t appear to have the confidence to attack Raikkonen until his race engineer and even Eric Boullier intervened… perhaps some sort of inferiority complex?
Dion (@infinitygc)
6th October 2013, 9:39
After you’ve been told to let Raikkonen past that many times, it’s no surprise!
knightameer (@knightameer)
6th October 2013, 9:04
So no booing for Vettel.. a welcome change indeed!!
AdrianS
6th October 2013, 9:43
I don’t think the F1 fans in Korea are that passionate so that might be why. There certainly weren’t many flags in the stands.
I was cringing when the Jeep came out on track. What on Earth was the driver thinking when he decided to hop on to the fastest part of the track during full green?
Not sure if any one else noticed but Ricciardo drove a fantastic race considering the rest of the weekend and where his team mate was. I wonder why he and JEV both retired on the second last lap.
Hulkenberg clearly driver of the day. We all know his pure speed, but the fact he never defended off the racing line again Hamilton in T1 shows the maturity in his race craft. He should have gotten the Red Bull seat.
DaveF1 (@davef1)
6th October 2013, 10:11
No one was there to boo him.
alex han (@firelake)
6th October 2013, 15:56
Boring race. Almost like a car parade. Worst, u get to see so much empty seats!
why run a race when the locals are not inerested.