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@jamesf1

on the BBC broadcast, DC was critiquing Massa when the were following him in the car (somewhere in the lap 50s), saying how slowly he was going, short-shifting and lifting through turns. He was about […]

thank you for that – I remember Hamilton saying exactly that, but couldn’t quite place the race.

@tmekt

I agree with you to an extent, except that I don’t think the tires are consistent enough for it to be a true thinking man’s game. Today you get it right (great thinking driver) the next race you get it […]

He wasn’t pushing harder than Massa in the final stint – DC commented on the onboard shot of Massa short shifting and lifting, preserving his tires, then DC said “AND he’s going faster than Alonso a Kimi”. […]

@karter22
You see, that’s what I respect about Sebastian Vettel — even knowing (more sensing it – like a disturbance in the force) that you hated him, he was still friendly and engaging with you and gave you his […]

I saw in a recent article by Gary Anderson that he thought Allison was the next Newey (to paraphrase). The way Lotus has been going, it seems that way.

@jonsan

well there is the overused “we” and “all” that pops up in “every” Internet discussion :).

I think some lament no one like him is on the grid and some are happy there isn’t and some don’t even know […]

@vettel1
when you isolate the quote, it sounds like bad fiction writing. I don’t think Webber (or anyone) thinks like that at all. Though I think Webber comes from a more old school mentality of team orders and […]

@william-brierty

I’d agree overall with some of your points, though I don’t think Lewis will replace Jackie Stewart as the most successful racing driver ever – 3 WDCs in 99 races and a win rate of 27%? Not to […]

One bit that seems to be missing from the Malaysia story is that Dieter M doesn’t want team orders. Everyone talks about Vettel breaking team orders and how the WCC is the most important thing, but DM is the guy […]

I don’t think Kimi and Mark are the only ones to speak their minds. Hamilton does. PDR criticizes his team a bit. Sebastian “I’d still break team orders again” Vettel, clearly speaks his own mind.

Also […]

I think Webber is quite happy with gifted wins, after all Multi 21 was designed to gift him the win. It would also have been pretty artificial, which seems to be something Webber supposedly doesn’t like […]

@tifosa1989

“How about the ones coming from Torro Rosso”

Or as Flavio said about Brazil ’12, “Webber was the only helping Fernando”. So Vettel had 2 TRs and Fernando had 1 Ferrari and 1 RB lol.

@jleigh

fair point. Out of curiosity, did you give DOTW to Kimi in Australia? He said it was easy as well.

@sgt-pepper

here’s the cold reality – if Vettel was driving Webber’s car from a 7th place start, he would have put it on the podium. There’s a reason why Marko made the comments he did about Webber – there are […]

@tophercheese21
- Vettel’s helmet is just awesome!
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I’d agree – my favorite Vettel helmet and one of my favorite helmet’s in general. Now to be retired. :)

Now we know what Kimi was talking to Fernando about on the podium when DC was interview Lewis.

One surprise in the race is how many cars started on the soft tire. I had expected the majority of the cars from Button back to be on the mediums. I wonder if this didn’t ruin the strategy for those like Button […]

@jjjj

it seems more like the start of Red Bull racing :)

@bascb

that’s why I found Kobayashi’s drive in Japan last year pretty stellar – he started 3rd and finished on the podium, meaning he didn’t have the advantage of working an alternate strategy.