2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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I'm going to blame that on the HRT.
I don't know why but I am.
I don't know why but I am.
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Now Maldonado loses a cupholder on the racetrack. Someone should remind these drivers not to leave their windows open! 
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Webber has a go at Rosberg... makes it stick. All for naught, though? Lewis, Fernando and Jenson don't need another stop. Mark does.
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Webber has a go at Rosberg... makes it stick. All for naught, though? Lewis, Fernando and Jenson don't need another stop. Mark does.
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Now Maldonado loses a cupholder on the racetrack. Someone should remind these drivers not to leave their windows open!
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Webber has a go at Rosberg... makes it stick. All for naught, though? Lewis, Fernando and Jenson don't need another stop. Mark does.
Why would they put him on such a daft strategy I wonder?
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Now Maldonado loses a cupholder on the racetrack. Someone should remind these drivers not to leave their windows open!
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Webber has a go at Rosberg... makes it stick. All for naught, though? Lewis, Fernando and Jenson don't need another stop. Mark does.
He's going to try and get to pitstop delta with those much faster softs, and see if he can just put the hards on for the final few laps. It can work ,and he can get ahead of Button, but he has to push to 20 seconds. Lapping at over 1 second a lap faster though to Button, so we'll see.
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Agreed... Webber needs to build at least twenty seconds on Button before he pits. I don't see that happening. Traffic. Tire degradation. Whatever. Button will probably take fourth. And whether or not Rosberg pits again, I think Button can take third, too.
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Off topic for the race at the moment but is it only me that gets shivers when the race starts?
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And that's it! Vettel wins.
Or that's what I'd be saying if Vettel hadn't gotten a puncture in the very first seconds of the very first lap.
Lewis wins. Hamilton vindicated a little bit here. He drove a brilliant race, controlling the pace and keeping Alonso behind him all race long. But let's be honest... he really lucked out, as Vettel had a huge jump on him at the start.
Alonso did everything right, but he simply didn't have the car. He jumped absolutely everyone at the start and pushed hard to stay with Hamilton, but that win got further and further away from him as the laps went on. Second is great for Ferrari. The driver deserved first.
Button rode good strategy, good pace, good tire conservation and luck to third place. Losing KERS put him in a vulnerable position, but the tangle-up between Webber and Massa let him keep third.
Webber lost it on a strange tire strategy. His three-stopper seemed set to punt him back into fifth or sixth, but Rosberg's ultra-long prime tire stint and Massa's brief stint asdrift donut king gave him back the place.
Is fifth great for Massa? Honestly, yes. But how do you have a competitor with no KERS in front of you and gain no advantage from it? Also, inordinately aggressive defense on Webber shows that Hamilton isn't the only person he's willing to lock wings with.
Rosberg does his best, and I guess his best wasn't good enough. Sixth is great, though, compared to Schumacher in the second Mercedes. A bit of argy-bargy between team-mates early on resulted in nothing but Schumacher having to race Sutil (8th) for a bit before sewing up seventh place.
Paul Di Resta shows everyone how to do weird pit strategies. A single pit stop to ninth.
Kobayashi, who the race directors ignored all night long, does a great job of overtaking his way all the way up to tenth. Helped, also that everyone else around him was getting beaten black and blue with drive-through penalties.
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Fantastic race in parts... terrible in others. Dual DRS zones created more chaos than action. Sad about Vettel's DNF. I really wanted to see a good RBR-McLaren scrap.
Maybe next race.
Or that's what I'd be saying if Vettel hadn't gotten a puncture in the very first seconds of the very first lap.
Lewis wins. Hamilton vindicated a little bit here. He drove a brilliant race, controlling the pace and keeping Alonso behind him all race long. But let's be honest... he really lucked out, as Vettel had a huge jump on him at the start.
Alonso did everything right, but he simply didn't have the car. He jumped absolutely everyone at the start and pushed hard to stay with Hamilton, but that win got further and further away from him as the laps went on. Second is great for Ferrari. The driver deserved first.
Button rode good strategy, good pace, good tire conservation and luck to third place. Losing KERS put him in a vulnerable position, but the tangle-up between Webber and Massa let him keep third.
Webber lost it on a strange tire strategy. His three-stopper seemed set to punt him back into fifth or sixth, but Rosberg's ultra-long prime tire stint and Massa's brief stint as
Is fifth great for Massa? Honestly, yes. But how do you have a competitor with no KERS in front of you and gain no advantage from it? Also, inordinately aggressive defense on Webber shows that Hamilton isn't the only person he's willing to lock wings with.
Rosberg does his best, and I guess his best wasn't good enough. Sixth is great, though, compared to Schumacher in the second Mercedes. A bit of argy-bargy between team-mates early on resulted in nothing but Schumacher having to race Sutil (8th) for a bit before sewing up seventh place.
Paul Di Resta shows everyone how to do weird pit strategies. A single pit stop to ninth.
Kobayashi, who the race directors ignored all night long, does a great job of overtaking his way all the way up to tenth. Helped, also that everyone else around him was getting beaten black and blue with drive-through penalties.
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Fantastic race in parts... terrible in others. Dual DRS zones created more chaos than action. Sad about Vettel's DNF. I really wanted to see a good RBR-McLaren scrap.
Maybe next race.
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Brilliant track, brilliant race.
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Hats off to Lewis.
Shame for Vettel. That gap after turn one would have predicted a race win for Seb. But you win a lot you lose a few. It's all good.
Shame for Vettel. That gap after turn one would have predicted a race win for Seb. But you win a lot you lose a few. It's all good.
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Once again Alonso outperformed his car massively, that car doesn't belong on the podium yet alone fighting for the win all race.
Yup. He continue to confirm that he really is the best driver currently on the grid.
