Quote from englishlord :

That logic would stand up if the amount of races hadn't increased before Nigel Mansell got the record. Nobody's claiming it's a 100% like for like record as the qualifying format is different, the car rules are different, the tracks are different and likely many other factors.

namely the fact the Williams was completely untouchable, the Red bull on the other hand can be beaten, given a good performance by a driver from Ferrari or Mclaren.

Quote from englishlord :

That logic would stand up if the amount of races hadn't increased before Nigel Mansell got the record. Nobody's claiming it's a 100% like for like record as the qualifying format is different, the car rules are different, the tracks are different and likely many other factors.

Not to mention the current points system.

Snoozer...

any news on Vettel's gearbox? Viasat commentators don't know shit.

Quote from atledreier :

any news on Vettel's gearbox? Viasat commentators don't know shit.

All I heard is that he has to short shift 2nd.

And 3rd.

He has to short shift in every corner every lap :/

serious problems it seems....

Conspiracy theorists saying it's staged to let Webber get a win this race. :P

Lol.

Cause Seb sounded REALLY happy about it on the radio.... And Seb usually give wins to Webber....

Several gearboxes are struggling it seems.

Hamilton catching Massa . We all know what's coming. :P

Quote from evilpimp :

Hamilton catching Massa . We all know what's coming. :P

Yep I just thought the same

Hehe. Gonna be awesome until they crash and Hami gets blamed!

weird how Vettel's gearbox problems seemed to go away once Webber passed.....

Talk about boring. Bloody hell...

Thank lord for Button putting on a bit of a show yet again...

Bruno penalty? Why?

DRS = wank. It robbed us of a dice into T4 with Alonso and Button. Pointlesssssssss boring shit

At least Button managed to put crybaby Alonso off the podium, and back to 4th in the championship!

I would have not given any penalties to senna or schumacher based on the replays I saw in the broadcast. Looked like a normal racing incident to me. Schumi might have turned in slightly early but schumi might have thought he had cleared senna. *cough* massa-hamilton in korea *cough*

Rosberg's courageus late braking move into T1 and repassing sutil was pretty awesome though. When you saw him going in I thought that move is not going to work but it did.

Quote from evilpimp :

Conspiracy theorists saying it's staged to let Webber get a win this race. :P

Probably true, the fact Hamilton had a gearbox problem and his box went after 10-15 laps of that message. Vettels box was fine, I believe they were doing it to give Webber 1st position and ensure everything possible to get Webber into 2nd in the championship.

With modern gearboxes you either have a problem or you don't, it's either working or it isn't in the case that you either have a box of neutrals or some gears no longer function.


Eitherway great to see Webber take the win, but the edge of the win is dampened for sure but Webber has had enough bad luck this season he deserves the win entirely and nothing should be taken away from Webber in this respect.

Race was a bit dead in the beginning, but it got interesting gradually towards the end.


Senna - Schumacher incident was a joke, clearly a racing incident and yet another case of FiA handing a penalty that wasn't deserved.

Senna also had a gearbox problem. I think he was missing 6th or 5th gear. Noticed it when senna accelerated on the drs straight. Revs dropped pretty low after 4th or 5th when he changed to next gear.

Might have been the kerbs I think. Lots of hard acceleration over those kerbs. Hamilton drove pretty harshly over the kerbs in T2 and his box shredded right after it. Brazil is tough for the gearboxes.

Nice job by Sauber to secure 7th.

Quote from JPeace :

Team orders are allowed.. if they wanted a switch all they had to do was ask.

Yea, but it's not about hiding the team orders from the world or FIA, it's about hiding the orders from Vettel.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Yea, but it's not about hiding the team orders from the world or FIA, it's about hiding the orders from Vettel.

And possibly giving more credibility to Webber. If they used team orders everyone would simply say he won because Vettel let him through whereas here its giving slightly more credibility I find.

Anyways, we'll never know.

Well do you guys think he noticed something rong with the engine, forcing him to slow down, or that the team told him there was something "wrong" and he slowed without questioning it?