Maldonado purposefully ran Grosjean off the track. Though from a guy who will ram you in Qualifying I expect nothing else. FIA really need to evaluate his safety. It's a shame tho, cos he proved today that he's actually quick enough to BE in F1. He's just not professional enough.
Or perhaps Grosjean left his nose where it didn't need to be - he had conclusively lost the corner and the next one was another right so no point trying to hang around the outside?
I fail to see how Hamilton underperformed, he's just not as good as Button and had some bad luck along the way with safety car and Perez. There was nothing Hamilton could've done more - Button outperformed him last year and I believe he will continue doing so this year as well. Hamilton is extremely fast in one lap, but as the importance of qualifying is diminishing because of the new tires and DRS zones, Hamilton's weaknesses in saving tires when driving long stints is just too much for him. He has to slow down too much to save the tires.
Perez drove well, but I think he's the one who benefited most from the SC. Without the SC Perez would have had some real issues with his tires lasting and I don't think he would've made it to points without the SC.
Apart from the good start, Massa was bad. He needs to be replaced but to whom, I don't know
Räikkönen drove well mostly when he didn't have any traffic. To me it just seemed that he couldn't drive well when he was behind someone. Räikkönen was fast when he got to drive alone but as soon as he caught someone he started having problems and couldn't follow the driver in front of him as close as he'd probably wanted. He really wasn't as aggressive as he used to be. Few amazing performances yes, but then again losing two points for letting Kobayashi past after the SC was a big mistake. He can still drive but I think this weekend showed that he still hasn't regained the form he had before and I'm guessing it'll take maybe even as long as half a season to get back the ''Iceman'' we know and love to watch.
If you're holding the outside and someone runs you off the track violently enough to break your steering arm then the chances are it was an unfair move.
Brian Barnhart would disagree though, just ask Helio about that.
Surely if you've lost the inside line and you can see somebody going up the inside, the smart thing to do is to back off? Yes, he did appear to divebomb into the corner, but by the same token Grosjean was putting the car where it shouldn't have been, so they're both at fault.