You can see how the Vmax teams are lacking behind in the passages with quicker corners
Sauber 330 is kind of extreme compared to the 300 from Red Bull

Congrats Vettel+Hamilton, cool race
Alonso lapped, forever alone?

Stenstyren

Sweden619 Posts

May 22 2011 13:44 GMT

#242

Well, double podium from McLaren, suppose I have to be happy. Would have liked to see Hamilton take over Vettel though.

Crazyahmed

Canada280 Posts

May 22 2011 13:47 GMT

#243

great performance by heidfeld

Aristodemus

England2010 Posts

May 22 2011 14:15 GMT

#244

Great race, Hamilton showing his class today. If Barcelona wasnt such a tough track to overtake it would have been an awesome victory. Alonso broke his diffuser at some point which helps to understand why his pace went to shit, maybe Webber hit him. This looks great for McLaren though because this track is very well suited to Red Bull. I have to say well done to Vettel too, even if he has the fastest car he did brilliant after his first stop to get past Rosberg and Button so quickly. Monaco and Canada next up

Two traditionally good tracks for McLaren, maybe we will have a good fight for the title after all, 41 points is a long way though.

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

May 22 2011 14:22 GMT

#245

I think they got the DRS zone just a little bit too short today especially considering how incredibly difficult a track Spain is to overtake on.
It might not have affected the race result but it would have added to the excitement. Seeing the front four cars just follow each other until the first pit stops is not what we really want to see.

sweety7

India3 Posts

May 23 2011 05:07 GMT

#246

Thanks for sharing.....

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 26 2011 21:30 GMT

#247

Love Monaco. Always love watching the onboard stuff. Never ceases to amaze me the speed they go round there!

Last years pole !

thebigdonkey

United States354 Posts

May 26 2011 21:57 GMT

#248

Qualifying is going to be fascinating. Theoretically, 8-10 drivers could be in the hunt (Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes, and Renault).

jazzyjazz

941 Posts

May 26 2011 23:56 GMT

#249

Alonso got this, he's so good. First in free practice 2.

EAT HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sazchu

Iceland489 Posts

May 28 2011 13:17 GMT

#250

Dangerous crash there for Perez, that corner always looks scary and it was quite bad to see him go sideways into the barrier, thankfully there is good safety around there and in the car and he is concious, was looking forward to watching him race tomorrow but don't think there is any chance of him driving tomorrow, hopefully he does not have anything but some bruises and can race in Canada.

zere

Germany1287 Posts

May 28 2011 13:29 GMT

#251

Yeah, thanks to Rosberg for crashing in that corner yesterday so they removed the inner bumpers in that chicane, else he would have completely taken off. What worried me was the fact that the ambulance didn't drive off after they put him in there.
Now that I think of it again, I think he didn't get out of his car because he placed his hands in front of his helmet and broke them. I never had a fractured bone, but i imagine it to be quite impossible to remove saftey belts with all of your fingers broken.

Edit: No, apparantly he's absolutely fine

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

May 28 2011 13:46 GMT

#252

There's a G limiter in the car that goes off if a force of certain strength is exerted on the car.
Once that happens they go through the procedure just to make sure.

It really sucks for the race though since it's ruined qualifying. Once the track cools down and with bits all over it it's impossible to drive a competitive qualifying lap.
However, It could still be a great race tomorrow, let's hope for the best.

Anda

Germany152 Posts

May 28 2011 14:19 GMT

#253

OMG! Alonso is so great. He is by far the best racingdriver since Senna.

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

May 28 2011 15:15 GMT

#254

kinda hilarious how little money the bottom feeders have to work with.

Also, I wonder how many times Vettel will have machine trouble this year -_-

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 28 2011 17:43 GMT

#255

That was a BIG accident. Simple because the crash ended instantly, where as some other accidents that look big, are not really bad as they take a long time for the car to slow down. In this case the car must have had insane G force when it had to stop. Amazing how safe this sport is now. It is of course still dangerous, but none the less, good job FIA.

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

May 28 2011 17:45 GMT

#256

On May 28 2011 22:46 Klive5ive wrote:
There's a G limiter in the car that goes off if a force of certain strength is exerted on the car.
Once that happens they go through the procedure just to make sure.

It really sucks for the race though since it's ruined qualifying. Once the track cools down and with bits all over it it's impossible to drive a competitive qualifying lap.
However, It could still be a great race tomorrow, let's hope for the best.

I dunno, I am looking forward to Hamilton trying to barge his way through. What can be said, I dont think the tyres deteriote as much as we have seen in previous races, so I dont think we will see just as much over taking sadly. I dont think Button has the speed over the long distance, and I can see Vettel just taking off into the distance for this one.

However alot can happen in the first corner. Schumahcer has been having insane starts this season, maybe he can make a big showing ?

Aristodemus

England2010 Posts

May 29 2011 14:28 GMT

#257

Very entertaining race again, I am loving this season. Lucky win for Vettel though, with him being able to change tyres after the red flag. Sutil's tyres fell off "the cliff" and looking at the times I am pretty sure Vettel, Alonso, Kobayashi and Petrov were about to do the same. I think Button should have won today. It was a weekend to forget for Hamilton though, everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. My driver of the day I think has to go to Kamui.
Hopefully Perez and Petrov are fit and well for Canada.

bmml

United Kingdom962 Posts

May 29 2011 14:31 GMT

#258

Terrible ending, ruined by the red flag. Not a fun race at all.

Samurai-

Slovenia2035 Posts

May 29 2011 14:41 GMT

#259

pathetic race.. vettel on tires who were old 60 laps or something won the race.. monaco should be removed long time ago.. terrible, just terrible..

FractalsOnFire

Australia1756 Posts

May 29 2011 14:46 GMT

#260

It was entertaining for all the lulz hamilton and trolling he pulled off. The crashes were also weird and fun. I actually liked this monaco race though frankly Vettel doesnt really deserve it that much, that's just how it goes.