Oh my god what the hell is going on in qualifying 2 (watching on bbc i player) they are racing each overtaking each other and even shutting the door and driving defensively in a qualfying session this is great/ridiculous. Only 2 mins 2 to get round a lap and start a fast one and almost everyone except Mclarren and Red Bull out there trying to get track position, hilarious.

Lori_ftw

Germany286 Posts

April 16 2011 15:20 GMT

#163

omg this sucks! nerf redbull, buff ferrari! GO ALONSO!

bmml

United Kingdom962 Posts

April 16 2011 15:22 GMT

#164

What a shitter for Renault, hope have a good race at least! They should have a free choice of tyres too I'd imagine, at least Petrov should.

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

April 16 2011 17:20 GMT

#165

What a lap.

He hooked up the first corner so dam good. That car is so fast !

Fym

United Kingdom189 Posts

April 16 2011 17:22 GMT

#166

lol@webber on 18th position

jaebigdong

87 Posts

April 17 2011 07:33 GMT

#167

oh man, did button just really go into red bull's pit lane by accident when he was in first place after 10+ laps?

Sfydjklm

United States9218 Posts

April 17 2011 07:47 GMT

#168

wee wooo wee woo

GTR

51574 Posts

April 17 2011 07:48 GMT

#169

webber slowly crawling back.

Sfydjklm

United States9218 Posts

April 17 2011 08:05 GMT

#170

hamilton just doesnt give a fuck!

tadL

Croatia679 Posts

April 17 2011 08:25 GMT

#171

Button tried the new way of industrial spy style. Stop there and hope to get a new front

Lachrymose

Australia1928 Posts

April 17 2011 08:39 GMT

#172

Sick drive Webber.

GTR

51574 Posts

April 17 2011 08:40 GMT

#173

amazing from webber. 18th to 3rd.

jaycee

Australia62 Posts

April 17 2011 08:49 GMT

#174

On April 17 2011 02:22 Fym wrote:
lol@webber on 18th position

lolmore @ webber's drive!

NoxiousNoodles

United Kingdom61 Posts

April 17 2011 08:49 GMT

#175

Webber drove like a man possessed there. His overtaking of Button appeared easy and I thought for a moment he would take Vettel too.

SpectralFremen

Australia386 Posts

April 17 2011 08:53 GMT

#176

Gogoggoo webber.
Time to turn this session around brother!

sunnata

Russian Federation228 Posts

April 17 2011 08:55 GMT

#177

MIND = BLOWN. 18 -> 3 WITHOUT KERS. Bravo. Webber should take the title.

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

April 17 2011 09:15 GMT

#178

sick race. webber sick drive, but also really good drive by hamilton too ! Great to see vettel get beat, finally ! :D

zere

Germany1287 Posts

April 17 2011 09:21 GMT

#179

Oh damn, I wasn't able to watch the race, curse me.
What was going on?? I can see the race lead switched Vettel -> Button -> Hamilton -> Alonso -> Rosberg -> Vettel -> Massa -> Rosberg -> Vettel -> Hamilton; then they just said they thought Rosberg was a contender, too, but had to save fuel (lol?), di Resta beats Sutil again, Kovalainen in the Lotus beats a Sauber and a Williams, and Webber went from 18 to frikkin THIRD? Webber so beastly good - gotta rewatch the whole thing...

Klive5ive

United Kingdom6056 Posts

April 17 2011 09:34 GMT

#180

Amazing drive by Hamilton.
In the final stint he nails Button, Rosberg, Massa AND Vettel to get into first. Phenomenal.

I think Webber showed a major flaw in the way the teams approached their strategies and this was something Rosberg pointed out in his interview.
Why bother to race in Q3 at all? Just sit in the pits and put a fresh set of hard tyres on.
Starting on the hard tyre was the better strategy. Nurse the start of the race til lap 15 then you've got 3 sets of perfect soft tyres to burn through!

Because it was a 3 stop race having the hard tyre last was a terrible decision. Webber was lapping THREE seconds a lap faster by the end of the race. You wanted to minimise the hard tyre stint and do it first where everyone is going slower anyway... then at the end of the race you're absolutely flying.