So glad we could compare and contrast a weekday with the factories going
full blast versus a "weekend" when they let the workers have a half
day. The "sunny" day air was on par with what I experienced in New
Delhi- very chunky. Surprised the cars could get enough oxygen to burn
fuel... or maybe there is some other oxidizer in the particulate that
the gas is using to burn.
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Or maybe these ladies were helping to rev the engines. |
What's the deal
with Hobbs, Varsha, et al giving head to McLaren-Mercedes for winning- "This is why
McLaren is such a world class organization blah blah blah." So you were
able to beat
Vettel and Red Bull because KERS
was malfunctioning, his tires were dead (only 2 stops and still on the
podium), and he had no radio communication with his pit for about half
the race. Sounds more like Red Bull was handicapped more than McLaren
came back from great adversity to win. If anything, they should've been
gushing more over Webber's drive, who I think probably had no fuel in
the car to save weight as it was operating on pure hate. That was a
mean fucking driving. He really just spanked the car around the track
and then went on to pass Button.
If there is a sign of a
championship-level team and driving it was Webber's run. He overcame an
obviously crippled (week after week) car, still without reliable KERS, and was able to
move up fifteen (15!) positions. Button and Hamilton made two
positions at the start, which
Vettel was
partially able to over come (wrong pit Button) and then Button overall
lost a position from the start (3rd at grid, 4th at finish). I wonder,
if
Vettel was able to communicate with his pit
would he have gone in for another set of tires at some point
earlier and been able to hold off the McLarens?
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One of these things is not like the other. |
And speaking of crippled cars, poor Nico with the lead in hand and
then "fuel critical" radio call. How much suck was that? Schumi had a
real good drive, too, although, certainly overshadowed by Webber, as he
only moved up six positions.
So, will Ferrari get any penalties? There is video of DRS operating
on Alonso's car outside the zone- wtf? Even the booth drones saw it
(which is surprising since they couldn't stop talking about McLaren and
how awesome Hamilton was in his drive, which I guess is true since he
could find his pit). And I think it was either Massa or Alonso would
couldn't keep the car in the lane on the pit exit. That's usually been
an automatic drive-through or 20 second time penalty. If it were any
other constructor, I'm sure there would be an investigation over the DRS
and something.
Overall, a good race, now I have to wait 3 weeks? I hope that
Red Bull can figure out their KERS. Mind you, if the FIA let DRS
operate whenever then
Vettel could almost live without KERs. During at least one of his quali laps when they had the graphic up, you could see that
Vettel just had the DRS going every time he was coming out of a corner. He must be some serious PS3 button masher.
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Chunky, chunky, air. Can't wait to compare it to Delhi. |
Alcohol content: Hardly (home brew hefe)
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