F1 2010

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Mika Hak German GP etc

Should read Raikonen German GP BTW.

Re-assuring though they are not making the same mistakes, just a whole lot of new ones.

I see DC is going to drive for Mercedes in the German Touring Car Championship, partnering Ralph Schumacher.

Divived loyalties in the GP pit lane now..?

Looking good so far, hope Vettel can finally bring it home without any technical issues holding him back.

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Divided loyalties in the GP pit lane now..?

He's still being paid by Red Bull, so no more than now.

Dry race and not very exiting again. I thought Webber rolled over a bit too easily, unless he really is that far behind Vettel.

Well that's the point. He's still an adviser/ambassador for Red Bull. He does well to keep this to a relative minimum on BBC. Is his life going to be easier (he can push for both) or harder (he has to push for both) now with the Mercedes relationship.

Finally a well deserved win for Vettel, can't remember the last time we had two Germans on the podium.

Heidfield and Schumacher may be?

Maybe today was 1 1/2 Germans and 1/2 a Finn?

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Heidfield and Schumacher may be?

Likely.

Or even 2 x Schumachers?

There are some great drivers in the field this year, in fact the whole field is rather strong, but not as many racers. Today's racers were Vettel witness turn 1, Hamilton with a brilliant fight through the field, and Alonso driving into the top ten with a duff clutch. All three very impressive.

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Dry race and not very exiting again. I thought Webber rolled over a bit too easily, unless he really is that far behind Vettel.

Are you joking? This was one of the most exciting races in F1 in a very long time. There was so much action and so many great battles this time around. Honestly if that was boring to you then maybe F1 is not your thing.

And for a change the director kept with the right camera at the right time. Good stuff.

Tony

The boring bit was the Pink Cows at the front, plus the NR Mercedes that did not seem to lock wheels with anyone.
Whats the forums theory on Shumi?? Lost the desire or reflexes or wrong car ??
The rest of the field had an exciting race & good to see the TV director stay with that
The outstanding race was McLarens, especially LH - 20 to 6 - & grinning like a cheshire kat because he had a real fun to drive race. It was a shame he couldn't get AS to make a mistake as that was the only way he could pass the same engined car even tho his car had the edge on handling. And far play to Force India, they seem to have a car that is beginning to show they might need to be included in the same group as the big boys.

I watched about half an hour of it, then fell asleep.

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Honestly if that was boring to you then maybe F1 is not your thing.

I've been an F1 fan since the late 50's so I think it is my thing!
We still have the fundamental problem of not being able to overtake,OK there was a lot of overtaking but a Grandee team overtaking a second string team is not that difficult, when it comes to top vs top the same old problem re-occurs, dirty air no down force in the corner on to the straight, even an "F" duct or whatever doesn't seem to work then.
So as good as Lewis' driving was a 2nd or 3rd or higher car was stuck in 6th.
Not so long ago Schumi, Prost Watson were able to start last and win the race, because they were able to use their cars advantages.
Still was Sundays race, boring? Yes at the front, there is always stuff going at the midfield down, we may have seen more than normal.

I agree there definitely are serious problems in F1 regarding overtaking, but yesterday's race was a far cry from the snooze inducing parades I'm used to seing in F1.

Who is Clyde Brolin then?

Is it Maurice Hamilton?

Congrats Button.

Yep, the more complete driver and car over the weekend again.

Tony

Great race.

Fingers crossed they get to Spain OK.....

Fly to North Africa, shipped to Spain maybe?

Tony

Spanish airspace is OK at the moment. The teams just need to get spares from the UK into europe and them drive down to the circuit.

Jono

Fantastic race! What a show.

Most UK based teams need to come back for some major upgrades before Barca.
They can't do this by going direct to Spain without some very costly change of plan.

Excellent entertainment

Both McLaren drivers played to their strengths

Sooner or later Alonso is just going to push Massa off the road

Red Bulls continue to have the fastest cars but manage not to make the most of them

Rosberg continues to make MS look silly