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Hamilton without DRS faster than Alonso with DRS down Wellington.
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Raining at Wimbledon. Probably moving north.
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Silly racing from Lewis again. He is a pit stop behind and tyres poor so he can only lose himself time racing with Alonso. Alonso again calm and smart avoids the peril.
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Hamilton without DRS faster than Alonso with DRS down Wellington.
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Back to 7th doesn’t appear to have worked. If Lewis lost time messing around with Alonso then he could have been two cars ahead by saving about 1s.
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Perez flatly placing blame at Maldonaldo.
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Back to 7th doesn’t appear to have worked. If Lewis lost time messing around with Alonso then he could have been two cars ahead by saving about 1s.
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So glad Perez spoke bluntly about Maldonado
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So glad Perez spoke bluntly about Maldonado
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Back to 7th doesn’t appear to have worked. If Lewis lost time messing around with Alonso then he could have been two cars ahead by saving about 1s.
Must say, though, at the moment it seems like Alonso is just plain untouchable. Lapping half a second faster than anybody else. |
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Perez is great. Highlight of the race so far, that interview.
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Perez is great. Highlight of the race so far, that interview.
Fairly damning for Maldonado if true. |
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McLaren team orders coming up.
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McLaren's race pace not great this afternoon. They seem to have fallen behind Red Bull, Ferrari, possibly the Mercs and Lotus in terms of race pace.
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McLaren team orders coming up.
You're assuming every other team works the same as Ferrari.
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McLaren disaster race? They need the rain.
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McLaren's race pace not great this afternoon. They seem to have fallen behind Red Bull, Ferrari, possibly the Mercs and Lotus in terms of race pace.
They always seem to fall away through the race. Almost certainly behind Lotus and RBR, as well as Ferrari though. |
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McLaren disaster race? They need the rain.
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Darker looking clouds.
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Darker looking clouds.
Ferrari are really on fire with Alonso. They have great pace as well. McLaren need to be careful in the constructors'. They could well be passed by Ferrari and Lotus in the championship. |
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Not good the way drivers (Hamilton, Webber and Vettel) have been reminded to "look after your tyres because cars finishing on the softs might struggle" on lap 30-odd.
That means that, basically, they're gonna be holding station now to see what happens in the last few laps rather than pushing for the whole race. *EDIT* Hamilton now running slower than everybody ahead of him (and several people behind him too). ![]() *EDIT2* Not often Gary Anderson is wrong but I disagree with him about going prime - prime - option. All too often this year we've seen the options fail to last the expected distance so finishing on hard tyres probably creates more of a "safety net" in that situation. |
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Not good the way drivers (Hamilton and Vettel) have both been reminded to "look after your tyres because cars finishing on the softs might struggle" on lap 30-odd.
That means that, basically, they're gonna be holding station now to see what happens in the last few laps rather than racing for the whole race. *EDIT* Hamilton now running slower than everybody ahead of him (and several people behind him too). ![]() It's clear McLaren have issues with race pace, at a track they expected to go well at. Seems they've underestimated the speed of their rivals. |
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Schumacher closing the gap on Hamilton. Hamilton's a sitting duck - this strategy will not work with 9 laps to go - his tyres are probably gone.
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Looks like a straight race to the the end for Alonso/Webber on differeny tyres.
Nasty pit stop accident for Kobayashi and his pit crew. Ironic there has been no rain in this race after the past couple of days! |
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Come on webber......
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