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Originally Posted by pman10
From James Allen's website:
"According to the BBC, the FIA explanation of the glitch was that Alonso’s system was activated late. Instead of opening 750 metres before Turn 14, it opened 300m before and was still active after the corner.
It’s clear he didn’t gain any advantage from it and it was a glitch so no penalty applies. But the teams have three weeks to perfect the DRS system before the next race in Turkey, where it will again play a major role in the racing."
Just because it's Ferrari, there is no need to start raising the 'cheater' flag.
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no one is raising any "cheating" flag...its like Button's drive-thru-RBR-pit, most likely is a honest mistake.
One thing I'm not sure of, was even if Fernando activated late, shouldn't the DRS de-activated and the flap flips back down once he hit the brakes?
My guess will be he accidently pressed the DRS again after Turn 15. plus the system glitch that armed the flap and allowed Fernando to use DRS.
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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW
On the driver of the day issue. I really can't believe how many Webber responses there are.
Webber put out a good drive but its got to go to Hamilton. He won first of all. Secondly, he broke up Vettel's 4 race winning streak.
Lets also not forget that Webber was only back in P18 because he SIGNIFICANTLY underperformed in qualifying. I doubt any other driver would get such a courtesy of "Driver of the Day" for a situation they put themselves into. Not to hate on Webber, he did a good job on race day. But it was really just getting himself back to the place in which his car should have been all along. The RB7 is still without a doubt the fastest car on the track.
Webber did have car issues, but it was mostly resolved by the time of Qualy save KERS which they didn't have nor need in the 2 previous races anyways. Since the car left the box without it on, there is no reason to assume it interrupted his brake balance either.
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Definitely the fastest still, however like last year, unlucky and reliability cost Vettel 3/3 wins.
I'd guess the radio malfunction was the root cause.
Remember SPEED and BBC both saying these Pirelli's degrade so fast its like fall off a cliff. Race engineers cannot predict tire wear like they used to back in the Michelin/Bridgestone days. The Drivers had to inform the pitwall when they need fresh rubber.
I'm also guessing Vettel was trying to tell his race engineer his prime was going off and need fresh options about 1/4 left in the race. But the engineer unable to hear and Sebastian's lap time was consistent. But it was too late for pitstop once Hamilton closed in. So they sticked with the originally planned 2 stop strategy.
Vettel did a solid race despite worn tire made him looked like sitting duck in front of Hamilton.
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Originally Posted by ADV.1 Matt
Regardless of the arguments for best drive of the race... best F1 race i've seen in a LONG while. I was hooked from beginning to end and was jumping up and down like a little school girl when webber got into 3rd.
I think we could have the best racing season of F1 ever this year!
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I was ecstatic when both McLaren jumped Vettel on the start! I told myself...this is going to be good.
If Vettel went on the lead like Melbourne and Sepang, Vettel might pull enough gap for an extra pit stop if needed.