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    I dunno gerhard. Horner said Vettel bounced very aggressively over a curb which cased the brakes to bind. They thought it was engine related but wasn't till after the race they found the problem... apparently.

    I think Webber is just playing it safe till singapore trying to keep his nose clean.

    He did kinda faff about too long behind the hulk, but at least he's finishing his races with some points on a consistent basis which is more than Hamilton, Vettel, Button and Alonso have done this year.

    I reckon Mark deserves the title as long as he can keep it together over the next couple of races.
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    As far as I know, F1 teams are forbidden to issue remote commands via telemetry to the car while it is out on track. So they couldn't have wound down vettel's engine for a bit. Wasn't aware of the brake issue myself so can't comment there.

    Mark just needs to keep being consistent and finish and he will get very close to winning, if not taking the prize altogether. Good luck to him!!!

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    Wow what an awesome race!! It was tense from start to finish with so much going on!
    Not much in that webber/hamilton incident, just racing the way it should be.

    Driver of the race for me was Kubica. Just an awesome drive in those last few laps. He's going to be dangerous in a better car. Its a shame that renault isn't a bit quicker coz its looks tits!
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    Quote Originally Posted by GOLFBALLS View Post
    Wow what an awesome race!! It was tense from start to finish with so much going on!
    Not much in that webber/hamilton incident, just racing the way it should be.

    Driver of the race for me was Kubica. Just an awesome drive in those last few laps. He's going to be dangerous in a better car. Its a shame that renault isn't a bit quicker coz its looks tits!
    Have to agree on all of that...great race! Glad race officials didn't ping Webber for the Hamilton incident.
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    The Webber Hamilton incident was pretty much the same as the Vettel overtake on Webber, when everyone blamed Vettell. Can't believe he didn't DNF himself after that hefty shunt.

    I cannot believe Red Bull pitted Vettell at the same time as Alonso, therefore guaranteeing he could only get 2nd. Every fibre of everyones being shouted let him do a couple of hot laps, since at that moment of the race he seemed to be quicker than Alonso.

    But that would have let Vettel get more points up on Webber - I call really bizarre team orders to protect Webber's lead as far as possible.


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    It would have been better for Webber if Vettel had of gotten in front of Alonso, seeing as Alonso is only 9 points off in the championship now. Also better for them in the constructors title, they certainly wouldn't have been trying to keep Vettel in 2nd.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gerhard View Post
    The Webber Hamilton incident was pretty much the same as the Vettel overtake on Webber, when everyone blamed Vettell. Can't believe he didn't DNF himself after that hefty shunt.

    I cannot believe Red Bull pitted Vettell at the same time as Alonso, therefore guaranteeing he could only get 2nd. Every fibre of everyones being shouted let him do a couple of hot laps, since at that moment of the race he seemed to be quicker than Alonso.

    But that would have let Vettel get more points up on Webber - I call really bizarre team orders to protect Webber's lead as far as possible.
    Dude, seriously, how can you possibly see any similarity in the webber\hamilton crash and the one with vettel???!!!
    Also, the pitstop situation as odd as it was really wouldn't have made much difference to webbers championship lead.
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    Ferrari and Red Bull were reacting to McLarens strategy.

    Kubica was good at the end, but remember, he had fresh tyres compared to the rest of them running many laps on their tyres. ie massa since the 2nd lap.

    Webber was just plain lucky not to be taken out. Front susp. vs rear susp. is normally a fairly one sided battle.

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    Christian Horner said one of webbers tires dislodged and would have lasted about another half mile before giving way. I'm surprised webber survived too but the guy needs some luck after a few years of horrid mishaps and failures with other teams.
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