Experienced teams came out on top. Am trying to figure out how the " golden boy " of Red Bull finished where he finished, just ahead of his team mate.
Qualifying on hards didn't pay off as much as was expected but was well worth a try. Kubica got tangled up in the first part so can't really tell if he would have made them work better.
Back markers played a role in the outcome of the race, but Ferrari didn't have the pace of Mclaren, especially in the last sector. Almost a brand new Ferrari comes out for next race-that would decide their fate in this year's championship. Interesting that the five people expected to fight for this year's title finished in the top five. Button might drop out of this group at some stage. The remaining four are likely to take this battle all the way to the end.
Massa's pass was a treat to watch. Not that he over took but the opportunistic way in which he did it was fun to see. Nice battles up and down the field.
@m_waqas
Read one of my the older posts, there was talk of silver cars, which later became Chrome and talk of deep blue cars too:D It was not as effective this time around but better that Mclaren won than Red Bull. Mclaren is within reach. Give me another two-three races to work on them;)
Red Bull had no choice but to leave Webber out for as long as they did. Couldn't afford to bring him in and put him on softs, expecting him to do 25-30 laps to the end. Once they split the strategy between their two cars, they were stuck with it.
@genius83
Helmut Marko was seen doing something with the back of Webber's Red Bull last night:D J/K
It's highly unlikely, almost impossible that tire strategy would be influenced by Renault in any way. Teams decide based on tire wear etc. It was well worth trying but the hard tires didn't hold for as long as they were expected.
Hamilton's penalty was right. If anything, it was too light and he got away with it. His fastest lap time should have been taken away, which is the penalty for this kind of situation. You must have read on JA's blog, how other teams could follow the same trend on long tracks like Spa or Suzuka, which would give them an advantage of a 10th or a little more. FIA has moved to clear the rule by saying " appropriate action " will be taken in future. He was pushing the car, trying to grab headlines, nothing else. He was told to stop the car and he could have parked it any where on the side but no, he decided to stop it in the middle of the track and then push it, famously done by Sir Jackie Stewart, at Indy 500, in the 60's, which made the crowd adore him.
It was not a surprise to see Force India in Q3. They always went very well on low down force, high speed tracks and this year's car is an improvement on last year's car. Liuzzi wasn't a surprise either, he goes well on street circuits, remember Monaco this year? He out qualified his team mate by a long long way. The usual street circuit specialists were at the front battling for the win and other places. Kubica would have been in the mix too had it not been for that incident he had.
Peugeot proved to be unreliable yet again as expected. The wrong Audi won:( Back marker, oh well a car from a different category interfered with Tom Kristensen's Audi which led to the long stop and them finishing third.