Sorry, its just one of my favourite races (being a Hamilton and a McLaren fan may be part of that) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/14032335
A bit hard to overtake somebody when they're faster than you in a straight line Mercedes engines are the best and leave even Ferrari standing still sometimes making it almost impossible for them to overtake as shown at Nurburgring.
It's more of a red bull issue, it's a car built to lead and not follow. that said most of Hamiltons moves were in the slower sections. The top 2 highest speed in quali were renault powered!
While that may be true I still think he could have done a better job at passing especially since he was on fresh tyres and Button and then Kimi were on very old tyres. I think he could have done a better job of it to be honest. Against Button he almost lost his front wing and that could have cost him big time, then against Kimi you could see desperation was setting in. That is the reason I suspect that if for the next couple races the two mercedes are on the front row and Vettel can't pass before the first round of pits tops then he will find himself in the clutched of the lotus and Ferrari. It also seems as though the red bull when it is following another car closely starts to overheat quickly. In the last race Vettel was told to drop back a couple times to cool the car. And I still believe that if he is beaten in the next race he will start to try to muscle his way in the other races to try to keep a good lead, that is when we will see what he is really made of. Even though Webber was quick last race reb bull will keep him far from Vettel. If in Q2 he is close to Vettel he will have no kers by Q3 and if he is on the front row he will have an issue getting off the line quickly and if in the race he is leading Vettel the world champion will ask the team to get him out of the way so he is not a challenger..lol but to be more serious, if the mercedes are over their tyre problem as the tyre maker believes they hit the front and vettel doesnt get into the lead early he will have a few panic attacks before this season is over. That's just my opinion.
I think Hungary was a one-off for Vettel, the Red Bull is extremely slow in a straight line compared to the other teams, while Hungary's overtaking opportunities are limited and mostly based on outbraking your opponent, which only works if you are going faster in the first place. That said, no excuses for the front wing damage IMO, that was a racing incident (and I am glad the stewards treated it as such) but it wouldn't have happened if Vettel had either committed to the move or pulled completely out. Considering we know he can overtake (Abu Dhabi last year, for example) it seemed strange to see him quite so cautious when Button clearly didn't want to hold him up.
It's still to be seen if Merc are really past those troubles, but if they are then it has to be a concern for RBR and Vettel. The Vettel not being able to overtake myth has been put to bed already, what is a problem though is the the RBR doesn't seem to quite operate as well as it could when following other cars. Wasn't Vettel told to back off from Button in Hungary because his car was frying?
Yeah, they have big cooling issues especially with the KERS when following in dirty air. This hinders them even more as it is pretty much known that the rest of the car also works less than others when following someone else. I was still surprised Vettel couldn't get Button earlier as the McLaren is hardly a front-runner. As for my Alonso comment earlier, please don't anyone interpret it as me saying he is no good. I just simply think like a lot of drivers they lose their edge as their careers go on. Has he still got the fire he did when he was the young star of F1 with Renault?
I wasn't questioning Vettel's overtaking ability, I was really questioning Red Bull capability of overtaking especially when following closely for some laps. It was proven with Button on old tyres and Vettel running on brand new tyres. And it has nothing to do with the quickness of the car because I think the Red Bulls were purple in all three sectors during qualifying if I am not mistaken...the only problem was that they didnt string them together in one lap. So the question is will he be cautious like when running behind Button and then try a panic move like he did when he realized it was going away from him or will he try to take the bull by the horns and risk mistakes...those are the questions he will have to answer in the second half especially if the mercedes lock out the front row in the next few races. If he risk the cautious approach he will risk falling into the hands of tHe other challengers and if he takes the bull by the horns he risks not finishing.... I really don't think the second half will be a walkover..I think there will be another twist before a clear winner is known....just my opinion.
Not sure what has happened to Ferrari recently to be honest, they started the season OK but the car has developed at all. Mercedes have improved dramatically. I foresee Hamilton and Raikkonen being Vettel's biggest contenders unless Ferrari have improved in the summer break.
Ferrari must improve over summer, otherwise Montezemolo is going to look a bit of a pillock after publicly calling out Alonso. Bad move that was.
And as I said before if mercedes lock out the front row in the next couple race i believe they will start to play the team orders game. One guy will back up the field as much as possible while the other guy make a run for it then the others will have to play catch up. If they are looking for the championships or even making a run for it they have to play that sort of game from the next race if they lock out the front. In that way Ferrari and lotus will come back into contention too and maybe take points off Vettel. What do you think?
By the way....Vettel is due a kers issue..... Will it come during practice, qualifying or race day?...lol. Don't be surprised when it comes! Lol. To be serious though, it seems as though Red Bull isn't quite over their kers issues. That has been bothering them for a couple years now and it's because of their barebones approach to building a car I guess. Webber had his already...will Vettel have his turn?
It was but when compared to his partner Webber you could say he was a lot more lucky. Remember Webber had his in the qualifying shoot out... So that was a massive killer to his race.
Well I meant lucky that it didnt come in qualifying for Vettel. If it had come at this time and he was down the field I think he would have had an even more difficult time in the race than he did. So in my estimation he was lucky his didnt come in quali.
